| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| penning | present participle & vb. noun | of Pen, of Pen |
| penally | adverb | In a penal manner. |
| penalty | noun | Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass., The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine., A handicap. |
| penance | noun | Repentance., Pain; sorrow; suffering., A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church., To impose penance; to punish. |
| penates | noun pl. | The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar. |
| penaunt | noun | A penitent. |
| pending | present participle & vb. noun | of Pend, Not yet decided; in continuance; in suspense; as, a pending suit., During; as, pending the trail. |
| pendant | noun | 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., 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., One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase., A pendulum., The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended. |
| pendent | adjective | Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous; hanging; as, a pendent leaf., Jutting over; projecting; overhanging. |
| pendice | noun | A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse. |
| pendule | noun | A pendulum. |
| penfish | noun | A squid. |
| penfold | noun | See Pinfold. |
| penguin | noun | 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., 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. |
| penible | adjective | Painstaking; assidous. |
| penicil | noun | A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers. |
| pennach | noun | A bunch of feathers; a plume. |
| pennage | noun | Feathery covering; plumage. |
| pennant | noun | A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore’s vessel., A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked. |
| pennate | adjective | Alt. of Pennated |
| pennies | plural | of Penny |
| penrack | noun | A rack for pens not in use. |
| pensile | adjective | Hanging; suspended; pendent; pendulous. |
| pension | noun | A payment; a tribute; something paid or given., A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like., A certain sum of money paid to a clergyman in lieu of tithes., A boarding house or boarding school in France, Belgium, Switzerland, etc., To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; — sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant. |
| pensive | adjective | Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing., Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness; as, pensive numbers. |
| pentail | noun | A peculiar insectivore (Ptilocercus Lowii) of Borneo; — so called from its very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip. |
| pentane | noun | Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12, of the methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, two of which occur in petroleum. So called because of the five carbon atoms in the molecule. |
| pentene | noun | Same as Amylene. |
| pentice | noun | A penthouse. |
| pentile | noun | See Pantile. |
| pentine | noun | An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, of the acetylene series. Same as Valerylene. |
| pentoic | adjective | Pertaining to, or desingating, an acid (called also valeric acid) derived from pentane. |
| pentone | noun | Same as Valylene. |