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  • English Word Pentile Definition See Pantile.
  • English Word Pentine Definition An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, of the acetylene series. Same as Valerylene.
  • English Word Pentoic Definition Pertaining to, or desingating, an acid (called also valeric acid) derived from pentane.
  • English Word Pentone Definition Same as Valylene.
  • English Word Pentoxide Definition An oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in each molecule; as, phosphorus pentoxide, P2O5.
  • English Word Pentremite Definition Any species of Pentremites.
  • English Word Pentremites Definition A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra.
  • English Word Pentroof Definition See Lean-to.
  • English Word Pentrough Definition A penstock.
  • English Word Pentyl Definition The hypothetical radical, C5H11, of pentane and certain of its derivatives. Same as Amyl.
  • English Word Pentylic Definition Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, pentyl; as, pentylic alcohol
  • English Word Penuchle Definition Alt. of Pinocle
  • English Word Penult Definition The last syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding the final one.
  • English Word Penultima Definition Same as Penult.
  • English Word Penultimate Definition Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.
  • English Word Penultimate Definition The penult.
  • English Word Penumbra Definition An incomplete or partial shadow.
  • English Word Penumbra Definition The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light.
  • English Word Penumbra Definition The part of a picture where the shade imperceptibly blends with the light.
  • English Word Penumbrala Definition Of or pertaining to a penumbra; resembling a penumbra; partially illuminated.
  • English Word Penurious Definition Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly.
  • English Word Penurious Definition Not bountiful or liberal; scanty.
  • English Word Penurious Definition Destitute of money; suffering extreme want.
  • English Word Penury Definition Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution.
  • English Word Penury Definition Penuriousness; miserliness.
  • English Word Penwiper Definition A cloth, or other material, for wiping off or cleaning ink from a pen.
  • English Word Penwoman Definition A female writer; an authoress.
  • English Word Penwomen Definition of Penwoman
  • English Word Peon Definition See Poon.
  • English Word Peon Definition A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger.