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Pentecost
Pentecostal
Pentelic marble
pentene
penthouse
pentimento
Pentland Firth
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pentobarbital sodium
pentobarbitone sodium
pentode
pentosan
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pentose phosphate pathway
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pentagon
pen·ta·gon [ péntə gòn ] (plural pen·ta·gons)


noun 
Definition:
 
5-sided figure: a two-dimensional geometric figure formed of five sides and five angles
[Late 16th century. Via late Latin< Greek pentagōnon< pentagōnos "five-angled" < penta- "five" + gōnia "angle"]

pen·tag·o·nal [ pen tággən'l ] adjective
pen·tag·o·nal·ly adverb
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