English Words: P

46,516 words · Page 210 of 931

pentahedronnoun

A polyhedron with five faces.

pentahelicenenoun

The helicene having five benzene rings fused into a flat spiral

pentahexnoun

A polyhex composed of five hexagons

pentahistidinenoun

Five consecutive histidine amino-acids in a peptide or protein; the equivalent repeats in a nucleic acid or gene

pentahydratenoun

A hydrate whose solid contains five molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell.

pentahydratedadj

Combined with five molecules of water

pentahydricadj

Having five hydroxy groups.

pentahydridenoun

Any hydride containing five atoms of hydrogen per molecule

pentahydroxidenoun

Any hydroxide having five hydroxyl groups.

pentahydroxynoun

Five hydroxy groups in a molecule.

pentailnoun

A species of treeshrew (Ptilocercus lowii) of Borneo, with a very long, quill-shaped tail, which is scaly at the base and plumose at the tip.

pentaiodidenoun

Any iodide having five iodine atoms

pentaironnoun

Five iron atoms or ions in a compound (Fe₅).

pentakaidecahedraladj

In the form of a pentakaidecahedron.

pentakaidecahedronnoun

Synonym of pentadecahedron.

pentaketidenoun

Any polyketide composed of five ketide monomers

pentakis dodecahedronnoun

A Catalan solid equivalent to a dodecahedron with a pentagonal pyramid covering each face, in the end having 60 isosceles triangle faces, 90 edges, and 32 vertices.

pentakisphosphatenoun

A compound having five simple phosphate groups

pentalnoun

sodium thiopental, a common anesthetic

pentalamellaradj

Having five layers

pentalaminaradj

Having five layers

pentalayeradj

Having five layers

pentaleadnoun

Five atoms of lead in a chemical compound.

pentalemmanoun

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

pentalingualadj

Written in or otherwise expressed through five languages.

pentallelicadj

Composed of five alleles

pentalobateadj

Having five lobes.

pentalobenoun

A tamperproof screw whose drive has five rounded edges.

pentalobedadj

Having five lobes

pentalobularadj

Having five lobules.

pentaloguenoun

A series of five statements.

pentalogynoun

A set of five works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as five individual works.

pentalogy of Fallotnoun

A congenital heart defect in which a tetralogy of Fallot presents with an additional patent foramen ovale or atrial septal defect.

pentalonginnoun

A pyranonaphthoquinone antibiotic isolated from the East African medicinal plant Pentas longiflora

pentaloopnoun

A loop of five nucleotides in a nucleic acid

pentalphanoun

A pentagram.

pentaluminiumnoun

pentaaluminium.

pentaluminumnoun

pentaaluminium.

pentalysinenoun

An oligopeptide composed of five lysine amino acids

pentamagnesiumnoun

Five magnesium atoms in a molecule.

pentamanganesenoun

Five atoms of manganese in a chemical compound.

pentamannosenoun

A pentasaccharide composed of five mannose units

pentamannosylnoun

Five mannosyl groups in a compound

pentamernoun

An oligomer having five subunits.

pentameraladj

fivefold (of a symmetry group)

pentamercurynoun

Five mercury atoms or ions in a compound (Hg₅).

pentamericadj

Of or pertaining to a pentamer

pentamerizationnoun

The formation of a pentamer.

pentamerizeverb

To polymerize to form a pentamer

pentamerousadj

In five parts; made up of five parts.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter P contains 46,516 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 931 pages, and you are currently viewing page 210. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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