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burned; hence, any pile to be burnt. For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. Pope.

A nutlet resembling a seed, or the kernel of a drupe. Gray.

Same as Pyrena.

Of or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a range of mountains separating France and Spain. -- n.

A transparent body found in the chromatophores of certain Infusoria.

with, ordinary camphor, and extracted from the essential oil of feverfew; -- called also Pyrethrum camphor.

An alkaloid extracted from the root of the pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).

Of or pertaining to fever; febrile.

A discourse or treatise on fevers; the doctrine of fevers. Hooper.

The febrile condition.

Of or pertaining to fever; feverish.

Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile. -- n.

The condition or state of being free from fever.

Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever. -- n.

Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever. Dunglison.

The absence or intermission of fever.

Relating to apyrexy. "Apyrexial period." Brande & C.

A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent.

Containing two stones or nutlets.

ance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven. Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. Pope. Empyreal air, oxygen gas.