PYROGOM
PYROGOM, noun A variety of diopside.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PYROLATRY
PYROLATRY, noun [Gr., fire; worship.] The worship of fire.
PYROLIGNEOUS
PYROLIGNEOUS, PYROLIGNIC, PYROLIGNOUS, adjective [Gr., fire; Latin, wood.] Generated or procured by the distillation of wood; a term applied to the acid obtained by the distilla...
PYROLIGNIC
PYROLIGNEOUS, PYROLIGNIC PYROLIGNOUS, adjective [Gr., fire; Latin, wood.] Generated or procured by the distillation of wood; a term applied to the acid obtained by the distillat...
PYROLIGNITE
PYROLIGNITE, noun [supra.] A salt formed by the combination of pyrolignous acid with another substance.
PYROLIGNOUS
PYROLIGNEOUS, PYROLIGNIC, PYROLIGNOUS adjective [Gr., fire; Latin, wood.] Generated or procured by the distillation of wood; a term applied to the acid obtained by the distillat...
PYROLITHIC
PYROLITHIC, adjective [Gr., fire; stone.] The pyrolithic acid is an acid of recent discovery. It is obtained from the silvery white plates which sublime from uric acid concretio...
PYROLOGIST
PYROLOGIST, noun [See Pyrology.] A believer in the doctrine of latent heat.
PYROLOGY
PYROLOGY, noun [Gr., fire; discourse.] A treatise on heat; or the natural history of heat, latent and sensible.
PYROMALATE
PYROMALATE, noun [See Pyromalic.] A compound of malic acid and a salifiable base.
PYROMALIC
PYROMALIC, adjective [Gr., fire; Latin, an apple.] The pyromalic acid is a substance obtained by the distillation from the malic acid.
PYROMANCY
PYROMANCY, noun [Gr., fire; divination.] Divination by fire.
PYROMANTIC
PYROMANTIC, adjective Pertaining to pyromancy.PYROMANTIC, noun One who pretends to divine by fire.
PYROMETER
PYROMETER, noun [Gr., fire; measure.]1. An instrument for measuring the expansion of bodies by heat.2. An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the m...
PYROMUCITE
PYROMUCITE, noun A combination of pyromucous acid with another substance.
PYROMUCOUS
PYROMUCOUS, adjective [Gr., fire; Latin] The pyromucous acid is obtained by the distillation of sugar or other saccharine substance.
PYROPE
PYROPE, noun [Gr., fire; face.] A mineral regarded as a variety of garnet, occurring in small masses or grains, never in crystals. Its color is a poppy or blood red, frequently ...
PYROPHANE
PYROPHANE, noun [Gr., fire; clear.] A mineral which in its natural state is opake, but rendered transparent by heat.
PYROPHANOUS
PYROPHANOUS, adjective Rendered transparent by heat.
PYROPHOROUS
PYROPHOROUS, adjective Pertaining to or resembling pyrophorus.
PYROPHORUS
PYROPHORUS, noun [Gr., fire; bearing.] A substance which takes fire on exposure to air, or which maintains or retains light.
PYROPHYSALITE
PYROPHYSALITE. [See Topaz and Physalite.]
PYRORTHITE
PYRORTHITE, noun A mineral little known, resembling orthite, but very different from it, for it burns in the flame of the blowpipe like charcoal; whereas orthite melts. pyrorthi...
PYROSCOPE
PYROSCOPE, noun [Gr., fire; to view.] An instrument for measuring the pulsatory motion of the air, or the intensity of heat radiating from a fire.
PYROSMALITE
PYROSMALITE, noun A mineral of a liver brown color, or pistachio green, occurring in six sided prisms, of a lamellar structure, found in Sweden.
PYROTARTARIC
PYROTARTARIC, PYROTARTAROUS, adjective [Gr., fire and tartar.] Denoting an acid obtained by distilling pure tartrite of potash.
PYROTARTAROUS
PYROTARTARIC, PYROTARTAROUS adjective [Gr., fire and tartar.] Denoting an acid obtained by distilling pure tartrite of potash.