PENDENT scores 10 points (base, without multipliers).
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/ΛpΙndΙnt/
noun
1
A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
2
A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
3
The dangling part of an earring.
4
A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.
adjective
1
Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
2
Pending in various senses.
3
(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.
4
(grammar, of a sentence) incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.