9-Letter Words Starting with P
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pachytene (19 points)
""The third stage of the prophase of meiosis, the stage in which the pairing of homologous chromosomes has been completed.""
P·3+A·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 19 pts
P·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+H·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 20 pts
parachute (16 points)
Drop cloth (wordplay)
Fall necessity (wordplay)
What Coldplay used to jump (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
parbuckle (19 points)
""A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out.""
P·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1 = 19 pts
parfleche (19 points)
""A kind of rawhide consisting of hide, esp. of the buffalo, which has been soaked in crude wood-ash lye to remove the hairs, and then dried.""
P·3+A·1+R·1+F·4+L·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 19 pts
P·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
peaceable (15 points)
Hopi, literally
Sounds a bit capable of not being 22 down
Gentle pulse, perhaps, before guy taking Ecstasy...
P·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
P·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts
P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
P·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
perchance (18 points)
Fish develop acne, maybe once!
Maybe (to dream? - Hamlet)
Maybe roosting for fowl, perhaps
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 18 pts
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+A·1+E·1 = 15 pts
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 15 pts
persecute (13 points)
Harry? In essence, delightful!
Turn into a martyr, perhaps
8 in itself quaintly pleasing
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
P·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
P·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+A·1+E·1 = 16 pts
P·3+E·1+T·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
phagocyte (20 points)
""A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.""
P·3+H·4+A·1+G·2+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 20 pts
phenacite (16 points)
""A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz.""
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
P·3+I·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
P·3+I·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 16 pts
P·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+P·3+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
placentae (13 points)
""Pl. placentas or placentae (-t ) a. A membranous vascular organ that develops in female mammals during pregnancy, lining the uterine wall and partially enveloping the fetus, to which it is attached by the umbilical cord. Following birth, the placenta is expelled.""
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+E·1 = 13 pts
P·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
P·3+O·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
P·3+O·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
porcupine (15 points)
A real sharpie (wordplay)
Featured creature (five letters)
Rodent in yellow vessel hidden in wood
P·3+O·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+E·1 = 16 pts
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
prejudice (21 points)
Disadvantage recorded with pride
Influence (someone's) opinion in advance
Jane Austen wrote 'Pride and . . . .'
P·3+R·1+E·1+J·8+U·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 21 pts
prescribe (15 points)
Advise use of (medicine)
What the 6 down may do before the writer
Recommended a course in physics
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1 = 15 pts
P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
principle (15 points)
As a rule it has the main sound
Rule the head of the school declared
Fundamental truth - moral rule
P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
P·3+R·1+O·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
procedure (14 points)
Criminal or civil study, in law
Established way of working
Reproduce new way to get things done
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+D·2+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
pronounce (13 points)
Part of speech given to church, say
They say Anglicans are articulate
Make the sound of (a word)
P·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
proscribe (15 points)
Ban writer earning money (wordplay)
Like Joseph Pulitzer (wordplay)
Does he write for a living? Outlaw him!
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1 = 15 pts
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
prurience (13 points)
Lewdness - epic rerun (anagram)
Unhealthy interest in sexual matters
Morbid interest in sex etc
P·3+R·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
P·3+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 pts
P·3+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 24 pts
puissance (13 points)
Power of car, not new, in red
Rough seas in cup competition with jumps
Power: Poetic.
P·3+U·1+I·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
punctuate (13 points)
Insert full stops, commas, etc in (text)
Pointedly edit written work (wordplay)
Add marks to text
P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
pursuance (13 points)
The carrying out (of something)
Carrying out (of policy)
In this of it's carrying out
P·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
P·3+U·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
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