PYROLIGNITE — PYX NWAD PYROLIGNITE.1

PYROLIGNITE, n. [supra.] A salt formed by the combination of pyrolignous acid with another substance. NWAD PYROLIGNITE.1

PYROLITHIC, a. [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 concretions, when distilled in a retort. NWAD PYROLITHIC.1

PYROLOGIST, n. [See Pyrology.] A believer in the doctrine of latent heat. NWAD PYROLOGIST.1

PYROLOGY, n. [Gr., fire; discourse.] A treatise on heat; or the natural history of heat, latent and sensible. NWAD PYROLOGY.1

PYROMALATE, n. [See Pyromalic.] A compound of malic acid and a salifiable base. NWAD PYROMALATE.1

PYROMALIC, a. [Gr., fire; L., an apple.] The pyromalic acid is a substance obtained by the distillation from the malic acid. NWAD PYROMALIC.1

PYROMANCY, n. [Gr., fire; divination.] Divination by fire. NWAD PYROMANCY.1

PYROMANTIC, a. Pertaining to pyromancy. NWAD PYROMANTIC.1

PYROMANTIC, n. One who pretends to divine by fire. NWAD PYROMANTIC.2

PYROMETER, n. [Gr., fire; measure.] NWAD PYROMETER.1

1. An instrument for measuring the expansion of bodies by heat. NWAD PYROMETER.2

2. An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer; as the pyrometer of Wedgewood. NWAD PYROMETER.3

PYROMUCITE, n. A combination of pyromucous acid with another substance. NWAD PYROMUCITE.1

PYROMUCOUS, a. [Gr., fire; L.] The pyromucous acid is obtained by the distillation of sugar or other saccharine substance. NWAD PYROMUCOUS.1

PYROPE, n. [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 with a tinge of orange. NWAD PYROPE.1

PYROPHANE, n. [Gr., fire; clear.] A mineral which in its natural state is opake, but rendered transparent by heat. NWAD PYROPHANE.1

PYROPHANOUS, a. Rendered transparent by heat. NWAD PYROPHANOUS.1

PYROPHOROUS, a. Pertaining to or resembling pyrophorus. NWAD PYROPHOROUS.1

PYROPHORUS, n. [Gr., fire; bearing.] A substance which takes fire on exposure to air, or which maintains or retains light. NWAD PYROPHORUS.1

PYROPHYSALITE. [See Topaz and Physalite.] NWAD PYROPHYSALITE.1

PYRORTHITE, n. 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. Pyrorthite is in black plates, thin and almost parallel. NWAD PYRORTHITE.1

PYROSCOPE, n. [Gr., fire; to view.] An instrument for measuring the pulsatory motion of the air, or the intensity of heat radiating from a fire. NWAD PYROSCOPE.1

PYROSMALITE, n. A mineral of a liver brown color, or pistachio green, occurring in six sided prisms, of a lamellar structure, found in Sweden. NWAD PYROSMALITE.1

PYROTARTARIC, PYROTARTAROUS, a. [Gr., fire and tartar.] Denoting an acid obtained by distilling pure tartrite of potash. NWAD PYROTARTARIC.1

PYROTARTRITE, n. A salt formed by the combination of pyrotartarous acid with another substance. NWAD PYROTARTRITE.1

PYROTECHNIC, PYROTECHNICAL, a. [Gr., fire, art.] Pertaining to fire works or the art of forming them. NWAD PYROTECHNIC.1

PYROTECHNICS, PYROTECHNY, n. [supra.] The art of making fire words; or the science which teaches the management and application of fire in its various operations, in gunnery, rockets, etc. NWAD PYROTECHNICS.1

PYROTECHNIST, n. One skilled in pyrotechny. NWAD PYROTECHNIST.1

PYROTIC, a. [Gr., to burn.] Caustic. [See Caustic.] NWAD PYROTIC.1

PYROTIC, n. A caustic machine. NWAD PYROTIC.2

PYROXENE, n. [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 which comprehends many substances of different appearances. It is almost always crystalized, but in complicated forms. NWAD PYROXENE.1

PYROXENIC, a. Pertaining to pyroxene, or partaking of its qualities. NWAD PYROXENIC.1

PYRRHIC, n. [L., Gr., a nimble dance.] NWAD PYRRHIC.1

1. In poetry, a foot consisting of two short syllables. NWAD PYRRHIC.2

2. An ancient military dance. NWAD PYRRHIC.3

PYRRHIN, n. [Gr.] A vegeto-animal substance, detected in rain water by M. Brandes. NWAD PYRRHIN.1

PYRRHONIC, a. Pertaining to Pyrrhonism. NWAD PYRRHONIC.1

PYRRHONISM, n. [from Pyrrho, the founder of the sceptics.] Scepticism; universal doubt. NWAD PYRRHONISM.1

PYRRHONIST, n. A sceptic; one who doubts of every thing. NWAD PYRRHONIST.1

PHTHAGOREAN, n. A follower of Pythagoras, the founder of the Italic sect of philosophers. NWAD PHTHAGOREAN.1

PYTHAGOREAN, PYTHAGORIC, PYTHAGORICAL, a. Belonging to the philosophy of Pythagoras. NWAD PYTHAGOREAN.1

PYTHAGORISM, n. The doctrines of Pythagoras. NWAD PYTHAGORISM.1

PYTHIAN, a. [from Pythia, the priestess of Apollo.] Pertaining to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles. NWAD PYTHIAN.1

PYTHONESS, n. [L., Gr., a dragon or serpent.] A sort of witch; also, the female or priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi, in Greece. NWAD PYTHONESS.1

PYTHONIC, a. Pretending to foretell future events. NWAD PYTHONIC.1

PYTHONIST, n. A conjurer. NWAD PYTHONIST.1

PYX, n. [L, Gr.] The box in which the catholics keep the host. NWAD PYX.1