2-Letter Words Starting with P

So one's past playing - now (wordplay)

When sports awards are given, usually

Elway was there in '97 and '98

""Pl -trymen , -terers 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Also called chicken farmer a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat""

Like a Roman emperor's bodyguard

Magistrate's to arrange reparation

Julius Caesar, once

Safeguard cast on a picture

Run a poetic struggle for The Backstop (wordplay)

Sensible step

Early ancestor (wordplay)

Beta carotene, since it can become A

Old reptile flying near to pond

Winged crested dinosaur; pardon note (anagram)

PUNCTATE covered with dots

Rapid irregular heartbeat

Irregular heartbeat

Fluttering.

Birth

PASSIVATE PASSIVE a verb form

The state of being pectinated; that which is pectinated.

""The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.""

Five-sided solid figure

Solid figure with five plane faces

Five-faced solid figure - near the pond (anagram)

Gradual filtration

PERENNATE

Ace in the hole (wordplay)

It's useful to those in a tearing hurry

Holes picked in closing remarks about French leader

Possible ordering (of a number of items)

From importunate version of variation

Change of order

Act of mimicry

One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.

A blue phycobilin occurring especially in the cells of cyanobacteria.

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany any of a group of substances produced by plants that inhibit the growth of pathogenic fungi that infect them [from phyto- + Greek alexein to ward off]

Candid in flyer (wordplay)

Easy to understand

Blunt and candid

PLASMIN an {enzyme=n}

See stonefly .

She's got the beat

Member of the force

Officer with scattered money from a shark (wordplay)

Country where flowers are fertilized (wordplay)

Flower fertilisation

What bees help to accomplish by flying from flower to flower

""The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.""

Grammatical construction that could make editor panic

FRESHMAN a first-year student

INVASION the act of {invading=v}

""A. tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss. as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss.""

Iron parapet (anagram)

Specially made up medicine

Preliminary measure

In favour of the medical provision of abortion

Masterwork (wordplay)

Enforcing conformity to a standard

(adj.) having a predilection for French bread

Enforcing conformity regardless of individuality; scent uproar (anagram)

The act of procuring; procurement.

'Bum', 'fart', 'poo' in an act of irreverence

Ordinary worker (Marxism)

Relating to the workers

Frisky pair, later on common

Spread of ideas, for example

Spread of ideas, e.g

Breeding; transmission

The act of counting in duration; prolongation.

""The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body. as, the prostration of the body.""

PROTONATE PROTON a subatomic particle

Favouring attempt to cut short hostilities going on and on

Cause of expert calling

Apt title for this puzzle

Spin doctor calling for incitement

""The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts. as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.""

""A germinating, or budding.""

English class topic

Marks in writing

One concern of a proofreader

The act of producing pustules; the state of being pustulated.

""The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.""

See cholecystokinin .

British warehouse or van

Removal van

Furniture van

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

""Any of a group of nervous disorders similar to Parkinson's disease, marked by muscular rigidity, tremor, and impaired motor control and often having a specific cause, such as the use of certain drugs or frequent exposure to toxic chemicals. Also called Parkinson's syndrome .""

A physician who specializes in pediatrics.

The act of punishing.

Commission for distribution of dog food

Perhaps how vets are paid out in a settlement shows endurance

Exotic Persia trip? No sweat

Broken tip? Repair's no sweat

Exercise and sport in air, running around causing this (wordplay)

Disquiet

""The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness.""

Mate pointing out blemish (wordplay)

Natural colouring

Sow farmers get on at it in end for colour tissue

""The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals. as, the placentation of mammals.""

English word

""Any of various wormlike marine invertebrates of the phylum Pogonophora that grow in upright chitin tubes, usually at depths greater than 100 meters (330 feet), have tentacles attached to the head region, and lack a digestive system.""

""The act of polarizing; the state of being polarized, or of having polarity.""

Noun (-tion)

One who lived after the flood.

Physiological effect in nerve impulses; in-patient, too (anagram)

""Lit., previous admission;""

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

HISTORIAN A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.

Of or relating to the period before the fall of Adam and Eve.

MIGRATION The act of migrating.

Denomination that is best in prayer?

Priest nearby prepared member of church

Priest nearby built church

Nearest point at sea for the launch

Illustrated formal talk

Formal act of giving

Keeping quiet, with some little doubt

Keeping quiet when having doubt

Proboscidian.

Pertaining to the Proboscidea.

Announcement from the Roman Capitol

Signal event of Jan. 1, 1863.

Official public declaration

Process of lengthening

Extension in duration

""The act of promulgating; publication; open declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel. as, the promulgation of the gospel.""

The act of appeasing the wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious.

A prostaglandin produced in the walls of blood vessels that acts as a vasodilator and inhibits platelet aggregation.

English word

Toper sloshed, post complaint

Emphatic declaration

Complaint in favour of Victoria perhaps taking note

Badly harm optional poem before marriage

Possibly no marital hop would be complete without it (wordplay)

Possibly no marital hop would be complete without it

Removal of contaminants

Process of cleansing

Ritual cleansing

Process of rotting

Junior doctor (wordplay)

Child's doctor

Specialist in treating children

PALLETIZE PALLET a bed or mattress or straw

Profit sharing.

Involvement

The act of patronizing; patronage; support.

""PELLETIZE PELLET to hit with small, rounded masses""

""A polymer found in the cell walls of prokaryotes that consists of polysaccharide and peptide chains in a strong molecular network. Also called mucopeptide , murein .""

Action of walking around

Process of walking

Walking tour, with pain and blame bandied about

Travelling with Pierre in Tonga, maybe

Wandering about in art opening I fancy

Long meandering journey

(Historical Terms) the act or process of dividing history into periods

""PERSEVERATE PERSEVERE To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken.""

See Petrifaction. Petrifaction.

A photochemical reaction.

An organism that is pathogenic to a plant.

""Minute, free-floating aquatic plants.""

PICTURIZE To picture.

PIDGINIZE PIDGIN a mixed language

The act of pluralizing.

""PODSOLIZE PODSOL an infertile soil, also PODZOL""

""PODZOLIZE PODZOL an infertile soil, also PODSOL""

""PONTIFICATE The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.""

Noun (-tion)

English word

""ADAPTATION The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.""

Rain, snow, hail? Hurry!

Undue rushing from rain, perhaps

Hurry in rain, perhaps

The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance.

""The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.""

Prelude to murder, often

Forethought

Almost cure it in paved area with some necessary forethought

The act of prenominating; privilege of being named first.

Something totally dominating the mind

Concentration before calling

Absorption, engrossment

The act of foreordaining: previous determination.

Evasive speech or deeds

Evasive behaviour

Adjusted pro rata invoice knocking off one zero causes quibbling

PRIVATIZE PRIVATE a soldier of lower rank

Increase (of nuclear weapons)

Increase in numbers opposing euthanasia quotient

Anti-abortion or anti-reproduction is spreading

The way to say 'delivery'

Delivery panic to ruin mobile working

Way a word is sounded

""Any of a group of potent hormonelike substances that are produced in various mammalian tissues, are derived from arachidonic acid, and mediate a wide range of physiological functions, such as control of blood pressure, contraction of smooth muscle, and modulation of inflammation.""

The action of reducing to dust or powder.

PALATALIZE To palatize.

PARASITIZE PARASITE an organism that lives and feeds on another

""A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140° F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments.""

Noun (-tion)

PLASTICIZE PLASTIC a synthetic mouldable substance

POLITICIZE POLITIC {shrewd=adj}

POLYMERISE POLYMER a complex chemical compound

The act or process of changing to a polymeric form; the condition resulting from such change.

""The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.""

Noun (-tion)

""POSTGRADUATE Of, pertaining to, or designating, the studies pursued after graduation, esp., after receiving the bachelor's degree at a college; graduate.""

Noun (-tion)

""Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy. as, the predestinarian controversy.""

Fixed fate

Doctrine that God has ordained future events

Perdition's neat solution for those so chosen (wordplay)

DEVALUATION

""FABRICATION The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government. as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.""

""MILLENARIAN Consisting of a thousand years; of or pertaining to the millennium, or to the Millenarians.""

""The act or state of preponderating; preponderance; as, a preponderation of reasons. as, a preponderation of reasons.""

""PUBLICATION The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulgation; as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts. as, the publication of the law at Mount Sinai; the publication of the gospel; the publication of statutes or edicts.""

PRESSURIZE PRESSURE to apply force to

""TERMINATION The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities. as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.""

""-fies , -fying , -fied (tr) to make pretty, esp in a trivial fashion; embellish prettification   n""

""UNIFICATION The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.""

PRIORITIZE

""The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain""

History

PARAMETRIZE

Ruler like Robert (wordplay)

Roundhead, in British history

Sam Rayburn, for example

PERSONALIZE To make personal.

How gracious, how benign, is Solitude.

"How gracious, how benign, is Solitude."

Bringing to life

Lab acidity indicator

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

PHOSPHATIZE PHOSPHATE A salt of phosphoric acid.

""PHOSPHORYLATE PHOSPHORYL The radical PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds. PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds.""

Noun (-tion)

PHOTOIONIZE

One with a limited wardrobe (wordplay)

Police-squad member

Member of the force.

Investigators of a kind.

Undercover detectives

Detectives

Lover of the 1 put initial A and R in the wrong place

Noun (-tion)

Noun (-tion)

Noun (-tion)

Of or relating to postmillennialism.

Noun (-tion)

Noun (-tion)

Occurring after or as a consequence of blood transfusion.

Noun (-tion)

""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.""

IMPLANTATION The act or process of implantating.

Educational foundation (wordplay)

""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.""

Conference requirement, often

Theme of this puzzle, finally

Thief of time.

Start of a slacker's quip

Seer's forte

Weatherman's job

Seer's utterance

Act of converting

PRUSSIANIZE

English word

Pl. psychohistories A psychological or psychoanalytic interpretation or study of historical events or persons: the psychohistory of the Nazi era.

Psychology

The deciding of something in advance

Entertaining conjuring tricks

His feat