<B>penghulu, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in Indonesia and Malaysia) a chieftain, head, or leader. <BR> <I>Ex. The elderly penghulu, or headman, of an Iban tribe of Sea Dayaks invited [us] to spend a night at his long house before we sailed (London Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>pengo, </B>noun, pl. <B>-go,</B> <B>-gos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the standard unit of money of Hungary from 1925 to 1946, superseded by the forint. <DD><B> 2. </B>a silver coin or a bank note, representing this unit. </DL>
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<B>penguin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a sea bird with flippers for diving and swimming in place of wings for flying. Penguins live chiefly in Antarctica and other cold areas of the Southern Hemisphere. They are short-legged with webbed feet, and have black and white plumage. There are several kinds, making up an order of birds. <BR> <I>Ex. Lady penguins lay only one egg a year and guard it well (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an apparatus for training airplane pilots, having stubby wings, a tail, motor, and controls, but capable of being maneuvered only on the ground. <DD><B> 3. </B>any one of a class of racing dinghies with one mast set far forward. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Slang.) an aviator who does not fly; administrative officer in the air force. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) the great auk. </DL>
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<B>penguin suit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Slang.) an astronaut's space suit. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British and Australian Slang.) a man's formal evening dress, with black suit and white shirt. </DL>
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<B>penholder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the handle by which a pen is held in writing. <DD><B> 2. </B>a rack for pens. </DL>
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<B>penicil, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small bundle or tuft of slightly diverging hairs, resembling a paintbrush, such as those on a caterpillar. </DL>
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<B>penicillamine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an amino acid derived from penicillin, used as a chelating agent. </DL>
<A NAME="penicillate">
<B>penicillate, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having or forming a small tuft or tufts of hairs, scales, or feathers; furnished with a pencil or pencils. adv. <B>penicillately.</B> </DL>
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<B>penicillation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a growth of hairs, scales, etc., in the form of a pencil. </DL>
<A NAME="penicillin">
<B>penicillin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a very powerful drug for destroying bacteria. It is made from a fungus or penicillium mold. Penicillin is effective against various harmful bacteria, such as some strains of staphylococci, gonococci, and pneumococci. <BR> <I>Ex. Although penicillin is the least poisonous antibiotic available, a few persons become sensitive, or allergic, to it (Howard W. Florey).</I> </DL>
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<B>penicillinase, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an enzyme that destroys penicillin, produced by many forms of bacteria and used to neutralize allergic reactions to penicillin. <BR> <I>Ex. If a person is known to be penicillin sensitive, either a penicillin-free vaccine should be administered or an injection of penicillinase given before thevaccine shot (Science News Letter).</I> </DL>
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<B>penicillium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cilliums,</B> <B>-cillia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of fungi, including several of the common molds, such as two kinds used in ripening cheese, and a kind that forms crusts on jellies and jams. It is a green or bluish-green ascomycetous fungus. The group also includes species used in the production of penicillin and certain other antibiotic drugs. </DL>
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<B>penicilloic acid,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the resultant product, no longer antigenic, after the neutralization and breakdown of penicillin by penicillinase. <BR> <I>Ex. It acts by rapidly breaking down penicillin to penicilloic acid, which has no antibiotic activity and which does not create sensitivity (Observer).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="penile">
<B>penile, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of the penis. <BR> <I>Ex. penile tumor.</I> </DL>
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<B>penill, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nillion.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a form of improvised verse adapted to an air played on the harp, and sung by the Welsh at an eisteddfod and on other occasions. <DD><B> 2. </B>a stanza of such verse. <BR> <I>Ex. The bards ... struck up a sort of consecutive chorus in a series of penillion or stanzas in praise of Maelgon and his heirship (Thomas Love Peacock).</I> </DL>
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<B>peninsula, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a piece of land almost surrounded by water, or extending far out into the water. Florida is a peninsula. </DL>
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<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>
<A NAME="penis">
<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>
<A NAME="penitence">
<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>
<A NAME="penitentiary">
<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>
<A NAME="penknife">
<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>
<A NAME="penlop">
<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>
<A NAME="penmanship">
<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>
<A NAME="pennant">
<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>
