2-Letter Words Starting with P

Pulverizer

""PULVERIZE To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued. as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued.""

""Consisting of, or reducible to, fine powder; covered with dust or powder; powdery; dusty.""

Boxin' 'owdydo has a pantomime character

Absurd character

Buffoon with hook nose could be swimming up Loch Linnhe

Attentive to detail

Showing great attention to detail

Precise in formalities of etiquette

Exact time keeping

Good time-keeping

On the market

Serving to purify of sin; expiatory.

Marked by stern morality

Very strict or censorious

Strictly moral in conduct

Military order initiated by Washington.

Award for the courageous

US bravery award

Purported

Having no aim or goal

Without an aim

Without aim

Purposive

PUSHFUL {pushy=adj}

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

""Capable of putrefaction; liable to become putrid; as, putrescible substances. as, putrescible substances.""

Puzzlement

Like a pyramid.

Of or pertaining to a pyramid; having the form of a pyramid; pyramidal.

One type of flow from a volcano

Pyrogallol

Pyrolusite

Pyrolysate

""PYROLYZE to decompose by heating, also PYROLISE, PYROLIZE, PYROLYSE""

Pyrolyzate

Paddleboard

Paddlefish

PAINLESS without pain

Pleasant-tasting quality

PALATALIZE To palatize.

PALATIAL resembling a {palace=n}

Fossils

Fossils

The branch of ecology that deals with the interaction between ancient organisms and their environment.

One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.

""The study and scholarly interpretation of earlier, especially ancient, writing and forms of writing.""

One of Thomas Jefferson's pursuits

Earth science that studies fossils

Fossils

A writer of palindromes.

""Birth 1 . the phase in the development of an organism in which its form and structure pass through the changes undergone in the evolution of the species. 2 . the morphological and structural changes that occur during insect development. Also palingenesia, palingenesy. ; palingenetic,""

China in first phase regeneration

The old man's low-down getting through punishment is reincarnation

""Of or pertaining to palingenesis: as, a palingenetic process. as, a palingenetic process.""

Palliative

Pallidness

Palpitation

Paltriness

Palynology

Biology ()

Pamphleteer

PANSEXUAL

Papyrology

""Past the study of papyrus manuscripts. ; papyrologist , ; papyrological ,""

""Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a paraboloid.""

""Of or pertaining to, or resembling, paradise; paradisiacal; as, paradisaical innocence; an age of paradisaical happiness.as, paradisaical innocence; an age of paradisaical happiness.""

""Of or pertaining to paradise; suitable to, or like, paradise; paradisaic.""

""The set of nonphonemic properties of speech, such as speaking tempo, vocal pitch, and intonational contours, that can be used to communicate attitudes or other shades of meaning.""

Paraldehyde

Parallelism

Parallel

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

Paralyzing

Paramedical

Aim IRA partly devised for one of its members

(Member) of organised armed civilian combat group

Member of armed anti-government organisation

""PARANOIC one affected with paranoia, also PARANOID""

Paranormal

Parasailing

PARASITE an organism that lives and feeds on another

""PARATACTIC Of pertaining to, or characterized by, parataxis.""

Parenteral

PARFOCALIZE

Parfocalize

Small-mindedness

Lamia's Orphic new version betrays narrow outlook

Partiality

(In)temperate advice, part 3

Very careful with clay, oddly

In a marked way

Smoke, essentially

Anemone with bell-shaped purple flowers

Passacaglia

With great ardour

With great emotion

Pastoralism

Pastoralist

""PASTORALE A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 68 or 128 time.""

Regions suitable for grazing

Paternalism

Paternalist

Pathetical

PATHLESS having no path

See pathology .

Relating to or exhibiting disease

(adj.) adept at doing mazes

Relating to a disease

Pathologist

Peaceful

Tranquillity

Having a pearly luster or gloss.

Trivial offenses

Minor indiscretions

Half-heartedly called police about son's minor indiscretions

In a pedantic manner.

Pedestal

""Having a peduncle; growing on a peduncle; as, a pedunculate flower; a pedunculate eye, as in a lobster.as, a pedunculate flower; a pedunculate eye, as in a lobster.""

Pejorative

Pelargonium

The act of punishing.

Least expensive music-maker (wordplay)

Small fipple flute

Simple wind instrument

In the form of a pentagon; with five angles.

Pentathlete

Pentlandite

""PERAMBULATE To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.""

Perambulate

Carriage for one on patrol

Baby carrier (usually abbreviated)

Baby's transport

""PERCEPTION The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition.""

Perceptive

Perceptual

Perchlorate

Percipient

Percolation

Percussive

In a peremptory manner; absolutely; positively.

In a perfective manner.

In a perfidious manner.

Adjective (-al)

PERILOUS dangerous

From time to time.

Peripheral

Peritoneal

Perjurious

The quality or state of being permeable.

In a permissive manner.

Pernicious

""PERORATION The concluding part of an oration; especially, a final summing up and enforcement of an argument.""

Perplexity

With great tenacity.

In a tenacious manner

Incessantly; resolutely

PERSONALISE

Makes for you an espresso, one left to stir

Personalism

Personalist

PERSONALIZE To make personal.

Personalize

Personalty

PERSPECTIVE Of or pertaining to the science of vision; optical.

Convincingly repulsive, say, after makeover

Causing infectious diseases

A little snipe playing up causing trouble

Well-earned revenue (wordplay)

Of or pertaining to petrology.

Petrologist

Non-PC study of drugs (wordplay)

The science or study of drugs

The science or study of drugstore drugs

""Time the study of the effects of climate on animal and plant life. ; phenologist, phaenologist, ; phenologic, phaenologic, phenological, phaenological,""

Male - no, males - with exterior that's friendly to a remarkable extent

PHENOTYPIC

""An adrenergic blocking agent, C 17 H 19 N 3 O, used especially in the diagnosis and treatment of pheochromocytoma.""

Top of plant needs shade - uphill struggle for 24 21

Unfaithful types

Philip and Elizabeth repeatedly meeting southern Lotharios

Flirts

The royal couple in grand flirtation

Are Phillip and Erin good at flirting (wordplay)

I phone darling, exuding love, naughtily flirting

Love of mankind

Promotion of others' welfare

The donating of money to good causes

They gather impressions from many lands

Some collectors

Men's club musician (wordplay)

Orchestra's man arranged main orch.

Devoted to music

Philhellene

Of or pertaining to philhellenism.

Lack of culture

Indifference to culture and the arts

Smug conventionality

One who collects matchbooks or matchboxes.

Your florist (wordplay)

Popular houseplant

London pride variety including first house plant

PHILOLOGIC Of or pertaining to philology.

They interpret literary texts

They think better of The Wise Men perhaps

Philosophy

Reason about deep and fundamental issues

Speculate superficially

Blood and Blood Vessels ()

Phlebology

Phlebotomy

One who practiced phlebotomy.

PHONEMIC pertaining to {phoneme=n}

In a phonetic manner.

Of or pertaining to phonology.

Phonologist

English word

""Any of various phosphorus-containing lipids, such as lecithin and cephalin, that are composed mainly of fatty acids, a phosphate group, and a simple organic molecule. Also called phosphatide .""

Study of light's effect on living organisms

Photoflash

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) the study and identification of geological phenomena using aerial photographs

PHOTOLYZE

Of or relating to a nuclear reaction induced by photons.

""(Chemistry) a polymeric material that is sensitive to light: used in printing plates, microfilms, etc.""

""Capable of producing a voltage when exposed to radiant energy, especially light.""

English word

Phrenology

Old scientist treated English troop

Worried girls to phone head examiner

Skull expert.

The branch of botany that deals with algae. Also called algology .

Phycologist

Phylactery

PHYLETIC pertaining to {phylesis=n}

Phylloclade

Of or pertaining to phyllotaxy.

Phyllotaxy

""Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism.""

Physicalism

Physicalist

PHYSICAL a medical examination of the body

Physiology

One who is versed in the science of physiology; a student of the properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs and tissues.

Phytoalexin

Phytosterol

PICKEREL a freshwater fish

""PICTORIAL Of or pertaining to pictures; illustrated by pictures; forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination. as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination.""