English words starting with pyt

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:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the greek philosopher pythagoras or his ideas.

Usage examples:

The pythagorean doctrine of the transmigration of souls

noun

A 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:

noun

Τhe philosophy or doctrine of pythagoras or his followers; adherence to this.

Meanings of Pythagoreans:

noun

A 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

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the greek philosopher pythagoras or his ideas.

Usage examples:

The pythagorean doctrine of the transmigration of souls

Meanings of Pythagoric:

adjective

Pythagorean. chiefly in plural with the.

noun

Pythagorean.

Meanings of Pythagorical:

adjective

Pythagorean.

Meanings of Pythagorically:

adverb

In a pythagorean manner; according to or in accordance with pythagorean philosophy or doctrine.

Meanings of Pythagorism:

noun

The philosophy or doctrine of pythagoras or his followers; = pythagoreanism .

Meanings of Pythagorist:

noun

A 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:

verb

To follow pythagoras or the pythagorean system of philosophy; to speculate or philosophize after the manner of pythagoras.

Meanings of Pythagorizer:

noun

A person who pythagorizes; a person who follows a pythagorean philosophy or lifestyle.

Meanings of Pythia:

proper noun

The 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:

noun

A composite metre consisting of a dactylic hexameter (pythian metre) followed by an iambic colon.

adjective

Of or relating to this metre.

Meanings of Pythian:

adjective

Relating 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:

adjective

Generated by decomposing organic material or by decay; of or relating to such generation.

Meanings of Python:

noun

A 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 Pythonical:

adjective

Pythonic.

Meanings of Pythonid:

noun

A snake of the family pythonidae; a python.

adjective

Of or relating to the family pythonidae.

Meanings of Pythonism:

noun

Communication with or possession by a spirit; occult power derived from this; divination.

Meanings of Pythonissa:

noun

Pythoness.

Meanings of Pythonist:

noun

A person who claims to be possessed by, and to speak the words of, a spirit; a soothsayer; a fortune-teller; a conjuror.

Meanings of Pythonoid:

noun

A snake of this form or group.

Meanings of Pythonomorph:

noun

Originally: any of various large extinct marine reptiles of the former order pythonomorpha (corresponding to the present-day suborder mosasauria); a mosasaur; (now disused). now: any reptile of the clade pythonomorpha, which comprises the mosasaurs together with modern snakes.

adjective

Of or relating to the order or clade pythonomorpha.