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— English words —

• pyxis n. A small box.
• pyxis n. (Botany) A capsule in which the lid separates from the top of the fruit to release the seeds; a pyxidium.
• pyxis n. A nautical compass.
• pyxis n. (Christianity) The box in which ashes are stored for Ash Wednesday.
• pyxis n. (Anatomy) acetabulum.
• Pyxis prop.n. (Astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the compass of a ship. It is…

— International convention —

• Pyxis prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Testudinidae – certain tortoises native to Madagascar.

— English words, defined in French —

• pyxis n. Petite boîte.
• pyxis n. (Botanique) Pyxide.
• pyxis n. (Chrétienté) Pyxide.

— In German —

• Pyxis S. Büchse zur Aufbewahrung von Schmuckstücken.
• Pyxis S. Christentum: verzierte Dose zur Aufbewahrung von konsekrierten Hostien.
• Pyxis S. Astronomie: Sternbild des Südhimmels.

— In Portuguese —

• Pyxis s. (Constelação) constelação austral.

44 English words from 7 English definitions

acetabulum Anatomy are Ash ashes Ash␣Wednesday Astronomy Botany box box␣in capsule certain Christianity compass constellation family for from fruit genus lid Madagascar native nautical of␣a pyxidium release resemble said seeds separates ship sky small southern spring stored taxonomic the top tortoises Wednesday which within

4 English words from 7 foreign definitions

austral des Dose Petite

17 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

Astronomie Aufbewahrung boîte Botanique Büchse Chrétienté Christentum constelação Hostien konsekrierten Pyxide Schmuckstücken Sternbild Südhimmels verzierte von zur

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

pyx xis Xis XIs

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

six Six

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

pixeys ptyxis pyxies

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

I-spy I␣spy pixy yips Yips Ypsi

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

paxis pyxes pyxie

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

ptyxis pyxies

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