pend-, pens, -pense, -pending, -pended

1. An amount of money, or something else, given to pay for a loss, damage, or work that has been done.
2. The act of giving money, or something else, to pay for a loss, some damage, or for work that has been completed.
3. Something that makes amends, or makes up, for something else: "She thought that one of the compensations of living abroad is to experience other cultures."
4. In psychology, a behavior that emphasizes a particular ability, or a personality trait, in order to make up for a deficiency in another one.

1. Serving to offset the negative effects, or results, of something else.
2. Providing compensation; making up for a deficiency or loss.
3. An appropriate, and usually counterbalancing payment, for something characterized by some unacceptable result.

A weight or force that balances another to which it is opposite; for instance, two children on a seesaw.

1. To be affected, or decided, by other factors.
2. To vary according to the circumstances.
3. To hang down, or to be suspended from something; considered to be an archaic usage.
4. To rely on; especially, for support or maintenance: "Children depend on their parents for their needs."
5. To place trust or confidence in someone or something; such as, depending on the word of someone that what he/she says will be done.

1. Someone, or something, which is capable of being trusted, depended upon, or worthy of reliance or trust.
2. Yielding the same, or compatible, results in different clinical experiments or statistical trials.
3. Consistent in performance or behavior; worthy of reliance or trust.

1. Used to indicate that someone, or something, is behaving as usual or as expected.
2. In a way that inspires trust or confidence.

1. Reliance on, or trust in, someone or something for help or support: "They had doubts that there was any dependence on the aircraft landing on time." 2. The state of being affected, or decided, by particular factors or circumstances; such as, agriculture's dependence on the weather.
3. The state of being determined, influenced, or controlled by something else.
4. A compulsive, or a chronic need; an addiction.
5. A physical, or psychological, need to use a drug or other substance regularly; despite the fact that it is likely to have a damaging effect.

1. A geographical area politically controlled by a distant country; or a territory under the jurisdiction of a country of which it does not form an integral part.
2. A lack of independence or self-sufficiency.
3. Being abnormally tolerant to, and dependent on, something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming; especially, alcohol or narcotic drugs.

1. A family member, or other person, who is supported financially by someone; especially, a person living in the same house.
2. Needing something; such as, having a physical, or psychological, need to use a drug or other substance regularly; such as, being dependent on alcohol, drugs, the uncontrolled consumption of certain kinds of food.
3. The need to rely on, or to trust, in someone or something for help or support; especially, financial support.

A purplish color assumed by the lowest-lying parts of a recently dead body due to the downward flow and pooling of blood under the influence of gravity.

Relating to the need to rely on someone, or something.

To be pending, undecided, or in suspension.

1. Not essential; unimportant: "She had dispensable items of personal property to leave behind."
2. Capable of being administered, or distributed: "He picked up the dispensable drugs from the pharmacy."

A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed (distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions); especially, a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.