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- Pentad - n. - Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds.
- Pentad - a. - Having the valence of a pentad.
- Pentadactyl - a. - Alt. of Pentadactyle
- Pentadactyle - a. - Having five digits to the hand or foot.
- Pentadactyle - a. - Having five appendages resembling fingers or toes.
- Pentadactyloid - a. - Having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyl limb.
- Pentadecane - n. - A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, (C15H32) found in petroleum, tar oil, etc., and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from the fifteen carbon atoms in the molecule.
- Pentadecatoic - a. - Of, pertaining to, or derived from, pentadecane, or designating an acid related to it.
- Pentadecylic - a. - Same as Quindecylic.
- Pentadelphous - a. - Having the stamens arranged in five clusters, those of each cluster having their filaments more or less united, as the flowers of the linden.
- Pentad - n. - Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds.