2-Letter Words Starting with P

Promulge

Resembling a part of speech

Containing he, she or it, for example

Containing he, she or it, e.g

Proofroom

Pl. propylaea (-l ) An entrance or vestibule to a temple or group of buildings. Also called propylon .

Mourns epic broadcast in part of theatre

Front part of stage

Theater arch

""A course of study for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in a college or university, conducted in the manner of a seminar.""

Prosimian

PROSTATE a gland in male mammals

PROSTOMIA

That portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth.

Protamine

Protoderm

Early ancestor (wordplay)

""PROTONEMA The primary growth from the spore of a moss, usually consisting of branching confervoid filaments, on any part of which stem and leaf buds may be developed.""

Living part of a cell

First psalm, translated, provides the basis for life

Basis of life found in most of apple roots scattered on motorway

English word

The first formed xylem that differentiates from the procambium.

Beta carotene, since it can become A

On or toward a proximal part; proximad.

Psalmbook

Psalmody

Third division of a ruminant's stomach

What writers sometimes assume (wordplay)

Elia and O. Henry, for example

Names that are not one's original names

Birds mating rasp bizarrely

So Messrs Grouse wound Mr Stag with pain

Birds of northern regions.

Pterygium

Puerilism

Birth

Pulmonate

Striking assorted elements of plum mingle

Penalty kick is hard, guys admitted

Penalty hit spun men around

Raskolnikov's was admittedly due

Aunt is prim as a result of this

Strict outlook

Rigid austerity

Puromycin

Crossword, for example

Perplexity

Mystification

A specific gravity bottle; a standard flask for measuring and comparing the densities of liquids.

Pyramid

Pyrethrum

""A single-ringed, crystalline organic base, C 4 H 4 N 2 , that forms uracil, cytosine, or thymine and is the parent compound of many drugs, including the barbiturates.""

One who loves lighting (wordplay)

One who goes up on flames (wordplay)

He's a flaming nutter!

Pyromania

Instruments measuring high temperatures.

Any of various thermometers used for measuring high temperatures.

Pacemaking

Pacificism

Palimpsest

Abba solos wow Anna (wordplay)

Subject of Jon Agee's "So Many Dynamos!"

eg Pop, DVD and Abba

As is Cain, a maniac (wordplay)

Like mum and dad (wordplay)

Like 'dad' or 'mum' (wordplay)

Palmerworm

Palmistry

Thomas Paine was voted Most Valuable ..

Thomas Paine was voted Most Valuable ...

Publicity agent of yore

Pancratium

Flower that's a riot of color (wordplay)

Hell with a devil inside (wordplay)

Chaos and confusion

Panjandrum

""PANTOMIME A universal mimic; an actor who assumes many parts; also, any actor.""

Marcel Marceau, for one

Marcel Marceau, famously

Marcel Marceau was voted Most Valuable ..

Papermaker

The process or craft of making paper.

""Pl. papillomas or papillomata (-m -t ) A small benign epithelial tumor, such as a wart, consisting of an overgrowth of cells on a core of smooth connective tissue.""

The quality or state of being parallel.

Paralogism

Paramagnet

Paramecium

Of EMS treatment

PARAMETRIZE

Paramnesia

""PARAMOUNT Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; pre\'89minent; as, a paramount duty. as, a paramount duty.""

In a paramount manner.

Paranormal

Parasitism

""Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, parenchyma.""

Parenchyma

Rigsdag, Sejm, etc.

Camels alternatives

A technical name for a pun

Punster's activity

Art of punning

Parsimony

PASTORALI

Having the form of a patella.

Perhaps Parliament's unwanted interference

Regulatory nature of the father of parliaments abroad

""Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate. as, a patrimonial estate.""

Patrimony

Patriotism

Patronymic

Peacemaker

""One that makes peace, especially by settling disputes.""

Growth of cultivated geranium with heads of pink and opal, planted round lake

Pemphigus

Pl. penicilliums or penicillia (-s l - ) Any of various characteristically bluish-green fungi of the genus Penicillium that grow as molds on decaying fruits and ripening cheese and are used in the production of penicillin and in making cheese.

Penmanship

""Divided into, or consisting of, five parts; also, arranged in sets, with five parts in each set, as a flower with five sepals, five petals, five, or twice five, stamens, and five pistils.""

Lines of some sonnets

""(Medicine / Pharmacology) a drug used to treat protozoal infections, esp pneumonia caused by Pneumocystis carinii in patients with AIDS""

Pentstemon

Like the letter Y

Next-to-last

Nearly last, team let up in scrummaging

Breath-freshening candies

Oil-yielding herbs

Pungent plants.

""PEPPERMINT An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (M. piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery. Mentha (M. piperita), much used in medicine and confectionery.""

It has 'amble' and 'ramble' inside

It has "amble" and "ramble" within

It has "amble" and "ramble" inside

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

Creep on farm (anagram)

(Actor's) rendering of a role

The giving of a play or concert

Perfumery

The double baglike fold of serous membrane which incloses the heart.

The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.

""The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a bundle of nerve fibers. See Epineurium, and Neurilemma. Epineurium, and Neurilemma.""

Of or pertaining to a peristome.

""An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification.""

Peritoneum

Permafrost

Permanence

So as to last forever

For good

For good royal chap, hospital department induced good condition

Aromatherapy units

Permethrin

Permillage

Allowable

Allowed

PERMISSIBLE That may be permitted; allowable; admissible.

Permission

Possible ordering (of a number of items)

From importunate version of variation

Change of order

PEROXISOME

Peroxisome

Subjectivity

Presuming the worst

Looking on the black side

Fearing the worst

Petrolatum

Phallicism

Phanerogam

Pl. phantasmata (-m -t ) See phantasm .

Adjective meaning resembling

Pharisaism

They're in the drug business

Drug dispensers

Drug movers

Phelloderm

Sports prodigies

Phlebogram

PHONEMICISE PHONEMIC pertaining to {phoneme=n}

""PHONOGRAM A letter, character, or mark used to represent a particular sound.""

""The hypothetical radical PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine. PH4, analogous to ammonium, and regarded as the nucleus of certain derivatives of phosphine.""

Photomap

Photometer

""Measurement of the properties of light, especially luminous intensity.""

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a large-scale detailed picture made up of many photographs See also mosaic

Photomural

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany either of two pigment-containing systems, photosystem I or II, in which the light-dependent chemical reactions of photosynthesis occur in the chloroplasts of plants""

""One, such as a speechwriter, who composes memorable or effective phrases.""

""Any of various fungi that resemble algae, including certain molds and mildews.""

PHYSICAL a medical examination of the body

Cast of one's features

""A cytoplasmic pigment of green plants that absorbs light and regulates dormancy, seed germination, and flowering.""

Pianissimo

Piezometer

Instruments

""PILGRIMAGE The journey of a pilgrim; a long journey; especially, a journey to a shrine or other sacred place. Fig., the journey of human life.""

Pilgrimage

Pimpmobile

""Any of various evergreen shrubs or plants of the genus Pittosporum, native to the warmer regions of the Old World and grown as ornamental or hedge plants in the southern United States and Pacific coastal states.""

Plagiarism

Space perhaps, to see stars (wordplay)

Where stars gather (wordplay)

Place known to screen stars

Planimeter

An instrument that measures the area of a plane figure as a mechanically coupled pointer traverses the perimeter of the figure.

Plasmagene

See cell membrane .

PLASMIN an {enzyme=n}

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.

Plasmolyse

Plasmolysie

""Pl. plasmolyses (-s z ) Shrinkage or contraction of the protoplasm away from the wall of a living plant or bacterial cell, caused by loss of water through osmosis.""

PLASMOLYZE

Plasmolyze

Platemaker

Present participle or gerund

Playmaking

The quality or state of being plebeian.

Noun denoting doctrine or practice

""The property possessed by some crystals, of showing different colors when viewed in the direction of different axes.""

""Pertaining to pleomorphism; as, the pleomorphic character of bacteria. as, the pleomorphic character of bacteria.""

Plumpness

Gram positive balls, often from the lung

Bacteria which cause a particular lung disease

Respiration recorder

Plural or third person singular

Inflammation of the lungs; pneumonia.

Pockmark

""A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan P. Emodi. Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan P. Emodi.""

Neo-impressionist painting style

Neo-Impressionist technique

Technique employed in the painting hidden in this puzzle

""An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarized ray.""

The art or process of measuring the polarization of light.

Polemical

*Skilled debaters

Delivered strong opinions

Polemicize

Polemonium

She's got the beat

Member of the force

Officer with scattered money from a shark (wordplay)

We compile no rubbish for coppers

They patrol with uneven paces

English word

CHROMED chrome

Polychrome

Polygamist

POLYGAMIZE To practice polygamy; to marry several wives.

Polygamize

POLYGLOT one who speaks or writes several languages

Polymathy

Polymerase

POLYMERISE

Polymerise

Polymerism

""POLYMERIZE 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.""

Polymerize

Polymorphous.