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1: firebugs [syn: {family Pyrrhocoridae}]

1: a brownish iron sulfide mineral FeS having weak magnetic properties [syn: {pyrrhotite}, {magnetic pyrites}]

1: a brownish iron sulfide mineral FeS having weak magnetic properties [syn: {pyrrhotine}, {magnetic pyrites}]

1: bullfinches [syn: {genus Pyrrhula}]

1: common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast [syn: {bullfinch}]

1: crested gray-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico [syn: {Pyrrhuloxia sinuata}]

1: crested gray-and-red bird of southwest United States and Mexico [syn: {pyrrhuloxia}]

1: king of Epirus; defeated the Romans in two battles in spite of staggering losses (319-272 BC)

1: a division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds [syn: {phylum Pyrrophyta}]

1: epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World [syn: {genus Pyrrosia}]

1: east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus [syn: {felt fern}, {tongue fern}, {Cyclophorus lingua}]

1: small genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic shrubs [syn: {genus Pyrularia}]

1: shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes [syn: {rabbitwood}, {buffalo nut}]

1: fruit trees native to the Old World: pears [syn: {genus Pyrus}]

1: Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties [syn: {pear}, {pear tree}]

1: a colorless acid formed as an important intermediate in metabolism or fermentation

1: Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)

1: of or relating to Pythagoras or his geometry; "Pythagorean philosophy"; "Pythagorean theorem"

1: (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles [syn: {Pythoness}]

1: fungi having sporangia usually borne successively and singly at the tips of branching sporangiophores [syn: {family Pythiaceae}]

1: the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Delphi held every four years in the third year of the Olympiad in honor of Apollo

1: friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; w...

1: any fungus of the genus Pythium

1: fungus causing damping off disease in seedlings [syn: {damping off fungus}]

1: epithet for Apollo; from the dragon Python which he killed

1: large Old World boas 2: a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit 3: (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi

1: very large python of southeast Asia [syn: {Indian python}]

1: of southeast Asia and East Indies; the largest snake in the world [syn: {reticulated python}]

1: very large python of tropical and southern Africa [syn: {rock python}, {rock snake}]

1: Australian python with a variegated pattern on its back [syn: {carpet snake}, {Morelia spilotes variegatus}]

1: a witch with powers of divination 2: (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles [syn: {Pythia}]

1: in some classifications a family separate from Boidae comprising Old World boas [syn: {family Pythonidae}]

1: Old World boas: pythons; in some classifications considered a separate family from Boidae [syn: {subfamily Pythoninae}]

1: presence of white blood cells in the urine; symptom of urinary tract infection

1: a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay [syn: {pix}, {pyx chest}, {pix chest}] 2: any receptacle in which wafers for the Eucharist are kept [syn: {pix}]

1: a chest in which coins from the mint are held to await assay [syn: {pyx}, {pix}, {pix chest}]

1: 1 species: pyxie; the eastern United States [syn: {genus Pyxidanthera}]

1: creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas [syn: {pyxie}, {pixie}, {pixy}]

{pyxis}

{pyxidium}

1: fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released [syn: {pyxis}] [also: {pyxidia} (pl)]

1: creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas [syn: {pixie}, {pixy}, {Pyxidanthera barbulata}]

1: fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released [syn: {pyxidium}] 2: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia 3: a sm...