12-Letter Words Starting with P
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pennywhistle (23 points)
Least expensive music-maker (wordplay)
Small fipple flute
Simple wind instrument
P·3+E·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4+W·4+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 23 pts
phanerophyte (25 points)
(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 ]
P·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 25 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 31 pts
phreatophyte (25 points)
A deep-rooted plant that obtains water from a permanent ground supply or from the water table.
P·3+H·4+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 25 pts
P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+O·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 25 pts
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 20 pts
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+E·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4+L·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 23 pts
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+R·1+I·1+B·3+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 21 pts
polysyllable (22 points)
Word of more than three sounds
Word with several linguistic units
Word, possibly Excel or PowerPoint, for certain applications
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+Y·4+L·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 22 pts
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+U·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 20 pts
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+B·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+O·1+X·8+Y·4+P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 31 pts
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 27 pts
psychobabble (28 points)
Shrink rap (wordplay)
Some self-help spoutings, say
BS from Alfred Hitchcock (wordplay)
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+B·3+A·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 28 pts
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 23 pts
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 32 pts
pteridophyte (23 points)
""Any of various vascular plants that reproduce by means of spores rather than by seeds, including the ferns and related plants, such as club mosses and horsetails.""
P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 23 pts
pyridoxamine (27 points)
""A crystalline amine, C 8 H 12 N 2 O 2 , one of several active forms of pyridoxine, important in protein metabolism.""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+I·1+D·2+O·1+X·8+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 27 pts
pyromorphite (24 points)
""Native lead phosphate with lead chloride, occurring in bright green and brown hexagonal crystals and also massive; so called because a fused globule crystallizes in cooling.""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 24 pts
pyrophyllite (25 points)
""A mineral, usually of a white or greenish color and pearly luster, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of alumina.""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+L·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 25 pts
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