of pen. Shut up; closely confined.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. A combining form denoting five; as, pentacapsular; pentagon.
2. Denoting the degree of five, either as regards quality, property, or composition; as, pentasulphide; pentoxide, etc. Also used adjectively.
In botany, having five capsules.
Having five capsules.
A chloride having five atoms of chlorine in each molecule.
1. An instrument of music with five strings.
2. An order or system of five sounds.
1. An ancient instrument of music with five strings.
2. An order or system of five sounds.
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.
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.
Having or containing five grains or seeds, or having five cells with one seed in each.
Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each, as certain fruits.
See Penteconter.
In ancient Greece, a military officer commanding fifty men; but the number varied.
A body of fifty soldiers; but the number varied.
A red and purple pigment found in certain crinoids of the genus Pentacrinus.
The fossil remains of a zoophyte.
Any species of Pentacrinus.
A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere.
A solid having five summits or angular points.
of Pentacron
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