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Look up: Penta-

  1. Penta
    Definition (keystage 3) Prefix meaning to do with five.
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  2. Penta
    Things known as `Penta` or `penta` include: * PENTA - Pena Transportes Aereos, a South American airline * The penta engine * Penta Water, a brand of bottled water * Volvo Penta, a subsidiary of Volvo * Penta, a psychedelic trance music project * Penta Corporation, electronics manufacturer * The herbaceous vine Gynostemma Pentaphyllum, or Jiaogulan * Penta (originally appeared as just `Penguin`), father of Pentarou, a fictional penguin character ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penta

  3. PENTA - Pena Transportes Aereos
    `PENTA - Pena Transportes Aereos` is an airline based in Santarém, Pará, Brazil. It operates domestic services in the Amazon area of Brazil and to neighbouring Guyana. Its main base is Santarém Airport (STM).
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PENTA_-_Pen

  4. Penta engine
    In engine design, the `penta engine` (or penta `head`) is an arrangement of the upper portion of the cylinder and valves that is common in engines using more than two valves per cylinder. It is similar in concept to the hemi engine, both in design and `raison de etre`, but the hemi is limited to only two valves and thus penta designs tend to be somewhat more efficient. Category:Engines
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penta_engin

  5. Penta of the Chopped-off Hands
    `Penta of the Chopped-off Hands` or `The Girl With the Maimed Hands` is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in the `Pentamerone`. It is Aarne-Thompson type 706B, `The Girl without Hands.` The Brothers Grimm cited it as an analog to `The Girl Without Hands`. Other variants of this tale include `The One-Handed Girl`, `The Armless Maiden`, and `Biancabella and the Snake`.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penta_of_th

  6. Penta Water
    `Penta`î` Water` (sometimes called `AquaRx`â„¢ `Water`) is a commercially sold brand of bottled water that is claimed by its manufacturer to be structurally different from 'normal' water. It is advertised as the 'ultimate bottled water' on Penta's official website. It is manufactured and distributed by sister companies Bio Hydration Research Lab and AquaPhotonics. Penta's name derives from its association with five-molecule clusters of water. In...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penta_Water

  7. Penta-
    Pen'ta- [ Greek ..., a later combining form of ... five. See Five .] 1. A combining form denoting five ; as, penta capsular; penta gon. 2. (Chemistry) Denoting the degree of five , either as regards quality, property, or composition; as, penta sulphide; pent oxide, etc. Also used adjectively.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/48

  8. penta-
    1. <prefix> A combining form denoting five; as, pentacapsular; pentagon. ... 2. <chemistry> Denoting the degree of five, either as regards quality, property, or composition; as, pentasulphide; pentoxide, etc. Also used adjectively. ... Origin: Gr, a later combining form of five. See Five. ... (29 Oct 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. Penta-
    • A combining form denoting five; as, pentacapsular; pentagon. • Denoting the degree of five, either as regards quality, property, or composition; as, pentasulphide; pentoxide, etc. Also used adjectively.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. penta-
    Combining form denoting five. [G. pente, five]
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  11. penta-
    The Greek suffix meaning 'five.' A pentagon is a five-sided polygon and a pentahedron, such as the Great Pyramid of Gisa, is a five-sided polyhedron. A pentagram, or pentacle, is a five-pointed star formed by the pairwise extension of the sides of a regular polygon so that each side meets with the n...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  12. Pentabasic
    Pen`ta·ba'sic adjective [ Penta- + basic .] (Chemistry) Capable of uniting with five molecules of a monacid base; having five acid hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by a basic radical; -- said of certain acids.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/48

  13. pentabasic
    <chemistry> Capable of uniting with five molecules of a monacid base; having five acid hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by a basic radical; said of certain acids. ... Origin: Penta- + basic. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  14. Pentabasic
    • (a.) Capable of uniting with five molecules of a monacid base; having five acid hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by a basic radical; -- said of certain acids.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. pentabasic
    Denoting an acid having five replaceable hydrogen atoms. [penta- + G. basis, base]
    Found on

  16. Pentaborane
    `Pentaborane`, also called `pentaboron nonahydride`, `stable pentaborane`, or `pentaborane(9)` (to distinguish it from B5H11), is a chemical compound considered in the 1950s as a good prospect for a rocket or jet fuel by both the U.S. and Russian armed services, a so-called `exotic fuel`. Its chemical structure is that of five atoms of boron compounded with nine atoms of hydrogen (B5H9); it is one of the boranes. Because simple boron compounds bu...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentaborane

  17. Pentabrachion
    `Pentabrachion` is a plant genus from the family Phyllanthaceae. Category:Phyllanthaceae
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentabrachi

  18. Pentabromodiphenyl ether
    } `Pentabromodiphenyl ether` (pentaBDE, penta-BDE, PeBDE, penta, pentabromodiphenyl oxide, PBDPO) is a brominated flame retardant which belongs to the group of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentabromod

  19. Pentacalia
    `Pentacalia` is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It contains the following species: * `Pentacalia campii` * `Pentacalia carchiensis` * `Pentacalia carmelana` * `Pentacalia cazaletii` * `Pentacalia corazonensis` * `Pentacalia dorrii` * `Pentacalia floribunda` * `Pentacalia gibbiflora` * `Pentacalia hillii` * `Pentacalia hurtadoi` * `Pentacalia lanceolifolia` * `Pentacalia luteynorum` * `Pentacalia millei` * `Pentacalia moronen...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentacalia

  20. Pentacalia campii
    `Pentacalia campii` is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentacalia_

  21. Pentacalia carchiensis
    `Pentacalia carchiensis` is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentacalia_

  22. Pentacalia carmelana
    `Pentacalia carmelana` is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentacalia_

  23. Pentacalia cazaletii
    `Pentacalia cazaletii` is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentacalia_

  24. Pentacalia corazonensis
    `Pentacalia corazonensis` is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentacalia_

  25. Pentacalia dorrii
    `Pentacalia dorrii` is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentacalia_


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