<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace.</li><li>An ornament suspended from a roof, vault, or ceiling.</li><li>A hanging electrical lighting fixture; chandelier.</li><li>That by which something is suspended, as the ringed stem of a watch.</li><li>A match, parallel, companion, or counterpart.</li><li>Also Nautical: a length of rope attached to a masthead, the end of a yardarm, etc., and having a block or thimble secured to its free end.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Pendent.</li></ul>