Definition of pyre

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Pyre (n.) A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt..

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Fuscine :: Fuscine (n.) A dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil.
Empyreuma :: Empyreuma (n.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.
Empyrean :: Empyrean (n.) The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist..
Pyrena :: Pyrena (n.) A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe..
Ophite :: Ophite (n.) A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness. So called from the colored spots which give it a mottled appearance..
Empyreumatical :: Empyreumatical (a.) Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor..
Apyrexial :: Apyrexial (a.) Relating to apyrexy.
Apyretic :: Apyretic (a.) Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever.
Monopyrenous :: Monopyrenous (a.) Having but a single stone or kernel.
Feverfew :: Feverfew (n.) A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, / Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities..
Antipyretic :: Antipyretic (a.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.
Empyreal :: Empyreal (a.) Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aerial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.
Chamois :: Chamois (n.) A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase..
Bertram :: Bertram (n.) Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).
Pyrenean :: Pyrenean (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a range of mountains separating France and Spain..
Coffee :: Coffee (n.) The beans or berries (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America..
Pyrethrin :: Pyrethrin (n.) A substance resembling, and isomeric with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also Pyrethrum camphor..
Izard :: Izard (n.) A variety of the chamois found in the Pyrenees.
Pyrexical :: Pyrexical (a.) Of or pertaining to fever; feverish.
Antipyresis :: Antipyresis (n.) The condition or state of being free from fever.
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