Pyro Definition
pīrō
pyros
noun
A person who has a compulsion to set fires; a pyromaniac.
American Heritage
(slang) A pyromaniac.
Wiktionary
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Fire; heat.
Pyrotechnic.
American Heritage
Relating to the action of fire or heat.
Pyrography.
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Formed upon heating, by loss of water or another small molecule.
Pyrosulfuric acid.
American Heritage
(chemistry) Orthoacid.
Wiktionary
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Fire, heat.
Pyromania, pyrometer.
Webster's New World
A substance derived (from a specified substance) by or as if by the action of heat.
Pyrogallic acid.
Webster's New World
An inorganic acid derived from an ortho-acid, as orthophosphoric acid, by the elimination of one molecule of water from two molecules of the acid.
Pyrophosphoric acid.
Webster's New World
A formation due to the action of heat.
Pyroxenite.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Pyro
Noun
Singular:
pyro
Plural:
pyrosOrigin of Pyro
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New Latin from Greek puro- from pūr fire paəwr̥ in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin pyr, from Ancient Greek πῦρ (pur, “fire").
From Wiktionary
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By shortening from pyromaniac or pyrocellulose.
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Eventually of Latin origin.
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