Pentacapsular, pen-ta-kap′sū-lar, adj. having five capsules.
Pentachord, pen′ta-kord, n. a musical instrument with five strings: a diatonic series of five tones.
Pentacle, pent′a-kl, n. a figure formed by two equilateral triangles intersecting regularly so as to form a six-pointed star: properly a five-pointed object, the same as Pentagram (q.v.), a defence against demons.—adj. Pentac′ular. [O. Fr., but prob. not from Gr. pente, five, but O. Fr. pente, pendre, to hang. As applied to a magical figure prob. a corr. of pentangle, perh. pentacol—pendre, to hang, a, on, col, the neck.]
Pentacoccous, pen-ta-kok′us, adj. (bot.) having five grains or seeds.
Pentacrostic, pen-ta-kros′tik, adj. containing five acrostics of the same name.—n. a set of such verses.
Pentact, pen′takt, adj. five-rayed.—Also Pentac′tinal.
Pentad, pen′tad, n. the number five, a group of five things: a mean of temperature, &c., taken every five days.
Pentadactylous, pen-ta-dak′ti-lus, adj. having five digits—also Pentadac′tyl.—n. Pentadac′tylism.
Pentadelphous, pen-ta-del′fus, adj. (bot.) grouped together in five sets.
Pentaglot, pen′ta-glot, adj. of five tongues.—n. a work in five languages.