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Meaning of "pyrophorous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PYROPHOROUS

pyrophorous  [paɪˈrɒfərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PYROPHOROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pyrophorous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PYROPHOROUS


Bosphorus
ˈbɒsfərəs
chromatophoric
ˌkrəʊməˈtɒfərəs
chromatophorous
ˌkrəʊməˈtɒfərəs
conidiophorous
kəʊˌnɪdɪˈɒfərəs
cryophorus
kraɪˈɒfərəs
discophorous
dɪsˈkɒfərəs
electrophorus
ɪlɛkˈtrɒfərəs
eriophorous
ˌɛrɪˈɒfərəs
galactophorous
ɡəlækˈtɒfərəs
gonophorous
ɡəʊˈnɒfərəs
mastigophorous
ˌmæstɪˈɡɒfərəs
necrophorous
nɪˈkrɒfərəs
odontophorous
ˌɒdɒnˈtɒfərəs
ommatophorous
ˌɒməˈtɒfərəs
phosphorus
ˈfɒsfərəs
pyrophorus
paɪˈrɒfərəs
rhynchophorous
rɪŋˈkɒfərəs
siphonophorous
ˌsaɪfəˈnɒfərəs
sporophorous
spəˈrɒfərəs
zoophorus
zəʊˈɒfərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PYROPHOROUS

pyrometry
pyromorphite
pyrone
pyronine
pyroninophilic
pyrope
pyrophobia
pyrophobic
pyrophone
pyrophoric
pyrophorus
pyrophosphate
pyrophosphoric acid
pyrophotometer
pyrophotometry
pyrophyllite
pyroscope
pyrosis
pyrosome
pyrostat

WORDS THAT END LIKE PYROPHOROUS

amorous
carnivorous
dangerous
decorous
dolorous
glamorous
humorous
insectivorous
malodorous
microporous
nonporous
phosphorous
porous
rancorous
rigorous
sonorous
stertorous
tumorous
unglamorous
vaporous
vigorous

Synonyms and antonyms of pyrophorous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pyrophorous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PYROPHOROUS

Find out the translation of pyrophorous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pyrophorous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pyrophorous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

引火
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

piróforo
570 millions of speakers

English

pyrophorous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pyrophorous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pyrophorous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пирофорных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pyrophorous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pyrophorous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pyrophore
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pyrophorous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pyrophorer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

pyrophorous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

pyrophorous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pyrophorous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pyrophorous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pyrophorous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पायरोफोरस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

piroforoz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pyrophorous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pyrophorous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пірофорних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

piroforice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πυροφόρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pyrophorous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pyrophorous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pyrophorous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pyrophorous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PYROPHOROUS»

The term «pyrophorous» is used very little and occupies the 160.087 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PYROPHOROUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pyrophorous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PYROPHOROUS»

Discover the use of pyrophorous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pyrophorous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A memoir on gunpowder
It is supposed that pyrophorous, a substance which ignites on exposure to the air, is sometimes produced in the preparation of charcoal, and that the occasional and apparently spontaneous combustion of charcoal, when in store, arises from ...
John Braddock (writer on gunpowder.), 1832
2
Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology
Larvae are known as wireworms because of their long, narrow, and well- sclerotized, brown bodies. Most species are phytophagous, but some are predators. Pyrophorous species have two light-producing spots on the posterior edge of the ...
William H. Robinson, 2005
3
Nanofabrication Using Focused Ion and Electron Beams: ...
... Phillip Russell. Table 21.3 Properties of silicon precursors frequently used in CVD. Physical condition Precursor at 20°C Boiling point (b.p.) Vapor pressure Extreme caution SiH4 gas — 112°C - pyrophorous TMS liquid 27°C 231 mbar ...
Ivo Utke, Stanislav Moshkalev, Phillip Russell, 2012
4
The Asclepiad
PYROPHOROUS BLOOD AND PYROPHOROUS ACTION IN THE TISSUES. JN the term pyrophorous I name something that has not before been used in regard to animated bodies, and yet has been known in regard to bodies inanimate.
Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson, 1895
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The Asclepiad
PYROPHOROUS BLOOD AND PYROPHOROUS ACTION IN THE TISSUES. jN the term pyrophorous I name something that has not before been used in regard to animated bodies, and yet has been known in regard to bodies inanimate.
‎1895
6
Young Humphry Davy: The Making of an Experimental Chemist
l"Pyrophoruses" were compounds of varying composition, the most renowned of which was "Homberg's pyrophorous," now recognized as ... of potassium sulfide; see William B. lensen, "Whatever happened to Homberg's pyrophorous?" Bull.
June Z. Fullmer, 2000
7
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
... for the burner, an auxiliary burner, an auxiliary duct for said auxiliary burner, means for controlling said main duct and said auxiliary duct, an igniting device consisting of a pyrophorous body and a friction body coacting with said pyrophorous ...
‎1917
8
The Canadian Patent Office Record
... said torch being normaiiy disposed within said casing and in contact with said packing, a rotatably mounted triction wheel arranged to discharge sparks into the ignition held, and a. piece of pyrophorous metai heid in contact with said wheei.
Canada. Patent Office, 1916
9
Canadian Patent Office Record
3 mounted friction wheel arranged to dismetal helidns into the ignition field, a piece of pyrophorous and mtchetin rictional 'contact with said _wheel and gear to said frictiomeailis for iinpartiiig inotion in one direction 12 The ribw eel and in both ...
Canada. Patent Office, 1916
10
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
The combination with a lamp having an opening through the body thereof, of a tube, a bracket secured thereto, a spindle disposed in the tube, a metallic disk, a pyrophorous substance in contact therewith, one of the two last named elements  ...
United States. Patent Office, 1913

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