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• Phoe|nix — «FEE nihks», noun. 1. a mythical bird, the only one of its kind, said to live 500 or many thousands of years, to burn itself on a funeral pyre of herbs and to rise again from a small worm in the ashes, fresh and beautiful, for another long life.… …   Useful english dictionary

• phoe|nix — «FEE nihks», noun. 1. a mythical bird, the only one of its kind, said to live 500 or many thousands of years, to burn itself on a funeral pyre of herbs and to rise again from a small worm in the ashes, fresh and beautiful, for another long life.… …   Useful english dictionary

• phoe — chlo·ro·phoe·ni·cite; leu·co·phoe·ni·cite; phoe·be·an; phoe·ni·cite; phoe·ni·coch·ro·ite; phoe·ni·cop·teri; phoe·ni·cop·ter·i·dae; phoe·ni·cop·ter·i·for·mes; phoe·ni·cop·ter·us; phoe·nic·u·lus; phoe·nix·i·ty; ty·phoe·an; phoe·be; phoe·ni·cian;… …   English syllables

• nix — co·tur·nix; de·lo·nix; for·nix; nix·ta·mal; phoe·nix·i·ty; tur·nix; ver·nix; Nix·ie; nix; nix·ie; phoe·nix; …   English syllables

• phoenix — phoe·nix …   English syllables

• phoenixity — phoe·nix·i·ty …   English syllables

• phoenix — phoe|nix [ˈfi:nıks] n [Date: 800 900; : Latin; Origin: Greek phoinix red, Phoenician, phoenix , from phoinos blood red ] 1.) a magic bird that is born from a fire, according to ancient stories 2.) rise like a phoenix from the ashes to become… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• phoenix — phoe|nix [ finıks ] noun count an imaginary bird in ancient stories that lives for 500 years and then burns to death, with a new phoenix rising from the ASHES when the flames are gone …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Phoenix — Phoe•nix [[t]ˈfi nɪks[/t]] n. geg the capital of Arizona, in the central part. 1,159,014 …   From formal English to slang

• phoenix — phoe•nix [[t]ˈfi nɪks[/t]] n. 1) myt (sometimes cap.) a fabulous bird that after a life of five or six centuries immolates itself on a pyre and rises from the ashes to begin a new cycle of years: often an emblem of immortality or of reborn… …   From formal English to slang