English words: pentaphosphide to penwomanship

300 English words, part 50 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 25 have a page of their own.

English words pentaphosphide to penwomanship

pentaphosphide noun: Any phosphide containing five phosphorus atoms
pentaphosphorus noun: five atoms of phosphorus in a compound
pentaphosphorylated adjective: phosphorylated with five units of phosphoric acid
pentaphthong noun: A sequence of five vowels pronounced as, or almost as, a single syllable.
pentaphyllon noun: cinquefoil
pentaphyllous adjective: Having five leaves or leaflets.
pentaphyrin noun: A heterocycle that is a pentapyrrolic form of porphyrin
pentaplex adjective: Having five parts or functions
pentaplicate adjective, noun: Made five times as much; fivefold
pentaploid adjective, noun: That has five haploid sets of chromosomes
pentaploidy noun: The condition of being pentaploid
pentapod noun: An organism or machine with five legs.
pentapody noun: A measure, verse, or series consisting of five feet.
pentapolis noun /pɛnˈtæpəlɪs/: A geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities
pentapolitan adjective: Of or relating to the ancient Pentapolis of Cyrenaica in northern Africa
pentaporphyrin noun: A complex of five porphyrin groups
pentapotassium noun: Five potassium ions in a compound
pentaprism noun: A five-sided prism used in the viewfinder of most single-lens reflex cameras
pentaprismatic adjective: In the form of a pentaprism.
pentaprismo- prefix: compounds having ten atoms bound into a pentagonal prism
pentapterous adjective: Having five wings.
pentaptote noun: A noun having five cases.
pentaptych noun: A five-part polyptych; a picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centrepiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece.
pentapyrimidine noun: A sequence of five pyrimidines in a nucleic acid
pentapyrrolic adjective: Composed of five pyrrole rings (rather than the usual four)
pentaquadrupole noun: Five quadrupoles (typically in a mass spectrometer)
pentaquark noun /ˈpɛntəkwɔːk/: Any of a class of subatomic particles (previously hypothetical, since detected, subject to confirmation) consisting of a group of five quarks (compared to...
pentaquin noun: An 8-amino-quinoline derivative used to treat malaria.
pentaquine noun: Alternative form of pentaquin.
pentaradial adjective: Radiating outward in five directions.
pentaradiality noun: pentaradial symmetry
pentaradially adverb: In a pentaradial manner
pentaradiate adjective: Having five rays.
pentarch adjective, noun: A member of a pentarchy.
pentarchic adjective: Relating to a pentarchy or a pentarch
pentarchical adjective: pentarchic
pentarchy noun: Government by five persons.
pentarepeat noun: A pattern of five repeats (in a nucleic acid or protein (especially a prion))
pentaresistance noun: The condition of being pentaresistant
pentaresistant adjective: resistant to five different drugs (typically to antibiotics)
pentaribonucleotide noun: An oligoribonucleotide containing five nucleotide units
pentarsic adjective: Having five stresses on each line of verse
pentas noun: Any of the flowering plants of the genus Pentas, especially the Egyptian starcluster, Pentas lanceolata.
pentasaccharide noun: Any oligosaccharide having five sugar residues
pentasectible adjective: Able to be divided into five equal angles using a compass and straightedge.
pentaselenide noun: Five selenide ions in a compound (Se₅).
pentasepalous adjective: Having five sepals.
pentasialic adjective: Composed of five sialic acid moieties
pentasil noun: Any of a family of silicate structures composed of regular three-dimensional pentagonal arrangements of atoms
pentasilabenzene noun: A heteroaromatic compound in which five carbon atoms of a benzene ring have been replaced by silicon atoms.
pentasilicate noun: Five silicate ions or groups in a compound.
pentasiloxane noun: Any siloxane having five -Si-O- groups
pentasilver noun: Five silver atoms or ions in a compound (Ag₅).
pentasodium noun: Five sodium atoms or ions in a compound
pentasomic adjective: Having five copies of a particular chromosome.
pentasomy noun: The quality of being pentasomic.
pentaspan noun: Synonym of pentastarch.
pentaspanin noun: A protein associated with integrin
pentaspermous adjective: Containing or bearing five seeds.
pentaspheric adjective: Alternative form of pentaspherical.
pentaspherical adjective: Relating to the pentasphere
pentastarch noun: A hydroxyethyl starch with five hydroxyethyl groups out of each 11 hydroxyls.
pentasternum noun: The third sclerite of a segmented sternal complex.
pentastich noun: Any composition consisting of five verses.
pentastichous adjective: Having, or arranged in, five vertical ranks.
pentastome noun: Any tongue worm of the subclass Pentastomida
pentastomiasis noun: disease caused by Pentastomida parasites
pentastomid noun: Any member of the Pentastomida, an enigmatic group of parasitic invertebrates
pentastomidosis noun: Any disease associated with the presence of pentastomids
pentastrontium noun: Five strontium atoms or ions in a compound (Sr₅).
pentastyle noun: A portico with five columns.
pentasubstituted adjective: Having five substituents.
pentasulfate noun: Any compound containing five sulfate groups or ions
pentasulfide noun: Alternative spelling of pentasulphide.
pentasulphide noun: any sulphide containing five sulphur atoms in each molecule
pentasyllabic adjective, noun /ˌpɛn.tə.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/: Having five syllables.
pentasyllabically adverb /pɛntəsɪlˈabɪkli/: In five syllables.
pentasyllable noun: A pentasyllabic word
pentate verb: To perform pentation.
pentatelluride noun: Any compound having five telluride ions
Pentateuch proper noun /ˈpɛntəˌtjuːk/: Synonym of Torah.
pentateuchal adjective: Of or pertaining to the Pentateuch, also known as the Torah.
pentathionate noun: Any salt of pentathionic acid
pentathionic acid noun: The dibasic acid HSO₃-S₃-SO₃H
pentathiophene noun: An oligomer of thiophene (containing five units) that is used to image protein aggregates
pentathlete noun /ˈpɛn.tæθ.lit/: An athlete who competes in the pentathlon.
pentathlon noun: An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
pentathlos noun: A pentathlete.
pentathlum noun: pentathlon
pentation noun: The arithmetic operation of repeated tetration.
pentational adjective: Relating to pentation.
pentatomic adjective: Having five atoms in each molecule.
pentatomid noun: Any shield bug in the family Pentatomidae
pentatomine adjective: Relating to the pentatomids
pentatomoid noun: Any of the superfamily Pentatomoidea of true bugs.
pentatomomorph noun: Any insect of the infraorder Pentatomomorpha.
pentatomomorphan adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Pentatomomorpha.
pentatone noun: An augmented sixth
pentatonic adjective, noun: Based on five tones.
pentatonic scale noun: A scale having five notes per octave.
pentatonically adverb: In a pentatonic manner; using a pentatonic scale
pentatonicism noun: The condition of being pentatonic
pentatonism noun: pentatonicism
pentatope noun: Synonym of pentahedron.
pentatope number noun: A number in the fifth cell of any row of Pascal's triangle starting with the 5-term row 1 4 6 4 1 either from left to right or from right to left, and...
pentatriacontane noun: Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having thirty-five carbon atoms, but especially n-pentatriacontane CH₃(CH₂)₃₃CH₃
pentatriacontanoic adjective: Of or pertaining to pentatriacontanoic acid or its derivatives; ceroplastic
pentatriacontanoic acid noun: Any saturated fatty acid that has 35 carbon atoms
pentatricontane noun: pentatriacontane
pentatricopeptide noun: A polypeptide motif containing thirty-five amino acid units
pentatriene noun: Any of several isomeric unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons having five carbon atoms and three double bonds
pentauranyl noun: Five uranyl ions or groups in a compound.
pentavalence noun: The condition of being pentavalent
pentavalency noun: Alternative form of pentavalence.
pentavalent adjective: Having an atomic valence of 5.
pentavalently adverb: In a pentavalent manner
pentavigesimal adjective: quinary-vigesimal (based upon both the numbers five and twenty).
pentaxin noun: Alternative form of pentraxin.
Pentay adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of P'ent'ay.
pentazinc noun: Five zinc atoms or ions in a compound (Zn₅).
pentazocine noun /pɛnˈtæz.ə.siːn/: A synthetic compound that is a potent nonaddictive analgesic, often given during childbirth.
pentazole noun: HN₅, The five-membered homocyclic compound containing five nitrogen atoms and two double bonds
pentecontadrachm noun: An ancient Cyrenaic coin worth fifty drachmas
pentecontalitron noun: A large gold coin of ancient Sicily worth fifty litras
pentecontarch noun: The commander of a platoon of fifty men.
pentecontarchy noun: A military unit commanded by a pentecontarch.
penteconter noun: A galley-type Grecian vessel with fifty oars.
Pentecost proper noun /ˈpɛntɪkɒst/: Synonym of Shavuot (“a Jewish harvest festival which falls on the sixth day of Sivan in the spring, fifty days after the second day of the Passover when the...
Pentecost Sunday noun: Synonym of Whitsunday.
Pentecostal adjective, noun /ˌpen.tɪˈkɒs.təl/: Of, or relating to Pentecost.
Pentecostalism noun: A religious movement that emphasizes the Holy Spirit and is known for speaking in tongues.
pentecostalist adjective, noun: of or pertaining to Pentecostalism
Pentecostally adverb: In a Pentecostal way.
Pentecostarion noun: A liturgical book for the Paschal season, used by the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches that follow the Byzantine Rite.
pentecoster noun: An officer who commands fifty men, particularly (historical) in the Spartan army.
pentecosty noun: A troop of fifty soldiers in the Spartan army.
pentekostys noun: A group of fifty men in the Ancient Greek army.
pentel noun: A non-permanent marker pen.
pentel pen noun: marker; felt-tip pen
Pentelic adjective /pɛnˈtɛlɪk/: Of or relating to Mount Pentelicus (Penteliko Mountain), near Athens, famous for its fine white marble quarries.
Pentelic marble noun: A white marble with a uniform, faint yellow tint, quarried on Mount Pentelicus near Athens.
Pentelican adjective: Pentelic
penten- noun: A chemical derivative of pentene where the following letter is a vowel, for example -ol, -one.
pentene noun: Any of several isomeric alkenes having five carbon atoms and one double bond
pentennial adjective: Synonym of quinquennial: occurring every five years.
pentenoate noun: Any salt or ester of a pentenoic acid
pentenoic acid noun: Any aliphatic carboxylic acid that has five carbon atoms and one double bond
pentenol noun: Any of several isomeric derivatives of pentanol having a single carbon-carbon double bond
pentenone noun: Either of three isomeric aliphatic ketones that have five carbon atoms and one double bond
pentenyl noun: Any radical derived from a pentene.
penteract noun: A five-dimensional hypercube.
pentere noun: A pentereme, quinquereme.
pentereme noun: A quinquereme; a pentere.
pentest noun, verb: Alternative spelling of pen test.
pentester noun: Someone who performs a pentest (a penetration test)
pentesting noun: The act of conducting a pen test.
pentet noun: Synonym of quintet.
pentetate noun: Any salt or ester of pentetic acid.
penteteric adjective: Synonym of quinquennial (“related to or characterized by an five-year period”)
penteteris noun: Synonym of quinquennium
pentetic acid noun: Diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA), a polyamino carboxylic acid consisting of a diethylenetriamine backbone modified with five carboxymethyl...
pentetrazol noun /pɛnˈtɛtɹəzɒl/: Pentylenetetrazol.
pentetreotide noun: A modified pentetic acid attached to a peptide segment.
penthaleid noun: Any mite of the family Penthaleidae.
penthemim noun: Synonym of penthemimeris.
penthemimer noun: A metrical unit equal to half of a pentameter
penthemimeral adjective: Relating to a penthemimer.
penthemimeris noun /ˌpɛnθɪˈmɪməɹɪs/: A prosal group of two and a half feet.
Penthesilea proper noun: A queen of the Amazons and daughter of Ares and Otrera.
penthienate noun: A particular antimuscarinic drug.
penthiopyrad noun: A broad-spectrum carboxamide fungicide.
penthos noun /ˈpɛnθɒs/: sorrow; grief; mourning or sadness
penthouse noun, verb /ˈpɛnt(h)aʊs/: A structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather.
penthoused adjective: Furnished with a penthouse or exterior building.
penthouselike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a penthouse.
penthrichloral noun: A sedative and hypnotic drug.
penthrit noun: Alternative form of penthrite (“pentaerythritol tetranitrate”).
penthrite noun: pentaerythritol tetranitrate
penthusiasm noun /pɛnˈθjuːziæz(ə)m/: Enthusiasm for writing.
penthusiast noun: A person who is enthusiastic about writing or about pens.
penti- prefix: Alternative form of penta-.
pentiamond noun: A polyiamond made up of five triangles.
pentic adjective: Five-fold, or five-membered
pentice noun: An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath.
penticed adjective: Having a pentice.
Penticton proper noun: A city in the Okanagan Valley of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.
pentifylline noun: A particular vasodilator.
pentile noun, verb: Any of the four points that divide an ordered distribution into five parts, each containing a fifth (20%) of the population. Used commonly for income...
pentille noun: A tessellation of the plane consisting of irregular pentagons.
pentimal adjective, noun: Using a base of 5; quinary.
pentiment noun: Synonym of pentimento.
pentimento noun /ˌpɛntɪˈmɛntəʊ/: 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.
pentimentoed adjective: Bearing a pentimento.
pentina noun: A fixed verse form consisting of five stanzas of five lines each, normally followed by a two-line envoi.
pentine noun: Any of several isomeric acetylenes having five carbon atoms and one triple bond
pentinene noun: pentyne
pentiodide noun: Alternative form of pentaiodide.
pentiophenone noun: The ketone C₆H₅-CO-(CH₂)₃-CH₃; butyl phenyl ketone
pentise noun: Alternative form of pentice.
pentito noun /pɛnˈtiːtəʊ/: A criminal who cooperates with police or government authorities and testifies against or provides harmful information on fellow criminals; a turncoat or...
pentitol noun: Any sugar alcohol having five carbon atoms
Pentium noun /ˈpɛntɪəm/: A CPU chip designed and manufactured by Intel, successor to the 486 chip, introduced in 1993.
Pentland proper noun: A surname from Middle English.
pentlandite noun: A mixed iron and nickel sulfide mineral, with the chemical formula (Fe,Ni)₉S₈; the major ore of nickel.
pentlanditic adjective: Of or relating to the mineral pentlandite.
pentobarbital noun /ˌpɛn.təˈbɑɹ.bəˌtɔl/: A narcotic and sedative barbiturate drug (trademark Nembutal) formerly used to relieve insomnia.
pentobarbitone noun: pentobarbital (sodium salt)
pentocin noun: A particular bacteriocin produced by the bacterium Lactobacillus pentosus.
pentode noun /ˈpɛn.təʊd/: A thermionic valve similar to a tetrode with the addition of a third grid, the suppressor grid to reduce the secondary emission effect; was/is used in high...
pentofuranose noun: The furanose form of a pentose
pentofuranoside noun: The furanoside form of a pentose
pentoic acid noun: valeric acid
pentol noun: any organic compound having five hydroxy functional groups
pentolinium noun: A ganglionic blocking agent that acts as a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist and is used as an antihypertensive drug.
pentolite noun: A composite high explosive used for military and civilian purposes.
pentomic adjective: Pertaining to or exhibiting the concept of structuring a division (military formation) such that it has five subordinate parts.
pentomino noun /pɛnˈtɒmɪnəʊ/: A polyomino consisting of five square units. When packing pentominoes into three-dimensional shapes, the square units commonly are expanded into cubes...
penton noun: A pentagonal capsomere of an adenovirus capsid.
pentonal adjective: Relating to a penton
pentonate noun: Any salt or ester of a pentonic acid.
pentone noun: valylene
pentonic acid noun: Any aldonic acid having five carbon atoms
pentop noun: An electronic pen-like device intended as an educational computer for use with attachable cartridges and special digital paper.
pentopril noun: A particular ACE inhibitor.
pentorex noun: phenpentermine
pentosaceous adjective: Relating to, or containing pentoses
pentosalen noun: imperatorin
pentosan noun: Any polysaccharide composed of pentoses.
pentosan polysulfate noun: An oral medication for the treatment of interstitial cystitis.
pentosane noun: Alternative form of pentosan.
pentosanpolysulfate noun: Alternative form of pentosan polysulfate.
pentose noun: A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.
pentose phosphate pathway noun: A metabolic pathway parallel to glycolysis that generates NADPH and pentoses as well as ribose 5-phosphate, the last one a precursor for the synthesis of...
pentoside noun: Any glycoside derived from a pentose
pentosidine noun: A biomarker for advanced glycation end products.
pentostatin noun: A particular drug, isolated from Streptomyces antibioticus, used in chemotherapy.
pentosuria noun: the presence of pentose sugars in the urine; especially the presence of abnormally high levels of xylulose in the urine
pentosyl noun: A univalent radical derived from a pentose
pentosyltransferase noun: Any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of a pentose
pentothal noun: Thiopental.
pentoxazone noun: The herbicide 3-(4-chloro-5-cyclopentyloxy-2-fluorophenyl)-5-isopropylidene-1,3-oxazolidine-2,4-dione.
pentoxide noun: any oxide containing five oxygen atoms in each molecule
pentoxifylline noun: A xanthine derivative used to treat vascular dementia and intermittent claudication resulting from obstructed arteries in the limbs.
pentoxyl noun: The pyrimidone 5-hydroxymethyl-4-methyluracil
pentoxyverine noun: A cough suppressant.
pentraxin noun: Any of a family of proteins characterised by calcium-dependent ligand binding.
Pentre proper noun: A village in Hawarden community, Flintshire (OS grid ref SJ3268).
Pentreath proper noun: A surname from Cornish.
pentremital adjective: Of or relating to pentremites.
pentremite noun: Any member of the species in the genus †Pentremites.
pentremitid noun: Any member of the Pentremitidae.
Pentridge proper noun: A village in Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge parish, north-east Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU0317).
pentrit noun: Alternative form of penthrite (“pentaerythritol tetranitrate”).
pentrite noun: The explosive pentaerythritol tetranitrate
pentroof noun: Alternative form of pent roof.
pentrough noun: A penstock.
pentstemon noun: Alternative form of penstemon.
pentstock noun: Alternative form of penstock.
pentuple adjective, verb: Synonym of quintuple in its various senses.
pentuplet noun: Synonym of quintet: A group of five, particularly musicians.
pentuplicate noun: Synonym of quintuplicate.
penturban adjective: Pertaining to or located in penturbia.
penturbia noun: Small towns that lie beyond city suburbs, viewed collectively.
pentyl noun: Any of several isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₅H₁₁, formally derived from pentane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
pentylamine noun: Any of several isomeric amines derived from a pentane, but especially the primary amine CH₃(CH₂)₄NH₂
pentylenetetrazol noun: A drug formerly used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant.
pentylenetetrazole noun: Alternative spelling of pentylenetetrazol.
pentylic adjective: Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, pentyl.
pentyne noun: Any of several isomeric alkynes having five carbon atoms and one triple bond
pentynoate noun: Any salt or ester of a pentynoic acid
pentynoic adjective: Relating to a pentynoic acid or its derivatives.
pentynoic acid noun: Any of three isomeric aliphatic carboxylic acids having five carbon atoms and a triple bond
pentynyl noun: A univalent radical derived from a pentyne
Pentz proper noun: A surname.
penuche noun /pəˈnuːt͡ʃɪ/: A fudge made from brown sugar, butter, milk, and often nuts.
penuchi noun: Alternative form of penuche.
penuchle noun: Alternative form of pinochle.
penuckle noun: Alternative form of pinochle.
Penuel proper noun: A place not far from Sukkot on the east of the Jordan River, mentioned in the Book of Genesis as the site of Jacob's struggle with the angel, and in 1 Kings...
penult noun /pɪˈnʌlt/: The next-to-last syllable of a word.
penultima noun: the next to last syllable in a word
penultima law noun: Alternative spelling of paenultima law.
penultimate adjective, noun /pɪˈnʌl.tɪ.mɪt/: Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
penultimately adverb: Next to the last in order.
penultimatum noun: A statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, commonly expressed as an ultimatum in the hopes of compelling immediate compliance with...
penumbra noun /pəˈnʌm.bɹə/: A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
penumbral adjective: Of, or pertaining to, the penumbra.
penumbrally adverb: In a penumbral manner.
penumbrous adjective /pɪˈnʌmbɹəs/: Partially shaded.
penup noun: 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.
penurious adjective /pəˈnjʊə.ɹi.əs/: Miserly; excessively cheap.
penuriously adverb: In a penurious manner.
penuriousness noun: The quality of being penurious.
penurity noun: penury
penury noun /ˈpɛnjʊɹi/: Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.
penus noun: Humorous spelling of penis.
Penutianist noun: A linguist who specialises in studying Penutian languages, chiefly one who believes in the validity of such a grouping.
penwiper noun: A cloth or other material for wiping off or cleaning ink from a pen.
penwoman noun: A female writer.
penwomanship noun: A woman's skill in handwriting.

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.