2-Letter Words Starting with P

Sorrow for one's sins

Sorry for one and ten in pennies

That's a sorry state

Make-up artists (wordplay)

Hail Mary sayers

Hair shirt wearers

Source of some jail violence (wordplay)

Folders in pockets

Dull little cutters

Penlight

Simple Simon's status

Skint, without a cent

Write to Ulster, minus broke

Ink sources

Paid a retiree

Perhaps one ripens as retiree (wordplay)

Late worker (wordplay)

Old Chelsea player, perhaps

Pensione

In a pensive manner.

""An oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in each molecule; as, phosphorus pentoxide, P2O5. as, phosphorus pentoxide, P2O5.""

Same as Penult. Penult.

Poor writer on novel losing head

Extremely poor

Rising charge with record debts getting close

""Any of numerous succulent tropical herbs of the genus Peperomia, having simple, entire, palmately veined leaves and numerous minute, unisexual flowers densely grouped in cylindrical spikes.""

Peperoni

Peponida

Peponium

Seasoning pungently

Hard, spicy beef and pork sausage

Spicy sausage: condiment on top of it

Sausage Evita got in burst pipe

Ginger

An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptides into amino acids.

Peptizer

Peptize

""A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one color.""

Got it

Sensed

Seer, of a sort

Becomes aware of

Reads epic verse out

Reads

Hell or ruin

There's no tripe I'd ruin like this

Reckless ode I print producing ruin

Perdure

Smollett's Mr. Pickle

Kind of falcon

Ripe green bananas doing for bird

Peregrin

English word

Lily, for one

Lasting a long time

Daffodil or tulip, for example

Very fervid; too fervid; glowing; ardent.

Perfidy

Perfume

Perfuse

The act of perfusing.

Perianth

Periblem

Pericarp

Pericope

Pericope

Thin layer of plant tissue

Periderm

Like a green gem or olivine.

""Pl. perihelia (-h l - , -h l y ) The point nearest the sun in the orbit of a planet or other celestial body.""

""Pl. perikarya (-k r - ) The cell body of a neuron, containing the nucleus and organelles.""

Peril

Perilune

""The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies.""

Outer limits (wordplay)

Prime tree (anagram)

Place for a fence, perhaps

""Pl. perimysia (-m zh - , -m z - ) The sheath of connective tissue enveloping bundles of muscle fibers.""

Around the time of birth

Pain alert issued around the delivery time

Periodid

Pl. periostea (-t - ) The dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones except at the joints and serving as an attachment for muscles and tendons.

""A genus of lowly organized arthropods, found in South Africa, Australia, and tropical America. It constitutes the order Malacopoda.""

Line acting as a boundary

Surrounding region

Outer limits

Same as Periblast. Periblast.

Peripter

Perisarc

Submarine's eye (wordplay)

Sub's eye (wordplay)

View provider on a U-boat

Missile one's invested in going west

Bloody cold!

Blasted freezing!

""The fringe of teeth around the orifice of the capsule of mosses. It consists of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 teeth, and may be either single or double.""

Row of columns.

Row of columns around courtyard

Court or square with columns all round

Pl. peritonea also peritonaea (-tn- ) The serous membrane that lines the walls of the abdominal cavity and folds inward to enclose the viscera.

Perjury

Forswearing.

Betty Boop quality

Spark

Allowed, gave consent

It's been let

Authorised instruction to Edward, the hairdresser (wordplay)

Tavern owner, for example

One who permits.

Permute

Peroxide

Peroxide

""PEROXIDE a bleaching agent, also PEROXID""

Small orange fruit

Ebony family fruit

Fruit of the ebony family

Refused to stop

Spider set out and kept on going

Pressed it agitatedly and wouldn't stop

PERSIST to continue resolutely

Embody in human form

Be the epitome of

Represent as human

Utilized a sauna

Formed beads, in a way

Didn't stay dry

Sweats it (wordplay)

Gives off liquid through points

Indicates deception, in a way

Was applicable (to something)

Was relevant (to)

Belonged, but need a trip away ...

To the point

Fitting metal bearings in fresh cover

To the point

Whooping cough

Pervade

""The act of pervading, passing, or spreading through the whole extent of a thing.""

Spread exciting VIP as ever

Widely-spread

Spreading throughout

Pessary

Bad ideas (wordplay)

Gloomy view of life

Tendency to take a gloomy view of things

Eeyore, for one

Gloomy sort, retired teacher is in mood

Glass-half-empty type

Making a nuisance of oneself

Annoying ringing sound around compound

Annoying constantly

It kills harmful creatures

Debugger (wordplay)

Raid, for example

I lent pets that were noxious

Likely to spread disease

Extremely destructive

Resembling a leaf

Petechia

""Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechi\'91; spotted.""

PETIOLE the stalk of a leaf

""A small petiole, or the petiole of a leaflet.""

Small items charged by requests

They need signatures

Protests on paper with signatures

Scared of getting stoned (wordplay)

Turned to stone

Numbed with fear

Scares stiff

and 24: A London slip road (wordplay)

Finish following, say, minor slip

Frilly underskirt of yore

Acts the crooked lawyer

Small-minded behaviour

State of small-mindedness or triviality

Square with Epstein's sculpture 'Insignificance'

PETTISH {peevish=adj}

Feet of a pig used as food

Phallism

Phallist

As old leaders of poverty hit and repressively armed oil nation in crisis

PHARE a lighthouse

Scholarly sect of yore

Group attacked by John the Baptist

Opponents of the Sadducees.

Greek vestment to help out with tear-jerker

""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.""

""A natural beryllium silicate, Be 2 SiO 4 , occurring as vitreous crystals sometimes used as gems.""

""A yellow crystalline compound, C 6 H 4 N 2 C 6 H 4 , used in the manufacture of dyes.""

Phenazin

PHENETIC pertaining to a type of classificatory system

Phenolic

See phenolate .

""An anticonvulsant drug, C 15 H 12 N 2 O 2 , used most commonly in the treatment of epilepsy. Also called diphenylhydantoin .""

Philabeg

Royal couple to flirt (wordplay)

Royal couple make love (wordplay)

Risk scandal, in a way

Donahue's hobby (wordplay)

Hobby of our thirty-second President.

Injured hip not long ago in a pursuit

Philibeg

Royal to snap, giving rise to invective

Name-calling speech.

Denunciatory speech

Land in ancient Palestine

Study of languages

Study of language

Literary study

Philomel

Philter

Philtre

Complaint when hip belt is adjusted

Inflammation of a leg vein

Inflammation of a vein

Phlegmy

Ones who won't look ashy for long (wordplay)

Unique birds

Ones who look ashy when they wake (wordplay)

Phonate

The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.

PHONEMIC pertaining to {phoneme=n}

Study making sound judgments (wordplay)

Science of speech sounds

Speech study for dialers

Phoney

PHONE to telephone

""A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, ha\'81ynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; called also clinkstone. clinkstone.""

Phoronid

A binary compound of phosphorus.

Phosphid

""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.""

Phosphin

A salt of phosphorous acid.

PHOTONIC pertaining to {photon=n}

Photopia

Wordings

Phratry

One who is phrenetic.

Phrensy

Phrensy

Phthalin

Phthisic

Phyllite

Suff. ; see collodion .]

Phylloid

Physical

Licensed medical practitioner

Patience (wordplay)

Lifeguard (wordplay)

This spicy brew is for researcher

Yankee's club

One studying the nature of matter

Physic

Bod examples (wordplay)

They're judged at some pageants

Builds

""PIANISTE someone who plays the piano, also PIANIST""

Piassaba

Piassava

Picador

English word

Old rogues could be let loose in Capri soon

Things of very small value

Choose one of the players for the ride

One way to shoulder the job of team selection

Act as a football selector - see this in celebration after goal (wordplay)

Pickadil

A variant spelling of picaroon PILFERAGE 1. the act or practice of stealing small quantities or articles

Pickax

Pickeer

Fresh-water fish

They're a striking group

Striking figures

Strikers would be the same at Lord's, taking credit for pressure

Strike activity

Choosing to accept debt regularly is the action of a striker

Thieves' tools

Certain thieves.

Designed to prevent picking: a pickproof lock.

""One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively.""

Pickwick

Picloram

Picnic

Person eating a meal in the open-air

Type of celebrator on 7 Down

One trillionth (10 -12 ) of a farad.

Picogram

Picoline

Picomole

Drawn symbol representing a word/phrase

Computer icon, for example

Computer icon, e.g

Graphic clip to air must be edited

Well-illustrated magazine

Clip a riot (anagram) - graphic

Forming mental images of

To picture.

PIDGIN a mixed language

Portion the food bit by bit (wordplay)

Sample tea, perhaps, a little at a time

Bit at a time for smorgasbord (wordplay)

Type of mathematical function

One way to earn.

Method of operation in some factories.

Tut! That's fantastic English epic work

Fruit wrappers of sorts

They should be flaky

Empty shells in the kitchen

Piedfort