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PYR'GOM, n. A mineral, called also fassaite.
PYRETOL'OGY, n. [Gr. fever, from fire, and discourse.] A discourse or treatise o...
PYR'ENITE, n. A mineral of a grayish black color, found in the Pyrenees, and con...
PYRE, n. [L. pyra.] A funeral pile; a pile to be burnt.
PYR'AMOID, n. [pyramid and Gr. form.] A solid figure, formed by the rotation of ...
PYRAM'IDOID PYR'AMIS, n. [L.] A pyramid.
PYRAMID'ICALLY, adv. In the form of a pyramid.
PYRAMID'ICAL, a. Having the form of a pyramid. The particles of earth being cubi...
PYRAM'IDAL, a. Pyramidical.
PYR'AMID, n. [L. pyramis. The origin and composition of this word are not ascert...
PYRAL'LOLITE, n. [Gr. fire, and alluding to its changes of color before the blow...
PYR'ACANTH, n. [Gr. fiery thorn.] A plant; a kind of thorn of the genus Mespilus.
PYLO'RUS, n. [Gr. a gate.] The lower and right orifice of the stomach.
PYLOR'IC, a. Pertaining to the pylorus; as the pyloric artery.
PYL'AGORE, n. [Gr.] In ancient Greece, a delegate or representative of a city, s...
PYG'MY, n. [L. pygmoeus; Gr. the fist; as big as the fist.] A dwarf; a person no...