pyromania
[ pahy-ruh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh ]
/ ˌpaɪ rəˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə /
noun
a compulsion to set things on fire.
OTHER WORDS FROM pyromania
py·ro·ma·ni·ac [pahy-ruh-mey-nee-ak] /ˌpaɪ rəˈmeɪ niˌæk/, noun py·ro·ma·ni·a·cal [pahy-roh-muh-nahy-uh-kuh l] /ˌpaɪ roʊ məˈnaɪ ə kəl/, adjectiveWords nearby pyromania
pyrolusite,
pyrolyse,
pyrolysis,
pyromagnetic,
pyromancy,
pyromania,
pyrometallurgy,
pyrometer,
pyrometric bead,
pyrometric cone,
pyromorphite
Example sentences from the Web for pyromania
Verbeena savagely and swiftly lighted nine cigarettes and faced him peagreen with pyromania.
The Shriek |Charles Somerville
British Dictionary definitions for pyromania
pyromania
/ (ˌpaɪrəʊˈmeɪnɪə) /
noun
psychiatry
the uncontrollable impulse and practice of setting things on fire
Derived forms of pyromania
pyromaniac, noun pyromaniacal (ˌpaɪrəʊməˈnaɪəkəl), adjectiveMedical definitions for pyromania
pyromania
[ pī′rō-mā′nē-ə, -mān′yə ]
n.
An uncontrollable impulse to start fires.
Other words from pyromania
py′ro•ma′ni•ac′ (-mā′nē-ăk′) adj. n.Cultural definitions for pyromania
pyromania
[ (peye-roh-may-nee-uh) ]
An uncontrollable urge to set fires.