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pyromorphous

pyromorphous adjective: changing form when heated, especially forming crystals.

Adjective

pyromorphous (not comparable)

  1. (dated, usually) changing form when heated, especially forming crystals

Origin of pyromorphous

From pyro- + -morphous.

Questions about pyromorphous

What does pyromorphous mean?
Pyromorphous means changing form when heated, especially forming crystals.
What part of speech is pyromorphous?
Pyromorphous is an adjective.

Words near pyromorphous in the dictionary

  1. pyrometrical
  2. pyrometrically
  3. pyrometry
  4. pyromorphite
  5. pyromorphites
  6. pyromorphous
  7. pyromucate
  8. pyromucates
  9. pyromucic
  10. pyromucic acid
  11. pyromucite

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