protyle
/ˈprəʊtʌɪl/(also prothyl) Science. Now historical
noun
A hypothetical original undifferentiated matter from which the chemical elements were supposed to derive.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in William Crookes (1832–1919), chemist and science journalist. Irregularly from proto- + ancient Greek ὕλη timber, material, (in philosophical language) matter; compare πρώτη ὕλη first matter or substance (Aristotle Metaphysics).
- pyrroline
- pyrrolizidine
- pyrrolizidine alkaloid
- pyrus
- pyruvate
- pyruvate kinase
- pyruvate oxidase
- pyruvic acid
- pyruvic aldehyde
- pyruvic kinase
- pyruvic oxidase
- pysanka
- pysanky
- Pytchley
- Pytchley coat
- Pytchley Hunt
- Pythagoras
- Pythagoras' theorem
- Pythagorean
- Pythagorean comma
- Pythagoreanise
- Pythagoreanism
- Pythagoreanize
- Pythagorean letter
- Pythagorean lyre