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
pentecostal
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to or characteristic of any of various Pentecostal religious bodies or their members
pentecostal
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to or occurring at Pentecost
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
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
pentoxide
— Noun
– English
~ an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in the molecule
pentoxifylline
— Noun
– English
~ 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
pentylenetetrazol
— Noun
– English
~ a drug used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant; larger doses cause convulsions in shock therapy; Metrazol is a trademark
penuche
— Noun
– English
~ fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts
penuchle
— Noun
– English
~ a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist
penult
— Noun
– English
~ the next to last syllable in a word
penultima
— Noun
– English
~ the next to last syllable in a word