Words That Start With: PYR

• a borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry

• a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

• of or relating to a war dance of ancient Greece

• of or relating to or containing a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables

• of or relating to or resembling Pyrrhus or his exploits (especially his sustaining staggering losses in order to defeat the Romans)

• a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed syllables

• an ancient Greek dance imitating the motions of warfare

• a borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry

• a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt

• a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex

• (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases

• enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

• use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal

• arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid

• increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base

• causing fever

• a deep red garnet used as a gemstone