| penitis | An obsolete term for inflammation of the penis. Synonym: phallitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| penman | 1. One who uses the pen; a writer; especially, one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master. 2. An author; a composer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| penmanship | The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style or manner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| penna | Origin: L. <zoology> A perfect, or normal, feather. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pennaceous | <zoology> Like or pertaining to a normal feather. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pennate | Feathered; resembling a feather. Synonym: penniform. Origin: L. Pennatus, fr. Penna, feather (05 Mar 2000) |
| pennate muscle | <anatomy> See: bipennate muscle, unipennate muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pennated | 1. Winged; plume-shaped. 2. <botany> Same as Pinnate. Origin: L. Pennatus feathered, winged, from penna feather, wing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pennatula | Origin: NL, fr. L. Penna a feather. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a featherlike form; a sea-pen. The zooids are situated along one edge of the side branches. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pennatulacea | <zoology> A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of the hollow muscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in the mud. See Pennatula, and Illust. Under Alcyonaria. Origin: NL. See Pennatula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| penniform | Synonym: pennate. Origin: L. Penna, feather, + forma, form (05 Mar 2000) |
| pennigerous | <zoology> Bearing feathers or quills. Origin: L. Penniger; penna feather + gerere to bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| penninerved | Having conspicuous lateral veins divergent from the midrib and lying approximately parallel to each other. (09 Oct 1997) |
| penny | Pl. Pennies or Pence. Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [OE. Peni, AS. Penig, pening, pending; akin to D. Penning, OHG. Pfenning, pfenting, G. Pfennig, Icel. Penningr; of uncertain origin. 1. An English coin, formerly of copper, now of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius). "The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent . . . [and was] called penny, denarius, or denier." . The ancient silver penny was worth about three pence sterling (see Pennyweight). The old Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the English coin. In the United States the word penny is popularly used for cent. 2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. 3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny. "What penny hath Rome borne, What men provided, what munition sent?" (Shak) 4. See Denarius. <botany> Penny cress, pennyroyal. Penny post, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier. Penny wise, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pennyroyal | <botany> An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor. <botany> Bastard pennyroyal See Blue curls, under Blue. Origin: A corruption of OE. Puliall royal. OE. Puliall is ultimately derived fr. L. Puleium, or pulegium regium (so called as being good against fleas), fr. Pulex a flea; and royal is a translation of L. Regium, in puleium regium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |