Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 30 compound words that contain phases. The most common are listed below. Open phases in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- phases of the moonplural of phase of the moon: Any of the near-monthly cyclically occurring aspects or appearances presented by a moon as seen from its planet (unless otherwise specified, the Moon as seen from Earth).
- Five PhasesSynonym of wuxing: the five fundamental elements or phases of processes in traditional East Asian cosmology, consisting of fire, water, wood, metal, and earth
- stationary phasesplural of stationary phase: The solid or liquid phase of a chromatography system on which the materials are to be separated or selectively absorbed.
- lunar phasesplural of lunar phase: Any of the near-monthly cyclically occurring aspects or appearances presented by a moon as seen from its planet (unless otherwise specified, the Moon as seen from Earth).
- Chevrel phasesplural of Chevrel phase: A series of molybdenum chalcogenide compounds, of general formula MₓMo₆X₈ (where M = a metal and X = a chalcogen), that have superconducting properties.
- Laves phasesplural of Laves phase: An intermetallic compound with the general chemical formula AB₂.
- continuous phasesplural of continuous phase: The fluid phase of a colloid within which solid or fluid particles are distributed
- liquid phasesplural of liquid phase: One of the three fundamental structural phases of matter in which the thermal mobility of molecules or atoms is comparable with the cohesiveness, having them connected but fluid in a mass.
- mobile phasesplural of mobile phase: The fluid (liquid or gas) that flows through a chromatography system, moving the materials to be separated at different rates over the stationary phase
- penalty phasesplural of penalty phase: The portion of some criminal trials that occurs after a guilty verdict has been rendered, in which the punishment for the crime is decided.
- phases downthird-person singular simple present indicative of phase down: To gradually reduce the size or scale of.
- phases outthird-person singular simple present indicative of phase out: To remove or relinquish the use of (something) little by little, either via discrete diminishing phases or (by extension) by continuous gradations; to remove in phases, or as if …
- S phasesplural of S phase: The part of the cell cycle in which DNA is replicated, occurring between the G1 phase and G2 phase.
- single-phasesthird-person singular simple present indicative of single-phase: Using an alternating current in which all voltages supplied are in the same phase.
- solid phasesplural of solid phase: One of the three fundamental structural phases of matter in which the cohesive force of matter is strong enough to keep the molecules or atoms in the given positions, restraining the thermal mobility.
- synthesis phasesplural of synthesis phase: The part of the cell cycle in which DNA is replicated, occurring between the G1 phase and G2 phase.
- talking phasesplural of talking phase: The phase in the contact between people where romantic interest starts to develop.
- aqueous phasesplural of aqueous phase: The homogeneous part of a heterogeneous system that consists of water or a solution in water of a substance.
- dyke phasesplural of dyke phase: The period or event during which a dyke (a body of rock originally filling a fissure but now often rising above the older stratum that has eroded away) is formed.
- gaseous phasesplural of gaseous phase: One of the three fundamental structural phases of matter in which the thermal mobility of molecules or atoms is strong enough to permit their free motion, significantly exceeding the cohesive force.
- disperse phasesplural of disperse phase: The particulate solid or liquid phase of a colloid distributed within a fluid
- follicular phasesplural of follicular phase: The phase of the estrous cycle which involves the follicular maturation within the ovary and is controlled by the hormone estradiol.
- luteal phasesplural of luteal phase: The latter part of the menstrual cycle, that occurs after ovulation, in which the corpus luteum secretes progesterone to prepare the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo.
- intermetallic phasesplural of intermetallic phase: an intermetallic compound
Compound words 30
- metaphasesplural of metaphase: The stage of mitosis and meiosis that follows prophase and comes before anaphase, during which condensed chromosomes become aligned before being separated.
- ferriphasesplural of ferriphase: A ferrielectric phase
- multiphasesplural of multiphase: That generates, or employs, multiple alternating current supplies with the same voltage but different phase angles.
- acrophasesplural of acrophase: The time period in a cycle during which the cycle crests or peaks, especially the upper part of a sine wave fitted to a measurement of a circadian pattern or other biological rhythm.
- anaphasesplural of anaphase: The stage of mitosis and meiosis during which the chromosomes separate, the chromatid moving to opposite poles of the cell.
- antiphasesplural of antiphase: A difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°
- apophasesplural of apophasis: An allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned.
- biophasesplural of biophase: The effect site of a drug
- deemphasesplural of deemphasis: A reduction in emphasis.
- ecophasesplural of ecophase: An ecological phase (in the life of an organism)