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Pēlūsĭum an Egyptian city at the eastern mouth of the Nile; Tineh; Pelusiac; leading to;… pelvĭcŭla a small basin pelvis a basin; laver; acc pemma pastry pĕnārĭus adj. for provisions; Subst; a storehouse; granary Pĕnas Pĕnātes the Penates; di; a dwelling; home; hearth pĕnātĭger adj. bearing with him his guardian gods pĕnātor one who carries provisions pendens P. a. pendĕo v. n. to hang; hang down; be suspended; ab; ex pendĭcŭlus a cord; noose; snare pendīgo an internal tumor; abscess; a hollow space pendix pendo v. a. and n. to cause to hang down; to suspend;; to weigh; weigh out; to pay pendŭlus adj. hanging; hanging down; pendent; overhanging; swinging pēne adv. Pēnēis Pēnēĭus Pēnĕleus son of Hippalmus and Asterope; one of Helen's suitors Pēnĕlŏpē daughter of Icarius and Peribœa; wife of Ulysses; and mother of Telemachus; cel… pēnĕlops a kind of duck; also called pĕnĕs prep. in the possession; power of;; have control of one's self; in the presence; powe… Pĕnestae a people in Grecian Illyria; the country of the Penestœ; Penestian pĕnĕtrābĭlis adj. that can be pierced; penetrated; penetrable; piercing; penetrating pĕnē^tral pĕnē^trālis adj. Piercing; penetrating; inward; inner; internal pĕnĕtrātĭo a piercing; penetrating pĕnē^trātor one who penetrates; a penetrator pĕnē^tro v. a. and n. To put; place; set; into; to betake one's self Pēnēus a principal river in Thessaly; which rises in Mount Pindus; flows through the V… pēnĭcillum A painter's brush; pencil; Painting; Style; A roll of lint pēnĭcŭlāmentum A tail; train; a train pēnĭcŭlus A brush; A sponge; A painter's brush; pencil pēninsŭla Penīnus pēnis a tail; the penis;; lust pēnissĭmē pĕnĭtē adv. pĕnĭtus adj. inward; inner; subst; the inmost parts; inwardly pēnītus adj. furnished with; having a tail Pĕnĭus a river in Colchis penna a feather; a wing; the wings; to clip one's wings; to deprive one of power pennārĭum a receptacle for pens; a pen-box pennātŭlus adj. dim; provided with wings; winged pennātus adj. furnished with wings; winged; Subst; winged creatures; birds pennesco v. n. inch. to put forth feathers; wings; to become fledged pennĭfer adj. feathered; winged pennĭger adj. feathered; winged Pennīnus adj. belonging to the Pennine Alps; Pennine; the local deity of the Pennine Alps pennĭpēs adj. that has wings on his feet; wing-footed pennĭpŏtens adj. able to fly; winged pennor v. dep. n. to put forth wings; become fledged pennŭla a little wing pennus adj. pointed; sharp Pennus a Roman surname pensa a day's provisions; a ration for a day pensābilis adj. reparable pensātĭo a weighing; weighing out; a recompense; compensation; pondering pensē adv. pensĭcŭlātē adv. pensĭcŭlātor a weigher; examiner pensĭcŭlo v. a. to weigh; ponder; consider; carefully pensĭlis adj. hanging; hanging down; pendent; pensile; Subst pensim adv. pensĭo A weight; a paying; payment; a term of payment; her third marriage pensĭtātĭo a paying; payment; A recompense; compensation; An expense pensĭtātor one who weighs; considers; a weigher; ponderer; considerer pensĭto v. freq. a. to weigh; weigh out; To pay; ponder; think over pensĭuncŭla a small payment penso v. freq. a. to weigh; weigh out carefully; To counterbalance; to compensate; recompense pensor one who weighs; considers; a weigher; examiner pensum P. a. pensūra a weighing pensus P. a. pentăchordus adj. five-stringed pentăcontarchus a commander of fifty men; pentacontarch pentădactўlus a pentadactyl; a kind of shell-fish; N. cr pentădōros adj. containing five palms; hand-breadths; of five years pentăgōnĭus adj. quinquangular; pentagonal; Subst; a pentagon pentămĕter a pentameter pentă-nummus a silver coin of the value of five asses pentăpĕtes five-leaf; cinque-foil pentăpharmăcum a meal consisting of five dishes pentăphyllon five-leaved grass; cinque-foil Pentăpŏlis A district of five towns on the Dead Sea; A district of Cyrene; on the Libyan S… pentăprōtīa the first five men; a board; college of five superior officers pentaptōta nouns that have five cases; pentaptotes pentas the number five; five pentăsēmus adj. that has five marks; divisions of time pentaspaston a tackle with five pulleys pentasphaerus adj. a kind of costly spice pentastĭchoe having five rows of columns pentăsyllăbus adj. having five syllables; five-syllabled Pentăteuchus the five books of Moses; the Pentateuch pentathlos one who practised the five exercises; the contest of the five exercises pentătŏmon five-leaf; cinque-foil Pentēcostālis adj. belonging to Whitsuntide; Pentecost; Pentecostal Pentēcostē the fiftieth day after Easter; WhitSunday; Pentecost Pentĕlensis adj. Pentelic