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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
panettone (11 points)
Italian cake eaten at Christmas
Italian Christmas cake
Italian spiced cake eaten at Christmas
P·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
panhandle (15 points)
Seek change (wordplay)
Region of small change (wordplay)
Northern region of Texas
P·3+A·1+N·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
pantalone (11 points)
Commedia dell'arte character
P·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
pantomime (15 points)
Silent treatment (wordplay)
I'm top name in performance - Xmas one!
It goes without saying
P·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts
parentage (12 points)
How old is your man the Da (wordplay)
Family tree datum
Rent a bit inside the leaf for the line
P·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
pargyline (15 points)
English word
P·3+A·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
parsonage (12 points)
Home enabling average lad to get on
Norm + heir + years
How old the vicar is and where he lives
P·3+A·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
passerine (11 points)
Sparrow, for one.
Finch's order
Relating to songbirds
P·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
patronage (12 points)
Two men needing mature sponsorship
Favours distributed by 1 and 4 across
Given time, two boys gave one support
P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
patronise (11 points)
Talk down to
Points are worked out for champion
Frequent praise not unusual
P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
patronize (20 points)
Give one's trade to.
Talk down to
Trade regularly with
P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
pectinate (13 points)
Toothed cat in bother - dog, perhaps, circling with energy
Comblike
P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
peneplane (13 points)
A nearly flat land surface representing an advanced stage of erosion.
P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
penetrate (11 points)
Make a big entrance, say
Bore to babble about English goal
Force way through, into
P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
penitence (13 points)
Sorrow for one's sins
Sorry for one and ten in pennies
That's a sorry state
P·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
pentangle (12 points)
Charming figure gives writer confusion
Symbol with power to cause complications
Five-pointed star
P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
penthouse (14 points)
Penny has to be keen about old apartment
Start to write you right on top
He puts one out flat
P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
pentoxide (19 points)
""An oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in each molecule; as, phosphorus pentoxide, P2O5. as, phosphorus pentoxide, P2O5.""
P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 19 pts
penumbrae (15 points)
Shadows created during an eclipse
Shadowy places
P·3+E·1+N·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+A·1+E·1 = 15 pts
percaline (13 points)
""A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one color.""
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
peregrine (12 points)
Smollett's Mr. Pickle
Kind of falcon
Ripe green bananas doing for bird
P·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+G·2+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
perennate (11 points)
PERENNATE
P·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
personage (12 points)
Celebrity being mature!
Celebrity calls for each lad to get on
Man of distinction.
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
personate (11 points)
Play a part on stage
Use another's vote in Esperanto
Pretend to be someone else in Esperanto
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
petulance (13 points)
Bad temper, sulkiness
Sulky bad behaviour
Stroke uncle with a ruptured spleen
P·3+E·1+T·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 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
phenakite (18 points)
""A natural beryllium silicate, Be 2 SiO 4 , occurring as vitreous crystals sometimes used as gems.""
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
phenazine (23 points)
""A yellow crystalline compound, C 6 H 4 N 2 C 6 H 4 , used in the manufacture of dyes.""
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 23 pts
phenolate (14 points)
Salt of carbolic acid
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
phenotype (19 points)
Total physical appearance of an organism
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 19 pts
phenoxide (22 points)
See phenolate .
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 22 pts
pheromone (16 points)
Attractive secretion (wordplay)
Chemical signal between organisms
Chemical affecting behaviour
P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+O·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 16 pts
phonolite (14 points)
""A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, ha\'81ynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; called also clinkstone. clinkstone.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
phosphene (19 points)
""A luminous impression produced through excitation of the retina by some cause other than the impingement upon it of rays of light, as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids are closed. Cf. Afterimage. Afterimage.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 19 pts
phosphine (19 points)
""A colorless gas, PH3, analogous to ammonia, and having a disagreeable odor resembling that of garlic. Called also hydrogen phosphide, and formerly, phosphureted hydrogen. PH3, analogous to ammonia, and having a disagreeable odor resembling that of garlic. Called also hydrogen phosphide, and formerly, phosphureted hydrogen.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 19 pts
pidginize (22 points)
PIDGIN a mixed language
P·3+I·1+D·2+G·2+I·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
pigeonite (12 points)
English word
P·3+I·1+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
pineapple (15 points)
Fruit that might go off (wordplay)
Fruit that may go off (wordplay)
Fruit (tree and fruit!)
P·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
pinstripe (13 points)
Clothes line (wordplay)
Line of suits (wordplay)
Fabric - insert pip (anagram)
P·3+I·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 13 pts
pipestone (13 points)
""A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite. Catlinite.""
P·3+I·1+P·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 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
plaintive (14 points)
A pint vile, disgusting? That's sad
Sounding sad and mournful
Some complain Tiverton's miserable
P·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
plantable (13 points)
Capable of being planted; fit to be planted.
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
plantlike (15 points)
Perhaps bushy Scotsman's gear turns up when shaver comes round
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
platinize (20 points)
Protect from tarnish, in a way
Coat with a valuable metal
P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
pleasance (13 points)
Sane place (anagram)
Nice bit of a garden
Garden in an estate
P·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
plenitude (12 points)
Eden lit up (anagram)
More-than-adequate supply
Literary sort of abundance or fullness
P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
poignance (14 points)
Keen emotion
P·3+O·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
pointelle (11 points)
English word
P·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
pollinate (11 points)
What bees do
Fertilize, in a way
Be work for the busy bee
P·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
polonaise (11 points)
Chop in for this for a pole (wordplay)
Chopin piece of sole piano variation
Leo, 15, played dance piece
P·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
polyamine (16 points)
AMINE a type of chemical compound
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 16 pts
polyphone (19 points)
""A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced r\'c7d or r\'cbd. read, which is pronounced r\'c7d or r\'cbd.""
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 19 pts
polythene (17 points)
Packaging material - telephony (anagram)
Plastic switch needed for telephony
A lightweight thermoplastic
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 17 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
potentate (11 points)
Monarch or dictator
Ruler had meal behind shelter by river
Head accepts old, big top chief
P·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
predefine (15 points)
To define beforehand.
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+F·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
pregnable (14 points)
""Capable of being entered, taken, or captured; expugnable; as, a pregnable fort. as, a pregnable fort.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
presentee (11 points)
Receiver now at ease, they say
Recipient at a fete
Oscar winner, for example
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
princesse (13 points)
Designating a type of close-fitting beltless dress
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
printable (13 points)
Fit to be published
In good taste
O.K. for publication.
P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
proenzyme (25 points)
""Any one of a class of proteins that are converted, in the normal course of cellular metabolism, into one or more active enzymes; also called zymogen. The conversion usually is due to a specific cleavage of a peptide bond by another enzyme, or may be due to acid.zymogen. The conversion usually is due to a specific cleavage of a peptide bond by another enzyme, or may be due to acid.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+E·1+N·1+Z·10+Y·4+M·3+E·1 = 25 pts
prolamine (13 points)
""Any of a class of simple proteins soluble in alcohol and usually having a high proline and glutamine content, found in the grains of cereal crops such as wheat, rye, barley, corn, and rice.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
promenade (14 points)
Seaside walk (wordplay)
Nice walk (wordplay)
Square-dance figure
P·3+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 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
propylene (16 points)
Alkene used for fuel or plastic production
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+Y·4+L·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 16 pts
protamine (13 points)
Soluble protein.
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
protonate (11 points)
PROTON a subatomic particle
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
provolone (14 points)
Like a certain wolf (Utah)
Cheese for a hero (wordplay)
Deli sandwich filler
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 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
pteridine (12 points)
English word
P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 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
pulmonate (13 points)
Having breathing organs that act as lungs.
P·3+U·1+L·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+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
purulence (13 points)
Bodily Functions
P·3+U·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts

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