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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
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
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
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
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
pendentive (16 points)
The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola.
P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 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
peppertree (16 points)
Spice-yielding evergreen of Peru [1]
*Ornamental evergreen
Ornamental evergreen
P·3+E·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 16 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
percentile (14 points)
99th, for example
Any of the 99 numbered points that divide a set into 100 equal parts
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
perceptive (19 points)
Observant look about Catholic woman virtually in retreat
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 19 pts
perfective (20 points)
""Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; usually followed by of. of.""
P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 20 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
peridotite (13 points)
Rock containing olivine
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+O·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 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
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
perovskite (19 points)
""(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a yellow, brown, or greyish-black mineral form of calcium titanate with some rare-earth elements, which is used in certain high-temperature ceramic superconductors [named after Count Lev Alekseevich Perovski (1792-1856), Russian statesman]""
P·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+V·4+S·1+K·5+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 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
perquisite (21 points)
Bonus for each is accepted by all
Bonus or fringe benefit
Incidental or casual benefit
P·3+E·1+R·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 21 pts
persecutee (14 points)
""(tr) to oppress, harass, or maltreat, esp because of race, religion, etc.""
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 14 pts
pertinence (14 points)
What a non sequitur lacks
Relevance
Aptness
P·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
pestilence (14 points)
Plague - lent pieces (anagram)
Deadly epidemic disease
Fatal epidemic disease
P·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
philistine (15 points)
Goliath, for example
Opponent of progress.
Person indifferent or hostile to culture
P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
phlogopite (18 points)
""A kind of mica having generally a peculiar bronzered or copperlike color and a pearly luster. It is a silicate of aluminia, with magnesia, potash, and some fluorine. It is characteristic of crystalline limestone or dolomite and serpentine. See Mica. Mica.""
P·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+G·2+O·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
photodiode (17 points)
Sensor in a CD player
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+D·2+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
photophore (20 points)
A form of endoscope using an electric light.
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·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
pilothouse (15 points)
Navigator's place
Very good having miss to entertain you in ship's compartment
Unwilling to intervene in very good English ship's structure
P·3+I·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 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
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
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
plebiscite (16 points)
Vote to lead the French into new cities
Commoner is to call for vote
Important vote.
P·3+L·1+E·1+B·3+I·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
plentitude (13 points)
English word
P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 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
politicise (14 points)
Take part in discussion of government with police? Is it in order (wordplay)
P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
politicize (23 points)
Turn red or blue, say (wordplay)
Make an issue of
P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 23 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
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
postfreeze (24 points)
English word
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+F·4+R·1+E·1+E·1+Z·10+E·1 = 24 pts
poststrike (16 points)
English word
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 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
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
preceptive (19 points)
""Containing or giving precepts; of the nature of precepts; didactic; as, the preceptive parts of the Scriptures. as, the preceptive parts of the Scriptures.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 19 pts
precompute (18 points)
COMPUTE to calculate
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
predestine (13 points)
Fate of perhaps 3 estimated in hunger
Foreordain
Foreordain
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
predictive (18 points)
Like signs
Made to appear naff when using it (wordplay)
and 9: Suggestive input that might make a molecule out of a molehill (wordplay)
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
preemptive (19 points)
Of a certain bridge bid.
Getting in first, angry peer with aim to get power for old
P·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 19 pts
prefecture (17 points)
District in Japan
Office of Paris police chief.
District under a governor
P·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 17 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
preventive (18 points)
Dental floss, for one
Like a checkup
Type of medicine
P·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
prioritize (21 points)
PRIORITIZE
P·3+R·1+I·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 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
productive (18 points)
Fertile for channel four ending live
Yielding results
Tailed setter carrying gun (model 4E) - it's efficient
P·3+R·1+O·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 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
profitwise (18 points)
PROFIT to gain an advantage or benefit
P·3+R·1+O·1+F·4+I·1+T·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 18 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
projectile (21 points)
Boulder, for a catapult
Spitball, for example
Bullet, shell or rocket.
P·3+R·1+O·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 21 pts
projective (24 points)
PROJECT to extend outward
P·3+R·1+O·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 24 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
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
prostitute (12 points)
Somebody who gets screwed at work (wordplay)
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
protective (17 points)
Defensive vet to price order
Designating a type of tariff.
Kind of custody
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 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
protensive (15 points)
Drawn out; extended.
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
protostele (12 points)
Botany A stele that forms a solid core of xylem encased by phloem.
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
protostome (14 points)
English word
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 14 pts
protrusive (15 points)
""Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion. as, protrusive motion.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
psilophyte (20 points)
English word
P·3+S·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 20 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
puppetlike (20 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
P·3+U·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 20 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
putrescine (14 points)
""A colorless, foul-smelling ptomaine, NH 2 (CH 2 ) 4 NH 2 , produced in decaying animal tissue by the decarboxylation of ornithine.""
P·3+U·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
pyrolusite (15 points)
""Manganese dioxide, a mineral of an ironblack or dark steelgray color and metallic luster, usually soft. Pyrolusite parts with its oxygen at a red heat, and is extensively used in discharging the brown and green tints of glass (whence its name).""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 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
pyroxenite (22 points)
A rock consisting essentially of pyroxene.
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+X·8+E·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 22 pts
pyrrhotite (18 points)
""A bronze-colored mineral, of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of iron, and is remarkable for being attracted by the magnet. Called also magnetic pyrites.magnetic pyrites.""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+R·1+H·4+O·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts

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