pentamerous |
consisting of five parts or divisions. |
pentameter |
a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet. [2 definitions] |
pentane |
any of three colorless liquid isomeric hydrocarbons of the methane series. |
Pentateuch |
the first five books of the Old Testament; Five Books of Moses. |
pentathlon |
in the Olympic games, a five-event contest in which each competitor must ride, on horseback, a cross-country course, run cross-country, swim, fence, and shoot a pistol. [2 definitions] |
pentavalent |
in chemistry, having a valence of five. |
Pentecost |
a Christian festival on the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles of Jesus Christ. [2 definitions] |
Pentecostal |
of or pertaining to Pentecost. [2 definitions] |
penthouse |
an apartment or other dwelling situated on the top floor or roof of a usu. tall building. [3 definitions] |
pentode |
a vacuum tube containing five electrodes that is used as a voltage amplifier. |
pentose |
any of several monosaccharides, such as ribose, that have five oxygen atoms in the molecule. |
pent-up |
held in; not released or expressed; confined. |
pentyl |
see "amyl." |
penuche |
a candy, cooked much like fudge, that is made of brown sugar, butter, milk, and nuts. |
penult |
the syllable that is next to the last syllable in a word. [2 definitions] |
penultima |
see penult. |
penultimate |
the next to the last. [2 definitions] |
penumbra |
the partially lighted shadow that surrounds the complete shadow of an opaque body such as the moon during an eclipse. (Cf. umbra.) [3 definitions] |
penurious |
extremely needy or poor; poverty-stricken. [3 definitions] |
penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. [2 definitions] |
Penzance |
a seaport town in the southwest corner of England and the setting of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera, The Pirates of Penzance. |