"Pyr-" is a word in ENGLISH
Combining forms designating fire or heat; specifically (Chem.),
used to imply an actual or theoretical derivative by the action of
heat; as in pyrophosphoric, pyrosulphuric, pyrotartaric, pyrotungstic,
etc.
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To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.
Read the complete definitionTo cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a …
Read the complete definitionAn apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as …
Read the complete definitionA process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to …
Read the complete definitionThe combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat.
Read the complete definitionA colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained …
Read the complete definitionTo call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to …
Read the complete definitionA force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and …
Read the complete definitionA nonmetallic element, of the halogen group, occurring always in combination, as in the iodides. When isolated it is in …
Read the complete definitionA combining form from Gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as in thermochemistry, thermodynamic.
Read the complete definitionAn elementary substance found combined in the minerals manaccanite, rutile, sphene, etc., and isolated as an infusible iron-gray amorphous powder, …
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