Webster's Dictionary 1913

2404

Pentarchy

Pen″tar‐chy (?), n. [Gr. �: cf. F. pentarchie. See Penta-, and -archy.] A government in the hands of five persons; five joint rulers. P. Fletcher. “The pentarchy of the senses.”...

2405

Pentaspast

Pen″ta‐spast (?), n. [L. pentaspaston, Gr. � (see Penta-) + � to pull: cf. F. pentaspaste.] A purchase with five pulleys.

2406

Pentaspermous

Pen′ta‐sper″mous (?), a. [Penta- + Gr. � seed.] (Bot.) Containing five seeds.

2407

Pentastich

Pen″ta‐stich (?), n. [Gr. � of five verses; � (see Penta-) + � line, verse.] A composition consisting of five verses.

2408

Pentastichous

Pen‐tas″ti‐chous (?), a. [Penta- + Gr. στίχοσ a row.] (Bot.) Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks, as the leaves of an apple tree or a cherry tree.

2409

Pentastomida

‖Pen′ta‐stom″i‐da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. � (see Penta-) + � a mouth.] (Zoöl.) Same as Linguatulina.

2410

Pentastyle

Pen″ta‐style (?), a. [Penta- + Gr. � a pillar.] (Arch.) Having five columns in front; — said of a temple or portico in classical architecture. — n. A portico having five columns.

2411

Pentateuch

Pen″ta‐teuch (?), n. [L. pentateuchus, Gr. �; � (see Penta-) + � a tool, implement, a book, akin to � to prepare, make ready, and perh. to E. text. See Five, and Text.] The firs...

2412

Pentateuchal

Pen′ta‐teu″chal (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Pentateuch.

2413

Pentathionic

Pen′ta‐thi‐on″ic (?), a. [Penta- + thionic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of sulphur obtained by leading hydrogen sulphide into a solution of sulphur dioxide; ...

2414

Pentathlon

‖Pen‐tath″lon (?), n.(Gr. Antiq.) A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the dis...

2415

Pentathlon (2)

‖Pen‐tath″lon (?), n. In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest made up of a running broad jump, throwing the javelin, a 200-meter run, throwing the discus, and a 1500-me...

2416

Pentatomic

Pen′ta‐tom″ic (?), a. [Penta- + atomic.] (Chem.) (a) Having five atoms in the molecule. (b) Having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution.

2417

Pentavalent

Pen‐tav″a‐lent (?), a. [Penta- + L. valens, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.) Having a valence of five; — said of certain atoms and radicals.

2418

Penteconter

Pen″te‐con′ter (?), n.(Gr. Antiq.) A Grecian vessel with fifty oars. [Written also pentaconter.]

2419

Pentecost

Pen″te‐cost (?), n. [L. pentecoste, Gr. � (sc. �) the fiftieth day, Pentecost, fr. � fiftieth, fr. � fifty, fr. � five. See Five, and cf. Pingster.] 1. A solemn festival of the ...

2420

Pentecostal

Pen′te‐cos″tal (?), a. Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.

2421

Pentecostals

Pen′te‐cos″tals (?), n. pl. Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost. Shipley.

2422

Pentecoster

Pen′te‐cos″ter (?), n.(Gr. Antiq.) An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men. Mitford.

2423

Pentecosty

Pen′te‐cos″ty (?), n.; pl.Pentecosties (#). (Gr. Antiq.) A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army; — called also pentecostys. Jowett (Thucyd.).

2424

Pentelic

{ Pen‐tel″ic (?), Pen‐tel″i‐can (?), } a. Of or pertaining to Mount Pentelicus, near Athens, famous for its fine white marble quarries; obtained from Mount Pentelicus; as, the P...

2425

Pentene

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

2426

Penthouse

Pent″house′ (?), n. [A corruption of pentice.] A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively. “The penthouse of h...

2427

Penthouse (2)

Pent″house′, a. Leaning; overhanging. “Penthouse lid.” Shak. “My penthouse eyebrows.” Dryden.

2428

Pentice

Pen″tice (?), n. [F. appentis a penthouse. See Append.] A penthouse. Sir H. Wotton.

2429

Pentile

Pen″tile′ (?), n. See Pantile.

2430

Pentine

Pen″tine (?), n. [See Penta-.] (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, of the acetylene series. Same as Valerylene.