pyrophorous
English
Etymology
pyro- + -phor + -ous
Adjective
pyrophorous (not comparable)
- (archaic) light-producing
- (archaic) of or relating to pyrophorus
Related terms
- pyrophoric
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pyrophorous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)