12-Letter Words Starting with P

Any of innumerable small bodies thought to have orbited the sun during the formation of the planets.

Planisphere

Of or pertaining to a planisphere.

PLANLESS without a plan

""A process for printing from a smooth surface, as lithography or offset.""

Plantigrade

Plasmalemma

Plasminogen

Plasmodesma

Plasmogamy

PLASMOLYZE

Sheet used as covering on indoor walls

Material for inner walls

Lining for interior walls

Plasterwork

Plasticity

Plasticizer

PLASTICIZE

English word

Platemaking

""PLATITUDE The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language.""

In a Platonic manner.

Platyrrhine

Something worthy of praise.

Playwriting

Sweetness from Pats leanness

Polite, agreeable, remarks

Agreeable remarks

Small talk on amazing sale in food stores

PLEASING the act of pleasing

Devoid of pleasure.

Plebeianism

Of or pertaining to plebiscite.

Plecopteran

Pleinairism

Pleinairist

Pleiotropy

Pleochroism

""The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism. dimorphism and trimorphism.""

""The infective larva of some tapeworms, characterized by its solid elongated body.""

Pliability

Pliantness

PLOTLESS {planless=adj}

Pluckiness

Plushiness

Plutocracy

""The doctrine of, or a treatise on, air and other elastic fluids. See Pneumatics, 1. Pneumatics, 1.""

""Pl. pneumococci (-k k s , -k k ) A nonmotile, gram-positive bacterium (Streptococcus pneumoniae) that is the most common cause of bacterial pneumonia, associated with meningitis and other infectious diseases.""

Podophyllin

Podophyllum

POETICAL a {poet=n}

""An organism, such as a fish or reptile, having a body temperature that varies with the temperature of its surroundings; an ectotherm.""

Pointillism

Pointillist

Person associated with (-ist)

Polarimeter

An instrument used to measure the rotation of the plane of polarization of polarized light passing through an optical structure or sample.

Polariscope

""Of or pertaining to the polariscope; obtained by the use of a polariscope; as, polariscopic observations. as, polariscopic observations.""

""The act of polarizing; the state of being polarized, or of having polarity.""

POLAROGRAPH

POLEMICIZE

Party under cover (wordplay)

Person taking out insurance

Person with insurance

Poliovirus

Politeness

""POLITICAL Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.""

POLITICISE

POLITICIZE

Plural or third person singular

Pollination

Plural or third person singular

Things that go bump in the night

Noisy ghosts.

Let priests go to remove mischievous spirits

Polyalcohol

Polyanthus

CENTRISM a moderate political philosophy

Polychromy

CHROMING a chromium ore

Polycrystal

A condition marked by an abnormally large number of red blood cells in the circulatory system.

Adjective (-ic)

DISPERSE to {scatter=v}

""The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.""

""ETHYLENE a flammable gas, also ETHENE""

POLYGAMIZE To practice polygamy; to marry several wives.

Polyglotism

POLYGLOTT

POLYGRAPHER polygraph

POLYGRAPH An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying machine.

""Pl. polyhedroses (-s z) Any of several diseases of insect larvae, caused by infestation with polyhedral virus particles.""

""Pl. polyhedroses (-s z) Any of several diseases of insect larvae, caused by infestation with polyhedral virus particles.""

HISTORIC important in history

POLYMERISE

""POLYMERIZE To cause polymerization of; to produce polymers from; to increase the molecular weight of, without changing the atomic proportions; thus, certain acids polymerize aldehyde. polymerize aldehyde.""

Same as Pleomorphism. Pleomorphism.

""Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author. as, a polymorphous author.""

NEURITIS inflammation of a nerve

Polypeptide

PEPTIDIC pertaining to {peptide=n}

""Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant. as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant.""

PHENOLIC a synthetic resin

""Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; opposed to monophyletic. monophyletic.""

Polyploidy

Of music, using more than one apparent time signature simultaneously

RIBOSOME a particle composed of protein and RNA

Polysorbate

Botany Arranged in two or more series or rows.

Polystyrene

Polysulfide

Describing paragraph or sentence but not word (wordplay)

Like the word you need to write but not the words in the clue

Word of more than three sounds

Word with several linguistic units

Word, possibly Excel or PowerPoint, for certain applications

SYNAPTIC pertaining to {synapsis=n}

""A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, "We have ships and men and money and stores." Opposed to asyndeton. asyndeton.""

The science of the mechanic arts.

THEISTIC pertaining to a {theist=n}

TONALITY a system of tones

Your elephant (anag-) synthetic resin

Polyvalence

In a pontifical manner.

POPULARISE

Popularity

Popularizer

""POPULARIZE To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy. as, to popularize philosophy.""

POPULATION The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

POPULOUS containing many inhabitants

PORCELAIN Purslain.

""A hard, white, translucent ceramic made by firing a pure clay and then glazing it with variously colored fusible materials; china.""

Portcullis

Portentous

Portliness

Positional

""POSSESSION The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.""

In a possessive manner.

Adjective (-ical)

Adjective meaning resembling

Plural or third person singular

""Of, relating to, or being the time following the establishment of independence in a colony: postcolonial economics.""

English word

Noun (-ery)

One who lived after the flood.

(Of research) done after a second degree

Type of study after getting an advanced degree (2 words)

""(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) happening or existing after an election""

Adjective (-al)

How Wolfe's "The Hills Beyond" was published

Adjective (-al)

POSTLITERATE

Adjective (-al)

Adjective (-al)

Immediately after a meal

Occurring after a meal

After dinner

Plural noun or verb form

Adjective (-ical)

Postulancy

Postulation

Adjective (-al)

Potability

State of possessing latent power

A realistic matter

""A melodic embellishment consisting of the quick alternation of a principal tone with an auxiliary tone above it, usually the next of the scale; -- called also the inverted mordente.inverted mordente.""

Praxeology

Preallot

AMPLIFIER One who or that which amplifies.

ASSEMBLED assemble

Precancel

CANCELLED cancel

Unpredictably but properly entertaining start to rowboat race at sea

PRECENTOR A leader of a choir; a directing singer.

Of or pertaining to a preceptor.

""Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes. as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes.""

""Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.) Precipitate, n. (Chem.)""

""CLEARANCE The act of clearing; as, to make a through clearance. as, to make a through clearance.""

Preclusive

In a precocious manner.

Predictive

Preference (for something)

Special liking or preference

Penchant of the French in anticipation

""A synthetic steroid, C 21 H 28 O 5 , similar to hydrocortisone and used in various compounds as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antiallergic drug.""

Toxic condition that can occur in late pregnancy

ECLAMPTIC

Plural noun (-tions)

In particular, before reaching August with the second half of July

Preemptive

ESTABLISH To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

Privileged parking requiring references

Discriminating in favour of one side

Alpine ferret running better

""FORMULATE To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.""

""Being such that attack, seizure, or capture is possible; vulnerable or assailable: a pregnable fortress.""

Word with prefix pre-

""PREHENSILE Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey. as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.""

""INAUGURAL Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises. as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises.""

Of or relating to the period before the fall of Adam and Eve.

Prelibation

Preliterate

""MALIGNANT Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious.""

Premarital

Situated in front of the maxillary bones; pertaining to the premaxill\'91; intermaxillary.

""MENSTRUAL Recurring once a month; monthly; gone through in a month; as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place. as, the menstrual revolution of the moon; pertaining to monthly changes; as, the menstrual equation of the sun's place.""

Inflected form of OVULATORY Inflected form of OVULATE to produce ova

QUALIFIED qualify

Prequalify

""REHEARSAL The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise.""

Presbyterian.

SCHEDULED schedule

Preschedule

PRESCHOOLER preschool

Preselect

Preselect