PENAL
PE'NAL, adjective [Latin poena; Gr. pain, punishment. See Pain.]1. Enacting punishment; denouncing the punishment of offenses; as a penal law or statute; the penal code. penal s...
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PENALITY
PENAL'ITY, noun Liableness or condemnation to punishment. [Not used.]
PENALTY
PEN'ALTY, noun1. The suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense or trespass, as a punishment. A fine is a...
PENANCE
PEN'ANCE, noun1. The suffering, labor or pain to which a person voluntarily subjects himself, or which is imposed on him by authority as a punishment for his faults, or as an ex...
PENCE
PENCE, noun pens. The plural of penny, when used of a sum of money or value. When pieces of coin are mentioned, we use pennies.
PENCIL
PEN'CIL, noun [Latin penicillus.]1. A small brush used by painters for laying on colors. The proper pencils are made of fine hair or bristles, as of camels, badgers or squirrels...
PENCIL-SHAPED
PEN'CIL-SHAPED, adjective Having the shape of a pencil.
PENCILED
PEN'CILED, participle passive Painted, drawn or marked with a pencil.1. Radiated; having pencils of rays.
PENCILING
PEN'CILING, participle present tense Painting, drawing or marking with a pencil.
PENDANT
PEND'ANT, noun [Latin pendeo, to hang.]1. An ornament or jewel hanging at the ear, usually composed of pearl or some precious stone.2. Any thing hanging by way of ornament.3. In...
PENDENCE
PEND'ENCE, noun [Latin pendens, pendeo, to hang.] Slope; inclination.
PENDENCY
PEND'ENCY, noun [Latin pendens, pendeo, supra.] Suspense; the state of being undecided; as, to wait during the pendency of a suit or petition.
PENDENT
PEND'ENT, adjective [Latin pendens.] Hanging; fastened at one end, the other being loose.With ribbons pendent flaring about her head.1. Jutting over; projecting; as a pendant ro...
PENDING
PEND'ING, adjective [Latin pendeo, to hang; pendente lite.] Depending; remaining undecided; not terminated. This was done, pending the suit.
PENDULOSITY
PENDULOS'ITYPEND'ULOUS, adjective [Latin pendulus, from pendeo, to hang.]Hanging; swinging; fastened to one end, the other being movable. The dewlap of an animal is pendulous.
PENDULOUS
PEND'ULOUS, a. [L. pendulus, from pendeo, to hang.]Hanging; swinging; fastened to one end, the other being movable. The dewlap of an animal is pendulous.
PENDULOUSNESS
PEND'ULOUSNESS, noun [See Pendulous.] The state of hanging; suspension. [The latter is the preferable word.]
PENDULUM
PEND'ULUM, noun [Latin pendulus, pendulum] A vibrating body suspended from a fixed point; as the pendulum of a clock. The oscillations of a pendulum depend on gravity, and are a...
PENETRABILITY
PENETRABIL'ITY, noun [from penetrable.] Susceptibility of being penetrated, or of being entered or passed through by another body.There being no mean between penetrability and i...
PENETRABLE
PEN'ETRABLE, adjective [Latin penetrabilis. See Penetrate.]1. That may be penetrated, entered, or pierced by another body.Let him try thy dart,And pierce his only penetrable par...
PENETRAIL
PEN'ETRAIL, noun [Latin penetralia.] Interior parts. [Not used.]
PENETRANCY
PEN'ETRANCY, noun [Latin penetrans.] Power of entering or piercing; as the penetrancy of subtil effluvia.
PENETRANT
PEN'ETRANT, adjective [Latin penetrans.] Having the power to enter or pierce; sharp; subtil; as penetrant spirit; food subtilized and rendered fluid and penetrant
PENETRATE
PEN'ETRATE, verb transitive [Latin penetro, from the root of pen, a point.]1. To enter or pierce; to make way into another body; as, a sword or dart penetrates the body; oil pen...
PENETRATED
PEN'ETRATED, participle passive Entered; pierced; understood; fathomed.
PENETRATING
PEN'ETRATING, participle present tense Entering; piercing; understanding.1.adjective Having the power of entering or piercing another body; sharp; subtil. Oil is a penetrating s...
PENETRATION
PENETRA'TION, noun The act of entering a body.1. Mental entrance into any thing abstruse; as a penetration into the abstruse difficulties of algebra.2. Acuteness; sagacity; as a...