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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Pyrenean :: Pyrenean (n.) The Pyrenees.
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..
Pyrethrine :: Pyrethrine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).
Empyrean :: Empyrean (n.) The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist..
Pyrothonide :: Pyrothonide (n.) A kind of empyreumatic oil produced by the combustion of textures of hemp, linen, or cotton in a copper vessel, -- formerly used as a remedial agent..
Hyperpyrexia :: Hyperpyrexia (n.) A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease..
Pyretic :: Pyretic (a.) Of or pertaining to fever; febrile.
Marmot :: Marmot (n.) Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck..
Fuscine :: Fuscine (n.) A dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil.
Izard :: Izard (n.) A variety of the chamois found in the Pyrenees.
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..
Pyrenoid :: Pyrenoid (n.) A transparent body found in the chromatophores of certain Infusoria.
Papyrean :: Papyrean (a.) Of or pertaining to papyrus, or to paper; papyraceous..
Pyrene :: Pyrene (n.) Same as Pyrena.
Pyrene :: Pyrene (n.) One of the less volatile hydrocarbons of coal tar, obtained as a white crystalline substance, C16H10..
Antipyresis :: Antipyresis (n.) The condition or state of being free from fever.
Kairine :: Kairine (n.) A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine..
Apyretic :: Apyretic (a.) Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever.
Antipyretic :: Antipyretic (n.) A febrifuge.
Empyreal :: Empyreal (n.) Empyrean.
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