Phrase Hound found 40 phrases and 24 compound words that contain pyramid. The most common are listed below. Open pyramid in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
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- pyramid schemesplural of pyramid scheme: An illicit money-making investment scheme in which early investors are paid primarily or wholly from the funds of later investors, and which eventually collapses to the detriment of the most recent participants.
- population pyramidA graphical illustration of the distribution of a population (typically that of a country or region of the world) by age groups and sex; it typically forms the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.
- pyramid schemeAn illicit money-making investment scheme in which early investors are paid primarily or wholly from the funds of later investors, and which eventually collapses to the detriment of the most recent participants.
- Great Pyramid of GizaThe largest and most famous of the Egyptian pyramids, and the only remaining member of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
- food pyramidA pyramid-shaped diagram in layers, where each layer represents a group of animals that feeds on the layer below.
- human pyramidA tower made of people standing or kneeling on top of each other.
- step pyramidA pyramid composed of several stacked platforms or mastabas so that each face has steps.
- Pyramid TextsA corpus of ancient Egyptian funerary texts of the Old Kingdom consisting of spells to assist the journey of the dead king into the afterlife, carved on pyramid walls and sarcophagi.
- pyramid pianoA piano that has its strings slanting upward from left to right in a case that is shaped like a tall isosceles triangle.
- Pyramid HillA town in the Shire of Loddon, north western Victoria, Australia.
- pyramid roofA pyramid-shaped roof.
- Ball's PyramidAn erosional remnant of a shield volcano and caldera, near Lord Howe Island in the Pacific Ocean.
- pyramid of doomThe presence of many levels of nested indentation in source code, making it difficult for a person to read.
- earth pyramidA hoodoo (spire of rock).
- ecological pyramidA diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter, or numbers of organisms within each trophic level in a food chain or food web.
- oblique pyramidA nonright pyramid, where the apex is not centered over the base.
- pyramid inchA unit of measure claimed by pyramidologists to have been used in ancient times. Supposedly one twenty-fifth of a "sacred cubit", 1.00106 imperial inches, or 2.5426924 centimetres.
- pyramid poolA form of the game of pool, mainly played in the 19th century.
- pyramid sellingSynonym of multi-level marketing: A sales system under which the salesperson receives a commission on his or her own sales and a smaller commission on the sales from each person he or she convinces to become a salesperson.
- pyramid tradingA strategy by which the trader gradually adds to an existing trade or position as the price moves in the expected direction.
- renal pyramidA conical subdivision of the renal medulla
- Russian pyramidA form of pocket billiards played on a modified snooker table with narrower pockets.
- square pyramidA three-dimensional geometric figure with a square base and four triangular sides that connect at one point. An example is the Great Pyramid of Giza.
- stepped pyramidAlternative form of step pyramid: A pyramid composed of several stacked platforms or mastabas so that each face has steps.
- pyramid billiardsSynonym of Russian pyramid: A form of pocket billiards played on a modified snooker table with narrower pockets.
Compound words 24
- pyramidiotpyramidologist; one who believes prophecies are encoded in Egyptian pyramids.
- pyramidologyThe study of pyramids (especially the Egyptian pyramids) from a supernatural or new-age perspective, rather than the historical or archaeological viewpoint.
- beeramidA pyramid made from emptied cans of beer.
- obpyramidA pyramid with the apex downward; an inverse pyramid.
- demipyramidSomething that has the form of half a pyramid
- hemipyramidA half-pyramid.
- hyperpyramidA higher-dimensional shape analogous to the three-dimensional pyramid.
- macropyramidA macroprism.
- nanopyramidA nanosized pyramid
- pyramiderOne who engages in pyramid trading.