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Toward the inside or central part; away from the surface; -- opposed to ectad. B. G. Wilder.

stituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds.

Having five digits to the hand or foot.

Having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyl limb.

A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, (C15H32) found in petroleum, tar oil, etc., and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from the fifteen carbon atoms in the molecule.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, pentadecane, or designating an acid related to it.

Same as Quindecylic.

Having the stamens arranged in five clusters, those of each cluster having their filaments more or less united, as the flowers of the linden.

One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.

The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.

Toward the outside or surface; -- opposed to entad. B. G. Wilder.

One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens.

Of or pertaining to the class Pentadria; having five stamens.

ating, an acid of the fatty acid series, containing fifteen atoms of carbon; called also pentadecylic acid.

Retarding; -- a direction for slower time; rallentado.

Scimiter pods (Bot.), the immense curved woody pods of a leguminous woody climbing plant (Entada scandens) growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are made into boxes.

egetable oil; as that produced by the Indian butter tree, the African shea tree, and the Pentadesma butyracea, a tree of the order Guttiferæ, also African. Still another kind is pressed from the seeds of cocoa (Theobroma). -- Vegetable flannel, a textile material, manufactured in Germany from pine-needle wool, a down…