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- English Word Penelope Definition A genus of curassows, including the guans.
- English Word Penetrability Definition The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.
- English Word Penetrable Definition Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively.
- English Word Penetrail Definition Penetralia.
- English Word Penetralia Definition The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or place, especially of a temple or palace.
- English Word Penetralia Definition Hidden things or secrets; privacy; sanctuary; as, the sacred penetralia of the home.
- English Word Penetrance Definition Alt. of Penetrancy
- English Word Penetrancy Definition The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the penetrancy of subtile effluvia.
- English Word Penetrant Definition Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile; as, penetrant cold.
- English Word Penetrate Definition To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.
- English Word Penetrate Definition To affect profoundly through the senses or feelings; to touch with feeling; to make sensible; to move deeply; as, to penetrate one's heart with pity.
- English Word Penetrate Definition To pierce into by the mind; to arrive at the inner contents or meaning of, as of a mysterious or difficult subject; to comprehend; to understand.
- English Word Penetrate Definition To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.
- English Word Penetrated Definition of Penetrate
- English Word Penetrating Definition of Penetrate
- English Word Penetrating Definition Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor.
- English Word Penetrating Definition Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover; as, a penetrating mind.
- English Word Penetratingly Definition In a penetrating manner.
- English Word Penetration Definition The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.
- English Word Penetration Definition Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration.