pentateuch
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～ the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
pentathlete
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～ an athlete who competes in a pentathlon
pentathlon
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～ an athletic contest consisting of five different events
pentatone
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～ a gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted
pentazocine
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～ analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine
Pentecost
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～ (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
pentecost
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～ seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
pentecostal
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～ any member of a Pentecostal religious body
pentecostalism
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～ the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues
Pentecostalist
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～ any member of a Pentecostal religious body
penthouse
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～ an apartment located on the top floors of a building
pentimento
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～ the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age)
pentlandite
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～ a mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel
pentobarbital
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～ a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic
pentode
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～ a thermionic tube having five electrodes
pentose
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～ any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule
Pentothal
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～ barbiturate that is a hygroscopic powder (trade name Pentothal) that is a strong barbiturate that acts rapidly; induces a relaxed state when injected as a general anesthetic
pentoxide
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～ an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in the molecule
pentoxifylline
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～ a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet