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Pensionary
a.
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Consisting of a pension; as, a pensionary provision for maintenance.
Pensionaries
pl.
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of Pensionary
Pensionary
n.
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One who receives a pension; a pensioner.
Pensionary
n.
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One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland.
Pensioner
n.
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One in receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent.
Pensioner
n.
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One of an honorable band of gentlemen who attend the sovereign of England on state occasions, and receive an annual pension, or allowance, of £150 and two horses.
Pensioner
n.
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In the university of Cambridge, England, one who pays for his living in commons; -- corresponding to commoner at Oxford.
Pensive
a.
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Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing.
Pensive
a.
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Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness; as, pensive numbers.
Pensived
a.
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Made pensive.
Pensively
adv.
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In a pensive manner.
Pensiveness
n.
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The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness.
Penstock
n.
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A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses.
Penstock
n.
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The barrel of a wooden pump.
Pent
v. t.
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Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up.
Penta-
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A combining form denoting five; as, pentacapsular; pentagon.
Penta-
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Denoting the degree of five, either as regards quality, property, or composition; as, pentasulphide; pentoxide, etc. Also used adjectively.
Pentabasic
a.
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Capable of uniting with five molecules of a monacid base; having five acid hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by a basic radical; -- said of certain acids.
Pentacapsular
a.
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Having five capsules.
Pentachenium
n.
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A dry fruit composed of five carpels, which are covered by an epigynous calyx and separate at maturity.
Pentachloride
n.
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A chloride having five atoms of chlorine in each molecule.
Pentachord
n.
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An ancient instrument of music with five strings.
Pentachord
n.
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An order or system of five sounds.
Pentacid
a.
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Capable of neutralizing, or combining with, five molecules of a monobasic acid; having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by acid residues; -- said of certain complex bases.
Pentacle
n.
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A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star, -- used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages.
Pentacoccous
a.
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Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each, as certain fruits.
Pentaconter
n.
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See Penteconter.
Pentacrinin
n.
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A red and purple pigment found in certain crinoids of the genus Pentacrinus.
Pentacrinoid
n.
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An immature comatula when it is still attached by a stem, and thus resembles a Pentacrinus.
Pentacrinus
n.
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A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere.