Pentasyllable
[pen-tuh-sil-uh-buh l] /ˈpɛn təˌsɪl ə bəl/
noun
1.
a word or line of verse of five .
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[pen-tuh-took, -tyook] /ˈpɛn təˌtuk, -ˌtyuk/ noun 1. the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. /ˈpɛntəˌtjuːk/ noun 1. the first five books of the Old Testament regarded as a unity first five books of the Bible, c.1400, from Late Latin pentateuchus (Tertullian, c.207), from Greek pentateukhos (c.160), originally an […]
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[pen-tuh-took, -tyook] /ˈpɛn təˌtuk, -ˌtyuk/ noun 1. the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. /ˈpɛntəˌtjuːk/ noun 1. the first five books of the Old Testament regarded as a unity first five books of the Bible, c.1400, from Late Latin pentateuchus (Tertullian, c.207), from Greek pentateukhos (c.160), originally an […]
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[pen-tath-leet] /pɛnˈtæθ lit/ noun 1. an athlete participating or specializing in the pentathlon.
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/ˌpɛntəˈtɒmɪk/ adjective 1. (chem) having five atoms in the molecule