English words: Pennard to pentacolored

300 English words, part 48 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 24 have a page of their own.

English words Pennard to pentacolored

Pennard proper noun: A village and community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS5688).
pennate adjective, noun: Having a feather-like shape
pennated adjective: pennate
pennatifid adjective: Alternative form of pinnatifid.
pennation noun: The presence of pennate features
pennatula noun: Any of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a feather-like form; a sea pen.
pennatulacean noun: A member of the Pennatulacea; a sea pen.
pennatulaceous adjective: Belonging to the Pennatulacea.
pennatulid noun: Any of the family Pennatulidae of sea pens.
penne noun /ˈpɛneɪ/: A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
penne alla vodka noun: A pasta dish made primarily with vodka and penne, usually accompanied with heavy cream, crushed tomatoes or tomato sauce, onions, and sometimes small meats...
penne rigate noun: A form of penne with a ribbed surface (to hold the sauce better).
Pennebaker proper noun: A surname.
penned adjective, verb /pɛnd/: winged; having plumes
penneech noun: An old English card game for two players with hands of seven cards, and the trump suit changing with each trick.
Pennel proper noun: A surname.
Pennell proper noun: A surname.
pennellid noun: Any copepod in the family Pennellidae.
penner noun /ˈpɛnə(ɹ)/: One who pens; a writer.
Penney proper noun: A surname.
Penney's proper noun: JCPenney, an American department store.
penni noun /ˈpɛni/: A former Finnish currency unit, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of the markka.
pennibrachium noun: A forelimb, found on various species of extinct and extant coelurosaur, that is not used in flight or gliding but still bears long, typically pennaceous...
Pennidic adjective: relating to the Pennine Alps
pennied adjective, verb: Having a penny, or some amount of money.
pennies noun, verb /ˈpɛnɪz/: plural of penny
pennies on the dollar noun: A small amount of money, much less than would be expected.
penniferous adjective: Bearing feathers or quills.
penniform adjective, noun /ˈpɛnɪfɔːm/: Feather-shaped.
pennigerous adjective: Bearing feathers or quills.
penniless adjective /ˈpɛ.nɪ.ləs/: Lacking even the smallest amount of money.
penniless-bench noun: A roadside bench.
pennilessly adverb: With no money.
pennilessness noun: The state or quality of being penniless.
pennill noun: A kind of Welsh verse in which the singer has to change words and measure according to the variations of an accompanist on the harp.
pennillion noun: Alternative form of penillion.
Penniman proper noun: A surname.
pennine adjective, noun: Pertaining to the Pennines
penninervation noun: The quality of being penninerved.
penninerved adjective: Having the nerves arranged on each side of the midriff like the barbs of a feather
penning noun, verb /ˈpɛnɪŋ/: Writing; literary composition.
Penning gauge noun: A kind of cold-cathode ionization gauge.
Penning trap noun: A device for the storage of charged particles using a homogeneous static magnetic field and a spatially inhomogeneous static electric field.
Pennington proper noun: A surname.
Penninic adjective: relating to the Pennine Alps
penninite noun: A double silicate of aluminium and magnesium.
pennipotent adjective: Strong of wing; strong on the wing.
Pennisi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
pennistone noun: Alternative form of penistone.
penniveined adjective: Pinnately veined.
Pennock proper noun: A surname.
pennogenin noun: A particular spirostanol glycoside
pennogenyl adjective: Related to, or derived from pennogenin.
pennon noun /ˈpɛnən/: A long, narrow flag or streamer, often swallowtailed or triangular, usually hung at the top of a helmet or lance, originally the ensign of a knight under...
pennoncel noun: A small pennon (a thin flag or streamer).
pennoncelle noun: Alternative form of pennoncel.
pennoned adjective: Bearing one or more pennons (of a pole, spear, mast, etc.).
pennoni noun /ˈpɛnəʊni/: A type of long, diagonally cut pasta.
pennorth noun /ˈpɛnəθ/: Alternative form of pennyworth.
Pennoyer proper noun: A surname.
Pennsauken proper noun: A township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States.
Pennsburg proper noun: A borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Pennsville proper noun: A township and census-designated place therein, in Salem County, New Jersey.
Pennsy proper noun: A nickname for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Pennsylvania proper noun /ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/: A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania barn noun: A kind of banked barn built in the United States from about 1820-1900, having an overshoot or forebay: an area where one or more walls overshoot the foundation.
Pennsylvania Dutch adjective, noun: Those people of German origin who settled in the Pennsylvania area prior to 1800, and their descendants.
Pennsylvania German adjective, noun: A person descended from German immigrants to Pennsylvania before 1800.
Pennsylvania rifle noun: Synonym of Kentucky rifle.
Pennsylvania sedge noun: Carex pensylvanica (in Carex subg. Carex), native to eastern North America.
Pennsylvanian adjective, noun /ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ən/: A native or resident of the state of Pennsylvania in the United States of America.
penny noun, verb /ˈpɛni/: In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a...
penny-a-line adjective: Paid at the rate of a penny per line.
penny ante adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to penny ante poker.
penny arcade noun: A venue for coin-operated entertainment devices, most notably during the 1930s.
penny auction noun: A kind of auction that charges bidders a small fee (such as one penny) for each bid placed.
penny bank noun: Synonym of piggy bank.
Penny Black noun: The world's first official national mail postage stamp, issued in 1840 in the United Kingdom as part of the postal reforms establishing a uniform penny post.
penny bun noun: A small bun that sells for a penny.
penny candy noun: Candy, historically sold by the piece at one penny each, now usually sold in bulk by weight.
penny chew noun: A chew (chewy confectionery) costing (or formerly costing) one penny.
penny dog noun: A kind of shark, the tope.
penny dreadful noun: A cheap paperback book, particularly those concerning lurid depictions of crime in the Victorian era.
penny-dreadfulish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a penny dreadful.
penny-dreadfulism noun: The sensationalistic writing style of a penny dreadful.
penny fall noun: A mechanical arcade game in which players insert coins that fall onto a number of moving platforms that gradually push the coins toward a payout slot.
penny farthing noun: A type of bicycle popular in the 19th century, with the front wheel far larger than the rear one.
penny-father noun: A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny.
penny for them phrase: Alternative form of penny for your thoughts.
penny for your thoughts phrase /ˈpɛn.i fɔː jɔː ˈθɔːts/: Used to inquire into the thoughts and feelings of another, especially when the person appears pensive or conflicted.
penny gaff noun: An entertainment in 19th-century England consisting of short theatrical displays such as dancing, singing, clowning, and plays.
penny gaffe noun: Alternative form of penny gaff.
penny grass noun /ˈpɛniˌɡɹɑːs/: yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor or Rhinanthus major (syn. Rhinanthus crista-galli)).
penny in the fusebox noun: An improvised repair made with no regard for safety.
penny-in-the-slot machine noun: A slot machine that uses pennies as its denomination, or credit value, for each play.
penny loafer noun: A leather loafer with an ornamental slotted leather band across the top where a coin is often placed.
penny mail noun: Rent in money, not in kind.
penny packet adjective, noun: A small number of things or people; a small group.
penny-pig noun: An earthenware pot containing a slot for the collection of pennies that have been received or saved as a gratuity.
penny-pinch verb: To be very parsimonious or stingy.
penny pincher noun: One who spends little money; one who is very frugal or cautious with money.
penny-pinching adjective, noun: reluctant to spend money; close-fisted
penny post noun: Any of various postal systems in which a short letter or light package could be sent for the price of one penny, particularly uniform penny post in which...
penny press noun: old-fashioned steam-powered printing press used to produce newspapers cheaply (often sold for a penny)
penny pusher noun: Synonym of penny fall (“a mechanical arcade game”).
penny sleeve noun: A cheap, thin sleeve used to protect a card from dust and scratches.
penny slot noun: Synonym of penny-in-the-slot machine.
penny starver noun: A small bread roll costing one penny.
penny sterling noun: A British coin worth 1⁄240 of a pound sterling, made of silver prior to 1797, and copper thereafter, Abbreviation: d.
penny stock noun: A highly speculative stock selling for less than one dollar or pound per share and quoted in cents or pence.
penny sweet noun: A small sweet (candy), historically sold for the price of one penny
penny tray noun: A tray or dish found in small stores for convenience in cash transactions, allowing customers to discard unwanted pennies received in their change, or to...
penny university noun: Synonym of coffee shop or coffeehouse (“a cafe”).
penny wedding noun: A wedding at which the guests contribute payments in order to fund the event and to benefit the newly-married couple.
penny weed noun: Any seaweed of the genus Zanardinia.
penny whip noun: A cheap toy whip for use by children, such as to start a spinning top.
penny whistle noun: A tin whistle.
penny wisdom noun: prudence in petty matters
penny-wise adjective: Thrifty in regards to small amounts of money.
penny wise and pound foolish adjective: Prudent and thrifty with small amounts of money, but wasteful with large amounts.
penny wise, pound foolish adjective: Alternative form of penny wise and pound foolish.
pennyante adjective: Alternative spelling of penny-ante.
Pennycook proper noun: A surname.
pennycress noun: Any of several plants, of the genus Thlaspi, that have flattened seedpods (in the form of an old penny).
pennying noun, verb: The activity of pennying in general, as part of a meal or drinking game, whereby dropping a penny in a person's drink means that they must finish it (or...
pennyland noun: An old Scots unit of measure of land.
pennyless adjective: Dated form of penniless, today used most often for the sense of "without using pennies" rather than "without money".
pennylessness noun: Dated spelling of pennilessness.
pennypinching adjective: Alternative form of penny-pinching.
pennyrile noun: Alternative form of pennyroyal.
pennyroyal noun /pɛ̝nɪˈɹɔɪ̯əl/: Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent.
pennystone noun: Alternative form of penistone.
pennyweed noun: Alternative form of penny weed.
pennyweight noun: A unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce.
pennyweighter noun: A thief who steals jewellery from shops, leaving an imitation of the stolen article in its place.
Pennywell proper noun: A surname.
pennywhistle noun: Synonym of tin whistle
pennywise adjective: Careful with small amounts of money or over small matters.
pennywort noun: Any member of the species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop...
pennyworth noun: The amount that can be bought for a penny.
peno- prefix: penis
Penobscot noun: One of a sovereign people indigenous to what is now Maritime Canada and the northeastern United States, particularly Maine.
penobsquisite noun: A monoclinic-sphenoidal pale yellow mineral containing boron, calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, and oxygen.
penoche noun: Alternative form of penuche
penocorrectional adjective: Relating to penal correction.
penologic adjective: Of, or relating to penology.
penological adjective: Of, or relating to penology.
penologically adverb: In terms of penology.
penologist noun: A student of, or expert in, penology.
penology noun: Study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime.
penomegaly noun: An abnormal enlargement of the penis.
penoncel noun: Alternative form of pennoncel.
penopause noun: Synonym of andropause.
penoplasty noun /ˈpiːnəʊˌplæsti/: A surgical procedure that involves reconstructing, reshaping, or altering the penis.
penopubic adjective: Relating to the penis and pubis.
penor noun: Synonym of penis.
penorcon noun: An old musical instrument of the cittern family, with nine pairs of strings.
penorectal adjective: Involving the penis and rectum.
penoscrotal adjective: Of or relating to the penis and scrotum.
penovaginal adjective: Of or pertaining to the penis and vagina.
penpal noun: Alternative spelling of pen pal.
penpalship noun: The state of being pen pals.
penperson noun: A person with writing skills.
penpersonship noun: Handwriting.
penpoint noun: The point of a pen (writing implement).
penpulimab noun: A humanized monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer.
penpusher noun: Alternative form of pen-pusher.
penrack noun: A rack to hold pens while not in use.
Penrhyn proper noun: Synonym of Tongareva (“atoll”).
Penrhyndeudraeth proper noun: A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH6138).
Penrice proper noun: A community and small village on the Gower peninsula, city and county of Swansea, Wales (OS grid ref SS4987).
Penrith proper noun: A market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district, historically in Cumberland (OS grid ref...
Penrod proper noun: A surname.
Penrose proper noun: A surname from Cornish.
Penrose diagram noun: a two-dimensional diagram capturing the causal relations between different points in spacetime
Penrose drain noun: A flexible rubber tube used to prevent the buildup of fluid during surgery.
Penrose mechanism noun: Synonym of Penrose process.
Penrose staircase noun: Synonym of Penrose stairs.
Penrose stairs noun: An impossible loop of endlessly ascending and descending stairs, or an optical illusion appearing to depict such a loop.
Penrose steps noun: Synonym of Penrose stairs.
Penrose transform noun: A complex analog of the Radon transform that relates massless fields on spacetime, or more precisely the space of solutions to massless field equations, to...
Penrose triangle noun: An optical illusion depicting an impossible solid object made of three straight beams of square cross section which meet pairwise at right angles at the...
penroseite noun: An isometric-diploidal creamy grayish white mineral containing cobalt, copper, nickel, and selenium.
Penrosian adjective: Of or relating to Edith Penrose (1914–1996), American-born British economist.
Penruddock proper noun: A village in Hutton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4227).
Penry proper noun: A surname from Welsh.
Penryn proper noun /pɛnˈɹɪn/: A town and civil parish with a town council in southern Cornwall, England, to the north of Falmouth (OS grid ref SW7834).
Pensacola noun /ˌpɛnsəˈkəʊlə/: A Native American people who lived in the western part of what is now the Florida Panhandle and eastern Alabama for centuries before first contact with...
Pensacolan adjective, noun: Of or relating to Pensacola in Florida.
pensative adjective: pensive
Pense proper noun: A surname from German.
pensée noun: A thought.
penseroso noun: A pensive, thoughtful type of person.
Pensford proper noun: A village in Publow parish, (served by Publow with Pensford Parish Council), in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6263).
penship noun: Synonym of penmanship.
Penshurst proper noun: A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5243).
pensile adjective /ˈpɛnsaɪl/: Hanging down, suspended.
pensileness noun: State or quality of being pensile; pendulousness.
pensility noun: The state or quality of being pensile; pendulousness.
pension noun, verb /ˈpɛnʃən/: An annuity paid regularly as benefit due to a retired employee, serviceman etc. in consideration of past services, originally and chiefly by a government...
pension book noun: A small book of vouchers supplied by the government to pensioners in order to issue weekly payments.
pension fund noun: A pool of assets forming an independent legal entity that are bought with the contributions to a pension plan for the exclusive purpose of financing pension...
pension house noun: A home for the elderly; an old folks' home.
pension off verb: To end a contract and give a pension to.
pension plan noun: An employment benefit in which the employer pays money on a regular basis to an employee after retirement.
pensionable adjective: Eligible to receive a pension.
pensionably adverb: So as to be eligible to receive a pension.
pensionary adjective, noun: one who receives a pension; a pensioner
pensione noun: An Italian boarding house.
pensionee noun: A person to whom a pension is paid; a pensioner.
pensioneering noun: Campaigning on the basis of the pension benefits that one will introduce.
pensioner noun /ˈpɛnʃənə/: Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension.
pensionership noun: The role or status of a pensioner.
pensionhouse noun: Alternative form of pension house.
pensionless adjective: Having no pension.
pensionnaire noun: Someone receiving a pension.
pensive adjective /ˈpɛn(t).sɪv/: Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.
pensively adverb: In a thoughtful or reflective manner.
pensiveness noun: A thoughtful or reflective state, especially if sad or melancholic.
Penson proper noun: A surname.
penstaff noun: An upright plug for the drain of a mash tun.
penstemon noun /ˈpɛnstɨmən/: Any plant of the genus Penstemon, the beardtongues.
penster noun: A writer.
penstick noun: Synonym of penholder (“handle into which a nib etc. is fitted to form a pen”).
penstock noun: A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant.
penstroke noun: a stroke of a pen
penstyldensovirus noun: Any densovirus of the genus Penstyldensovirus
pensum noun: A task or imposition set as a school punishment.
pensy adjective: pensive
pent adjective, noun, prefix /pɛnt/: Alternative form of penta- used before a vowel.
pent-house noun: Alternative form of penthouse.
pent roof noun: A sloping roof with a singular surface.
pent up adjective /pɛnt ʌp/: Not expressed.
penta- prefix /pɛntə-/: Five.
penta-graphene noun: An allotrope of carbon similar to graphene, but with a pentagonal (rather than a hexagonal) tiling pattern
pentaacetate noun: Any compound, but especially a derivative of a sugar, that has five acetate groups
pentaacetylated adjective: Modified by the addition of five acetyl groups
pentaacetylation noun: Modification by the addition of five acetyl groups
pentaacylated adjective: acylated in five positions
pentaalanine noun: Any oligopeptide consisting of five alanine residues
pentaaluminium noun: Five atoms of aluminium in a chemical compound.
pentaaluminum noun: pentaaluminium.
pentaamine noun: Any organic compound having five amino groups
pentaantimonide noun: Any antimonide containing five atoms of antimony per molecule, Sb₅.
pentaarsenic noun: Five arsenic atoms or ions in a compound (As₅).
pentaazamacrocycle noun: Any macrocycle that has five nitrogen atoms in the ring
pentabamate noun: A carbamate tranquilizer.
pentaband adjective: Supporting five frequency bands.
pentabasic adjective: Containing five replaceable hydrogen atoms.
pentabiotic noun: A veterinary antibiotic related to penicillin
pentabismuth noun: Five bismuth atoms or ions in a compound (Bi₅).
pentablock adjective: Describing a block copolymer composed of five different monomers
pentabody noun: A pentavalent ligand that attaches to transmembrane proteins
pentaborane noun: Either of two boranes containing five boron atoms, but especially the stable compound B₅H₉ once proposed as a rocket fuel
pentaborate noun: The oxyanion of boron B₅O₈⁻; any salt containing this anion
pentabothropic adjective: Relating to, or active against five species of Bothrops vipers
pentabrach noun: A variant of amphibrach that has five short syllables
pentabromide noun: any bromide containing five bromine atoms in each molecule
pentabromodiphenyl ether noun: A brominated flame retardant which belongs to the group of polybrominated diphenyl ethers.
pentabromodiphenyl oxide noun: Synonym of pentabromodiphenyl ether.
pentacalcium noun: Five atoms of calcium in a compound.
pentacameral adjective: Having five chambers; comprising five separate parts.
pentacapsular adjective: Having five capsules.
pentacarbide noun: Any carbide containing five carbon atoms per molecule
pentacarbon dioxide noun: The linear oxocarbon having five carbon atoms
pentacarbonate noun: Any compound containing five carbonate groups in each molecule or unit cell
pentacarbonyl noun: Any metal carbonyl containing five carbonyl groups
pentacarboxylate noun: Any compound containing five carboxylate groups or anions
pentacarpellary adjective: Having five carpels.
pentacarpellate adjective: Having five carpels
pentacation noun: A cation that has five positive charges
pentacationic adjective: Relating to a pentacation
pentacellular adjective: Having five cells.
pentacene noun: A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; the acene containing five fused rings.
pentacephalous adjective: Having five heads.
pentacerotid noun: Any fish in the family Pentacerotidae.
pentacetate noun: Alternative form of pentaacetate.
pentachloride noun: any chloride containing five chlorine atoms in each molecule
pentachloro noun: Five chlorine atoms in a compound
pentachloroanisole noun: A pentachloro derivative of anisole (in which the five hydrogens of the benzene ring are replaced by chlorine)
pentachlorobenzene noun: A chlorinated derivative of benzene C₆HCl₅
pentachlorobiphenyl noun: Either of forty-six isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing five chlorine atoms
pentachlorocyclohexane noun: Any pentachloro derivative of cyclohexane, but especially 1,1,2,2,3-pentachlorocyclohexane
pentachlorocyclohexanol noun: Any pentachloro derivative of cyclohexanol, but especially 2,3,4,5,6-pentachlorocyclohexanol
pentachloronitrobenzene noun: A fungicide formally derived from nitrobenzene; it is an off-white or yellow solid with a musty odour.
pentachlorophenol noun: A fully chlorinated derivative of phenol that is used as a fungicide and wood preservative.
pentachord noun: Five notes (pitch classes) in a scale.
pentachoron noun: A four-dimensional object analogous to a tetrahedron, constructed out of five tetrahedra.
pentachotomy noun: The division of one into five separate but related parts.
pentachromacy noun: The quality of having five independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
pentachromat noun: One whose vision exhibits pentachromacy; one who can distinguish five primary colors.
pentachromatic adjective: Relative to pentachromacy
pentachrome noun: A complex staining procedure that stains various parts of cells different colours.
pentachromic adjective: Containing five colours.
pentacid adjective: Capable of neutralizing, or combining with, five molecules of a monobasic acid; having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by acid residues; said of...
pentacle noun /ˈpɛnt.ə.kl̩/: A flat talisman, almost always star-shaped, made of parchment, sheet metal, or other substance, marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical...
pentacles noun: plural of pentacle
pentacoccous adjective: Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each.
pentacolor adjective: Having five colors.
pentacolored adjective: Having five colors.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.