Webster's Dictionary 1913

10261

Pythocenic

Pyth′o‐cen″ic (?), a. Producing decomposition, as diseases which are supposed to be accompanied or caused by decomposition.

10262

Python

Py″thon (?), n. [NL., fr. L. Python the serpent slain near Delphi by Apollo, Gr. �.] 1. (Zoöl.) Any species of very large snakes of the genus Python, and allied genera, of the f...

10263

Pythoness

Pyth″o‐ness (?), n. [L. pythonissa: cf. F. pythonisse. See Pythian.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece.2. Any woman supposed to have a ...

10264

Pythonic

Py‐thon″ic (?), a. [L. pythonicus, Gr. �. See Pythian.] Prophetic; oracular; pretending to foretell events.

10265

Pythonism

Pyth″o‐nism (?), n. The art of predicting events after the manner of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying.

10266

Pythonist

Pyth″o‐nist (?), n. A conjurer; a diviner.

10267

Pythonomorpha

‖Pyth′o‐no‐mor″pha (?), n. pl. [NL. See Python, and -morphous.] (Paleon.) Same as Mosasauria.

10268

Pyuria

‖Py‐u″ri‐a (?), n.(Med.) A morbid condition in which pus is discharged in the urine.

10269

Pyx

Pyx (?), n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. πυξίσ a box, especially of boxwood, fr. πύξοσ the box tree or boxwood. See Box a receptacle.] [Written also pix.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) The box, case, ...

10270

Pyx (2)

Pyx, v. t. To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx. Mushet.

10271

Pyxidate

Pyx″i‐date (?), a. Having a pyxidium.

10272

Pyxidium

‖Pyx‐id″i‐um (?), n.; pl.Pyxidia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. �, dim. a � a box. See Pyx.] (Bot.) (a) A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower half, of which the former acts...

10273

Pyxie

Pyx″ie (pĭks″ĭ), n.(Bot.) Same as Pixy.

10274

Pyxis

‖Pyx‐is (?), n. 1. A box; a pyx.2. (Bot.) A pyxidium.3. (Anat.) The acetabulum. See Acetabulum, 2.