2-Letter Words Starting with P

Caring but condescending

Behaving in a fatherly but unwelcome way

Closely supervising

""PATRIOTIC Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance. as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance.""

Patronizing

Peaceable

Pearlescence

Peculiarity

Pedagogical

Plural or third person singular

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

Penalization

The quality or state of being pendulous; the state of hanging loosely; pendulosity.

""The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.""

In a penetrating manner.

A substance (C5H11NO2S) which is a degradation product of the penicillins. Chemically it is 3-mercapto-D-valine. It has chelating properties and is used in medicine as an antirheumatic and to chelate copper in cases of hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson's disease).C5H11NO2S) which is a degradation product of the penicillins. Chemically it is 3-mercapto-D-valine. It has chelating properties and is used in medicine as an antirheumatic and to chelate copper in cases of hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson's disease).

""An enzyme which destroys the antibacterial activity of penicillin by hydrolyzing the amide bond in the beta-lactam ring. Many penicillinases are known, and are produced by a wide variety of bacteria. The production of penicillinase is one of the mechanisms by which bacteria may become resistant to penicillins. Penicillinase production in various bacterial species may be induced, i.e., it may occur only when stimulated by the presence of penicillin in the culture medium, or it may be constitutive, i.e., it may occur whenever the cells are producing protein. Molecular weights of the various penicillinases tend to cluster near 50,000.""

Start to write it, by way of punishment

Small flutes

Pentaploidy

Adjective (-al)

Penultimate

""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 .""

""Strolling or walking around; as, in the field we met some perambulating veterans.as, in the field we met some perambulating veterans.""

Action of walking around

Process of walking

Walking tour, with pain and blame bandied about

Strollers.

PERAMBULATOR One who perambulates.

Durability; lastingness.

In a perfunctory manner; formally; carelessly.

Periodontal

Perishableness.

Maybe horse destroyed 8 crops

PERMUTATION The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.

At right angles

Apple incurred difficulties? Straight up

Style of English architecture

With steadfastness.

Role passing in moves focusing on individual qualities

PERSONALIST

TV-show guests

Riddle, part 2

Quip, part 2

PERSONALIZE To make personal.

Optically; as through a glass.

Perspicuous

In a pestiferuos manner.

Such as paraffin or fuel oil

Phalanstery

""Centered on men or on a male viewpoint, especially one held to entail the domination of women by men.""

Pharisaical

""The science of drugs, including their composition, uses, and effects.""

PHARMACOPEIA

""A drug, C 17 H 25 N, used in veterinary medicine as an anesthetic and illegally as a hallucinogen; PCP.""

""A crystalline barbiturate, C 12 H 12 N 2 O 3 , used medicinally as a sedative, a hypnotic, and an anticonvulsant.""

""That theory which limits positive or scientific knowledge to phenomena only, whether material or spiritual.""

PHENOMENALISE phenomenal

Study of extraordinary events.

Study of conscious, direct experience

Phentolamine

""An essential amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 2 , that occurs as a constituent of many proteins and is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body. It is necessary for growth in infants and for nitrogen equilibrium in adults.""

""An adrenergic drug, C 9 H 13 NO 2 , that is a powerful vasoconstrictor and is used to relieve nasal congestion, dilate the pupils, and maintain blood pressure during anesthesia.""

Donating to good causes

Doing good works

Intended to promote the welfare of others

Philharmonic

Love of Greece.

""A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their struggle for independence against the Turks; a philhellene.""

Philistinism

Phillumenist

Philodendron

Stoical in defeat

Uncomplaining in defeat

Calm and stoical in the face of setbacks

PHILOSOPHISE

Philosophise

Searched into the reason and nature of things

One who philosophizes.

Philosophize

Blood and Blood Vessels ()

Phlebotomist

Phosphatidyl

Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze specific ester bonds in phospholipids.

Phospholipid

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.

""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.""

Emitting electrons under light

Light-detecting

Subatomic particle - let hencoop rot (anagram)

Adjective (-ic)

Photopolymer

Photovoltaic

Phragmoplast

Phraseology

A collector or coiner of phrases.

Of or pertaining to phrenology.

Phrenologist

PHYSICALIST

Physicality

Relating to normal, healthy functioning

Relating to normal healthy functioning

Relating to study of organisms and their functions

Physiologist

Relating to phytochemistry.

Comparative adjective or agent noun

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

PIANISTIC

Pickerelweed

Pictorialism

Pictorialist

PICTORIALIZE

Pictorialize

Pictorial

Equips with cruelty in a slovenly manner, or a charming one

Pietistical

(Of a crystal) producing charge under pressure

Pisciculture

Pitifulness

Placability

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

Plaintive

Planetesimal

Planetology

Space studier

Planography

Plantocracy

Pl. plasmodesmata (-m -t ) or plasmodesmas also plasmodesms A strand of cytoplasm that passes through openings in cell walls and connects the protoplasts of adjacent living plant cells.

Plasterboard

Plastocyanin

English word

To utter platitudes or truisms.

Banal adult tips bandied about in Open University

Banal

See flatworm .

Quality of being plausible.

Playability

Playfulness

Playwright

""PLENITUDE The quality or state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or power. as, the plenitude of space or power.""

Plenteous

Plentiful

Pleomorphism

Plerocercoid

A record or tracing produced by a plethysmograph.

Pliableness

The act of pluralizing.

Pneumatical

Geology ()

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

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

Poikilotherm

POINTILLISTE

The state of an unashamed pencil - quite useless

Futility that is demonstrated by blunt type

Futility that's experienced by total losers

Polarimetry

Polarization

POLAROGRAPH

Policyholder

""A highly infectious viral disease that chiefly affects children and, in its acute forms, causes inflammation of motor neurons of the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to paralysis, muscular atrophy, and often deformity. Through vaccination, the disease is preventable. Also called infantile paralysis .""

POLITICALIZE

Politicalize

Poltroonery

BUTADIENE a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; -- it is used as a monomer unit in making synthetic rubbers.C4H6; -- it is used as a monomer unit in making synthetic rubbers.

Synthetic resin

Polycentrism

Polychotomy

Adjective (-ous)

Multi-coloured

Multicoloured

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

Inflected form of CISTRONIC Inflected form of CISTRON a segment of DNA

Polycythemia

Polydactyly

Polyembryonate.

Polyethylene

Polyglottism

Polygraphist

Polymorphism

Polyphonous

""PROPYLENE A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also propene. C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also propene.""

Inflected form of RIBOSOMAL Inflected form of RIBOSOME a particle composed of protein and RNA

Polyribosome

Big words

Polysyndeton

Polyurethane

Baked like potter's lay; applied to clay shales that have been converted by heat into a substance resembling porcelain.

Porcelainize

Adjective meaning resembling

""Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells.as, porcelaneous shells.""

Portability

Possibility

Era of history

Of a more recent artistic period

Later period in, eg, art

Postcranial

Postdiluvian

Adjective (-al)

Adjective (-ic)

English word

Adjective (-al)

Noun (-tion)

English word

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

Potableness

Powerless

Same as Practicality. Practicality.

In a pragmatical manner.

Pralltriller

Behavior ()

Prayerful

Young lad one treated with respect

Young European about to do Cologne

Preamplifier

BIOLOGICAL Of or relating to biology.

Precalculus

CANCELLING cancel

""CAPITALIST One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business.""

Preceptorial

With rash or foolish haste; in headlong manner.

In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly.