pyromagnetic |
<physics> Acting by the agency of heat and magnetism; as, a pyromagnetic machine for producing electric currents. Origin: Pyro- + magnetic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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pyromalate |
<chemistry> A salt of pyromalic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
pyromalic |
<chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, an acid now called maleic acid. Origin: Pyro- + malic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
pyromancy |
Divination by means of fire. Origin: Gr.; fire + divination: cf. F. Pyromancie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
pyromania |
<psychiatry> An insane disposition to incendiarism. Origin: Pyro- + mania. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
pyromaniac |
One affected with pyromania; arsonist. (05 Mar 2000) |
pyromantic |
Of or pertaining to pyromancy. One who pretends to divine by fire. Origin: Cf. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
pyromen |
A sterile, nonprotein, nonanaphylactogenic extract of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus vulgaris. The active components are bacterial polysaccharides of low toxicity; used in the treatment of certain allergic, dermatologic, and ophthalmic disorders. Synonym: pyromen. (05 Mar 2000) |
pyrometer |
1. <physics> An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat. 2. <physics> An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer. It is usually constructed so as to register the change which the heat to be measured produces in the length of some expansible substance, as a metallic rod, or in the intensity of a thermo-electric current. Origin: Pyro-: cf. F. Pyrometre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
pyrometrical |
<physics> Pertaining to, or obtained by, the pyrometer; as, pyrometrical instruments; pyrometrical measurements. Origin: Cf. F. Pyrometrique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
pyromorphite |
<chemical> Native lead phosphate with lead chloride, occurring in bright green and brown hexagonal crystals and also massive; so called because a fused globule crystallizes in cooling. Origin: G. Pyromorphit, from Gr. Fire + form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
pyromorphous |
<chemical> Having the property of crystallizing by the agency of fire. Origin: Pyro- + -morphous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
pyromucate |
<chemistry> A salt of pyromucic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
pyromucic |
<chemistry> Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid obtained as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of mucic acid, or by the oxidation of furfurol. Origin: Pyro- + mucic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
pyrone |
A keto derivative of pyran. Synonym: pyranone. (05 Mar 2000) |