pentateuch
— Noun
– English
~ the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
pentathlete
— Noun
– English
~ an athlete who competes in a pentathlon
pentathlon
— Noun
– English
~ an athletic contest consisting of five different events
pentatone
— Noun
– English
~ a gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted
pentazocine
— Noun
– English
~ analgesic drug (trade name Talwin) that is less addictive than morphine
Pentecost
— Noun
– English
~ (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
pentecost
— Noun
– English
~ seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the emanation of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
pentecostal
— Noun
– English
~ any member of a Pentecostal religious body
pentecostalism
— Noun
– English
~ the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues
Pentecostalist
— Noun
– English
~ any member of a Pentecostal religious body
penthouse
— Noun
– English
~ an apartment located on the top floors of a building
penthouse
— Noun
– Danish
~ stor, luksuriøs lejlighed i tagetagen i et (høj)hu ...
penthouselejlighed
— Noun
– Danish
~ stor, luksuriøs lejlighed i tagetagen i et (høj)hu ...
pentimento
— Noun
– English
~ the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age)
pentlandite
— Noun
– English
~ a mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel
pentobarbital
— Noun
– English
~ a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic
pentode
— Noun
– English
~ a thermionic tube having five electrodes
pentose
— Noun
– English
~ any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule
Pentothal
— Noun
– English
~ 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