Synonym: Phoenix, capital of Arizona, genus Phoenix. Similar words: photogenic, phosphorescent, subpoena, shoelace, diarrhoea, leeuwenhoek, phone, uphold. Meaning: ['fɪːnɪks] n. 1. the state capital and largest city located in south central Arizona; situated in a former desert that has become a prosperous agricultural area thanks to irrigation 2. a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa 3. a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years 4. a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor.
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31. The Bombecks were season-ticket holders for Phoenix Suns games but more often than not gave their tickets away to various charities.
32. Larouche was recalled from Phoenix, along with Dan Bylsma, in an attempt to inject some enthusiasm into the team.
33. And the push to reward, not just punish, is echoed across the Phoenix area.
34. The target areas were both moderate. income tracts of South Phoenix. 4.
35. This year, the phoenix has risen from its ashes, a phoenix in brighter plumage than he has ever worn before.
36. Rosales stopped at a barbershop in downtown Glendale, a suburb west of Phoenix.
37. Avent is leaving her job this week to spend more time with her family in Phoenix.
38. Held in a sprawling Phoenix convention center, the lavish party is big enough to accommodate four or five bands simultaneously.
39. In Phoenix the community development block grant was implemented within this context of rapid development.
40. Pluto's theme is transformation and his emblem the phoenix rising from the ashes.
41. It is diverted hundreds of miles along aqueducts to slake the thirst of Los Angeles, Phoenix and Tucson.
42. One Phoenix columnist, who claimed to have covered the accident, said Mix always drove a Stutz Bearcat.
43. He flew to Phoenix to be with our friends in their time of suffering.
44. Many would agree that in the past the latter have tended to dominate policymaking in Phoenix and in Arizona generally.
45. The 1990 appraisal at the lower figure reflected the sharp downturn of the Phoenix real-estate market.
46. There was little the Phoenix King could do but finally declare war against one of his own realms.
47. In the camp of the Phoenix King, Caledor prayed to all the gods and to his grandsire to aid him.
48. But in 1980, there was only one mosque in the Phoenix area.
49. Once a year the sacred white barges of the Phoenix King and the Everqueen ply the waters to their respective shrines.
50. The phoenix builds a nest and bursts into flame and the new bird arises from the ashes.
51. They moved into metro Phoenix where lantana and mulberry trees kept them fat and happy.
52. However, the curiosity factor was a positive sign as far as Phoenix Hockey is concerned.
53. It was incorporated in 1949 by the Phoenix Rotary Club.
54. The meeting promises a veritable smorgasbord of all things otherworldly, this time with a focus on those eerie Phoenix lights.
55. However, it has scheduled three extra round trips between Phoenix and Las Vegas on Sunday, to accommodate people staying there.
56. The card suffered a big blow when Phoenix junior-flyweight Michael Carbajal withdrew because of pneumonia.
57. She has been competing for three weeks under a temporary restraining order issued April 15 by a federal district judge in Phoenix.
58. The two men were tied for the lead going into today's final round of the Dunlop Phoenix golf tournament.
59. Rhone then prepared a discussion paper on the implications of the Better Communities Act for Phoenix.
60. The Warriors will face their old nemesis, the Phoenix Suns,[http://sentencedict.com/phoenix.html] tonight in the Coliseum Arena.