| pen | (noun) female swan | - |
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| (noun) a writing implement with a point from which ink flows | - |
| (noun) an enclosure for confining livestock | - |
| (noun) a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes | Synonyms: penitentiary |
| (noun) a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play | Synonyms: playpen |
| (verb) produce a literary work | Synonyms: compose, indite, write |
| penal | (adjective) of or relating to punishment | - |
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| (adjective) (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law | Synonyms: punishable |
| (adjective) serving as or designed to impose punishment | - |
| penalisation | (noun) the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty | Synonyms: penalization, penalty, punishment |
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| penalise | (verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | Synonyms: penalize, punish |
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| penalization | (noun) the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty | Synonyms: penalisation, penalty, punishment |
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| penalize | (verb) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on | Synonyms: penalise, punish |
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| penally | (adverb) in a way intended to punish | Synonyms: punitively, punitorily |
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| penalty | (noun) the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty | Synonyms: penalisation, penalization, punishment |
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| (noun) the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition | - |
| (noun) (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game | - |
| (noun) a payment required for not fulfilling a contract | - |
| penance | (noun) voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing | Synonyms: self-abasement, self-mortification |
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| (noun) a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution | - |
| (noun) remorse for your past conduct | Synonyms: penitence, repentance |
| penchant | (noun) a strong liking | Synonyms: predilection, preference, taste |
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| pencil | (noun) a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood | - |
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| (noun) a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face | - |
| (noun) a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point | - |
| (noun) graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication | - |
| (verb) write, draw, or trace with a pencil | - |
| penciled | (adjective) drawn or written with a pencil | Synonyms: pencilled |
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| pencilled | (adjective) drawn or written with a pencil | Synonyms: penciled |
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| pendant | (adjective) held from above and hanging down | Synonyms: dependent, pendent |
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| (noun) branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling | Synonyms: chandelier, pendent |
| (noun) an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring) | Synonyms: pendent |
| pendent | (adjective) held from above and hanging down | Synonyms: dependent, pendant |
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| (noun) branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling | Synonyms: chandelier, pendant |
| (noun) an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring) | Synonyms: pendant |
| pending | (adjective) awaiting conclusion or confirmation | - |
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| pendragon | (noun) the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons | - |
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| pendulous | (adjective) having branches or flower heads that bend downward | Synonyms: cernuous, drooping, nodding, weeping |
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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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| penetrable | (adjective) admitting of penetration or passage into or through | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being penetrated | - |
| penetralium | (noun) the innermost parts | - |
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| penetrate | (verb) come to understand | Synonyms: bottom, fathom |
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| (verb) become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions | Synonyms: click, come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, sink in |
| (verb) pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance | Synonyms: perforate |
| (verb) insert the penis into the vagina or anus of | - |
| (verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, permeate, pervade, riddle |
| (verb) make one's way deeper into or through | - |
| (verb) enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members | Synonyms: infiltrate |
| penetrating | (adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrative, piercing, sharp |
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| (adjective) tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing | Synonyms: penetrative |
| penetratingly | (adverb) with ability to see into deeply | Synonyms: penetratively |
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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 |
| penetrative | (adjective) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions | Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, piercing, sharp |
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| (adjective) tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing | Synonyms: penetrating |
| penetratively | (adverb) with ability to see into deeply | Synonyms: penetratingly |
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| 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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| penial | (adjective) of or relating to the penis | Synonyms: penile |
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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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| penile | (adjective) of or relating to the penis | Synonyms: penial |
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| peninsula | (noun) a large mass of land projecting into a body of water | - |
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| peninsular | (adjective) of or forming or resembling a peninsula | - |
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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 | (adjective) feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds | Synonyms: repentant |
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| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) a person who repents for wrongdoing (a Roman Catholic may be admitted to penance under the direction of a confessor) | - |
| penitential | (adjective) showing or constituting penance | Synonyms: penitentiary |
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| penitentially | (adverb) showing remorse | Synonyms: penitently, repentantly |
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| penitentiary | (adjective) showing or constituting penance | Synonyms: penitential |
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| (adjective) used for punishment or reform of criminals or wrongdoers | - |
| (noun) a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes | Synonyms: pen |
| penitently | (adverb) showing remorse | Synonyms: penitentially, repentantly |
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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 |
| pennate | (adjective) having feathered wings | - |
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| 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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| penniless | (adjective) not having enough money to pay for necessities | Synonyms: hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penurious, pinched |
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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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| (verb) grant a pension to | Synonyms: pension off |
| pensionable | (adjective) entitled to receive a pension | - |
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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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| pensive | (adjective) showing pensive sadness | Synonyms: wistful |
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| (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pondering, reflective, ruminative |
| pensively | (adverb) in a pensive manner | - |
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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 |
| pent | (adjective) closely confined | Synonyms: shut up |
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| 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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| pentagonal | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon | Synonyms: pentangular |
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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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| pentamerous | (adjective) divided into five parts; specifically, having each floral whorl consist of five (or a multiple of five) members | - |
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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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| pentangular | (adjective) of or relating to or shaped like a pentagon | Synonyms: pentagonal |
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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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| pentasyllabic | (adjective) having or characterized by or consisting of five syllables | - |
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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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| pentatonic | (adjective) relating to a pentatonic scale | - |
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