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6,384 words match “PEN”

PERPENDICULARLY adv.
In a perpendicular manner; vertically.
PERPENSION n.
Careful consideration; pondering. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
PERPENSITY n.
Perpension. [Obs.]
PERPENT STONE n.
See Perpender.
PHILOPENA n.
A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game that is played in various ways; also, the game itself. [Written also fillipeen and phillippine.]
PICKPENNY n.
A miser; also, a sharper. Dr. H. More.
PIGPEN n.
A pen, or sty, for pigs.
PINCHPENNY n.
A miserly person.
PLANIPENNATE a.
Of or pertaining to Planipennia.
PLANIPENNIA n.
uding those that have broad, flat wings, as the ant-lion, lacewing, etc. Called also Planipennes.
PORPENTINE n.
Porcupine. [Obs.] Shak.
PREPENIAL a.
Situated in front of, or anterior to, the penis.
PREPENSE v. 3 definitions
To weigh or consider beforehand; to premeditate. [Obs.] Spenser. Sir T. Elyot.
PREPENSELY adv.
In a premeditated manner.
PROPEND v.
thing; to be favorably inclined or disposed; to incline; to tend. [R.] Shak. We shall propend to it, as a stone falleth down. Barrow.
PROPENDENCY n. 2 definitions
Propensity. [R.]
PROPENDENT a.
Inclining forward or toward. South.
PROPENE n.
Same as Propylene.
PROPENSE a.
Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
PROPENSION n.
The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.
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