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earring
earring a personal adornment, sometimes an amulet, worn attached to the ear lobe. Since prehistoric times the ear has been pierced for the insertion of the earring; certain primitive tribes distort the lobe with plugs several inches in diameter or with heavy stones. Egyptians first wore large gold ... Read more
Albert Léon Gleizes
Albert Léon Gleizes , 1881-1953, French cubist painter, illustrator, and writer. He was among the outstanding cubists in the Salon des Indépendants of 1911. Gleizes employed a rich palette in contrast to the essentially monochromatic effects of Braque and Picasso, and his work remained... Read more
pallium
pallium , vestment proper to the pope, who confers it on archbishops in token of their union with and obedience to him. It is a band of cloth worn around the neck and has a 2-in. (5.1-cm) pendant hanging down in both front and back. There are six black crosses on the pallium. It is woven of wool fro... Read more
Georges Seurat
Georges Seurat , 1859-91, French neoimpressionist painter. He devised the pointillist technique of painting in tiny dots of pure color. His method, called divisionism, was a systematic refinement of the broken color of the impressionists. His major achievements are his Baignade (Tate Gall., London... Read more
date
date name for a palm ( Phoenix dactylifera ) and for its edible fruit. Probably native to Arabia and North Africa, it has from earliest times been a principal food in many desert and tropical regions. For some 4,000 years it has been grown near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It is cultivated in... Read more
rosary
rosary [rose garden], prayer of Roman Catholics, in which beads are used as counters. The term, applied also to the beads, is extended to Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist prayers that use beads. The traditional Catholic rosary is a series of 15 meditations on events (mysteries) in the lives of Jesus and... Read more
Henri Rousseau
Henri Rousseau , 1844-1910, French primitive painter, b. Laval. He was entirely self-taught, and his work remained consistently naive and imaginative. Rousseau was called Le Douanier [the customs officer] because he held a minor post in the Paris customs service for more than 20 years before he re... Read more
Nez Percé
Nez Percé [Fr.,=pierced nose], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Sahaptin-Chinook branch of the Penutian linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). Also called the Sahaptin, or Shahaptin, they were given the name "Nez Percé" by the French because some o... Read more
jewelry
jewelry personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring , pin , and earring . Its use antedates clothing, and it has been made of a variety of materia... Read more
orchid
orchid popular name for members of the Orchidaceae, a family of perennial herbs widely distributed in both hemispheres. The unusually large family (of some 450 genera and an estimated 10,000 to 17,500 species) includes terrestrial, epiphytic (see epiphyte ), and saprophytic (subsisting on decompos... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "pendant"

pendant
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea pendant. 1. A strop , or short length of rope or wire with a thimble spliced into the end, fixed on each...into one end. They usually also have a qualifying name attached to indicate their use: e.g. a cat pendant , used to cat an anchor; and a mooring pendant , used to haul the end of a chain cable round ... Read more
pennant
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea pennant, sometimes written as pendant , but always pronounced pennant. It is a narrow tapering flag used for signalling or, as with a commissioning pennant , for some... Read more
jackstay
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea jackstay, a wire or hemp rope, or pendant , secured firmly between two points and used as a support. When refuelling at sea, the oil hosepipe is suspended on a jackstay... Read more
Landor's Cottage
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Landor's Cottage, descriptive story by Poe , published in 1849 as a “pendant” to “ The Domain of Arnheim .” It is a detailed depiction of the New York country estate of a Mr. Landor... Read more
garnet
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea garnet, a tackle used in a square-rigged ship for hoisting in casks and provisions. It was rigged from a guy or pendant made fast to the mainmast head with a block seized to the mainstay over the hatchway . In some merchant ships the tackle was large... Read more
Domain of Arnheim, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...by Poe , published in 1847. It incorporates The Landscape Garden (1842), and “ Landor's Cottage ” is a “pendant.” A fabulously beautiful estate is created by Ellison, a millionaire enthusiast of landscape gardening. After spending... Read more
pallium
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...archbishops in token of their union with and obedience to him. It is a band of cloth worn around the neck and has a 2-in. (5.1-cm) pendant hanging down in both front and back. There are six black crosses on the pallium. It is woven of wool from two lambs presented... Read more
Perpendicular architecture
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...stellar’, ‘fan’, and ultimately ‘pendant’ vaulting systems are also typical. So distinctively...Divinity School, Oxford (1424–83), with its remarkable pendant-vaulted roof, is another excellent example. Quintessentially... Read more
petunia
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...popular bedding plants. Most varieties derive from the white flowered P. axillaris and the violet-red P. integrifolia; they may be erect, shrubby, or pendant. The bell-shaped flowers have five petals and may be almost any colour. Family Solanaceae. Read more
Peattie, Donald Culross
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...latter are Singing in the Wilderness: A Salute to John James Audubon (1935); An Almanac for Moderns (1935) and its “pendant,” A Book of Hours (1937), records of a sensitive mind reacting to the wonders of nature; Green Laurels: The Lives and... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "pendant"

pendant
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art pendant. A painting created by an artist to be displayed as one of a pair. Pendants are usually exactly the same size as each other and closely...portraits of husband and wife were often produced as pendants, for example. Several of Claude's landscapes were painted... Read more
roof pendant
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences roof pendant A downward projection of country rock into a batholith . The removal of roof rocks by erosion may leave remnants of roof pendants which resemble xenoliths in the intruding rock. Read more
Indépendants, Salon des
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Indépendants, Salon des. See SALON DES INDÉPENDANTS . Read more
pendant-post
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture pendant-post. Upright post set against a wall, the lower end resting on a corbel or capital , with a hammer-beam or tie-beam fixed to its upper end, as in a hammer-beam truss . Read more
king-pendant
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture king-pendant. Vertical timber in a truss between the ridge and projecting below the lowest transverse member. Read more
Salon des Indépendants
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Salon des Indépendants. Annual exhibition held in Paris by the Société des Artistes Indépendants, an association formed in 1884 by Seurat and other artists in opposition to the official Salon . There was no selection committee... Read more
pennant
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology pennant †pendant; pennon. XVII. blending of PENDANT and PENNON . Read more
Breastplate
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Breastplate. Metal pendant hung in front of the covered Torah scrolls among the Jewish Ashkenazim . Read more
broad pennant
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military broad pennant also broad pendant a short swallow-tailed pennant distinguishing the commodore's ship in a squadron. Read more
Pend Oreille
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Pend Oreille, Idaho/USA A lake and a river that also flows through Washington State. Both take their name from the French Pend d'Oreille for the Kalispel people. They wore ear pendants (in French, pendant d'oreille ) and thus were given the name ‘Hanging Ear’. Read more

Thesaurus entries related to "pendant"

pendant
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus pendant • noun  she wore an antique gold pendant around her neck synonyms : necklace, locket, medallion. Read more
necklace
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus necklace • noun  a simple gold necklace synonyms : chain, choker, necklet; beads, pearls; pendant, locket; historical torc. Read more
pendent
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus pendent • adjective  the tree's pendent catkins synonyms : hanging, suspended, dangling, pendulous, pensile, pendant, drooping, droopy, trailing. Read more
beads
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English beads • plural noun   1. wearing beads and earrings synonyms : string of beads, necklace, pendant, choker.   2. saying one's beads synonyms : rosary, chaplet. Read more
jewelry
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...earrings freshwater pearls girandole hoop earrings ID bracelet lavalier lever-back earrings locket mood ring necklace nose ring pendant pin powerbeads ring scarfpin signet ring solitaire stickpin stud earrings studs teardrop earrings tiara tie pin toe ring torc... Read more
bright
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...source (her effulgent loveliness); but refulgent specifically refers to reflected light (a chandelier of refulgent crystal pendants). Radiant is used to describe the power of giving off light, either literally or metaphorically (a radiant June day; the bride... Read more

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Pendant made treasure trove.
Newspaper article from: Lynn News/Norfolk Citizen (King's Lynn, England); 8/4/2008; 140 words ; THIS Anglo-Saxon gold pendant, found on land near Dersingham by metal...and side views of the seventh century pendant, which Mr Melton, from Dersingham, found...report from the British Museum said the pendant is just under an inch long and half... Read more
Two-button pendant.(Ionvonics Wireless Corp.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Magazine article from: Security Management; 9/1/2001; 129 words ; ...released the FA223D water-resistant pendant. Designed for patrolling guards, bank employees, and retail staff, the pendant features a double-button design to...alarm transmission. Users can wear the pendant with the neck cord, attached to a belt... Read more
Treasured pendant stolen.
Newspaper article from: Grantham Journal & Citizen (Grantham, England); 4/28/2008; 153 words ; Monday, 3.30pm - A PENDANT inherited after its owner's brother...various items of jewellery. The gold pendant, in the shape of a motorcycle, was specially...valuable and irreplaceable. The motorcycle pendant is very distinctive and I would urge... Read more
Pendant stolen to fund heroin habit.
Newspaper article from: Hartlepool Mail (Hartlepool, England); 3/13/2007; 246 words ; A WOMAN stole a gold pendant from her sister's friend in a desperate...applying the make-up, Sabin noticed a gold pendant in the bottom of the the complainant...and inside the make-up bag was a gold pendant belonging to the housemate. It was not... Read more
Shawbost woman secures the Silver Pendant.
Newspaper article from: Stornoway Gazette (Stornoway, Scotland); 10/18/2007; 136 words ; THE Silver Pendant winners were finally decided last night...top right is Jennifer with her Silver Pendant accolade, joined by Rena Gertz of Edinburgh...Lewis. In the men's competition the Silver Pendant was won by Somerled Smith of Cumbernauld... Read more
The Medscope Medical ID Pendant.(NEW PRODUCTS)
Magazine article from: The Exceptional Parent; 2/1/2007; 85 words ; The Medscope Medical ID Pendant contains a miniature microscope and 25...the attention of emergency personnel, the pendant has the caduceus symbol and ID on one side and LOOK on the other. Pendants are available in plastic, silver tone... Read more
Polymer Particles Having Select Pendant Groups And Composition Prepared Therefrom: No. 7,179,531; Ward Thomas Brown and James Bardman, assignors to Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, PA.
Magazine article from: Nonwovens Industry; 5/1/2007; 154 words ; Polymer Particles Having Select Pendant Groups And Composition Prepared Therefrom...unsaturated monomer and ii) at least one pendant absorbing group selected from the group...is substantially free of at least one pendant absorbing group. The average weight ratio... Read more
Water-resistant pendant.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Security Management; 3/1/2000; 82 words ; ...has released the FA223S water-resistant pendant. It features 900 MHz Frequency Agile technology...bathtub, or outside in the rain. The pendant is supplied with a neck cord and beltclip. An optional strap allows the pendant to be worn on the wrist. Read more
Metreel's new Pendant Control Stations.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Food Trade Review; 3/1/2001; 156 words ; ...they can now offer their new Alpha series of pendant control stations to the UK. This range features...and face the cable entrance at the top of the pendant, making wiring easier. The pendant is made using wear resistant materials, which... Read more
Die-cast pendant lights.(New Products)
Magazine article from: Healthcare Purchasing News; 1/1/2005; 77 words ; FC Lighting's broad line of Die Cast Pendant lamps offers a wide variety of lamp styles, colors, shapes and...and can operate from either integral or remote ballasts. The pendants can be used singly, in groups or in combination with recessed... Read more