PYROTARTRITE
PYROTARTRITE, noun A salt formed by the combination of pyrotartarous acid with another substance.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PYROTECHNIC
PYROTECHNIC, PYROTECHNICAL, adjective [Gr., fire, art.] Pertaining to fire works or the art of forming them.
PYROTECHNICAL
PYROTECHNIC, PYROTECHNICAL adjective [Gr., fire, art.] Pertaining to fire works or the art of forming them.
PYROTECHNICS
PYROTECHNICS, PYROTECHNY, noun [supra.] The art of making fire words; or the science which teaches the management and application of fire in its various operations, in gunnery, ...
PYROTECHNIST
PYROTECHNIST, noun One skilled in pyrotechny.
PYROTECHNY
PYROTECHNICS, PYROTECHNY noun [supra.] The art of making fire words; or the science which teaches the management and application of fire in its various operations, in gunnery, r...
PYROTIC
PYROTIC, adjective [Gr., to burn.] Caustic. [See Caustic.]PYROTIC, noun A caustic machine.
PYROXENE
PYROXENE, noun [Gr., fire; a stranger; a guest in fire, unaltered.] Augite. A species of minerals of the class of stones, which has been named volcanic shorl; but it is a family...
PYROXENIC
PYROXENIC, adjective Pertaining to pyroxene, or partaking of its qualities.
PYRRHIC
PYRRHIC, noun [Latin, Gr., a nimble dance.]1. In poetry, a foot consisting of two short syllables.2. An ancient military dance.
PYRRHIN
PYRRHIN, noun [Gr.] A vegeto-animal substance, detected in rain water by M. Brandes.
PYRRHONIC
PYRRHONIC, adjective Pertaining to Pyrrhonism.
PYRRHONISM
PYRRHONISM, noun [from Pyrrho, the founder of the sceptics.] Scepticism; universal doubt.
PYRRHONIST
PYRRHONIST, noun A sceptic; one who doubts of every thing.
PYTHAGOREAN
PYTHAGOREAN, PYTHAGORIC, PYTHAGORICAL, adjective Belonging to the philosophy of Pythagoras.
PYTHAGORIC
PYTHAGOREAN, PYTHAGORIC PYTHAGORICAL, adjective Belonging to the philosophy of Pythagoras.
PYTHAGORICAL
PYTHAGOREAN, PYTHAGORIC, PYTHAGORICALadjective Belonging to the philosophy of Pythagoras.
PYTHAGORISM
PYTHAGORISM, noun The doctrines of Pythagoras.
PYTHIAN
PYTHIAN, adjective [from Pythia, the priestess of Apollo.] Pertaining to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles.
PYTHONESS
PYTHONESS, noun [Latin, Gr., a dragon or serpent.] A sort of witch; also, the female or priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi, in Greece.
PYTHONIC
PYTHONIC, adjective Pretending to foretell future events.
PYTHONIST
PYTHONIST, noun A conjurer.
PYX
PYX, noun [L, Gr.] The box in which the catholics keep the host.