Definition of pent

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Pent (v. t.) Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up.

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Pentathionic :: Pentathionic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of sulphur obtained by leading hydrogen sulphide into a solution of sulphur dioxide; -- so called because it contains five atoms of sulphur..
Repentant :: Repentant (a.) Expressing or showing sorrow for sin; as, repentant tears; repentant ashes..
Pentaptych :: Pentaptych (n.) A picture, or combination of pictures, consisting of a centerpiece and double folding doors or wings, as for an altarpiece..
Snakewood :: Snakewood (n.) An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum) which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents.
Repent :: Repent (v. i.) To change the mind, or the course of conduct, on account of regret or dissatisfaction..
Forespent :: Forespent (a.) Already spent; gone by; past.
Pentagraphic :: Pentagraphic (a.) Alt. of Pentagraphica.
Sting :: Sting (v. t.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion..
Serpentinian :: Serpentinian (n.) See 2d Ophite.
Nepenthes :: Nepenthes (n.) A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant..
Crotalus :: Crotalus (n.) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes..
Porpentine :: Porpentine (n.) Porcupine.
Penhouse :: Penhouse (n.) A penthouse.
Syriac :: Syriac (a.) Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch..
Blastoidea :: Blastoidea (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Crinoidea found fossil in paleozoic rocks; pentremites. They are so named on account of their budlike form.
Pentatomic :: Pentatomic (a.) Having five atoms in the molecule.
New :: New (superl.) As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man..
Numbers :: Numbers (n.) pl. of Number. The fourth book of the Pentateuch, containing the census of the Hebrews..
Pentecostals :: Pentecostals (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost..
Arpent :: Arpent (n.) Alt. of Arpe.
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