PENTADACTYL
PENTADAC'TYL, noun [Gr. five, and finger.]1. In botany, a plant called five fingers; a name given to the Ricinus or Palma Christi, from the shape of its leaf.2. In ichthyology, ...
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PENTAGON
PEN'TAGON, noun [Gr. five, and a corner.]1. In geometry, a figure of five sides and five angles.2. In fortification, a fort with five bastions.
PENTAGONAL
PENTAG'ONALPENTAG'ONOUS, adjective Having five corners or angles.
PENTAGONOUS
PENTAG'ONOUS, a. Having five corners or angles.
PENTAGRAPH
PEN'TAGRAPH, noun [Gr. five, and to write.] An instrument for drawing figures in any proportion at pleasure, or for copying or reducing a figure, plan, print, etc. to any desire...
PENTAGRAPHIC
PENTAGRAPH'ICPENTAGRAPH'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to a pentagraph; performed by a pentagraph.
PENTAGRAPHICAL
PENTAGRAPH'ICAL, a. Pertaining to a pentagraph; performed by a pentagraph.
PENTAGYN
PEN'TAGYN, noun [Gr. five, and a female.] In botany, a plant having five pistils.
PENTAGYNIAN
PENTAGYN'IAN, adjective Having five pistils.
PENTAHEDRAL
PENTAHE'DRALPENTAHE'DRON, noun [Gr. five, and a side or base.]A figure having five equal sides.
PENTAHEDRON
PENTAHE'DRON, n. [Gr. five, and a side or base.]A figure having five equal sides.
PENTAHEDROUS
PENTAHE'DROUS, adjective Having five equal sides.
PENTAHEXAHEDRAL
PENTAHEXAHE'DRAL, adjective [Gr. five, and hexahedral.] In crystalography, exhibiting five ranges of faces one above another, each range containing six faces.
PENTAMETER
PENTAM'ETER, noun [Gr. five, and measure.] In ancient poetry, a verse of five feet. The two first feet may be either dactyls or spondees; the third is always a spondee, and the ...
PENTANDER
PENTAN'DER, noun [Gr. five, and a male.] In botany, a plant having five stamens.
PENTANDRIAN
PENTAN'DRIAN, adjective Having five stamens.
PENTANGULAR
PENTAN'GULAR, adjective [Gr. five, and angular.]Having five corners or angles.
PENTAPETALOUS
PENTAPET'ALOUS, adjective [Gr. five, and a petal.]Having five petals or flower leaves.
PENTAPHYLLOUS
PENTAPH'YLLOUS, adjective [Gr. five, and a leaf.] Having five leaves.
PENTARCHY
PEN'TARCHY, noun [Gr. five, and rule.]A government in the hands of five persons.
PENTASPAST
PEN'TASPAST, noun [Gr. five, and to draw.]An engine with five pulleys.
PENTASPERMOUS
PENTASPERM'OUS, adjective [Gr. five, and seed.] Containing five seeds.
PENTASTICH
PEN'TASTICH, noun [Gr. five, and verse.]A composition consisting of five verses.
PENTASTYLE
PEN'TASTYLE, noun [Gr. five, and a column.] In architecture, a work containing five rows of columns.
PENTATEUCH
PEN'TATEUCH, noun [Gr. five, and a book or composition.]The first five books of the Old Testament.
PENTECONTER
PEN'TECONTER, noun [from the Greek.] A Grecian vessel of fifty oars, smaller than a trireme.
PENTECOST
PEN'TECOST, noun [Gr. fiftieth.]1. A solemn festival of the Jews, so called because celebrated on the fiftieth day after the sixteenth of Nisan, which was the second day of the ...