2-Letter Words Starting with P

Phosphoresce

An enzyme that catalyzes the production of glucose phosphate from glycogen and inorganic phosphate.

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

The study of the effects of light on living organisms and biological processes.

Photocathode

""Of or pertaining to chemical action of light, or produced by it; as, the photochemical changes of the visual purple of the retina. as, the photochemical changes of the visual purple of the retina.""

Photochemist

""(Physics / General Physics) (of glass) changing colour with the intensity of incident light, used, for example, in sunglasses that darken as the sunlight becomes brighter""

PHOTOCOMPOSE

PHOTOCOMPOSE

Photocompose

Photocurrent

Agent noun (-or)

Emitting electrons under light

Light-detecting

Subatomic particle - let hencoop rot (anagram)

""Emission of photoelectrons, especially from metallic surfaces.""

Adjective (-ive)

PHOTOENGRAVE To engrave by a photomechanical process; to make a photo-engraving of.

PHOTOENGRAVE To engrave by a photomechanical process; to make a photo-engraving of.

Photoengrave

Jockey's other job (wordplay)

Adjective (-ic)

Focus group (wordplay)

Followers of Jackie

Snappers

Photography

Photograph

Photogravure

PHOTOIONIZE

Photomontage

Biology Repelled by light; exhibiting a negative phototactic or phototropic response.

PHOTOOXIDIZE

Photooxidize

PHOTOPERIOD

Photopolymer

Biology Drawn to light; exhibiting a positive phototactic or phototropic response.

Photoproduct

A photochemical reaction.

""A nerve ending, cell, or group of cells specialized to sense or receive light.""

PHOTOREDUCE

PHOTOSTAT

PHOTOSYNTHATE

PHOTOTOXIC

Phototropism

Photovoltaic

Phragmoplast

Phrasemaking

Phrasemonger

Phraseology

A collector or coiner of phrases.

Phreatophyte

PHREATOPHYTE

Of or pertaining to phrenology.

Phrenologist

A red phycobilin occurring especially in the cells of red algae.

PHYCOMYCETE

PHYSICALIST

Physicality

Physiognomy

""Geography the systematic classification and description of nature. See also geography ; geology . ; physiographer , ; physiographic, physiographical , adj . Classification""

See physical geography .

Relating to normal, healthy functioning

Relating to normal healthy functioning

Relating to study of organisms and their functions

Physiologist

Manipulative medical treatment

Masseur spoils party, he gets treatment

Remedial treatment

""An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical. Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.""

Relating to phytochemistry.

Phytochemist

Phytohormone

An organism that is pathogenic to a plant.

Comparative adjective or agent noun

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

PHYTOTOXIC

Pictography

Picturephone

Piggishness

Shape designed to represent obstinacy

Stupidly obstinate quality

Stubbornness

Pinheaded

Pinkishness

Planography

See flatworm .

Playwright

Pleomorphism

A record or tracing produced by a plethysmograph.

One of the Pneumonophora.

Pogonophoran

Poikilotherm

POLAROGRAPH

Policyholder

Polychotomy

Adjective (-ous)

Multi-coloured

Multicoloured

Old mum wrapped in pricy cloth, magically displaying range of colours

Polycythemia

Polyethylene

Polygraphist

Polymorphism

Polyphonous

Polyurethane

Pornographer

Pornography

Porphyropsin

English word

Preachiness

""ANESTHETIC Same as An\'91sthesia, An\'91sthetic.An\'91sthesia, An\'91sthetic.""

The office of a precentor.

""A period of practical experience and training for a student, especially of medicine or nursing, that is supervised by an expert or specialist in a particular field.""

Plural or third person singular

Prehistorian

""HISTORICAL Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page.as, an historical poem; the historic page.""

PURCHASING purchase

SCHEDULING schedule

Office of republic's leader

College head's office

Their living's in a ring

Boxers

Boxing for money

Boxing

Procathedral

Proconsulate.

Chair (at university)

Chair for shoppers is broken

An office chair

Prohibitive

In a prophetical manner; by way of prediction.

Prophylactic

Propoxyphene

Brain

""A study, often using statistics, that identifies and draws relationships between various characters or people within a specific historical, social, or literary context: "an authentic tour de force of historical writing: part intellectual history, part cultural history, part prosopography" (Josiah Bunting III).""

Position of, eg, a regent

History

Prototrophy

Prudishness

Relating to the study of elections

Experts on election statistics and voting trends

Writing or recording related

PSEUDOMORPH An irregular or deceptive form.

""A psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety. No longer in scientific use.""

""A psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety. No longer in scientific use.""

Alfred Adler et al.

Those with the mind to study say this script is flawed

Crazy researcher (wordplay)

Whose patients are laid back? Yes and no

Chap only stays bonkers seeing shrink

Emulate Freud

PSYCHOBABBLE

Psychobabble

""Biology the study of the relations or interrelations between body and mind, especially as exhibited in the nervous system. ; psychobiologist, ; psychobiologic, psychobiological,""

""(used with a sing. or pl. verb) The interaction of various conscious and unconscious mental or emotional processes, especially as they influence personality, behavior, and attitudes.""

Plural or third person singular

""Genesis through an internal force, as opposed to natural selection. natural selection.""

""The origin and development of psychological processes, personality, or behavior.""

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

Brain

Supposed ability to move objects by mental effort

Moving things by mental force

All in the mind

Affecting the mind

Type of warfare

PSYCHOLOGISE

Psychologise

Psychologism

Scientists working in school's pigsty

Q: See title A: "Just one, but it has to really WANT to change"

PSYCHOLOGIZE

Psychologize

Psychometric

Psychometry

Psychopathic

Psychopathy

The science of the connection between nerve action and consciousness; the science which treats of the relations of the psychical and physical in their conjoint operation in man; the doctrine of the relation of function or dependence between body and soul.

Pertaining to mind and body, as a unit.

(Of illness) caused by mental factors

Of mind and body as a unit.

""Pl. psychosurgeries Brain surgery used to treat severe, intractable mental or behavioral disorders.""

""Pl. psychosurgeries Brain surgery used to treat severe, intractable mental or behavioral disorders.""

Treatment of mental disorders

Treatment of mental problems

Treatment of mental ill

PSYCHOTIC

Psychotropic

Psychrometer

Adjective (-ic)

Thriving at relatively low temperatures. Used of organisms such as bacteria and fungi.

Pteridophyte

Puckishness

""(Law) to force (someone) to undergo a penalty or sanction, such as imprisonment, fines, death, etc., for some crime or misdemeanour""

Pushfulness

An instrument for measuring the direct heating effect of the sun's rays.

""A drug, C 12 H 13 ClN 4 , used principally in the prophylactic treatment of malaria.""

Pyrocatechol

Pyromorphite

A salt of pyrophosphoric acid.

Pyrophyllite

Relating to fireworks

Like firework display going off in a holy precinct

Fireworks experts.

It is due to army chaps becoming thick-skinned

Paedomorphism

Pl. pedomorphoses (-s z ) Phylogenetic change in which juvenile characteristics are retained in the adult form of an organism.

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the resemblance of adult animals to the young of their ancestors: seen in the evolution of modern man, who shows resemblances to the young stages of australopithecines""

The study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs.

Of or pertaining to paleography.

Study or science of

Pamphleteer

Medium for a medium

Study of strange mental phenomena

""PARENCHYMA The soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and the like.""

PARENTHESIZE To make a parenthesis of; to include within parenthetical marks.

The production of fruit without fertilization.

Pathlessness

Pathobiology

Pathological

Peritrichous

Petrochemical

The chemistry of petroleum and its derivatives.

Pertaining to petrography.

Illusory series about an atom is a graph

Fantastic dreamlike series of images

Dreamlike sequence

A short campaign organised with many special effects (wordplay)

Drug, hemp, crucial at a bash

Relating to prescribed drugs

Relating to medicinal drugs