mer·kin 
(mûrkĭn)
(mûrkĭn)n.
A pubic wig.
[Alteration of obsolete malkin, lower-class woman, mop, from Middle English, from Malkin, diminutive of the name Matilda.]
- Pentateuchal
- pentathlete
- pentathlon
- pentatonic
- pentavalent
- pentazocine
- Pentecost
- Pentecostal
- Pentecostalism
- Pentecostalist
- Pentelicon
- Pentelikon
- penthouse
- pentimento
- Pentland Firth
- pentlandite
- pentobarbital sodium
- pentobarbitone
- pentosan
- pentose
- pentoxide
- pentoxifylline
- pent-up
- pentyl
- pentylenetetrazol