| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| pyaemia | noun | A form of blood poisoning produced by the absorption into the blood of morbid matters usually originating in a wound or local inflammation. It is characterized by the development of multiple abscesses throughout the body, and is attended with irregularly recurring chills, fever, profuse sweating, and exhaustion. |
| pyaemic | adjective | Of or pertaining to pyaemia; of the nature of pyaemia. |
| pycnite | noun | A massive subcolumnar variety of topaz. |
| pyebald | adjective | See Piebald. |
| pygidia | plural | of Pygidium |
| pygmean | adjective | Of or pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf; dwarfish; very small. |
| pygmies | plural | of Pygmy |
| pygopod | noun | One of the Pygopodes., Any species of serpentiform lizards of the family Pygopodidae, which have rudimentary hind legs near the anal cleft, but lack fore legs. |
| pyloric | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pylorus; as, the pyloric end of the stomach. |
| pylorus | noun | The opening from the stomach into the intestine., A posterior division of the stomach in some invertebrates. |
| pyralid | noun | Any moth of the family Pyralidae. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth, meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth. |
| pyramid | noun | A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this shape., A solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base., The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot. |
| pyramis | noun | A pyramid. |
| pyrenae | plural | of Pyrena |
| pyretic | adjective | Of or pertaining to fever; febrile. |
| pyrexia | noun | The febrile condition. |
| pyridic | adjective | Related to, or formed from, pyridin or its homologues; as, the pyridic bases. |
| pyridyl | noun | A hypothetical radical, C5H4N, regarded as the essential residue of pyridine, and analogous to phenyl. |
| pyrites | plural | of Pyrite, A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color. |
| pyritic | adjective | Alt. of Pyritical |
| pyrogen | noun | Electricity., A poison separable from decomposed meat infusions, and supposed to be formed from albuminous matter through the agency of bacteria. |
| pyrosis | noun | See Water brash, under Brash. |
| pyrotic | adjective | Caustic. See Caustic., A caustic medicine. |
| pyrrhic | adjective | Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance., Of or pertaining to a pyrrhic, or to pyrrhics; containing pyrrhic; as, a pyrrhic verse., An ancient Greek martial dance, to the accompaniment of the flute, its time being very quick., A foot consisting of two short syllables. |
| pyruric | adjective | Same as Pyrouric. |
| pyruvic | adjective | Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also pyroracemic acid) obtained, as a liquid having a pungent odor, by the distillation of racemic acid. |
| pyruvil | noun | A complex nitrogenous compound obtained by heating together pyruvic acid and urea. |
| pythiad | noun | The period intervening between one celebration of the Pythian games and the next. |
| pythian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi. |
| pyxidia | plural | of Pyxidium |