<B>peninsular, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>like a peninsula. <DD><B> 2. </B>in or of a peninsula. <DD><I>noun </I> an inhabitant of a peninsula. <BR> <I>Ex. The Arabs traded with the far-off peninsulars (Nation).</I> </DL>
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<B>peninsularity, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the state of being a peninsula. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) the character or habit of mind attributed to those living in a peninsula and having little contact with other people; narrowness of mind; provincialism. <BR> <I>Ex. But a tour through Italy at election time ... conveys the tang of a potent peninsularity (Manchester Guardian).</I> </DL>
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<B>Peninsula State,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname for Florida. </DL>
<A NAME="peninsulate">
<B>peninsulate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-lated,</B> <B>-lating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to form into a peninsula or peninsulas. <BR> <I>Ex. There are six considerable rivers which, with their numerous branches, peninsulate the whole state (Jedidiah Morse).</I> </DL>
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<B>penis, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nises,</B> <B>-nes.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the male organ of copulation. Urine leaves the body of male mammals through the penis. </DL>
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<B>penitence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> sorrow for sinning or doing wrong; repentance. </DL>
<A NAME="penitent">
<B>penitent, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>sorry for sinning or doing wrong; repenting. <BR> <I>Ex. The penitent boy promised never to cheat again.</I> (SYN) repentant, contrite, remorseful. <DD><B> 2. </B>expressing repentance. <BR> <I>Ex. a low, penitent voice.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person who is sorry for sin or wrongdoing. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who confesses and does penance for his sins under the direction of the church. adv. <B>penitently.</B> </DL>
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<B>Penitente, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a religious order of flagellants among certain Spanish-American natives of New Mexico and southern Colorado, who practice flagellantism especially during Holy Week. </DL>
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<B>penitential, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of, showing, or having to do with penitence. <BR> <I>Ex. The penitential psalms express remorse for sin. Mr. Benson, on penitential knee, bent to recover her scattered property (John Stephen Strange).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with penance. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person performing or undergoing penance; penitent. <DD><B> 2. </B>a book or code of the church canons on penance and its imposition. adv. <B>penitentially.</B> </DL>
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<B>penitentiary, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a prison for criminals, especially a state or federal prison. <BR> <I>Ex. He had worked as a $600-a-month assistant warden at the Huntsville, Texas, state penitentiary, until a convict spotted his picture in an old crime stories magazine (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>in the Roman Catholic Church: <DD><B> a. </B>a diocesan officer empowered to rule on cases of conscience beyond the scope of the parish priest. <DD><B> b. </B>a congregation of the Papal Curia, presided over by a cardinal, that decides questions of penance. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>making one liable to punishment in a prison. <BR> <I>Ex. a penitentiary offense.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>used for punishment, discipline, and reformation. <BR> <I>Ex. penitentiary measures.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>of penance; penitential. </DL>
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<B>penknife, </B>noun, pl. <B>-knives.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small pocketknife. </DL>
<A NAME="penlight">
<B>penlight</B> or <B>penlite, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a small flashlight roughly the size of a fountain pen. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a penlight. <BR> <I>Ex. penlight batteries.</I> </DL>
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<B>penlop, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a powerful territorial lord in Bhutan. </DL>
<A NAME="penman">
<B>penman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a writer; author. <BR> <I>Ex. the penman of a good mystery story.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who has good handwriting. <BR> <I>Ex. Before the typewriter many people were fine penmen.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(British.) a person whose work is to copy documents. </DL>
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<B>penmanship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>writing with pen or pencil; handwriting; calligraphy. <BR> <I>Ex. He was criticized for sloppy penmanship.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the manner or style of composing a written work; literary composition. </DL>
<A NAME="penn">
<B>Penn.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Pennsylvania. </DL>
<A NAME="penna">
<B>penna, </B>noun, pl. <B>pennae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a contour feather of a bird, as distinguished from a down feather or plume. </DL>
<B>pennaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a penna or pennae. </DL>
<A NAME="penname">
<B>pen name,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a name used by a writer instead of his real name; nom de plume; pseudonym. <BR> <I>Ex. Voltaire was the pen name of Francois Marie Arouet, a French author and philosopher (Otis Fellows). As a way of sloughing off one personality and acquiring a new one, the pen name is not a new idea, nor historically limited to the arts (Harper's).</I> </DL>
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<B>pennant, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a flag, usually long and tapering, used on ships for signaling or identification, or as a school banner. <DD><B> 2. </B>a flag taken as an emblem of superiority or success, especially in an athletic contest. <BR> <I>Ex. The mad pace of the Dodgers has most folks believing that [these] hotshots have virtually clinched the pennant (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a line at the end of the stem of certain musical notes; hook. </DL>
<B>pennatula, </B>noun, pl. <B>-las,</B> <B>-lae.</B> =sea pen.</DL>
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<B>penni, </B>noun, pl. <B>pennia,</B> <B>pennis.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a Finnish unit of money, 1/100 of a markka, now used especially as a money of account. <DD><B> 2. </B>a coin representing this unit. </DL>
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<B>pennied, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a penny or pennies; not penniless. <BR> <I>Ex. ... while you dispensed the fragile chocolate to pennied youngsters (Westminster Gazette).</I> </DL>
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<B>penniless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without a cent of money; very poor. <BR> <I>Ex. The thief snatched my purse and left me penniless in the big city.</I> (SYN) destitute, indigent. adv. <B>pennilessly.</B> noun <B>pennilessness.</B> </DL>
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<B>pennon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a long, usually triangular or swallow-tailed flag originally carried on the lance of a knight. <DD><B> 2. </B>any flag or banner. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Nautical.) a pennant. <DD><B> 4. </B>a wing; pinion. <BR> <I>Ex. Fluttering his pennons vain, plumb down he drops Ten thousand fathom deep (Milton).</I> </DL>
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<B>pennoncel</B> or <B>pennoncelle, </B>noun. =pencel.</DL>
<A NAME="pennoned">
<B>pennoned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> bearing a pennon. <BR> <I>Ex. Behind this line we get a glimpse of plumed helmets and pennoned lances of some of the cavalry (Westminster Gazette).</I> </DL>
<B>Pennsylvania Dutch</B> or <B>German,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. </B>the descendants of immigrants of the 1600's and 1700's to southeastern Pennsylvania from southern Germany and Switzerland. <DD><B> 2. </B>a dialect of High German with English intermixed, spoken by them. <DD><B> 3. </B>a style of architecture, furniture, or design characteristic of or derived from the Pennsylvania Dutch. </DL>
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<B>Pennsylvanian, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a native or inhabitant of Pennsylvania. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Geology.) the second period of the Carboniferous period, after the Mississippian and before the Permian, characterized by coal-, oil-, and gas-bearing deposits; Upper Carboniferous (the name used outside of North America). <DD><B> 3. </B>the rocks formed during this period. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with Pennsylvania. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Geology.) of or having to do with the Pennsylvanian or its rocks. <BR> <I>Ex. The Mississippian and the next following Pennsylvanian Period are the only widely recognized major geologic time divisions that are "made in America" (Raymond Cecil Moore).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pennsylvaniarifle">
<B>Pennsylvania rifle,</B> =Kentucky rifle.</DL>
<A NAME="penny">
<B>penny, </B>noun, pl. <B>pennies</B> or (British) (collectively for 2) <B>pence,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a copper coin of the United States and Canada; cent. 100 pennies = 1 dollar. <DD><B> 2a. </B>a bronze coin used in Great Britain, formerly equal to 1/12 of a shilling and since 1971 equal to 1/100 of a pound. <DD><B> b. </B>a coin of similar value in Australia and New Zealand. (Abbr:) p (no period). <DD><B> 3. </B>a sum of money; money. <DD><B> 4. </B>a unit of measurement of the length of nails, as in <I>eightpenny</I> nail (about 2 1/2 inches) or <I>twelve-penny</I> nail (about 3 1/4 inches) originally referring to the price for 100 of each size nail. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>costing one penny. <DD><B> 2. </B>cheap. <BR><I>expr. <B>turn an honest penny,</B> </I>to earn money honestly. <BR> <I>Ex. He turns an honest penny by horse hire (Augustus Jessopp).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>two a penny,</B> </I>(British Informal.) very plentiful or common and therefore not valued; a dime a dozen. <BR> <I>Ex. Foreign theologians, two a penny in Oxford or in Boston, are curiosities in Sofia (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="pennyaline">
<B>penny-a-line, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>paid at the rate of a penny a printed line (as many journalists and writers of popular fiction formerly were). <DD><B> b. </B>paid at a low rate and on the basis of space filled (as some writers still are). <DD><B> 2. </B>carelessly written and with little or no literary merit. </DL>
