Webster's Dictionary 1913

2431

Pentoic

Pen‐to″ic (?), a. [See Penta-.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or desingating, an acid (called also valeric acid) derived from pentane.

2432

Pentone

Pen″tone (?), n. [See Penta-.] (Chem.) Same as Valylene.

2433

Pentosan

{ Pen″to‐san (?), n. Also –sane (?) }. [From Pentose.] (Chem.) One of a class of substances (complex carbohydrates widely distributed in plants, as in fruits, gums, woods, hay, ...

2434

Pentose

Pen″tose (?), n. [Penta- + -ose.] (Chem.) Any of a group of sugars of the formula C5H10O5, as arabinose; — so called from the five carbon atoms in the molecule. They are not fer...

2435

Pentoxide

Pen‐tox″ide (?), n. [Penta- + oxide.] (Chem.) An oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in each molecule; as, phosphorus pentoxide, P2O5.

2436

Pentremite

Pen″tre‐mite (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any species of Pentremites.

2437

Pentremites

‖Pen′tre‐mi″tes (?), n. [NL., from Gr. � five + L. remus an oar.] (Zoöl.) A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra.

2438

Pentroof

Pent″roof′ (?), n. [F. pente slope + E. roof, or from penthouse roof.] See Lean-to.

2439

Pentrough

Pen″trough′ (?), n. A penstock.

2440

Pentyl

Pen″tyl (?), n. [Penta + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical, C5H11, of pentane and certain of its derivatives. Same as Amyl.

2441

Pentylic

Pen‐tyl″ic (?), a. Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, pentyl; as, pentylic alcohol

2442

Penuchle

{ Pe″nu‐chle (?), Pin″o‐cle (?) }, n. A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs.

2443

Penult

Pe″nult (?), n. [Abbreviated fr. penultima.] (Gram. & Pros.) The last syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding the final one.

2444

Penultima

Pe‐nul″ti‐ma (?), n. [L. (sc. syllaba), fr. penultimus, paenultimus, the last but one; paene almost + ultimus the last.] Same as Penult.

2445

Penultimate

Pe‐nul″ti‐mate (?), a. Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.

2446

Penultimate (2)

Pe‐nul″ti‐mate, n. The penult.

2447

Penumbra

Pe‐num″bra (?), n. [NL., fr. L. paene almost + umbra shade.] 1. An incomplete or partial shadow.2. (Astron.) The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not w...

2448

Penumbrala

Pe‐num″brala. Of or pertaining to a penumbra; resembling a penumbra; partially illuminated.

2449

Penurious

Pe‐nu″ri‐ous (?), a. [From Penury.] 1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. “A penurious niggard of his wealth.” Milton.2. Not bountiful or liberal;...

2450

Penury

Pen″u‐ry (?), n. [L. penuria; cf. Gr. � hunger, � poverty, need, � one who works for his daily bread, a poor man, � to work for one's daily bread, to be poor: cf. F. pénurie.] 1...

2451

Penwiper

Pen″wip′er (?), n. A cloth, or other material, for wiping off or cleaning ink from a pen.

2452

Penwoman

Pen″wom′an (?), n.; pl.Penwomen (�). A female writer; an authoress. Johnson.

2453

Peon

Pe″on (?), n. See Poon.

2454

Peon (2)

Pe″on, n. [Sp. peon, or Pg. pe�o, one who travels on foot, a foot soldier, a pawn in chess. See Pawn in chess.] 1. A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a mess...

2455

Peonage

Pe″on‐age (?), n. The condition of a peon.

2456

Peonism

Pe″on‐ism (?), n. Same as Peonage. D. Webster.

2457

Peony

Pe″o‐ny (pē″ō̍‐ny̆), n.; pl.Peonies (pē″ō̍‐nĭz). [OE. pione, pioine, pioni, OF. pione, F. pivoine, L. paeonia, Gr. παιωνία, fr. Παίων, Παιάν, the god of healing. Cf. Pæan.] (Bot...