<B>penalty goal,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a goal scored upon a penalty kick in either Rugby or soccer. <BR> <I>Ex. In the 16th minute of the first half T. E. Davies kicked a fine penalty goal for Wales from 35 yards, and wide out (Sunday Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>penalty kick,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in soccer and Rugby) a free kick, without interference, trying for a goal, awarded to a team because of a major infraction of the rules by their opponents. </DL>
<A NAME="penance">
<B>penance, </B>noun, verb, <B>-anced,</B> <B>-ancing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a punishment borne to show sorrow for sin, to make up for a wrong done, and to obtain pardon for sin. <BR> <I>Ex. When the scourge Inexorably, and the torturing hour Calls us to penance (Milton).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a sacrament of the Roman Catholic, Greek, and other churches, that includes repentance, intention to amend, full confession of sin to a priest, submission to penalty, and absolution. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to impose penance on; punish or discipline by requiring a penance. <BR><I>expr. <B>do penance,</B> </I>to perform some act, or undergo some penalty, to show that one is sorry or repents. <BR> <I>Ex. She did penance for hurting her sister by staying home from the circus.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="penanglawyer">
<B>penang-lawyer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cane or walking stick made from the stem of a small East Indian palm. </DL>
<A NAME="penannular">
<B>penannular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> almost annular; forming an incomplete ring (with a small portion lacking). </DL>
<A NAME="penates">
<B>penates</B> or <B>Penates, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> gods of the household and state, worshiped in ancient Rome together with the lares and believed to protect the home from interior damage. </DL>
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<B>pence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> more than one English penny. <BR> <I>Ex. Tobacco and paint shares closed a few pence dearer among the industrial shares (London Times).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) (in the old system) d (no period); (in the new decimal system) p (no period). </DL>
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<A NAME="pencel">
<B>pencel, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Archaic.) a small streamer, especially one carried as a banner on a lance. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) a lady's favor worn or carried by a knight. Also, <B>pennoncel,</B> <B>pennoncelle,</B> <B>penoncel,</B> <B>pensil,</B> <B>pensile.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="penchant">
<B>penchant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a strong taste or liking; inclination. <BR> <I>Ex. a penchant for taking long walks.</I> (SYN) bent. </DL>
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<B>pencil, </B>noun, verb, <B>-ciled,</B> <B>-ciling</B> or (especially British) <B>-cilled,</B> <B>-cilling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a pointed instrument to write or draw with, usually with a slender rod of graphite encased in wood or in a metal tube. <DD><B> 2. </B>any object of like shape. <BR> <I>Ex. a styptic pencil.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a stick of coloring matter. <BR> <I>Ex. an eyebrow pencil.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) the skill or style of an artist. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Archaic.) an artist's paintbrush. <BR> <I>Ex. Take your pallet ... choose your most delicate camel-hair pencils (Charlotte Bronte).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>a set of lines, light rays, or the like, coming to a point or extending in different directions from a point. <BR> <I>Ex. The light used for all practical purposes comes from sources of finite area, every point of which emits a pencil (Hardy and Perrin).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to mark or write with a pencil. <BR> <I>Ex. to pencil corrections in the margin of a book, to pencil a note.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to draw or sketch with a pencil. <BR> <I>Ex. to pencil an outline of a house.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>pencil in,</B> </I>to include, list, or schedule, especially in haste. <BR> <I>Ex. to pencil in an increase in the budget. An unknown actor was penciled in to play the leading role.</I> noun <B>penciler</B> or (especially British) <B>penciller.</B> adj. <B>pencillike.</B> </DL>
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<B>pencil beam,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a narrow, conical radar beam, used for homing in on a target with maximum accuracy. </DL>
<A NAME="penciled">
<B>penciled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>marked with or as with a pencil. <BR> <I>Ex. her soft, penciled eyebrows (Harriet Beecher Stowe).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>executed, drawn, or written with or as with a pencil. <BR> <I>Ex. penciled lines, a penciled note.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>formed into a pencil or pencils, as rays; radiated. </DL>
<A NAME="penciliform">
<B>penciliform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the form or appearance of a pencil, as of rays. </DL>
<A NAME="penciling">
<B>penciling, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of one who pencils. <DD><B> 2. </B>fine coloring or delicate drawing, as may be done with a pencil. </DL>
<A NAME="pencilpusher">
<B>pencil pusher,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) an office worker; person who works at a desk. </DL>
<A NAME="pencilsharpener">
<B>pencil sharpener,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a device for sharpening a wooden pencil by shaving it with a blade or series of rotating blades. </DL>
<B>pend</B> (1), intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to remain undecided or unsettled. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Dialect.) to depend. </DL>
<A NAME="pend">
<B>pend</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) a pendant. </DL>
<A NAME="pendant">
<B>pendant, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a hanging ornament, such as a locket. <DD><B> 2. </B>an ornament hanging down from an arch, ceiling, or roof. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) a person or thing forming a parallel or match to another; match; companion piece. <DD><B> 4. </B>an additional statement, consideration, or the like, that completes or complements another. <DD><B> 5. </B>an attachment by which something is suspended, such as the ring and stem of a pocket watch. <DD><B> 6. </B>(British, Nautical.) pennant. <BR> <I>Ex. I hoisted my pendant on the Irresistible (Horatio Nelson).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>=pendent.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pendeloque">
<B>pendeloque, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a pearshaped pendant, as a diamond cut in this form. </DL>
<A NAME="pendency">
<B>pendency, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the state or condition of being pending or continuing undecided or awaiting settlement. <BR> <I>Ex. The mere pendency of such charges impairs my further service on the commission (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pendent">
<B>pendent, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>hanging. <BR> <I>Ex. the pendent branches of a willow.</I> (SYN) suspended. <DD><B> 2. </B>overhanging. <BR> <I>Ex. a pendent cliff.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) <B>=pending.</B> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>=pendant.</B> adv. <B>pendently.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pendentelite">
<B>pendente lite,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) during litigation; while a lawsuit is pending. </DL>
<A NAME="pendentive">
<B>pendentive, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Architecture.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the concave, triangular segment of the lower part of a hemispherical dome, between two adjacent penetrating arches. <BR> <I>Ex. Builders achieved the transition from a square space to a circular dome by inserting pendentives (spherical triangles) over the four corners (Cyril Mango).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a similar segment of a groined vault that springs from a single support. </DL>
<A NAME="pendicle">
<B>pendicle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a pendant. <DD><B> 2. </B>an adjunct or appendage. <DD><B> 3. </B>a small piece of land, a cottage, or the like, attached to an estate. </DL>
<A NAME="pending">
<B>pending, </B>adjective, preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>waiting to be decided or settled. <BR> <I>Ex. while the agreement was pending.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>likely to happen soon; threatening; about to occur. <DD><B> 3. </B>overhanging. <DD><I>prep. </I> <B>1. </B>while waiting for; until. <BR> <I>Ex. Pending his return, let us get everything ready.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>during. <BR> <I>Ex. pending the investigation.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pendragon">
<B>pendragon</B> or <B>Pendragon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> chief leader, ruler, or king, a title of ancient British chiefs. <BR> <I>Ex. the dread Pendragon, Britain's King of kings (Tennyson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pendragonship">
<B>pendragonship</B> or <B>Pendragonship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the state, condition, or power of a pendragon. </DL>
<A NAME="pendular">
<B>pendular, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with a pendulum. <DD><B> 2. </B>resembling the movement of a pendulum; oscillating. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) History may suggest pendular swings, but history has never before seen the breadth of communication and the speed of change (some of it progress) that we have today (Maclean's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pendulous">
<B>pendulous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>hanging loosely. <BR> <I>Ex. The oriole builds a pendulous nest.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>swinging like a pendulum. <BR> <I>Ex. pendulous jowls.</I> adv. <B>pendulously.</B> noun <B>pendulousness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="pendulousearedcat">
<B>pendulous-eared cat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a breed of cat native to China, having long, droopy ears; lop-eared cat. </DL>
<A NAME="pendulum">
<B>pendulum, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a weight so hung from a fixed point that it is free to swing to and fro. It moves through a regular arc under the influence of gravity. The movement of the works of a tall clock is often timed by a pendulum. <BR> <I>Ex. The utility of the pendulum as a timekeeper is based on the fact that the period is practically independent of the amplitude (Sears and Zemansky).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="penelope">
<B>Penelope, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) the faithful wife of Odysseus. She waited twenty years for his return in spite of the entreaties of her many suitors. </DL>
<A NAME="peneplain">
<B>peneplain, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a formerly mountainous or hilly area reduced nearly to a plain by erosion. <BR> <I>Ex. There is evidence of several peneplains during Cenozoic time in the Appalachians, indicating crustal uplift, renewed uplift, erosion, etc. (Robert M. Garrels).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to make a peneplain of, as by erosion. </DL>
<A NAME="peneplanation">
<B>peneplanation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the forming of a peneplain by erosion. <BR> <I>Ex. Peneplanation, especially in a region of much disturbed hard rocks, is judged to demand very prolonged work of erosive processes during time when the land surface was neither raised nor lowered appreciably by earth deformation (Raymond Cecil Moore).</I> </DL>
