| PENETRABLE | • penetrable adj. Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Also figuratively. • PENETRABLE adj. that can be penetrated. |
| PENETRANCE | • penetrance n. The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power. • penetrance n. (Genetics) The proportion of individuals carrying a particular variation of a gene that also express… • PENETRANCE n. the degree or frequency with which a gene manifests its effect. |
| PENETRATED | • penetrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of penetrate. • PENETRATE v. to thrust or force a way into the inside of. |
| PENETRATES | • penetrates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of penetrate. • PENETRATE v. to thrust or force a way into the inside of. |
| PENTAMETER | • pentameter n. (Poetry) A line in a poem having five metrical feet. • pentameter n. (Poetry) Poetic metre in which each line has five feet. • PENTAMETER n. a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet. |
| PERCENTAGE | • percentage n. The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole. • percentage n. A share of the sales, profits, gross margin or similar. • percentage n. (Informal) Benefit or advantage. |
| PERENNATED | • perennated v. Simple past tense and past participle of perennate. • PERENNATE v. to last or live through a number of years, as a perennial plant. |
| PERENNATES | • perennates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of perennate. • PERENNATE v. to last or live through a number of years, as a perennial plant. |
| PREDENTATE | • predentate adj. Before the teeth have developed. • PREDENTATE adj. having teeth in the forepart of the jaw only. |
| PREENACTED | • preenacted v. Simple past tense and past participle of preenact. • PREENACT v. to enact beforehand. |
| REPENTANCE | • repentance n. The condition of being penitent. • repentance n. A feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning. • REPENTANCE n. the act of repenting. |
| TEMPERANCE | • temperance n. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or… • temperance n. Moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors. • temperance n. Moderation of passion. |
| TERNEPLATE | • terneplate n. (Also attributively) Thin iron or steel sheeting coated with an alloy of lead and tin (or, more recently… • TERNEPLATE n. thin iron sheets coated with an alloy of lead and tin. |
| UNREPEATED | • unrepeated adj. Not having been repeated. • UNREPEATED adj. not repeated. |