pyroxyline

Pyroxyline


– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers (context:substance)

pyroxyline

pyrrophyta

Pyrrophyta


– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. a division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds (context:animal)

pyrrophyta

pythiaceae

Pythiaceae


– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores (context:plant)

pythiaceae

pyrrhic

Pyrrhic


– definition :

  • (adjective)
    1. of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans) (context:pert)
    2. of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables (context:pert)
    3. of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece (context:pert)
  • (noun)
    1. an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare (context:act)
    2. a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables (context:communication)


– Sample : “pyrrhic”

  • a Pyrrhic victory
  • pyrrhic dance movements
  • pyrrhic verses
pyrrhic

pythoness

Pythoness


– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles (context:person)
    2. a witch with powers of divination (context:person)

pythoness

pyrrosia

Pyrrosia


– definition :

  • (noun)
    1. epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World (context:plant)

pyrrosia