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1 pyxis -- rank: 1000
pyxis definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: fruit of ... part falls off when the seeds are released [syn: pyxidium, pyxis] 2: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and ... Gk puxis f. puxos BOX(3) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pyxis Pyx*is, n. [L.] 1. A box; a pyx. 2 ...
2 Pyx -- rank: 598
... Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin pyxis, from Latin, box, from Greek, from pyxos box (shrub) Date ... deposited to be tested annually. Etymology: ME f. L (as PYXIS) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pyx Pyx, n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. pyxi`s a box, especially of boxwood ... compass is suspended; the binnacle. --Weale. 4. (Anat.) Same as Pyxis. Pyx cloth (R. C. Ch.), a veil of silk or ... especially that in which the host is kept), tabernacle, vessel, pyxis. Airports Landing Facility Type AIRPORT Airport Code PYX EFF_DATE ...
3 Pix -- rank: 461
Pix definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PIX, n. [L. pyxis.] A little box or chest in which the consecrated host ... See Pyx. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pyx Pyx, n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. pyxi`s a box, especially of boxwood ... compass is suspended; the binnacle. --Weale. 4. (Anat.) Same as Pyxis. Pyx cloth (R. C. Ch.), a veil of silk or ...
4 Box -- rank: 461
... s 1828 Dictionary BOX, n. [Lat. buxus, the tree, and pyxis, a box; Gr. a box, and the tree.] A coffer ... English, from Old English, from Late Latin buxis, from Greek pyxis, from pyxos box tree Date: before 12th century 1. a ... fuls). boxlike adj. Etymology: OE f. LL buxis f. L PYXIS 2. v. & n. --v. 1 a tr. fight (an opponent ...
5 Trial of the pyx -- rank: 364
... pyx definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pyx Pyx, n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. pyxi`s a box, especially of boxwood ... compass is suspended; the binnacle. --Weale. 4. (Anat.) Same as Pyxis. Pyx cloth (R. C. Ch.), a veil of silk or ...
6 pyxidium -- rank: 364
... part falls off when the seeds are released [syn: pyxidium, pyxis] Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. pyxidia) Bot. a seed-capsule ... Etymology: mod.L f. Gk puxidion, dimin. of puxis: see PYXIS Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pyxidium Pyx*id"i*um, n ...
7 Pyx cloth -- rank: 364
... cloth definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pyx Pyx, n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. pyxi`s a box, especially of boxwood ... compass is suspended; the binnacle. --Weale. 4. (Anat.) Same as Pyxis. Pyx cloth (R. C. Ch.), a veil of silk or ...
8 Vela -- rank: 230
... 1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis; "because of its configuration Vela is sometimes called `the Sails ...
9 Tabernacle -- rank: 230
... Roman catholic altars as a receptacle of the ciborium and pyxis. TAB'ERNACLE, v.i. To dwell; to reside for a ...
10 Bushel -- rank: 230
... of bustia, buxida (OF. boiste), fr. pyxida, acc. of L. pyxis box, Gr. ?. Cf. Box.] 1. A dry measure, containing four ...
11 Argo -- rank: 230
... Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Latin ...