15-Letter Words Starting with P

Painterliness

PALATABLENESS The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish; acceptableness.

PALEOBIOLOGIC

Paleobiologist

PALEOECOLOGIC

Paleoecologist

Adjective (-ic)

Paleomagnetism

Paleomagnetist

Of fossil lore

Paleontologist

Fossils

Paleozoologist

Pantheistical

Paradoxical

PARAGENETIC

Six-sided prisms

PARAMETRIZE

Paramyxovirus

Paranormality

Pararosaniline

Parasexuality

""Of, relating to, or affecting the parasympathetic nervous system: parasympathetic activity; parasympathetic agents.""

In brackets

Play the clarinet randomly as a diversion

Work ethic following a payment matey's pocketed (thus?)

Ruler like Robert (wordplay)

Roundhead, in British history

Sam Rayburn, for example

Parthenocarpy

Means to reproduce (small melon), but raise temperature, hospital!

Sort of reproduction in earphones gets distorted

Quietly distributing another book of the Bible that describes the Virgin Birth

Conception of retro music followed by old rock group

Relating to unfertilised reproduction

Details

Pasteurization

Patentability

Pathogenicity

PEACEABLENESS peaceable

Pectinesterase

PENDULOUSNESS The quality or state of being pendulous; the state of hanging loosely; pendulosity.

Penetrability

Pentobarbitone

PENURIOUSNESS penurious

Perdurability

""PERFECTIONIST One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life.""

The quality or state of being perfunctory.

In an itinerant fashion

Perishability

PERMANENTNESS permanent

Permissible

How this word fits in

A. Overparticular about trivial details; fastidious.

PERSONALIZE To make personal.

How gracious, how benign, is Solitude.

"How gracious, how benign, is Solitude."

Bringing to life

With great insight

With discernment

Perspicuous

PERVASIVENESS pervasive

PERVERTEDNESS perverted

Pessimistical

Pestiferous

Pharisaical

Drugs capitals are much busted

Medicinal drugs

Manufactured drugs

Pharmacognosy

""(used with a sing. verb) The process by which a drug is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body.""

Pl. pharmacotherapies Treatment of disease through the use of drugs.

Phenobarbitone

Lab acidity indicator

C20H14O4 (and a key substance in this puzzle's theme)

Relating to observable facts

Phenomenology

Classifier of facts or experiences

Phenylbutazone

""Abbr. PKU A genetic disorder in which the body lacks the enzyme necessary to metabolize phenylalanine to tyrosine. Left untreated, the disorder can cause brain damage and progressive mental retardation as a result of the accumulation of phenylalanine and its breakdown products.""

""Abbr. PKU A genetic disorder in which the body lacks the enzyme necessary to metabolize phenylalanine to tyrosine. Left untreated, the disorder can cause brain damage and progressive mental retardation as a result of the accumulation of phenylalanine and its breakdown products.""

Phenylthiourea

""An organic compound, C 4 H 10 N 3 O 5 P, found in muscle tissue and capable of storing and providing energy for muscular contraction. Also called creatine phosphate .""

Phosphoprotein

Ignis fatuus, for example

Cold emitted light

Light emitted without burning or heat

PHOSPHORYLATE

Photochemical

Pl. photoconductivities Electrical conductivity affected by exposure to light.

Capable of being chemically broken down by light: photodegradable plastic.

PHOTODISSOCIATE

PHOTODUPLICATE

Photoduplicate

PHOTOELECTRON

Photoengraving

Noun (-tion)

PHOTOGEOLOGIC

Photogeologist

""The process of making maps or scale drawings from photographs, especially aerial photographs.""

""Pertaining to, or designating, any photographic process in which a printing surface is obtained without the intervention of hand engraving.""

PHOTOMETRIC

An electronic sensing device used to detect electromagnetic energy of a wide range of frequencies and intensity levels.

Photoperiodism

Photoreception

PHOTOREDUCTION photoreducte

PHOTOSENSITIZE

PHOTOSENSITIZE

Photosensitize

PHOTOSYNTHESIZE

""Telegraphy by means of light, as by the heliograph or the photophone. Also, less properly, telephotography.""

Phototoxicity

PHOTOTYPESET

Phrasemonger

Phthalocyanine

""Involving the principles of both physics and chemistry; dependent on, or produced by, the joint action of physical and chemical agencies.""

Physiotherapy

Helper of the sick

One who treats by massage and exercise

Occupational doctor

Phytochemical

PHYTOFLAGELLATE

The study of the geographic distribution of plants. Also called geobotany .

The study of the geographic distribution of plants. Also called geobotany .

PHYTOPATHOGEN

Phytotoxicity

PICTORIALNESS pictorial

Constable landscape feature

PIGHEADEDNESS pigheaded

PINEALECTOMIZE

Pinealectomize

PINHEADEDNESS pinheaded

Fossil hominid discovered in Java in 1891-2

Thin chap, posture bent, forerunner of Man (wordplay)

Old man in mine, he is unable to regularly take hard work

One with a limited wardrobe (wordplay)

Police-squad member

Member of the force.

Investigators of a kind.

Undercover detectives

Detectives

Plainspoken

PLAINTIVENESS plaintive

Planimetrical

Platinocyanide

PLATYHELMINTH

PLAUSIBLENESS Quality of being plausible.

Pleasurable

Delegate with full power

What's my line: #3

Robert Murphy, on occasion.

PLENTEOUSNESS plenteous

PLENTIFULNESS plentiful

Plethysmograph

""The study, by means of the plethysmograph, of the variations in size of a limb, and hence of its blood supply.""

""Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle.""

Pneumonectomy

POINTLESSNESS pointless

Plural or third person singular

Polyacrylamide

""CRYSTALLINE Consisting, or made, of crystal.""

""ELECTROLYTE A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.""

Polymerisation

Polymerization

Polynucleotide

Polysaccharide

DIET FOOD CLAIM (wordplay)

Like some fat

Fat parrot talking with extra capacity

PONDEROUSNESS The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity.

Plural noun or verb form

Noun (-tion)

Noun (-ure)

Adjective (-ic)

Postmastership

Of or relating to postmillennialism.

Postoperative

POWERLESSNESS powerless

Practicable

PRACTICALNESS Same as Practicality. Practicality.

PRAYERFULNESS prayerful

Preadolescence

""AGRICULTURAL Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc.""

Things made before the wedding

""CANCELLATION The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself. as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.""

The quality or state of being precipitant; precipitation.

Precipitate

Precipitinogen

Acrophobiac's dread

Sheer quality of valuable mine included on cape

Impetuosity

Put into the required shape beforehand

Predestinarian

Predestination

Plural noun (-tions)

Predevelopment

Predisposition

Preestablish

Things made earlier than absolutely necessary

Preferability

Prefigurative

PREFORMATION An old theory of the pre\'89xistence of germs. Cf. Embo&icir;tement. Embo&icir;tement.

Prehistorical

IMPLANTATION The act or process of implantating.

Preinterview

Prejudicial

Educational foundation (wordplay)

MANUFACTURED Produced in a large-scale industrial operation. Contrasted with hand-made.hand-made.

Premanufacture

MATURENESSES matureness

Premillenarian

Premillennial

""MODIFICATION The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications of light. as, the modification of an opinion, or of a machine; the various modifications of light.""

""NOTIFICATION The act of notifying, or giving notice; the act of making known; especially, the act of giving official notice or information to the public or to individuals, corporations, companies, or societies, by words, by writing, or by other means.""

Plural or third person singular

Preponderancy

Preponderation

Prepositional

PRESIDENTIAL Presiding or watching over.

""PROFESSIONAL Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct. as, professional knowledge; professional conduct.""

Prepublication

Conference requirement, often

Plural (-ists)

Smart quality of gift fit to go on head

Green Park is, in part

Pressurization

Shell-game operator, for one

Thurston or Mulholland

Trickster realises God is tripartite

Prestigious