Category: P

Pythagorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pythagorize

Pythagorize (v. i.) To speculate after the manner of Pythagoras.

Pythiad (n.) The period intervening between one celebration of the Pythian games and the next.

Pythian (a.) Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered… read more Pythian

Pythagoreanism (n.) The doctrines of Pythagoras or the Pythagoreans.

Pythagoric (a.) Alt. of Pythagorical

Pyuria (n.) A morbid condition in which pus is discharged in the urine.

Python (n.) Any species of very large snakes of the genus Python, and allied genera, of the family Pythonidae. They… read more Python

Pythocenic (a.) Producing decomposition, as diseases which are supposed to be accompanied or caused by decomposition.

Pythoness (n.) The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece.

Python (n.) A diviner by spirits.

Pythonic (a.) Prophetic; oracular; pretending to foretell events.

Pythonism (n.) The art of predicting events after the manner of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying.

Pythonist (n.) A conjurer; a diviner.

Pythoness (n.) Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch.

Pythonomorpha (n. pl.) Same as Mosasauria.

Pyx (n.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved.

Pyx (n.) A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for… read more Pyx

Pyx (n.) The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle.

Pyxidate (a.) Having a pyxidium.