dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/pyr_MW.json

{
  "pyrenocarpic":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": perithecium":[],
      ": drupe":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u012b\u02c8r\u0113n\u0259\u02cck\u00e4rp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pyren- + -carp":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-034244"
  },
  "pyramid scheme":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually illegal operation in which participants pay to join and profit mainly from payments made by subsequent participants":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason explore the (still active) multi-level-marketing company LuLaRoe, which has been accused of being a pyramid scheme . \u2014 Sasha Urban, Variety , 26 May 2022",
      "Capuci also allegedly ran a pyramid scheme , according to the DOJ, recruiting promoters to sell the mining packages and promising them gifts ranging from Apple watches to Capuci's personal Ferrari, the press release says. \u2014 Ramishah Maruf, CNN , 8 May 2022",
      "With the passing years, Putin has heightened the lawlessness by presiding over a pyramid scheme of bribery that requires each beneficiary to pay off the person above them to protect their corrupt turf. \u2014 Alexandra Wrage, Forbes , 5 May 2022",
      "Georgieva said some cryptocurrencies are more akin to a pyramid scheme for the digital age because they aren't backed by real assets. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 23 May 2022",
      "Russia's central bank said the rapid growth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has been caused by speculative demand and that cryptocurrencies carry characteristics of a pyramid scheme , warning of potential price bubbles in the market. \u2014 Billy Bambrough, Forbes , 22 Jan. 2022",
      "Much like in a pyramid scheme , early adopters benefit from bringing newcomers into the fold: additional traders will drive up the value of their existing assets. \u2014 The Editors, Scientific American , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Jen goes after Justin Jen pulls out that LifeVantage, where Justin is the chief sales and marketing officer, had a lawsuit filed against it, accusing the company of being a pyramid scheme . \u2014 Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune , 14 Mar. 2022",
      "Prosecutors say the investments weren\u2019t being traded as promised but were instead used to pay out earlier investors, typical of a pyramid scheme . \u2014 Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune , 25 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1949, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112038"
  },
  "pyrethrum":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of several chrysanthemums with finely divided often aromatic leaves including ornamentals as well as important sources of insecticides":[],
      ": an insecticide made from the dried heads of any of several Old World chrysanthemums (especially Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium )":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8reth-r\u0259m",
      "p\u012b-\u02c8r\u0113-thr\u0259m",
      "-\u02c8re-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To observe pyrethrum \u2019s effects, Dong and her colleagues attached tiny electrodes to hairs on mosquitoes\u2019 antennae. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 19 July 2021",
      "Do not use pyrethrum products for these or any other pests. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 26 July 2021",
      "Lives can be spared by applying insect repellents, including a chrysanthemum flower extract called pyrethrum that humans have used for thousands of years. \u2014 Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American , 19 July 2021",
      "During the 1980s, the pyrethrum crisis began, instigated by the chemical synthesis of pyrethroids that led to the manufacturing of cheaper but non-organic products. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "The pyrethrum is known as the \u2018flower of death\u2019 \u2013 a nickname that neatly describes this delicate daisy imbued with murderous power. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "The pyrethrum is cultivated mainly in the hills of Nakuru in Kenya and is the arch foe of the insect world. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 4 Mar. 2021",
      "Look for pyrethrum in the list of ingredients on your bug spray; it\u2019s one of the most popular ingredients in natural insect repellents. \u2014 Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens , 21 Aug. 2020",
      "Some gardeners mention pyrethrum as an option for the nymphs, but for the adults, malathion and Sevin are the effective options. \u2014 Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com , 21 June 2019"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, pellitory, from Greek pyrethron , from pyr fire":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-120652"
  },
  "pyramid roof":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a roof having four slopes that meet at a peak":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125831"
  },
  "Pyrenocarpeae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a group of lichens comprising those whose fruiting body is closed \u2014 compare gymnocarpeae":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from pyren- + -carpeae (from -carpus -carpous)":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135953"
  },
  "pyrenin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": plastin":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u012b\u02c8r\u0113n\u0259\u0307n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pyren- + -in":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140230"
  },
  "pyrethrum yellow":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a moderate yellow that is greener and deeper than colonial yellow, greener, lighter, and stronger than brass, and greener, stronger, and slightly lighter than mustard yellow":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171111"
  },
  "Pyralidae":{
    "type":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large family of moths comprising a heterogeneous assemblage of small or medium-sized, usually plainly colored, long-legged forms that typically have prominent labial palpi and hind wings that fold under the body or lay flat when at rest":[],
      "\u2014 see crambidae , snout moth":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u012b\u02c8r-",
      "p\u0259\u0307\u02c8ral\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Pyralis + -idae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175401"
  },
  "pyrenocarp":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": perithecium":[],
      ": drupe":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u012b\u02c8r\u0113n\u0259\u02cck\u00e4rp"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "pyren- + -carp":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-182353"
  },
  "Pyrenochaeta":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of imperfect fungi (family Sphaeropsidaceae) characterized by setose pycnidia and unicellular hyaline ovate to elongate or cylindric pycnospores":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8k\u0113t\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from pyren- + -chaeta":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183647"
  },
  "pyralid":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of a very large heterogeneous family (Pyralidae) of mostly small slender long-legged moths":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u012b-\u02c8ra-l\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "ultimately from Latin pyralis , fly fabled as living in fire, from Greek, from pyr fire":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1870, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212206"
  },
  "Pyralididae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccpir\u0259\u02c8lid\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Pyralid-, Pyralis , type genus + -idae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225441"
  },
  "pyrophosphoric acid":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a crystalline acid H 4 P 2 O 7 formed when orthophosphoric acid is heated or prepared in the form of salts by heating acid salts of orthophosphoric acid":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-\u02c8f\u00e4r-",
      "-\u02c8f\u00e4s-f(\u0259-)rik-",
      "\u02ccp\u012b-r\u0259-f\u00e4s-\u02c8f\u022fr-ik-",
      "-f\u00e4s-\u02ccf\u022fr-ik-, -\u02ccf\u00e4r-; -\u02ccf\u00e4s-f(\u0259-)rik-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1830, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011237"
  },
  "pyrethrolone":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a viscous oily keto alcohol C 11 H 14 O 2 closely related to cinerolone and obtained by hydrolysis of the pyrethrins":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-thr\u0259\u02ccl\u014dn"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary pyrethr in + -ol + -one":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-012619"
  },
  "Pyralidoidea":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "p\u0259\u0307\u02ccral\u0259\u02c8-",
      "\u02ccpir\u0259l\u0259\u0307\u02c8d\u022fid\u0113\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Pyralid-, Pyralis + -oidea":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-013724"
  }
}