Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 35

Pend (n.) Oil cake; penock.

Pended (imp. & p. p.) of Pend

Pending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pend

Pend (v. i.) To hang; to depend.

Pend (v. i.) To be undecided, or in process of adjustment.

Pend (v. t.) To pen; to confine.

Pendant (n.) Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book.

Pendant (n.) A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features.

Pendant (n.) One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase.

Pendant (n.) A pendulum.

Pendant (n.) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.

Pendence (n.) Slope; inclination.

Pendency (n.) The quality or state of being pendent or suspended.

Pendency (n.) The quality or state of being undecided, or in continuance; suspense; as, the pendency of a suit.

Pendent (a.) Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf.

Pendent (a.) Jutting over; projecting; overhanging.

Pendentive (n.) The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola.

Pendentive (n.) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel.

Pendently (adv.) In a pendent manner.

Pendice (n.) A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse.

Pendicle (n.) An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant.

Pendicler (n.) An inferior tenant; one who rents a pendicle or croft.

Pending (a.) Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit.

Pending (prep.) During; as, pending the trail.

Pendragon (n.) A chief leader or a king; a head; a dictator; -- a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs.

Pendular (a.) Pendulous.

Pendulate (v. i.) To swing as a pendulum.

Pendule (n.) A pendulum.

Penduline (n.) A European titmouse (Parus, / Aegithalus, pendulinus). It is noted for its elegant pendulous purselike nest, made of the down of willow trees and lined with feathers.

Pendulosity (n.) The state or quality of being pendulous.

Pendulous (a.) Depending; pendent loosely; hanging; swinging.

Pendulous (a.) Wavering; unstable; doubtful.

Pendulous (a.) Inclined or hanging downwards, as a flower on a recurved stalk, or an ovule which hangs from the upper part of the ovary.

Pendulously (adv.) In a pendulous manner.

Pendulousness (n.) The quality or state of being pendulous; the state of hanging loosely; pendulosity.

Pendulums (pl. ) of Pendulum

Pendulum (n.) A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.

Penelope (n.) A genus of curassows, including the guans.

Penetrability (n.) The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.

Penetrable (a.) Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively.

Penetrail (n.) Penetralia.

Penetralia (n. pl.) The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or place, especially of a temple or palace.

Penetralia (n. pl.) Hidden things or secrets; privacy; sanctuary; as, the sacred penetralia of the home.

Penetrance (n.) Alt. of Penetrancy

Penetrancy (n.) The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the penetrancy of subtile effluvia.

Penetrant (a.) Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile; as, penetrant cold.

Penetrated (imp. & p. p.) of Penetrate

Penetrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Penetrate

Penetrate (v. t.) To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

Penetrate (v. t.) To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity.

Penetrate (v. t.) To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand.

Penetrate (v. i.) To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.

Penetrating (a.) Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor.

Penetrating (a.) Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a penetrating mind.

Penetratingly (adv.) In a penetrating manner.

Penetration (n.) The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.

Penetration (n.) Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration.

Penetrative (a.) Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun.

Penetrative (a.) Having the power to affect or impress the mind or heart; impressive; as, penetrative shame.

Penetrative (a.) Acute; discerning; sagacious; as, penetrative wisdom.

Penetrativeness (n.) The quality of being penetrative.

Penfish (n.) A squid.

Penfold (n.) See Pinfold.

Pengolin (n.) The pangolin.

Penguin (n.) Any bird of the order Impennes, or Ptilopteri. They are covered with short, thick feathers, almost scalelike on the wings, which are without true quills. They are unable to fly, but use their wings to aid in diving, in which they are very expert. See King penguin, under Jackass.

Penguin (n.) The egg-shaped fleshy fruit of a West Indian plant (Bromelia Pinguin) of the Pineapple family; also, the plant itself, which has rigid, pointed, and spiny-toothed leaves, and is used for hedges.

Penguinery (n.) A breeding place, or rookery, of penguins.

Penholder (n.) A handle for a pen.

Penhouse (n.) A penthouse.

Penible (a.) Painstaking; assidous.

Penicil (n.) A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.

Penicillate (a.) Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel's-hair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses.

Penicilliform (a.) Penicillate.

Peninsula (n.) A portion of land nearly surrounded by water, and connected with a larger body by a neck, or isthmus.

Peninsular (a.) Of or pertaining to a peninsula; as, a peninsular form; peninsular people; the peninsular war.

Peninsulated (imp. & p. p.) of Peninsulate

Peninsulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Peninsulate

Peninsulate (v. t.) To form into a peninsula.

Penis (n.) The male member, or organ of generation.

Penitence (n.) The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition.

Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.

Penitency (n.) Penitence.

Penitent (a.) Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life.

Penitent (a.) Doing penance.

Penitent (n.) One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions.

Penitent (n.) One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.

Penitent (n.) One under the direction of a confessor.

Penitential (a.) Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears.

Penitential (n.) A book formerly used by priests hearing confessions, containing rules for the imposition of penances; -- called also penitential book.

Penitentially (adv.) In a penitential manner.

Penitentiary (a.) Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance.

Penitentiary (a.) Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter.

Penitentiary (a.) Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation.

Penitentiaries (pl. ) of Penitentiary

Penitentiary (n.) One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance.

Penitentiary (n.) One who does penance.

Penitentiary (n.) A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed.

Penitentiary (n.) That part of a church to which penitents were admitted.

Penitentiary (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope.

Penitentiary (n.) An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him.

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