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Definition: Pyrus |
PyrusNoun1. Fruit trees native to the Old World: pears. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Pyrus \Py"rus\, noun. [Latin expression pyrus, or better pirus, pear tree.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: PyrusSynonym: genus Pyrus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pyrus |
| English words defined with "Pyrus": Japan quince. (references) |
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Screenplays | Pyrus, I've activated the world engines. (Shadow Raiders; writing credit: Christy Marx; Katherine Lawrence) The Vizer says that if Prince Pyrus is not found Planet Fire will pull out of the alliance. (Shadow Raiders; writing credit: Christy Marx; Katherine Lawrence) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pyrus i alletiders eventyr (2000) | |
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Expressions using "Pyrus": genus Pyrus ♦ pyrus Americana ♦ pyrus arbutifolia ♦ pyrus Aria ♦ pyrus aucuparia ♦ pyrus baccata ♦ pyrus communis ♦ pyrus coronaria ♦ pyrus domestica ♦ pyrus Japonica ♦ pyrus Malus ♦ pyrus sambucifolia ♦ Pyrus Sorbus Americana ♦ pyrus torminalis. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "Pyrus": papyrus. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Pyrus": papyruses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Pyrus" (pronounced 'Py"rus'): Arcturus, Birrus, brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, Carus, Ceratosaurus, Churrus, Citrus, Coenurus, gyrus, hadrosaurus, ichthyosaurus, Laurus, Malapterurus, Morosaurus, Morus, Mosasaurus, Paleosaurus, Palinurus, Papyrus, Pelorus, Pleiosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Pliosaurus, Proterosaurus, Pylorus, Scarus, Sciurus, Silurus, Strato-cirrus, Susurrus, thesaurus, torus, urus, Varus, Virus, Walrus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pursy, syrup. | |
| Words within the letters "p-r-s-u-y" | |
-1 letter: purs, spry, spur, yups. | |
-2 letters: pry, pur, pus, spy, sup, ups, yup. | |
-3 letters: up, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "p-r-s-u-y" | |
+1 letter: cyprus, sirupy, sprucy, spurry, syrups, syrupy. | |
+2 letters: papyrus, pursily, purveys, pylorus, pyurias, splurgy, spurrey, yaupers. | |
+3 letters: cypruses, euphrasy, gyplures, koupreys, outprays, pleurisy, porously, pyritous, resupply, sprucely, spurreys, sulphury, superbly, superlay, superspy, uroscopy. | |
+4 letters: leprously, papyruses, parlously, polyurias, profusely, prolusory, prudishly, purposely, purveyors, pyloruses, pyruvates, spluttery, sumptuary, superably, supercity, superhype, supremacy, supremely, underpays, unsprayed. | |
+5 letters: byproducts, compulsory, coryphaeus, counterspy, cyberpunks, dysprosium, hypercubes, oversupply, paramylums, paronymous, pelycosaur, perigynous, perilously, perimysium, preciously, precursory, presumably, presumedly, presurgery, previously, pterygiums, puromycins, puttyroots, pyrethrums, pyrolusite, specularly, sportfully, spuriously, superalloy, superheavy, superhyped, superhypes, superiorly, superlying, supernally, suppletory, suretyship, suspensory, syncarpous, underplays, upholstery, uropygiums, vaporously, viperously. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 79 72 75 73 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. -.--. .-. ..- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01111001 01110010 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P y r u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0079 0072 0075 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5091848785 |
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