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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.