pendent

Short definition from Wiktionary

Adjective

1. 1
   Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
2. 2
   Pending (in various senses).
3. 3
   Either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.
4. 4
   Hanging or pointed downward; (of a crescent) with its horns pointing downward.
5. 5
   Incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
6. 6
   Projecting over something; overhanging.

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative spelling of pendant.