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pyre
(msasasci) | pyre
- puree |
pyre
(encz) | pyre,hranice n: Nijel |
Pyre
(gcide) | Pyre \Pyre\, n. [L. pure, Gr. ?, fr. ? fire. See Fire.]
A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are
burned; hence, any pile to be burnt.
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For nine long nights, through all the dusky air,
The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. --Pope.
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pyre
(wn) | pyre
n 1: wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn:
pyre, funeral pyre] |
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pyre
(msasasci) | pyre
- puree |
antipyretic
(encz) | antipyretic,antipyretický adj: Zdeněk Brožantipyretic,protihorečný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
benzpyrene
(encz) | benzpyrene,benzpyren [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
class pyrenomycetes
(encz) | class Pyrenomycetes, n: |
copyread
(encz) | copyread, v: |
copyreader
(encz) | copyreader, n: |
empyreal
(encz) | empyreal,empyrejský adj: Zdeněk Brožempyreal,nebeský adj: Zdeněk Brožempyreal,rajský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
empyrean
(encz) | empyrean,empyreum Zdeněk Brožempyrean,obloha n: Zdeněk Brož |
funeral pyre
(encz) | funeral pyre, n: |
heat hyperpyrexia
(encz) | heat hyperpyrexia, n: |
hyperpyrexia
(encz) | hyperpyrexia, n: |
pyre
(encz) | pyre,hranice n: Nijel |
pyrectic
(encz) | pyrectic, n: |
pyrene
(encz) | pyrene, n: |
pyrenees
(encz) | Pyrenees,Pyreneje n: [zem.] |
pyrethrum
(encz) | pyrethrum,kopretina n: Zdeněk Brož |
pyretic
(encz) | pyretic,horečkový adj: Zdeněk Brožpyretic,horečnatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pyrex
(encz) | Pyrex,varné sklo n: Jan Hradil |
pyrexia
(encz) | pyrexia,horečka n: pl. pyrexiae Petr Prášek |
pyrexiae
(encz) | pyrexiae,horečky n: pl. Petr Prášek |
antipyretický
(czen) | antipyretický,antipyreticadj: Zdeněk Brož |
benzpyren
(czen) | benzpyren,benzpyrene[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
empyrejský
(czen) | empyrejský,empyrealadj: Zdeněk Brož |
empyreum
(czen) | empyreum,empyrean Zdeněk Brož |
pyreneje
(czen) | Pyreneje,Pyreneesn: [zem.] |
alexipyretic
(gcide) | alexipyretic \a*lex`i*py*ret"ic\
([.a]*l[e^]ks`[i^]*p[-i]*r[e^]t"[i^]k), a. [Gr. 'ale`xein to
keep off + pyreto`s burning heat, fever, py^r fire.] (Med.)
Serving to drive off fever; antipyretic; antifebrile.
[archaic] -- n. An antipyretic drug; a febrifuge. [archaic]
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Anacyclus Pyrethrum
(gcide) | Pellitory \Pel"li*to*ry\, n. [Sp. pelitre, fr. L. pyrethrum. See
Bertram.] (Bot.)
(a) A composite plant (Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the
Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and
whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and
is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also
bertram, and pellitory of Spain.
(b) The feverfew (Chrysanthemum Parthenium); -- so called
because it resembles the above.
[1913 Webster]Pyrethrine \Pyr"eth*rine\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain
(Anacyclus pyrethrum).
[1913 Webster]Bertram \Ber"tram\, n. [Corrupted fr. L. pyrethrum, Gr. ? a hot
spicy plant, fr. ? fire.] (Bot.)
Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).
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Anacyclus pyrethrum
(gcide) | Pellitory \Pel"li*to*ry\, n. [Sp. pelitre, fr. L. pyrethrum. See
Bertram.] (Bot.)
(a) A composite plant (Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the
Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and
whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and
is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also
bertram, and pellitory of Spain.
(b) The feverfew (Chrysanthemum Parthenium); -- so called
because it resembles the above.
[1913 Webster]Pyrethrine \Pyr"eth*rine\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain
(Anacyclus pyrethrum).
[1913 Webster]Bertram \Ber"tram\, n. [Corrupted fr. L. pyrethrum, Gr. ? a hot
spicy plant, fr. ? fire.] (Bot.)
Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).
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Antipyresis
(gcide) | Antipyresis \An`ti*py*re"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'anti` against +
? to be feverish, fr. ? fire.] (Med.)
The condition or state of being free from fever.
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Antipyretic
(gcide) | Antipyretic \An`ti*py*ret"ic\, a. (Med.)
Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever. -- n. A
febrifuge.
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Apyretic
(gcide) | Apyretic \Ap`y*ret"ic\, a. [Pref. a? not + pyretic.] (Med.)
Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an
intermission of fever. --Dunglison.
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Apyrexia
(gcide) | Apyrexia \Ap`y*rex"i*a\, Apyrexy \Ap`y*rex`y\, n. [NL. apyrexia,
fr. Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? to be feverish, fr. ? fire: cf. F.
apyrexie.] (Med.)
The absence or intermission of fever.
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Apyrexial
(gcide) | Apyrexial \Ap`y*rex"i*al\, a. (Med.)
Relating to apyrexy. "Apyrexial period." --Brande & C.
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Apyrexy
(gcide) | Apyrexia \Ap`y*rex"i*a\, Apyrexy \Ap`y*rex`y\, n. [NL. apyrexia,
fr. Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? to be feverish, fr. ? fire: cf. F.
apyrexie.] (Med.)
The absence or intermission of fever.
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copyreader
(gcide) | copyreader \copyreader\ n.
an editor who prepares text for publication.
Syn: copy editor, text editor.
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Dipyre
(gcide) | Dipyre \Di*pyre"\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice fire.] (Min.)
A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the
double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it
phosphorescent.
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Dipyrenous
(gcide) | Dipyrenous \Di`py*re"nous\, a. [Pref. di- + pyrene.] (Bot.)
Containing two stones or nutlets.
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Empyreal
(gcide) | Empyreal \Em*pyr"e*al\, a. [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. ?,
?, in fire, fiery; ? in + ? fire. See In, and Fire.]
Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond a["e]rial
substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of
heaven.
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Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. --Pope.
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Empyreal air, oxygen gas.
[1913 Webster]Empyreal \Em*pyr"e*al\, n.
Empyrean. --Mrs. Browning.
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Empyreal air
(gcide) | Empyreal \Em*pyr"e*al\, a. [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. ?,
?, in fire, fiery; ? in + ? fire. See In, and Fire.]
Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond a["e]rial
substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of
heaven.
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Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. --Pope.
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Empyreal air, oxygen gas.
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Empyrean
(gcide) | Empyrean \Em`py*re"an\ (?; 277), n. [See Empyreal.]
The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was
supposed by the ancients to subsist.
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The empyrean rung
With hallelujahs. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Empyrean \Em`py*re"an\, a.
Empyreal. --Akenside.
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Empyreuma
(gcide) | Empyreuma \Em`py*reu"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a live coal
covered with ashes, fr. ? to set on fire, fr. ?: cf. F.
empyreume. See Empyreal.] (Chem.)
The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of
decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in
close vessels. Empyreumatic |
Empyreumatic
(gcide) | Empyreumatic \Em`py*reu*mat"ic\, Empyreumatical
\Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. empyreumatique.]
Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor.
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Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various
organic substances at high temperatures. --Brande & C.
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Empyreumatic oils
(gcide) | Empyreumatic \Em`py*reu*mat"ic\, Empyreumatical
\Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. empyreumatique.]
Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor.
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Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various
organic substances at high temperatures. --Brande & C.
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Empyreumatical
(gcide) | Empyreumatic \Em`py*reu*mat"ic\, Empyreumatical
\Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. empyreumatique.]
Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor.
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Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various
organic substances at high temperatures. --Brande & C.
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Empyreumatize
(gcide) | Empyreumatize \Em`py*reu"ma*tize\, v. t.
To render empyreumatic. [R.]
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Funeral pyre
(gcide) | Funeral \Fu"ner*al\, a. [LL. funeralis. See Funeral, n.]
Pertaining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead;
as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. --Shak.
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Funeral pile or Funeral pyre, a structure of combustible
material, upon which a dead body is placed to be reduced
to ashes, as part of a funeral rite; a pyre. --
Fu"ner*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Hyperpyrexia
(gcide) | Hyperpyrexia \Hy`per*py*rex"i*a\, n. [NL. See Hyper-, and
Pyrexia.] (Med.)
A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature
in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that
disease.
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Monopyrenous
(gcide) | Monopyrenous \Mon`o*py*re"nous\, a. [Mono- + pyrene.] (Bot.)
Having but a single stone or kernel.
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Papyrean
(gcide) | Papyrean \Pa*pyr"e*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to papyrus, or to paper; papyraceous.
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Pyrena
(gcide) | Pyrena \Py*re"na\, n.; pl. Pyren[ae]. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, the
stone of fruit.] (Bot.)
A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe. --Gray.
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Pyrenae
(gcide) | Pyrena \Py*re"na\, n.; pl. Pyren[ae]. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, the
stone of fruit.] (Bot.)
A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe. --Gray.
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Pyrene
(gcide) | Pyrene \Py"rene\, n. [Gr. ? fire.] (Chem.)
One of the less volatile hydrocarbons of coal tar, obtained
as a white crystalline substance, C16H10.
[1913 Webster]Pyrene \Py"rene\, n. (Bot.)
Same as Pyrena.
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Pyrenean
(gcide) | Pyrenean \Pyr`e*ne"an\, a. [L. Pyrenaei (sc. montes) the
Pyrenees, fr. Pyrene, Gr.? a daughter of Bebryx, beloved by
Hercules, and buried upon these mountains.]
Of or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a range of mountains
separating France and Spain. -- n. The Pyrenees. --Shak.
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Pyrenoid
(gcide) | Pyrenoid \Py*re"noid\, n. [Gr. ? like a kernel. See Pyrena,
and -oid.] (Zool.)
A transparent body found in the chromatophores of certain
Infusoria.
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Pyrethrin
(gcide) | Pyrethrin \Pyr"eth*rin\, n. [NL. Pyrethrum, generic name of
feverfew, Gr. ? feverfew.] (Chem.)
A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor,
and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called
also Pyrethrum camphor.
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Pyrethrine
(gcide) | Pyrethrine \Pyr"eth*rine\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain
(Anacyclus pyrethrum).
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Pyrethrum camphor
(gcide) | Pyrethrin \Pyr"eth*rin\, n. [NL. Pyrethrum, generic name of
feverfew, Gr. ? feverfew.] (Chem.)
A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor,
and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called
also Pyrethrum camphor.
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Pyrethrum Parthenium
(gcide) | Feverfew \Fe"ver*few\ (f[=e]"v[~e]r*f[=u]), n. [AS. feferfuge,
fr. L. febrifugia. See fever, Fugitive, and cf.
Febrifuge.] (Bot.)
A perennial plant (Pyrethrum Parthenium, or {Chrysanthemum
Parthenium}) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves
and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal
qualities.
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Pyretic
(gcide) | Pyretic \Py*ret"ic\, a. [Gr. ? burning heat, fever, from ? fire:
cf. F. pyr['e]tique.] (Med.)
Of or pertaining to fever; febrile.
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Pyretology
(gcide) | Pyretology \Pyr`e*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? fever + -logy: cf. F.
pyr['e]tologie.] (Med.)
A discourse or treatise on fevers; the doctrine of fevers.
--Hooper.
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Pyrexia
(gcide) | Pyrexia \Py*rex"i*a\, n.; pl. Pyrexi[ae]. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to
be feverish, akin to ? fever.] (Med.)
The febrile condition.
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Pyrexiae
(gcide) | Pyrexia \Py*rex"i*a\, n.; pl. Pyrexi[ae]. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to
be feverish, akin to ? fever.] (Med.)
The febrile condition.
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Pyrexial
(gcide) | Pyrexial \Py*rex"i*al\, Pyrexical \Py*rex"ic*al\, a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to fever; feverish.
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Pyrexical
(gcide) | Pyrexial \Py*rex"i*al\, Pyrexical \Py*rex"ic*al\, a. (Med.)
Of or pertaining to fever; feverish.
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Valeriana Pyrenaica
(gcide) | Setwall \Set"wall`\, n. [CF. Cetewale.] (Bot.)
A plant formerly valued for its restorative qualities
(Valeriana officinalis, or Valeriana Pyrenaica). [Obs.]
[Written also setwal.] --Chaucer.
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vampyre
(gcide) | Vampire \Vam"pire\, n. [F. vampire (cf. It. vampiro, G. & D.
vampir), fr. Servian vampir.] [Written also vampyre.]
1. A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person
superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander
about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus
causing their death. This superstition was once prevalent
in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in
Hungary about the year 1730. The vampire was often said to
have the ability to transform itself into the form of a
bat, as presented in the novel depicting the legend of
Dracula published by Bram Stoker in 1897, which has
inspired several movies.
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The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards,
witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a
violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or
by the church, --Encyc. Brit.
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2. Fig.: One who lives by preying on others; an extortioner;
a bloodsucker.
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3. (Zool.) Either one of two or more species of South
American blood-sucking bats belonging to the genera
Desmodus and Diphylla; also called vampire bat.
These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong,
sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured
wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle,
and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep.
They have a caecal appendage to the stomach, in which the
blood with which they gorge themselves is stored.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of several species of harmless tropical
American bats of the genus Vampyrus, especially
Vampyrus spectrum. These bats feed upon insects and
fruit, but were formerly erroneously supposed to suck the
blood of man and animals. Called also false vampire.
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Vampire bat (Zool.), a vampire, 3.
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anacyclus pyrethrum
(wn) | Anacyclus pyrethrum
n 1: a small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once
used to relieve toothache [syn: pellitory, {pellitory-of-
Spain}, Anacyclus pyrethrum] |
antipyresis
(wn) | antipyresis
n 1: medication with antipyretics to treat a fever |
antipyretic
(wn) | antipyretic
adj 1: preventing or alleviating fever [ant: pyretic]
n 1: any medicine that lowers body temperature to prevent or
alleviate fever [syn: antipyretic, febrifuge] |
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