pyxis1
/ˈpɪksɪs/noun (plural pyxides /ˈpɪkˌsɪdiːs/)
A small box or casket.
Origin
Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek puxis, from puxos 'box'.
Pyxis2
/ˈpɪksɪs
/Astronomy
A small and inconspicuous southern constellation (the Compass Box or Mariner’s Compass), lying in the Milky Way between Vela and Puppis.
Origin
Latin.
- evangelization
- evangelize
- evangelizer
- evanish
- Evans, Dame Edith
- Evans, Gil
- Evans-Pritchard, Sir Edward
- Evans, Sir Arthur
- Evanston
- Evansville
- evap.
- evaporable
- evaporate
- evaporated milk
- evaporating dish
- evaporation
- evaporative
- evaporative cooling
- evaporatively
- evaporator
- evaporite
- evapotranspiration
- evapotranspirative
- evasion
- evasive