pyr / pyro
πῦρ (pyr)
means “fire”
Pyr means fire. Pyrotechnics: fireworks. Antipyretic: a fever reducer, literally 'against fire'.
Words built on pyr / pyro
- pyrotechnics: fireworks; the craft of fire (pyro + technics)
- pyromania: an uncontrollable urge to set fires (pyro + mania)
- antipyretic: a medicine that brings a fever down (anti + pyr + etic)
The Texas version
Every Texas highway sprouts fireworks stands before the Fourth of July. That's pyrotechnics: the craft of fire.
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