12-Letter Words Starting with P

Pachysandra

Pleasant-tasting quality

Fossils

The branch of ecology that deals with the interaction between ancient organisms and their environment.

One of Thomas Jefferson's pursuits

Earth science that studies fossils

Fossils

Palliative

Palynology

Biology ()

See cholecystokinin .

See aplastic anemia .

PANSEXUAL

""A Utopian community, in which all should rule equally, such as was devised by Coleridge, Lovell, and Southey, in their younger days.""

Papyrology

""Past the study of papyrus manuscripts. ; papyrologist , ; papyrological ,""

Paraldehyde

""The act or process of paralyzing, or the state of being paralyzed.""

Paralyzing

Aim IRA partly devised for one of its members

(Member) of organised armed civilian combat group

Member of armed anti-government organisation

""PARANOIC one affected with paranoia, also PARANOID""

Paranormal

PARASITE an organism that lives and feeds on another

Parathyroid

Paratyphoid

Parenteral

(In)temperate advice, part 3

Very careful with clay, oddly

In a marked way

With great ardour

With great emotion

Pathetical

See pathology .

In a pedantic manner.

Pejorative

An American can!

Intern a type I fancy, here (wordplay)

Correctional institution for criminals

Pennycress

Pennyweight

Least expensive music-maker (wordplay)

Small fipple flute

Simple wind instrument

In the form of a pentagon; with five angles.

Perceptive

The quality or state of being perceptive; power of perception.

Perceptual

Percipient

Percussive

In a peremptory manner; absolutely; positively.

In a perfective manner.

""PERFECTIVE Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; usually followed by of. of.""

In a perfidious manner.

English word

From time to time.

Pl. perionychia (- - ) The border of epidermal tissue surrounding a fingernail or toenail.

Peripheral

Peritoneal

Perjurious

The quality or state of being permeable.

In a permissive manner.

Pl. permittivities A measure of the ability of a material to resist the formation of an electric field within it.

Pernicious

With great tenacity.

In a tenacious manner

Incessantly; resolutely

Representing in human form

Insight into and understanding of things

Astute intelligence

Shrewdness

""Of, pertaining to, or producing, perspiration; as, the perspiratory ducts. as, the perspiratory ducts.""

Convincingly repulsive, say, after makeover

Chicanery

PHAGOCYTIZE

Phagocytize

PHAGOCYTOSE

Phagocytose

Phagocytosie

""PHAGOCYTE A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.""

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a tree or shrub that bears its perennating buds more than 25 cm above the level of the soil [from Greek phanero- visible + -phyte ]

Non-PC study of drugs (wordplay)

The science or study of drugs

The science or study of drugstore drugs

PHENOCRYST One of the prominent embedded crystals of a porphyry.

Male - no, males - with exterior that's friendly to a remarkable extent

PHENOTYPIC

Love of mankind

Promotion of others' welfare

The donating of money to good causes

Blood and Blood Vessels ()

PHONEMIC pertaining to {phoneme=n}

In a phonetic manner.

English word

Study of light's effect on living organisms

Reproducing (page)

Reproducing (papers)

Of or relating to the energy of light.

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) the study and identification of geological phenomena using aerial photographs

PHOTOLYZE

""(Chemistry) a polymeric material that is sensitive to light: used in printing plates, microfilms, etc.""

Photosystem

A deep-rooted plant that obtains water from a permanent ground supply or from the water table.

Phycocyanin

The branch of botany that deals with algae. Also called algology .

Phycologist

Phycomycete

Phylactery

PHYLETIC pertaining to {phylesis=n}

Phylloclade

Of or pertaining to phyllotaxy.

Phyllotaxy

""Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism.""

Physiatrist

Physicalism

Physicalist

PHYSICAL a medical examination of the body

""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.""

Pl. physiognomies a. The art of judging human character from facial features.

""The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical geography.""

Physiology

One who is versed in the science of physiology; a student of the properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs and tissues.

Phytoalexin

The chemistry of plants.

Phytochrome

See plant hormone .

""Feeding on plants; herbivorous; as, a phytophagous animal. as, a phytophagous animal.""

Phytosterol

Riding on another's shoulders

Riding on someone else's shoulders

English word

PLASMOLYZE

English word

In a Platonic manner.

Platyrrhine

Something worthy of praise.

Playwriting

Of or pertaining to plebiscite.

""The state of being pneumatic, or of having a cavity or cavities filled with air; as, the pneumaticity of the bones of birds. as, the pneumaticity of the bones of birds.""

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

Podophyllin

Podophyllum

POLAROGRAPH

Party under cover (wordplay)

Person taking out insurance

Person with insurance

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.

""A purple pigment similar to rhodopsin, found in the rods of the retinas of freshwater fishes and certain frogs.""

Portentous

Positional

In a possessive manner.

English word

Noun (-ery)

""The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; opposed to priority. as, posteriority of time, or of an event; opposed to priority.""

How Wolfe's "The Hills Beyond" was published

Adjective (-ic)

Situated behind or occurring after a synapse: postsynaptic neurons.

English word

State of possessing latent power

A realistic matter

Why a report is strangely admirable

Deserving of approval

A showery trip rearranged? That's commendable

""An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium; so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps. Atomic weight 143.6.""

Preachify

Unpredictably but properly entertaining start to rowboat race at sea

""The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a purpose; precipitation; as, the precipitancy of youth.as, the precipitancy of youth.""

Preclusive

In a precocious manner.

Predictive

A previous discovery.

Predominance.

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

Preemptive

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

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

Premarital

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