pentakaidecahedron
Synonym of pentadecahedron.

pentakaidecahedrons
plural of pentakaidecahedron

pentakosiomedimni
Alternative form of pentacosiomedimni.

pentalemma
An argument analogous to a dilemma, but involving five alternatives.

pentalemmas
plural of pentalemma

pentalogue
A series of five statements.

pentalogues
plural of pentalogue

pentalophodonty
The condition of being pentalophodont

pentamerism
five-part radial symmetry

pentamerization
The formation of a pentamer.

pentamery
the condition of being pentameric

pentamirror
A system of three (not five) mirrors used as a cheaper substitute to a pentaprism in the viewfinders of some single-lens reflex cameras

pentamirrors
plural of pentamirror

pentamutation
A group of five mutations

pentanediol
Any of several isomeric diols derived from pentane

pentanediols
plural of pentanediol

pentanedione
Either of two isomeric aliphatic diketones (2,3-pentanedione, 2,4-pentanedione) derived from pentane

pentanediones
plural of pentanedione

pentanedithiol
Any of many isomeric dithiols derived from pentane, but especially 1,5-pentanedithiol that has several industrial applications

pentanedithiols
plural of pentanedithiol

pentangularity
The quality of being pentangular (having 5 angles, corners, or sides).

pentanidium
Any of a class of catalytic bicyclic heterocyclic cations

pentanidiums
plural of pentanidium

pentaphilia
love of the number 5

pentaphthong
A sequence of five vowels pronounced as, or almost as, a single syllable.

pentaphthongs
plural of pentaphthong

pentaploidy
The condition of being pentaploid

pentaporphyrin
A complex of five porphyrin groups

pentaporphyrins
plural of pentaporphyrin

pentaprism
A five-sided prism used in the viewfinder of most single-lens reflex cameras

pentaprisms
plural of pentaprism

pentaptote
A noun having five cases.

pentaradiality
pentaradial symmetry

pentarchies
plural of pentarchy

pentarchy
Government by five persons.
A governing body consisting of five persons.
A federation of five nations, each under its own government or ruler.

pentarepeat
A pattern of five repeats (in a nucleic acid or protein (especially a prion))

pentarepeats
plural of pentarepeat

pentaresistance
The condition of being pentaresistant

pentasomy
The quality of being pentasomic.

pentasternum
The third sclerite of a segmented sternal complex.

pentathla
plural of pentathlon

pentathlon
An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
Ellipsis of women's pentathlon (“a 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run”).
Ellipsis of modern pentathlon, a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills.

pentathlons
plural of pentathlon

pentathlum
pentathlon

pentation
The arithmetic operation of repeated tetration.

pentations
plural of pentation

pentatonicism
The condition of being pentatonic

pentatonism
pentatonicism

pentatope
Synonym of pentahedron.

pentatopes
plural of pentatope

pentavalence
The condition of being pentavalent

pentavalency
Alternative form of pentavalence.

pentecosties
plural of pentecosty

pentecosty
A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army.

pentecostys
plural of pentecosty

pentekostys
A group of fifty men in the Ancient Greek army.

pentene
Any of several isomeric alkenes having five carbon atoms and one double bond

pentenes
plural of pentene

penteract
A five-dimensional hypercube.

penteracts
plural of penteract

penthos
sorrow; grief; mourning or sadness

penthusiasm
Enthusiasm for writing.

pentiamond
A polyiamond made up of five triangles.

pentiamonds
plural of pentiamond

pentille
A tessellation of the plane consisting of irregular pentagons.

pentiment
Synonym of pentimento.

pentimenti
plural of pentimento

pentimento
The presence of traces of a previous work in an artistic or literary work; especially (painting) an image which has been painted over but is still detectable.

pentimentos
plural of pentimento

pentiments
plural of pentiment

pentine
Any of several isomeric acetylenes having five carbon atoms and one triple bond

pentines
plural of pentine

pentosuria
the presence of pentose sugars in the urine; especially the presence of abnormally high levels of xylulose in the urine

pentosurias
plural of pentosuria

pentyne
Any of several isomeric alkynes having five carbon atoms and one triple bond

pentynes
plural of pentyne

penultima
the next to last syllable in a word

penultimas
plural of penultima

penup
The stage during the process of handwriting after a pen lift event, where the pen's tip hovers above the writing pad, before a pendown landing.

penups
plural of penup

penurie
Obsolete form of penury.

penuries
plural of penury

penuriousness
The quality of being penurious.

penurities
plural of penurity

penurity
penury

penury
Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.
Often followed by of: a lack of something; a dearth, a scarcity.
The quality of being miserly; miserliness, parsimoniousness, stinginess.

penwomanship
A woman's skill in handwriting.

peonage
The state of being a peon; the system of paying back debt through servitude and labour; loosely, any system of involuntary servitude.

peonages
plural of peonage

peonism
peonage

peonization
The process of peonizing.

peopledom
The realm or sphere of people.

peoplelessness
Lack of people.

peopleness
The quality of being a person or people; communal social identity.

peoplewatching
The act or habit of observing people and their behavior as a recreational activity.

peotomies
plural of peotomy

peotomy
The removal of the penis.

peperine
Alternative form of peperino.

peperines
plural of peperine

peperino
A light, porous volcanic rock composed of small grains of sand etc.

peperinos
plural of peperino

peperite
A type of volcaniclastic rock consisting of sedimentary rock that contains fragments of younger igneous material and is formed when magma comes into contact with wet sediments.

pepernoot
a kind of dough-based confectionery eaten during Sinterklaas celebrations. Typically softer and larger than a kruidnoot

pepernoots
plural of pepernoot

peperoncino
A variety of the pepper Capsicum annuum.

peplessness
Absence of pep.

peplosphere
The lower layer of the atmosphere that is in direct contact with the ground

pepperiness
The quality of being peppery.

pepperoncini
plural of pepperoncino

pepperoncino
Alternative form of peperoncino.

peppiness
The quality of being peppy.

pepsinization
Treatment with pepsin

peptase
A form of pepsin obtained from malt.

peptases
plural of peptase

pepticity
eupepsia; good digestion

peptics
plural of peptic

peptonoid
A particular substance related to peptone.

peptonoids
plural of peptonoid

peptonuria
The presence of peptone or a similar body in the urine. It was once thought to be a reason for fetal death.

peptonurias
plural of peptonuria

peracetylation
acetylation in which all available sites are acetylated

peracetylations
plural of peracetylation

peragration
The act or state of passing through any space.

peragrations
plural of peragration

perahera
A religious procession.

peraheras
plural of perahera

perakim
plural of perek.

peralkalinity
The condition of being peralkaline

perambulation
A survey, a tour; an instance of walking around.
An English legal ceremony in which an official from a town or parish walks around it to delineate and record its boundaries.
The district thus inspected.

perambulations
plural of perambulation

peraqim
plural of pereq

peratization
The renormalization of unrenormalizable field theories.

perbromination
The act of perbrominating.

perbufylline
A particular bronchodilator.

perceivability
The condition of being perceivable

perceivableness
The state of being perceivable

perceivance
perception.