pendent

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pendent
    adj 1: held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes" [syn:
           {pendent}, {pendant}, {dependent}]
    n 1: an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace
         or earring) [syn: {pendant}, {pendent}]
    2: branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the
       ceiling [syn: {chandelier}, {pendant}, {pendent}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pendent \Pend"ent\ (p[e^]nd"ent), a. [L. pendens, -entis, p. pr.
   of pendere to hang, to be suspended. Cf. {Pendant}.]
   1. Supported from above; suspended; depending; pendulous;
      hanging; as, a pendent leaf. "The pendent world." --Shak.
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            Often their tresses, when shaken, with pendent
            icicles tinkle.                       --Longfellow.
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   2. Jutting over; projecting; overhanging. "A vapor sometime
      like a . . . pendent rock." --Shak.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "pendent":
      at issue, cascading, conditional, conditioned, contingent,
      dangling, dependent, depending, falling, falling loosely, flowing,
      hanging, hung, in question, in suspense, in the balance, open,
      pending, pendulant, pendular, penduline, pendulous, pensile,
      suspended, suspenseful, swinging, uncounted, undecided,
      undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unsettled, untold,
      up for grabs, weeping