Words starting with P that are validated

• Pyrausta — Noun – English ～ moths whose larvae are corn borers
• Pyrausta nubilalis — Noun – English ～ native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants
• Pyrdol — Last name – Danish
• pyre — Noun – English ～ wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
• pyrectic — Noun – English ～ any substance that can cause a rise in body temperature
• pyrectic — Adjective – English ～ having or causing fever
• pyrene — Noun – English ～ a pale yellow crystalline hydrocarbon C16H10 extracted from coal tar
• pyrene — Noun – English ～ the small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it
• pyrenees — Noun – English ～ a chain of mountains between France and Spain
• Pyrenees daisy — Noun – English ～ perennial of Portugal similar to the oxeye daisy
• Pyrenomycetes — Noun – English ～ class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora
• Pyrethrum — Noun – English ～ used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum
• pyrethrum — Noun – English ～ made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants
• pyrethrum — Noun – English ～ spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
• pyrethrum — Noun – English ～ white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
• pyretic — Adjective – English ～ causing fever
• Pyrex — Noun – English ～ a borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry
• pyrexia — Noun – English ～ a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
• pyridine — Noun – English ～ a toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal
• Pyridium — Noun – English ～ analgesic (trade name Pyridium) used to treat urinary tract infections

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