2-Letter Words Starting with P

To practice polygamy; to marry several wives.

LYSINE an amino acid

""Any of various enzymes, such as DNA polymerase, RNA polymerase, or reverse transcriptase, that catalyze the formation of polynucleotides of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of DNA or RNA as a template.""

POLYMER a complex chemical compound

""To cause polymerization of; to produce polymers from; to increase the molecular weight of, without changing the atomic proportions; thus, certain acids polymerize aldehyde. polymerize aldehyde.""

Having appreciable significance

Having weight

POPULAR something pleasing

Promote in a way

Adjective meaning resembling

Bird painter circling round pass

Eliminating beforehand

COLLEGE a school of higher learning

It was bound to happen in designing replica bed

Detective rings the German back on line - is that only to be expected (wordplay)

May be confirmed by investigator hiding revolutionary with lead

A better choice

More desirable

Better

Able to grasp - her in sleep (anagram)

Adjective for a kinkajou's tail.

Adapted for grasping

A critic might listen to one

Such as may be presumed or supposed to be true; that seems entitled to belief without direct evidence.

New place never achieves popularity

Superiority, of a sort

New place never offers currency

One paid, possibly responsive to treatment on offer (wordplay)

""Capable of being produced, brought forward, brought forth, generated, made, or extended.""

Lucrative for female, I suggest

Cost-effective

Academic, one sitting on the board making money

Losing grip of late, being extravagant

Tip a golfer gave to prodigal

Extravagant tip a golfer developed

Boulder, for a catapult

Spitball, for example

Bullet, shell or rocket.

""PROLOGUE to preface, also PROLOG""

PROMOTE to help forward

Make known officially.

Broadcast of pet glamour model

Announce Portugal's heaving with 'em

""Capable of being propagated, or of being continued or multiplied by natural generation or production.""

""Tending, or having power, to propel; driving on; urging.""

Botany A stele that forms a solid core of xylem encased by phloem.

English word

Capable of being reduced to fine powder; pulverizable.

Likely to incur fines, say

Time-honored, in a way (wordplay)

Adjective meaning resembling

""Manganese dioxide, a mineral of an ironblack or dark steelgray color and metallic luster, usually soft. Pyrolusite parts with its oxygen at a red heat, and is extensively used in discharging the brown and green tints of glass (whence its name).""

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

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

A polymeric modification of aldehyde obtained as a white crystalline substance.

PARFOCAL having lenses that correspond

President - coherent in speech or bitty (wordplay)

Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel.

PEDUNCULATE

""Having the form of a pencil; furnished with a pencil of fine hairs; ending in a tuft of hairs like a camel'shair brush, as the stigmas of some grasses.""

""Entitled to receive a pension; as, a pensionable employee.as, a pensionable employee.""

Competitor in five-sport event

One practicing both running and swimming, maybe

Versatile sportsman leapt the net amazingly

A yellowish-brown nickel iron sulfide that is the principal ore of nickel.

Like the letter Y

Next-to-last

Nearly last, team let up in scrummaging

It has 'amble' and 'ramble' inside

It has "amble" and "ramble" within

It has "amble" and "ramble" inside

Capable of being perceived; perceptible.

Heartless Blue Peter clip playing on YouTube perhaps

Tangible

Rod deceased, having swallowed yellow chemical

Sit down with expression of surprise having consumed salt

""Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect.""

""Admitting of being performed, done, or executed; practicable.""

Allowable

Allowed

Make one's own series on lap dancing

Make specific to an individual

Individually tailor

Monogram, maybe

That may be persuaded.

Capable of being persuaded; persuadable.

Liable to be perturbed or agitated; liable to be disturbed or disquieted.

Adjective meaning resembling

""A friend of Greece, or of the Greeks; a philhellenist.""

Adjective meaning resembling

""A flattened, photosynthetic branch or stem that resembles or performs the function of a leaf, as in certain cacti.""

An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system. Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.

Major ore of uranium

Brown or black mineral containing radium

Ore of uranium

A general term used of any triclinic feldspar. See the Note under Feldspar. Feldspar.

""The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour.""

Animal that walks on the soles of its feet

Resembling silver plate; said of certain architectural ornaments.

""Of or designating the New World monkeys, distinguished from the Old World monkeys by widely separated nostrils that generally open to the side.""

A blur, a sleep, awfully nice

Such as gives enjoyment

Delightful

""An instrument consisting essentially of a polarizer and an analyzer, used for polarizing light, and analyzing its properties.""

Susceptible of polarization.

""PEPTIDE a combination of amino acids, also PEPTID""

SORBATE a sorbed substance

Light synthetic resin

Synthetic resin used in packing

Moulded synthetic material

""SULFIDE a sulfur compound, also SULFID, SULPHID, SULPHIDE""

""VALENCE a chemical bond, also VALENCY""

English word

POSTPONE to put off to a future time

Feasible

Realistic

Hardly full of surprises

Only to be expected

Unlike the distant future

Lacking written records

MAXILLAE maxilla

""SCHEDULE to plan, also SCEDULE""

How every Santa should look?

How every Santa should look (wordplay)

Ready for show

Capable of being preserved; admitting of preservation.

Avertible (A, not I)

Like some diseases

That could be stopped

""(tr) to keep from happening, esp by taking precautionary action""

PROCESS to treat or prepare by a special method

Adjective (-ible)

Cream-filled pastry ball

Filled pastry ball

Cream-filled, chocolate-covered pastry

PROJECT to extend outward

Reproduce a lot

Grow rapidly in number

Breed for long stretch with speed

""PROSELYTE A new convert especially a convert to some religion or religious sect, or to some particular opinion, system, or party; thus, a Gentile converted to Judaism, or a pagan converted to Christianity, is a proselyte. proselyte.""

""To convert to some religion, system, opinion, or the like; to bring, or cause to come, over; to proselyte.""

""Capable of being protracted, or protruded; protrusile.""

""Capable of being thrust outward, as the proboscis of many insects.""

Capable of being published; suitable for publication.

A term meaning physical beauty

Physical beauty

Comeliness

On the market

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

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

""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.""

Having a pearly luster or gloss.

Least expensive music-maker (wordplay)

Small fipple flute

Simple wind instrument

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

Reason about deep and fundamental issues

Speculate superficially

PHOTOLYZE

""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.""

Fish culture. See under Fish. Fish.

""POLITICAL Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration.""

DISPERSE to {scatter=v}

""ETHYLENE a flammable gas, also ETHENE""

RIBOSOME a particle composed of protein and RNA

Word of more than three sounds

Word with several linguistic units

Word, possibly Excel or PowerPoint, for certain applications

Your elephant (anag-) synthetic resin

PORCELAIN Purslain.

Adjective meaning resembling

English word

POSTLITERATE

""Capable of being precipitated, or cast to the bottom, as a substance in solution. See Precipitate, n. (Chem.) Precipitate, n. (Chem.)""

""CLEARANCE The act of clearing; as, to make a through clearance. as, to make a through clearance.""

""A synthetic steroid, C 21 H 28 O 5 , similar to hydrocortisone and used in various compounds as an anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antiallergic drug.""

""FORMULATE To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.""

Word with prefix pre-

""STERILIZE To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility.""

""The office jurisdiction of a proconsul, or the term of his office.""

Like computers, robots, etc

Able to be put into computer language

Capable of being instructed in advance to perform task

Capable of being prosecuted; liable to prosecution.

English word

Shrink rap (wordplay)

Some self-help spoutings, say

BS from Alfred Hitchcock (wordplay)

PSYCHOLOGISE

PSYCHOLOGIZE

Admitting of being pulverized; pulverable.

""A mineral, usually of a white or greenish color and pearly luster, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of alumina.""

""PARAPHRASE A restatement of a text, passage, or work, expressing the meaning of the original in another form, generally for the sake of its clearer and fuller exposition; a setting forth the signification of a text in other and ampler terms; a free translation or rendering; opposed to metaphrase. metaphrase.""

Particular

""To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail.""

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.""

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

""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.""

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

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.""

English word

To utter platitudes or truisms.

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

""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.""

Adjective meaning resembling

""COLLEGIATE Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society. as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society.""

""PROLIFERATE To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly.""

Capable of being pronounced.

A language that is the recorded or hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages. Also called Ursprache .

To render provincial.

Emulate Freud

English word

""A white or light yellow compound, C 19 H 20 N 2 O 2 , formerly used as an anti-inflammatory and analgesic drug in the treatment of arthritis, bursitis, and gout.""

PHOTODUPLICATE

""Any of several stable, light-fast, blue or green organic pigments derived from the basic compound (C 6 H 4 C 2 N) 4 N 4 and used in enamels, printing inks, linoleum, and plastics.""

PINEALECTOMIZE

A double cyanide of platinum and some other metal or radical; a salt of platinocyanic acid.

ACRYLAMIDE

NUCLEOTIDE a phosphate ester of a nucleoside; one of the monomeric components of DNA or RNA.DNA or RNA.

Carbohydrate such as starch or insulin

Carbohydrate found in cold chips a year after cooking

POSTCOLLEGE

Some youth misbehaving peers concealed

Proletarian

""PROLETARIAN Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar.""

""Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate.""

PHOSPHORYLATE

Capable of being chemically broken down by light: photodegradable plastic.

PHYTOFLAGELLATE

""CRYSTALLINE Consisting, or made, of crystal.""

""ELECTROLYTE A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.""

""PROFESSIONAL Of or pertaining to a profession, or calling; conforming to the rules or standards of a profession; following a profession; as, professional knowledge; professional conduct. as, professional knowledge; professional conduct.""

PSEUDOCOELOMATE