pendragon | (noun) the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons | - |
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pendulum | (noun) an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it swings freely under the influence of gravity | - |
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peneplain | (noun) a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements | Synonyms: peneplane |
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peneplane | (noun) a more or less level land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements | Synonyms: peneplain |
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penetrability | (noun) the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) | Synonyms: perviousness |
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penetralium | (noun) the innermost parts | - |
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penetration | (noun) an attack that penetrates into enemy territory | Synonyms: incursion |
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(noun) the act of entering into or through something | - |
(noun) the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman | - |
(noun) the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target) | - |
(noun) the ability to make way into or through something | - |
(noun) clear or deep perception of a situation | Synonyms: insight |
penetrator | (noun) an intruder who passes into or through (often by overcoming resistance) | - |
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pengo | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Hungary until it was replaced by the forint in 1946 | - |
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penguin | (noun) short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers | - |
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penicillamine | (noun) a drug (trade name Cuprimine) used to treat heavy metal poisoning and Wilson's disease and severe arthritis | Synonyms: Cuprimine |
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penicillin | (noun) any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases | - |
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penicillinase | (noun) enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic | Synonyms: beta-lactamase |
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peninsula | (noun) a large mass of land projecting into a body of water | - |
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penis | (noun) the male sex organ | Synonyms: member, phallus |
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penitence | (noun) remorse for your past conduct | Synonyms: penance, repentance |
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penitent | (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor) | - |
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penitentiary | (noun) a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes | Synonyms: pen |
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penknife | (noun) a small pocketknife; originally used to cut quill pens | - |
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penlight | (noun) a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen | - |
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penman | (noun) informal terms for journalists | Synonyms: scribbler, scribe |
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penmanship | (noun) beautiful handwriting | Synonyms: calligraphy, chirography |
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pennant | (noun) a long flag; often tapering | Synonyms: pennon, streamer, waft |
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(noun) a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering) | - |
(noun) the award given to the champion | Synonyms: crown |
penne | (noun) pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends | - |
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penni | (noun) 100 pennia formerly equaled 1 markka in Finland | - |
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pennilessness | (noun) a state of lacking money | Synonyms: impecuniousness, penuriousness |
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penning | (noun) the act of creating written works | Synonyms: authorship, composition, writing |
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pennon | (noun) wing of a bird | Synonyms: pinion |
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(noun) a long flag; often tapering | Synonyms: pennant, streamer, waft |
pennoncel | (noun) a small pennant borne on a lance | Synonyms: pennoncelle, penoncel |
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pennoncelle | (noun) a small pennant borne on a lance | Synonyms: pennoncel, penoncel |
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penny | (noun) a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit | Synonyms: cent, centime |
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(noun) a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound | - |
pennycress | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi | - |
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pennyroyal | (noun) Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil | Synonyms: Mentha pulegium |
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(noun) erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine | Synonyms: American pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides |
pennyweight | (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains | - |
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pennywhistle | (noun) an inexpensive fipple flute | Synonyms: tin whistle, whistle |
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pennyworth | (noun) the amount that can be bought for a penny | Synonyms: penn'orth |
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penoche | (noun) fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts | Synonyms: panocha, panoche, penuche |
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penologist | (noun) a person who studies the theory and practice of prison management | - |
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penology | (noun) the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation | Synonyms: poenology |
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penoncel | (noun) a small pennant borne on a lance | Synonyms: pennoncel, pennoncelle |
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penpusher | (noun) a clerk who does boring paperwork | Synonyms: pencil pusher |
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pension | (noun) a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working | - |
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pensionary | (noun) a person who works only for money | Synonyms: hireling |
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(noun) the beneficiary of a pension fund | Synonyms: pensioner |
pensioner | (noun) the beneficiary of a pension fund | Synonyms: pensionary |
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pensiveness | (noun) deep serious thoughtfulness | Synonyms: contemplativeness, meditativeness |
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(noun) persistent morbid meditation on a problem | Synonyms: brooding |
penstock | (noun) conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate | Synonyms: sluice, sluiceway |
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(noun) regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice | Synonyms: floodgate, head gate, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate |
pentacle | (noun) a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon | Synonyms: pentagram, pentangle |
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pentad | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | Synonyms: 5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V |
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pentaerythritol | (noun) a coronary vasodilator (trade name Peritrate) used to treat angina pectoris | Synonyms: Peritrate |
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pentagon | (noun) a five-sided polygon | - |
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pentagram | (noun) a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon | Synonyms: pentacle, pentangle |
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pentahedron | (noun) any polyhedron having five plane faces | - |
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pentail | (noun) brown tree shrew having a naked tail bilaterally fringed with long stiff hairs on the distal third; of Malaysia | Synonyms: pen-tail, pen-tailed tree shrew |
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pentameter | (noun) a verse line having five metrical feet | - |
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pentamethylenetetrazol | (noun) a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark | Synonyms: Metrazol, pentylenetetrazol |
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pentangle | (noun) a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon | Synonyms: pentacle, pentagram |
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pentastomid | (noun) wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals | Synonyms: tongue worm |
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pentathlete | (noun) an athlete who competes in a pentathlon | - |
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pentathlon | (noun) an athletic contest consisting of five different events | - |
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pentatone | (noun) a gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted | Synonyms: pentatonic scale |
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pentazocine | (noun) analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine | Synonyms: Talwin |
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pentecostalism | (noun) the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues | - |
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penthouse | (noun) an apartment located on the top floors of a building | - |
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pentimento | (noun) the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age) | - |
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pentlandite | (noun) a mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel | - |
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pentobarbital | (noun) a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic | Synonyms: Nembutal, pentobarbital sodium, yellow jacket |
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pentode | (noun) a thermionic tube having five electrodes | - |
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pentose | (noun) any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule | - |
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pentoxide | (noun) an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in the molecule | - |
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pentoxifylline | (noun) a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet | Synonyms: Trental |
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pentylenetetrazol | (noun) a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark | Synonyms: Metrazol, pentamethylenetetrazol |
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penuche | (noun) fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts | Synonyms: panocha, panoche, penoche |
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penuchle | (noun) a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist | Synonyms: bezique, pinochle, pinocle |
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penult | (noun) the next to last syllable in a word | Synonyms: penultima, penultimate |
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penultima | (noun) the next to last syllable in a word | Synonyms: penult, penultimate |
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penultimate | (noun) the next to last syllable in a word | Synonyms: penult, penultima |
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penumbra | (noun) a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra | - |
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penuriousness | (noun) a disposition to be niggardly with money | - |
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(noun) a state of lacking money | Synonyms: impecuniousness, pennilessness |
penury | (noun) a state of extreme poverty or destitution | Synonyms: indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization |
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peon | (noun) a laborer who is obliged to do menial work | Synonyms: drudge, galley slave, navvy |
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peonage | (noun) the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged | - |
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(noun) the condition of a peon | - |
peony | (noun) any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers | Synonyms: paeony |
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people | (noun) (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively | - |
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(noun) the body of citizens of a state or country | Synonyms: citizenry |
(noun) members of a family line | - |
(noun) the common people generally | Synonyms: hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, the great unwashed |
peoples | (noun) the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group | - |
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pep | (noun) liveliness and energy | Synonyms: ginger, peppiness |
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peperomia | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Peperomia; grown primarily for their often succulent foliage | - |
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peplos | (noun) a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist | Synonyms: peplum, peplus |
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peplum | (noun) a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse | - |
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(noun) a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist | Synonyms: peplos, peplus |
peplus | (noun) a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist | Synonyms: peplos, peplum |
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pepper | (noun) pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground | Synonyms: peppercorn |
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(noun) sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum | - |
(noun) any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers | Synonyms: capsicum, capsicum pepper plant |
(noun) climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam | Synonyms: black pepper, common pepper, Madagascar pepper, Piper nigrum, white pepper |
peppercorn | (noun) pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground | Synonyms: pepper |
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pepperidge | (noun) columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall | Synonyms: black gum, Nyssa sylvatica, sour gum |
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pepperiness | (noun) a hot spiciness | Synonyms: hotness |
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peppermint | (noun) a candy flavored with peppermint oil | Synonyms: peppermint candy |
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(noun) herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring | Synonyms: Mentha piperita |
(noun) red gum tree of Tasmania | Synonyms: Eucalyptus amygdalina, peppermint gum, red gum |
pepperoni | (noun) a pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage) | - |
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pepperwood | (noun) Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood | Synonyms: California bay tree, California laurel, California olive, mountain laurel, Oregon myrtle, sassafras laurel, spice tree, Umbellularia californica |
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pepperwort | (noun) annual herb used as salad green and garnish | Synonyms: common garden cress, garden pepper cress, Lepidium sativum, pepper grass |
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(noun) any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets | Synonyms: clover fern |
peppiness | (noun) liveliness and energy | Synonyms: ginger, pep |
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pepsin | (noun) an enzyme produced in the stomach that splits proteins into peptones | - |
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pepsinogen | (noun) precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach | - |
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