PYGMEAN
PYGME'AN, adjective Pertaining to a pygmy or dwarf; very small; dwarfish.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PYGMY
PYG'MY, noun [Latin pygmoeus; Gr. the fist; as big as the fist.]A dwarf; a person not exceeding a cubit in highth. This appellation was given by the ancients to a fabulous race ...
PYLAGORE
PYL'AGORE, noun [Gr.] In ancient Greece, a delegate or representative of a city, sent to the Amphictyonic council.
PYLORIC
PYLOR'IC, adjective Pertaining to the pylorus; as the pyloric artery.
PYLORUS
PYLO'RUS, noun [Gr. a gate.] The lower and right orifice of the stomach.
PYRACANTH
PYR'ACANTH, noun [Gr. fiery thorn.] A plant; a kind of thorn of the genus Mespilus.
PYRALLOLITE
PYRAL'LOLITE, noun [Gr. fire, and alluding to its changes of color before the blowpipe.] A new mineral found in Finland, massive and in crystals, friable and yielding to the kni...
PYRAMID
PYR'AMID, noun [Latin pyramis. The origin and composition of this word are not ascertained. It is supposed that the Gr. fire, forms one of its component parts.] A solid body sta...
PYRAMIDAL
PYRAM'IDAL, adjective Pyramidical.
PYRAMIDICAL
PYRAMID'ICAL, adjective Having the form of a pyramid.The particles of earth being cubical, those of fire, pyramidicalA pyramidical rock.
PYRAMIDICALLY
PYRAMID'ICALLY, adverb In the form of a pyramid.
PYRAMIDOID
PYRAM'IDOIDPYR'AMIS, noun [Latin] A pyramid.
PYRAMIS
PYR'AMIS, n. [L.] A pyramid.
PYRAMOID
PYR'AMOID, noun [pyramid and Gr. form.] A solid figure, formed by the rotation of a semi-parabola about its base or greatest ordinate.
PYRE
PYRE, noun [Latin pyra.] A funeral pile; a pile to be burnt.
PYRENITE
PYR'ENITE, noun A mineral of a grayish black color, found in the Pyrenees, and considered as a variety of garnet. It occurs in minute rhombic dodecahedrons.
PYRETOLOGY
PYRETOL'OGY, noun [Gr. fever, from fire, and discourse.]A discourse or treatise on fevers, or the doctrine of fevers.
PYRGOM
PYR'GOM, noun A mineral, called also fassaite.
PYRIFORM
PYRIFORM, adjective [Latin, a pear, and form.] Having the form of a pear.
PYRITACEOUS
PYRITACEOUS, adjective Pertaining to pyrite. [See Pyritic.]
PYRITE
PYRITE, nounplural pyrites. [Gr., fire.] Fire-stone; a genus of inflammable substances composed of sulphur and iron or other metal; a sulphuret of iron or other metal.Hence sabl...
PYRITIC
PYRITIC, PYRITICAL, PYRITOUS, adjective Pertaining to pyrite; consisting of or resembling pyrite.
PYRITICAL
PYRITIC, PYRITICAL PYRITOUS, adjective Pertaining to pyrite; consisting of or resembling pyrite.
PYRITIFEROUS
PYRITIFEROUS, adjective [pyrite and Latin, to produce.] Containing or producing pyrite.
PYRITIZE
PYRITIZE, verb transitive To convert into pyrite.
PYRITOLOGY
PYRITOLOGY, noun [pyrite and Gr., discourse.] A discourse or treatise on pyrites.
PYRITOUS
PYRITIC, PYRITICAL, PYRITOUSadjective Pertaining to pyrite; consisting of or resembling pyrite.