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Wikipedia
Pyr may refer to:
- Pyruvic acid
- Pyridine
- Pyridoxine, vitamin B6. Abbreviation used in tuberculosis treatment regimens.
- Pyroglutamine, otherwise abbreviated "pGlu"
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Saint Pyr
- Caldey Island, called "Ynys Pyr" in Welsh
- Pyr (publisher)
- PYR is the IATA code for Andravida airbase
- Pyr (Encantadia), a character in the Encantadia franchise
Pyr is the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Prometheus Books, launched in March 2005 with the publication of John Meaney's Paradox.
Prometheus Books' name was derived from Prometheus, the Titan from Greek mythology who gave fire to humans. The name Pyr, the Greek word for fire, was chosen to continue this connection to fire and the liveliness of imagination.
Lou Anders served as Pyr's editorial director from its inception until 2014.
Usage examples of "pyr".
Pyra Quadde set her course back toward land, moving northerly, hoping to pick up one of the mighty schools of whales that broached and sunned themselves off the deserted coves.
Pyra Quadde nor Cyrus Ogg relaxed their vigilance, or let the muzzles of their blasters wander away from the whaleboat.
Pyra Quadde, Ryan and Donfil were kitted out with seaboots and marshaled along to meet the first mate of the ship, Cyrus Ogg.
Pyria, but he believed that the course would take Ammuud Swooper in the general direction of the Deep Core worlds.
Pyra Quadde kept to her cabin, occasionally pacing the quarterdeck, stick beating out a discontented tattoo on the scrubbed and holystoned planks.
Pyra Quadde had her cabin in the stern, beneath the afterhouse that held the ship's wheel.
He guessed that a whaling ship, especially with Pyra Quadde as skipper, was probably about as hard as a war wag.