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

(Latin: hang, hanging; weigh, weighing; to cause to hang down)

interdependent
interdependently
mesoappendix
The piece of peritoneal tissue that connects the appendix to the ileum.
misspend
misspent
Nascentes morimur finisque ab origine pendet.
From the moment of birth, we begin to die and the end hangs from the beginning.

From Manilius, in his Astronomica. An alternate meaning: "Every day, starting from birth, we die a little."

pansy
para-appendicitis
parappendicitis
pendant
pendent
pendicle
A small appendage.
pending
penduline
Applied to birds that build pendulous nests.

Pendulous nests are described as those that are suspended so they swing or sway.

pendulous

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