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paedomorphic (24 points)
""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the resemblance of adult animals to the young of their ancestors: seen in the evolution of modern man, who shows resemblances to the young stages of australopithecines""
P·3+A·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3 = 24 pts
paleographic (22 points)
""The study and scholarly interpretation of earlier, especially ancient, writing and forms of writing.""
P·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3 = 22 pts
P·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 23 pts
pantographic (22 points)
""PANTOGRAPH An instrument for copying plans, maps, and other drawings, on the same, or on a reduced or an enlarged, scale.""
P·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3 = 22 pts
paradigmatic (20 points)
""A writer of memoirs of religious persona, as examples of Christian excellence.""
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+G·2+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 20 pts
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 19 pts
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+R·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 21 pts
P·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 18 pts
periphrastic (21 points)
""PERIPHRASE The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.""
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+P·3+H·4+R·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 21 pts
petrogenetic (17 points)
""The branch of petrology that deals with the origin of rocks, especially igneous rocks.""
P·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 17 pts
P·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3 = 22 pts
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 24 pts
philharmonic (24 points)
Men's club musician (wordplay)
Orchestra's man arranged main orch.
Devoted to music
P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 24 pts
phonogrammic (24 points)
""PHONOGRAM A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 24 pts
phonographic (25 points)
""PHONOGRAPH A character or symbol used to represent a sound, esp. one used in phonography.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3 = 25 pts
phosphoritic (24 points)
""Pertaining to phosphorite; resembling, or of the nature of, phosphorite.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 24 pts
photochromic (26 points)
""(Physics / General Physics) (of glass) changing colour with the intensity of incident light, used, for example, in sunglasses that darken as the sunlight becomes brighter""
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 26 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3 = 25 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 24 pts
physiocratic (24 points)
""PHYSIOCRAT One of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order.""
P·3+H·4+Y·4+S·1+I·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 24 pts
P·3+I·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3 = 24 pts
plagiaristic (17 points)
""PLAGIARIST One who plagiarizes; or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary.""
P·3+L·1+A·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 17 pts
P·3+L·1+A·1+G·2+I·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+C·3 = 19 pts
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 21 pts
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3 = 22 pts
polarimetric (18 points)
An instrument used to measure the rotation of the plane of polarization of polarized light passing through an optical structure or sample.
P·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 18 pts
polariscopic (20 points)
""Of or pertaining to the polariscope; obtained by the use of a polariscope; as, polariscopic observations. as, polariscopic observations.""
P·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+I·1+C·3 = 20 pts
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 22 pts
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+R·1+H·4+Y·4+T·1+H·4+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 30 pts
pornographic (22 points)
""Of or pertaining to pornography; lascivious; licentious; as, pornographic writing. as, pornographic writing.""
P·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3 = 22 pts
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+G·2+A·1+S·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 19 pts
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 18 pts
P·3+R·1+A·1+G·2+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 19 pts
P·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 22 pts
P·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 21 pts
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+A·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 19 pts
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 26 pts
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 20 pts
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3 = 21 pts
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 26 pts
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+C·3 = 26 pts
pyroelectric (21 points)
""Pertaining to, or dependent on, pyroelectricity; receiving electric polarity when heated.""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 21 pts
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