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PEN'SIONED, pp. Having a pension.
PEN'SIONER, n. One to whom an annual sum of money is paid by government in consi...
PEN'SIONING, ppr. Granting an annual allowance for past services.
PEN'SIVE, a. [L.penso, to weigh, to consider; pendo, to weigh.] 1. Literally, th...
PEN'SIVELY, adv. With thoughtfulness; with gloomy seriousness or some degree of ...
PEN'SIVENESS, n. Gloomy thoughtfulness; melancholy; seriousness from depressed s...
PEN'STOCK, n. [pen and stock.] A narrow or confined place formed by a frame of t...
PENT, pp. of pen. Shut up; closely confined.
PENTACAP'SULAR, a. [Gr. five, and capsular.] In botany, having five capsules.
PEN'TACHORD,n. [Gr. five, and chord.] 1. An instrument of music with five string...
PEN'TACOCCOUS, a. [Gr. five, and L. coccus, a berry.] Having or containing five ...
PEN'TACOSTER, n. [Gr.] In ancient Greece, a military officer commanding fifty me...
PEN'TACOSTYS, n. [Gr.] A body of fifty soldiers; but the number varied.
PENTAC'RINITE, n. The fossil remains of a zoophyte.
PENTACROS'TIC, a. [Gr. five, and acrostic.] Containing five acrostics of the sam...
PENTADAC'TYL, n. [Gr. five, and finger.] 1. In botany, a plant called five finge...