English words starting with py - page 13
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Meanings of Pyruvates:
nounA salt or ester of pyruvic acid.
Usage examples:
The first step is removal of the terminal carbon dioxide from the pyruvate.
Meanings of Pythagoras:
proper noun(c.580–500 bc), greek philosopher; known as pythagoras of samos. pythagoras sought to interpret the entire physical world in terms of numbers, and founded their systematic and mystical study; he is best known for the theorem of the right-angled triangle. his analysis of the courses of the sun, moon, and stars into circular motions was not set aside until the 17th century.
noun(= a statement that in a right-angled triangle (= a triangle with a 90° angle) the square of the length of the side opposite the 90° angle is equal to the squares of each of the other two sides added together)
Meanings of Pythagorean:
adjectiveRelating to or characteristic of the greek philosopher pythagoras or his ideas.
Usage examples:
The pythagorean doctrine of the transmigration of souls
nounA person who supports the theories of the greek philosopher pythagoras.
Usage examples:
The early pythagoreans represented numbers by means of dots arranged in certain patterns
Meanings of Pythagoreanism:
nounΤhe philosophy or doctrine of pythagoras or his followers; adherence to this.
Meanings of Pythagoreans:
nounA person who supports the theories of the greek philosopher pythagoras.
Usage examples:
The early pythagoreans represented numbers by means of dots arranged in certain patterns
adjectiveRelating to or characteristic of the greek philosopher pythagoras or his ideas.
Usage examples:
The pythagorean doctrine of the transmigration of souls
Meanings of Pythagoric:
adjectivePythagorean. chiefly in plural with the.
nounPythagorean.
Meanings of Pythagorically:
adverbIn a pythagorean manner; according to or in accordance with pythagorean philosophy or doctrine.
Meanings of Pythagorism:
nounThe philosophy or doctrine of pythagoras or his followers; = pythagoreanism .
Meanings of Pythagorist:
nounA follower of pythagoras or of pythagorean philosophy or doctrine; (frequently depreciative) a person devoted to the observance of the mystical or ritual (as opposed to the scientific) aspects of pythagorean doctrine.
Meanings of Pythagorize:
verbTo follow pythagoras or the pythagorean system of philosophy; to speculate or philosophize after the manner of pythagoras.
Meanings of Pythagorizer:
nounA person who pythagorizes; a person who follows a pythagorean philosophy or lifestyle.
Meanings of Pythia:
proper nounThe priestess of apollo at delphi in ancient greece.
Meanings of Pythiad:
noun(the festival of) the pythian games; (also) a period of four-years measured from one celebration of the pythian games to the next. compare "olympiad".
Meanings of Pythiambic:
nounA composite metre consisting of a dactylic hexameter (pythian metre) followed by an iambic colon.
adjectiveOf or relating to this metre.
Meanings of Pythian:
adjectiveRelating to or characteristic of pythia, the priestess of apollo at delphi in ancient greece.
Usage examples:
She begins to lose faith in the pythian prophecy
Meanings of Pythic:
adjective= "pythian". frequently in "pythic games".
Meanings of Pythogenic:
adjectiveGenerated by decomposing organic material or by decay; of or relating to such generation.
Meanings of Python:
nounA large heavy-bodied non-venomous snake occurring throughout the old world tropics, killing prey by constriction and asphyxiation.
Usage examples:
Anacondas are related to boa constrictors and pythons.
Meanings of Pythoness:
nounA woman believed to be possessed by a familiar spirit and to be able to foresee the future.
Usage examples:
An elevated term for a witch was pythoness, which came to us in medieval times from medical latin v…
Meanings of Pythonid:
nounA snake of the family pythonidae; a python.
adjectiveOf or relating to the family pythonidae.
Meanings of Pythonine:
adjectiveOf or relating to pythons, especially when regarded as constituting a subfamily (pythoninae) of the family boidae.
nounA pythonine snake; a python.
Meanings of Pythonism:
nounCommunication with or possession by a spirit; occult power derived from this; divination.
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