2-Letter Words Starting with P

Provitamin

Proximity

Pseudocoel

Pl. pseudomonades (-m n -d z ) See pseudomonad .

Psilocybin

Psilophyte

Plural or third person singular

Disease of birds (especially parrots)

Contagious disease of birds

Disease of birds

'Mad Men' (wordplay)

Mad Men (wordplay)

Serial killers, for example

Pteranodon

Gambling devices

Punctation

Attentive to detail

Showing great attention to detail

Precise in formalities of etiquette

Punctuator

Purgatory

Having no aim or goal

Without an aim

Without aim

Pycnogonid

Pycnometer

Pyranoside

Pyrethroid

Pyridoxine

Pyrogallol

Pyrolusite

Pyrolysate

Pyrolyzate

Pyromancy

Lighting enthusiasts (wordplay)

Compulsive fire starters

Pyrometry

Pyroxenite

Pyroxenoid

Pyrrhotite

Pythoness

Pacificator

Paddleboard

Plural or third person singular

""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) sexual reproduction in an animal that retains its larval features See also neoteny paedogenetic   [ˌpiːdəʊdʒəˈnɛtɪk] , paedogenic adj PAEDOMORPHIC (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the resemblance of adult animals to the young of their ancestors: seen in the evolution of modern man, who shows resemblances to the young stages of australopithecines""

Palpitation

Palynology

Pandemonium

Marcel Marceau and others.

Papyrology

Parathyroid

Contenders for the high jump

Paratyphoid

Parfocalize

Mass society (wordplay)

They mass for Mass

French city by Rhone is desperate for churchgoers

Paronomasia

Penny-pinching

Tight-fisted

Cheese-paring

PARTITIONER partition

Parturition

Parvovirus

Passagework

Passivation

Pastoralism

Pastoralist

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

Paternoster

PATHOGENES pathogene

Pathogeny.

Pathologist

Pawnbroking

Trivial offenses

Minor indiscretions

Half-heartedly called police about son's minor indiscretions

Adjective (-ous)

Pectination

Pelargonium

Penetration

Pensionary

Five-faced figures

Pentazocine

Perchlorate

Percolation

""Medicine Passed, done, or effected through the skin.""

Perennation

Perestroika

They help when one is in a tearing hurry

Operations that mean forceps are designed to clamp top of retina

PERILOUS dangerous

Study of punctuation marks (wordplay)

Field of study for a bridge maker (wordplay)

Opted to work with incisor, as part of dentistry

PERITRICH

Permutation

People carrying out harmful acts

Culprits

Perpetuator

Persecution

Makes for you an espresso, one left to stir

Personalism

Personalist

Personalize

Personalty

Personation

Personifier

Purposeful precautions I put in place

""The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness of glass. as, the perviousness of glass.""

Well-earned revenue (wordplay)

Plural or third person singular

""The branch of petrology that deals with the origin of rocks, especially igneous rocks.""

Petrologist

Pettifogger

Phagocytize

Phagocytose

Phagocytosie

They interpret literary texts

They think better of The Wise Men perhaps

Philosophy

Phlebology

Phlebotomy

Phonemicist

Phonetician

Phonologist

Phonotactic

Phosphatase

Phosphatide

Phosphatize

Phosphonium

Phosphorite

PHOSPHORUS The morning star; Phosphor.

Forgers take a picture of policeman on kind of rise

Photoflash

Photoionize

Plural or third person singular

Motion ()

Photometry

Photomosaic

Photoperiod

Photophobia

Photoreduce

Photoresist

Photosetter

Photosphere

Photosystem

Phrenology

Phycocyanin

Phycologist

Phycomycete

Phylloclade

Phyllotaxy

Physiology

Phytoalexin

Phytochrome

""Feeding on plants; herbivorous; as, a phytophagous animal. as, a phytophagous animal.""

Phytosterol

""Pl. picornaviruses Any of a group of very small viruses, including the enteroviruses and the rhinoviruses, that infect animals and consist of RNA surrounded by an icosahedral protein shell.""

PIECEWORKER piecework

Pigeonholer

Pilocarpine

Pittosporum

Placeholder

Plagioclase

Iowa farmer's get-up (wordplay)

Iowa farmer's get-up?

Police outfit pins the local criminal

Plasminogen

Plasmodesma

Plasmogamy

Plasterwork

Plecopteran

Pleiotropy

Pleochroism

PLOTLESS {planless=adj}

Plutocracy

""A form of micrococcus found in the sputum (and elsewhere) of persons suffering with pneumonia, and thought to be the cause of this disease.""

Pneumograph

Steal kitchen tools (wordplay)

Make off with some kitchenware (wordplay)

Podophyllin

Podophyllum

POETICAL a {poet=n}

Pointillism

Pointillist

Polarimeter

Polariscope

Poliovirus

Politeness

Plural or third person singular

Pollination

Plural or third person singular

Things that go bump in the night

Noisy ghosts.

Let priests go to remove mischievous spirits

Polyalcohol

Polyanthus

Polychromy

Polycrystal

Polyglotism

POLYGRAPHER polygraph

""Pl. polyhedroses (-s z) Any of several diseases of insect larvae, caused by infestation with polyhedral virus particles.""

""Pl. polyhedroses (-s z) Any of several diseases of insect larvae, caused by infestation with polyhedral virus particles.""

""Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author. as, a polymorphous author.""

NEURITIS inflammation of a nerve

Polypeptide

""Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant. as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant.""

Polyploidy

Polysorbate

Botany Arranged in two or more series or rows.

Polystyrene

Polysulfide

The science of the mechanic arts.

Polyvalence

Pomegranate

Pontificate

Popularity

Popularizer

POPULOUS containing many inhabitants

""A hard, white, translucent ceramic made by firing a pure clay and then glazing it with variously colored fusible materials; china.""

Porousness

Portcullis