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PYLO'RUS, n. [Gr. a gate.] The lower and right orifice of the stomach.
PYR'ACANTH, n. [Gr. fiery thorn.] A plant; a kind of thorn of the genus Mespilus.
PYRAL'LOLITE, n. [Gr. fire, and alluding to its changes of color before the blow...
PYR'AMID, n. [L. pyramis. The origin and composition of this word are not ascert...
PYRAM'IDAL, a. Pyramidical.
PYRAMID'ICAL, a. Having the form of a pyramid. The particles of earth being cubi...
PYRAMID'ICALLY, adv. In the form of a pyramid.
PYRAM'IDOID PYR'AMIS, n. [L.] A pyramid.
PYR'AMOID, n. [pyramid and Gr. form.] A solid figure, formed by the rotation of ...
PYRE, n. [L. pyra.] A funeral pile; a pile to be burnt.
PYR'ENITE, n. A mineral of a grayish black color, found in the Pyrenees, and con...
PYRETOL'OGY, n. [Gr. fever, from fire, and discourse.] A discourse or treatise o...
PYR'GOM, n. A mineral, called also fassaite.
PYRIFORM, a. [L., a pear, and form.] Having the form of a pear.
PYRITACEOUS, a. Pertaining to pyrite. [See Pyritic .]
PYRITE, n. plu. pyrites. [Gr., fire.] Fire-stone; a genus of inflammable substan...