pendent
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Is pendent a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (architecture, of a structure) Either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.
2. (heraldry) Hanging or pointed downward; (of a crescent) with its horns pointing downward.Examples: "Jandrell, Sa. three buckles, the tongues pendent ar. two and a one."; "Az. a chev. or, betw. three acorns, pendent, Kymberlee."; "JAUDRILL. Ermines, three round buckles ar. tongues pendent."
3. (grammar, of a sentence) Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
4. (obsolete) Projecting over something; overhanging.obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary