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pacifiable (19 points)
Capable of being appeased
P·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+F·4+I·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 19 pts
packsaddle (20 points)
Beast's burden, sometimes
Beast of burden's burden
Holder of loads for horses or donkeys
P·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+A·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts
palaestrae (12 points)
English word
P·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+E·1 = 12 pts
palatalize (21 points)
To palatize.
P·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
palatinate (12 points)
Native of old German Empire
German region.
Historical region spread, preserving a language
P·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
palindrome (15 points)
Tuna roll or a nut, perhaps (wordplay)
E.g. mum, dad
Friend on the airstrip, madam (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts
palliative (15 points)
Pain-relieving - a vital pile (anagram)
Providing relief, but not a cure
Aimed at relief of suffering
P·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
paniculate (14 points)
PANICULATE
P·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
papaverine (17 points)
An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.
P·3+A·1+P·3+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 17 pts
paradiddle (15 points)
Drum roll, as soldier meets con
Syncopated drumbeats
Basic drumming sequence - dip a ladder (anagram)
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
paraphrase (17 points)
Say a new way
Put in other words
A rash paper upset state, in other words
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+R·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 17 pts
parasitise (12 points)
PARASITE an organism that lives and feeds on another
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
parasitize (21 points)
PARASITE an organism that lives and feeds on another
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
pardonable (15 points)
Capable of being forgiven
Cat on island about to be excused
Minor enough to excuse
P·3+A·1+R·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
participle (16 points)
Non-finite form of a verb
Form of a verb used as a modifier
Adjectival form of verb
P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
pasquinade (22 points)
Public mockery
Lampoon
Lampoon.
P·3+A·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 22 pts
passionate (12 points)
Hot as Jerusalem, head bandages!
Fiery spirit is swallowed
Eager to hand one over with a note
P·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
pasteurise (12 points)
To be on the safe side, make the land revert to grass, by the sound of it
P·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
pasteurize (21 points)
Too quick to see (wordplay)
Too quick to see?
Remove germs from, in a way
P·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
patentable (14 points)
Dish and item of furniture that may be put on list of inventions
Susceptible to certain intellectual property protection
P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
patisserie (12 points)
Are its pies cooked well (wordplay)
Are its pies fresh (wordplay)
Are its pies 'fantastique' (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1 = 12 pts
patriciate (14 points)
Aristocracy
Aristocracy.
P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
pediculate (15 points)
Lousy, literally
P·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
pejorative (22 points)
A disparaging word, such as poetaster.
Politically incorrect, in a way
Expressing contempt or disapproval
P·3+E·1+J·8+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 22 pts
penetrable (14 points)
Understandable in a way
Accessible.
Clear goal apart from, on review, being bitten by footballer
P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
penetrance (14 points)
""The frequency, under given environmental conditions, with which a specific phenotype is expressed by those individuals with a specific genotype.""
P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
percentage (15 points)
Proportion stated in hundredth parts
Proportion in each 100
Agent's take, typically
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 15 pts
perdurable (15 points)
Eternal, lasting
P·3+E·1+R·1+D·2+U·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
perfoliate (15 points)
Having the basal part produced around the stem; said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through.
P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
perishable (17 points)
Destroy a rebel ship - it could go off!
Herbal pies (anagram)
(Of food) likely to rot
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
permanence (16 points)
Quality we seek in peace.
Stickiness, perhaps
Indefinite existence
P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
permeative (17 points)
PERMEATE to spread through
P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
permillage (15 points)
Noun (-age)
P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 15 pts
permutable (16 points)
Changeable
P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
peroxidase (20 points)
Any of a group of enzymes that occur especially in plant cells and catalyze the oxidation of a substance by a peroxide.
P·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+D·2+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 20 pts
perpetrate (14 points)
How much a cat, say, is to do
Commit (a bad action)
Deviant tart, peeper commit crime
P·3+E·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
perpetuate (14 points)
Cause to continue indefinitely
Preserve from extinction.
Cause to be remembered
P·3+E·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
persiflage (16 points)
Light-hearted banter
Pale griefs (anagram) - flippancy
Chaff by itself to ingest if idle
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 16 pts
personable (14 points)
Newborn asleep, so appealing
Pleasant to be with
Nice short hairdo available in black
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
persuasive (15 points)
Very convincing, as an argument
Providing sound reasoning
Supervise a review that is influential
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
phenacaine (17 points)
""A white crystalline compound, C 18 H 22 N 2 O 2 , used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic in ophthalmology.""
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 17 pts
photophase (20 points)
English word
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 20 pts
pianoforte (15 points)
Harpsichord's kin
A grand may be a profit one makes
For this Chopin wrote two volumes
P·3+I·1+A·1+N·1+O·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
picaresque (23 points)
Rascally nurses in a state of vexation
Like tales of rogues
Like Don Quixote
P·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 23 pts
pilferable (17 points)
PILFER to {steal=v}
P·3+I·1+L·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
pilgrimage (16 points)
One more tragedy, say, from Shakespeare
Trip from drug - mostly horrid time
Religious traveller's journey
P·3+I·1+L·1+G·2+R·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 16 pts
pillowcase (17 points)
Divorce lawyer's suit (wordplay)
Divorce lawyer's suit?
Holding down its job
P·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 17 pts
piperazine (23 points)
""A colorless crystalline compound, C 4 H 10 N 2 , used as a hardener for epoxy resins, an antihistamine, and an anthelmintic.""
P·3+I·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 23 pts
pistillate (12 points)
Having a pistil or pistils; usually said of flowers having pistils but no stamens.
P·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
plagiarise (13 points)
Cheat by copying; agile pairs (anagram)
Copy for piano: after lapse of time I get up
Appropriate force restraining prisoner, immediately aggro starts
P·3+L·1+A·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
plagiarize (22 points)
Make an unauthorized copy (wordplay)
Appropriate words
Take a page from someone's book (wordplay)
P·3+L·1+A·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
planchette (17 points)
Writing device used in seances
Seance prop
Mysteriously cheap model lent to mysterious board
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
planetlike (16 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
planetwide (16 points)
All around the world
All over the world
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+W·4+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 16 pts
plasmagene (15 points)
""A self-replicating hereditary structure thought to exist in cytoplasm and function in a manner analogous to, but independent of, chromosomal genes.""
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
plasmolyze (26 points)
English word
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+M·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1 = 26 pts
plasticene (14 points)
English word
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
plasticine (14 points)
Material for play school artists
Modelling clay
Would it take its place in modelling (wordplay)
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
plasticize (23 points)
PLASTIC a synthetic mouldable substance
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 23 pts
pocketable (20 points)
POCKET to place in a pouch sewed into a garment
P·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts
polychaete (20 points)
""Any of various annelid worms of the class Polychaeta, including mostly marine worms such as the lugworm, and characterized by fleshy paired appendages tipped with bristles on each body segment.""
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+A·1+E·1+T·1+E·1 = 20 pts
polygamize (27 points)
To practice polygamy; to marry several wives.
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+G·2+A·1+M·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 27 pts
polymerase (17 points)
""Any of various enzymes, such as DNA polymerase, RNA polymerase, or reverse transcriptase, that catalyze the formation of polynucleotides of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of DNA or RNA as a template.""
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 17 pts
ponderable (15 points)
Having appreciable significance
Having weight
P·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
popularise (14 points)
POPULAR something pleasing
P·3+O·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
popularize (23 points)
Promote in a way
P·3+O·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 23 pts
postdebate (15 points)
POSTDEBATE
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+D·2+E·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
potentiate (12 points)
Make powerful
P·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
praemunire (14 points)
""The offense under English law of appealing to or obeying a foreign court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown.""
P·3+R·1+A·1+E·1+M·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
pratincole (14 points)
Bird painter circling round pass
P·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
preapprove (19 points)
APPROVE to regard favourably
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 19 pts
prearrange (13 points)
Plan in advance
Determine in advance.
Agree upon something in advance
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 13 pts
predecease (15 points)
Go before (wordplay)
Pass away before this and stop at last
Die before
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 pts
predicable (17 points)
It was bound to happen in designing replica bed
Detective rings the German back on line - is that only to be expected (wordplay)
May be confirmed by investigator hiding revolutionary with lead
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
preferable (17 points)
A better choice
More desirable
Better
P·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
prefinance (17 points)
FINANCE to supply the money for
P·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+I·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
premeasure (14 points)
MEASURE to compare with a standard
P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+A·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
prepackage (21 points)
PACKAGE to put into a container or wrapping
P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 21 pts
prerelease (12 points)
A critic might listen to one
P·3+R·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
prestorage (13 points)
STORAGE a place for storing
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 13 pts
presumable (16 points)
Such as may be presumed or supposed to be true; that seems entitled to belief without direct evidence.
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
prevalence (17 points)
New place never achieves popularity
Superiority, of a sort
New place never offers currency
P·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
primiparae (16 points)
Birth
P·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+E·1 = 16 pts
procaryote (17 points)
Variant of prokaryote .
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
procurable (16 points)
One paid, possibly responsive to treatment on offer (wordplay)
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
profitable (17 points)
Lucrative for female, I suggest
Cost-effective
Academic, one sitting on the board making money
P·3+R·1+O·1+F·4+I·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
profligate (16 points)
Losing grip of late, being extravagant
Tip a golfer gave to prodigal
Extravagant tip a golfer developed
P·3+R·1+O·1+F·4+L·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
prokaryote (19 points)
""An organism of the kingdom Monera (or Prokaryotae), comprising the bacteria and cyanobacteria, characterized by the absence of a distinct, membrane-bound nucleus or membrane-bound organelles, and by DNA that is not organized into chromosomes. Also called moneran .""
P·3+R·1+O·1+K·5+A·1+R·1+Y·4+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
promotable (16 points)
PROMOTE to help forward
P·3+R·1+O·1+M·3+O·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
promulgate (15 points)
Make known officially.
Broadcast of pet glamour model
Announce Portugal's heaving with 'em
P·3+R·1+O·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
propagable (17 points)
""Capable of being propagated, or of being continued or multiplied by natural generation or production.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+A·1+G·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
propionate (14 points)
A salt of propionic acid.
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
propitiate (14 points)
Appease, as a god
Marketing drug, maintaining it will induce goodwill
Pacify.
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
proteinase (12 points)
""An endopeptidase, such as pepsin, trypsin, or papain.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
provenance (17 points)
Roots of a new start in part of France
Source of article dividing French region
Source of year abroad in French region
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
psittacine (14 points)
""Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of parrots.""
P·3+S·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
pulverable (17 points)
Capable of being reduced to fine powder; pulverizable.
P·3+U·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
punishable (17 points)
Likely to incur fines, say
Time-honored, in a way (wordplay)
P·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 17 pts
purtenance (14 points)
""That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal.""
P·3+U·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
purveyance (20 points)
The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.
P·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+Y·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 20 pts
pyranoside (16 points)
English word
P·3+Y·4+R·1+A·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 16 pts
pyrolysate (18 points)
""PYROLYSE to decompose by heating, also PYROLIZE, PYROLISE, PYROLYZE""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
pyrolyzate (27 points)
""PYROLYZE to decompose by heating, also PYROLISE, PYROLIZE, PYROLYSE""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 27 pts

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