English words starting with pyx

Meanings of Pyx:

noun

The container in which the consecrated bread of the eucharist is kept.

Usage examples:

He wanted to restore to churches what he called ‘the real thing: vestments, pyxes, sedilia, road sc…

Meanings of Pyxes:

noun

The container in which the consecrated bread of the eucharist is kept.

Usage examples:

He wanted to restore to churches what he called ‘the real thing: vestments, pyxes, sedilia, road sc…

Meanings of Pyxidate:

adjective

Box-like, having a lid; having the form of a pyxidium.

Meanings of Pyxides:

noun

A small box or casket.

proper noun

A small and inconspicuous southern constellation (the compass box or mariner's compass), lying in the milky way between vela and puppis.

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation pyxis.

Usage examples:

The star alpha pyxidis

Meanings of Pyxidia:

noun

A seed capsule that splits open so that the top comes off like the lid of a box.

Meanings of Pyxidium:

noun

A seed capsule that splits open so that the top comes off like the lid of a box.

Meanings of Pyxie:

noun

In full "pyxie moss". a prostrate, mosslike evergreen shrub, pyxidanthera barbulata (family diapensiaceae), which bears numerous tiny white or pink flowers and is found in the pine barrens of new jersey and the carolinas.

Meanings of Pyxies:

noun

In full "pyxie moss". a prostrate, mosslike evergreen shrub, pyxidanthera barbulata (family diapensiaceae), which bears numerous tiny white or pink flowers and is found in the pine barrens of new jersey and the carolinas.

Meanings of Pyxis:

noun

A small box or casket.

proper noun

A small and inconspicuous southern constellation (the compass box or mariner's compass), lying in the milky way between vela and puppis.

adjective

Used with preceding greek letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation pyxis.

Usage examples:

The star alpha pyxidis