Adjective : a pendent lamp. ,pendent cliffs. ,a lawsuit that is still pendent. From Dictionary.com.
But people in codependent relationships can quickly spiral into destructive, dysfunctional patterns of behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Speedlinking 6/13/07] Reference
Hams and bacon hung pendent from the heavy rafters, and a line of dish towels and clean shirts behind the range suggested something of the modern cosy, or uncosy, corner. From Wordnik.com. [Janey Canuck in the West] Reference
Descending the pendent rope, Paul disappears in the darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
A variety occurs with larger, more conical, and pendent pods. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
His dress consists of a high-crowned hat, and a pendent frill. From Wordnik.com. [Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt.] Reference
Ferry boats must not have pendent or any other colour flying or ring. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of Old George Town] Reference
"Forgive me, father," cried the boy, and his blue eyes sparkled through pendent tears. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
She shook her head till the emeralds pendent from the fillet on her forehead clinked together. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
A pendent mass, called the Bell, has been unfortunately broken, by being struck too powerfully. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
The peak is a pinnacle of bamboos, with a Dutch flag pendent in the still atmosphere of the hall. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.] Reference
To the same pin is attached the forked end of a long pendent handle, which was held by the sexton. From Wordnik.com. [The Customs of Old England] Reference
The rounded arches, modified in feeling by the decorative pendent lanterns, hint of the awakening of the. From Wordnik.com. [An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition] Reference
Long gray threads of Spanish moss hang pendent from the extremity of their limbs and cover the lower leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited] Reference
Above the window openings rises a dome-shaped ceiling, in carved marble, with a pendent canopy in the center. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
Pods pendent, long, and tapering, three to four inches in length, and about an inch in their greatest diameter. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
By the annulets over his temples and the fringed ribbons pendent therefrom, the Israelite knew him to be royal. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
He wore a domino, but beneath it could be seen his whiskers, cut after the English fashion, and long and pendent. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
And see that man with the olive complexion, keen features, and ringlets of black hair and pendent ear-rings under his dark. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
For example: the corolla of a rhododendron falls from its position, leaving the interior of the flower pendent to the stem. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference
Lord Hawbury was tall and slim, with straight flaxen hair and flaxen whiskers, whose long, pendent points hung down to his shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [The American Baron] Reference
From wide-spreading chandeliers, with their pendent, pear-shaped crystals, a thousand candles threw a flood of light upon the scene, as. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Even the hundred thousand pendent jewels, which at best are but flashy in the day time, add to the exquisite fairy like effect at night. From Wordnik.com. [An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition] Reference
This represents a knight in a hauberk of mail covered by a surcoat, and drawing his sword slightly out of its sheath, pendent on his left. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
At the present time the designer has drawn his picture showing it as a pendent bag from the "shirtwaist," like the pouch of the bird pelican. From Wordnik.com. [As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home] Reference
This elm stood on a corner, and beneath its great pendent branches a small dram-shop desecrated the soil which gave nourishment to the brave old forest tree. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
The female breast is a plus glandular organ, situated, pendent, in that very position where, in a male body, the unevolved mamma is still rudimentarily manifested. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
A pallid, black-haired woman with pendent earrings -- a woman who rather resembled Anna Zanidov -- was playing a sea-piece by MacDowell in the light of a tall lamp. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
The Gourd succeeds best when provided with a trellis, or other support, to keep the plant from the ground; as the fruit is best developed in a pendent or hanging position. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
In the autumn, vine-branches with pendent, rustling leaves decorate hood and horse, while in spring or summer, a bunch of flowers often ornaments this gay-looking wine-cart. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
Dupuytren alludes practically to the different depths of the subclavian artery in subjects with short necks and high shoulders, and those with long necks and pendent shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
They were lit by festoons of coloured lamps, attached to the neighbouring trees, so as to resemble the pendent grape-clusters, that the traveller meets with just previous to the. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
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