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Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up. Here in the body pent. J. Montgomery. No pent-up Utica contracts your powers. J. M. Sewall.

A combining form denoting five; as, pentacapsular; pentagon.

Capable of uniting with five molecules of a monacid base; having five acid hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by a basic radical; -- said of certain acids.

Having five capsules.

A dry fruit composed of five carpels, which are covered by an epigynous calyx and separate at maturity.

A chloride having five atoms of chlorine in each molecule.

An ancient instrument of music with five strings.

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.

Composed of five united carpels with one seed in each, as certain fruits.

See Penteconter.

A red and purple pigment found in certain crinoids of the genus Pentacrinus.

Any species of Pentacrinus.

An immature comatula when it is still attached by a stem, and thus resembles a 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.

A set of verses so disposed that the name forming the subject of the acrostic occurs five times -- the whole set of verses being divided into five different parts from top to bottom.

bstituted 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.