2-Letter Words Starting with P

Legal introduction (wordplay)

Trooper front (wordplay)

Opener for trooper (wordplay)

Boat's bow (Spanish)

South Pacific boat

Malay outrigger canoe.

Provider of cold comfort (wordplay)

Cold comfort (wordplay)

Way to break wind (wordplay)

Pereon

Canon cue sign

Cue, in group singing

Cue on a musical score

Donna's first name (wordplay)

Donna's leader (wordplay)

Donna's intro (wordplay)

""A monetary unit of Israel, also PRUTAH""

""A curtain used in India to seclude women, also PURDAH, PARDAH""

""A set of matched jewelry, also PARURE""

Pereion

A female {picaro=n}

Voracious fish (Var.)

Harm school? (Var.)

Biting fish variable

""A ferocious, carnivorous South American fish, also PIRANHA, PERAI, PIRAI, PIRANA""

Chest cavity membrane

Membrane around the lungs

Lung-covering membrane

S. African shrub; to pear (anagram)

Genus of plants, as the sugar-bush.

African plant for afternoon meal

Old legend of India

Indian epic

A perennial herb

The presence of pus in the urine

Spanish talk may give friend a support

Friend meeting girl behind tree

City reputedly built by Solomon

Ancient city of 5 dn

Woman with trouble opening up (wordplay)

First woman's lute (wordplay)

Ill-fated woman (wordplay)

""Ancient musical instrument, also BANDORA, BANDORE, PANDORA, PANDORE""

""A seasoning made from red peppers, also PAPRIKA""

It's sprinkled on deviled eggs

Spice used in goulash

Deviled eggs sprinkle

Medicinal plant root

Medicinal root.

Parergon

Component of a Bach suite, maybe

Any of six by Bach

Musical form favored by Bach.

Botanical change

Lag rope (anagram)

Botanical garden structure, perhaps

Vine shaded passageway

Peridium

An Asian herb

Perineum

Character (NO PEARS anagram)

No pears (anagram)

Role adopted by actor

Philtrum

Pignus

""A dugout canoe, also PIROGUE, PIROQUE""

Amazon feeder (wordplay)

Instigator of school violence (wordplay)

Dangerous Amazon fish

Stringed instrument pluckers (Var.)

Guitar pickers - carp let (anagram)

Guitar plucking aids

Gout of the big toe

Swelling fruit, a grape, just over half of it

A major vein

Cheese plant (wordplay)

Mixed up marl I needed for plant

Cowslip, perhaps

Pronotum

Propylon

The front region of the body of an invertebrate

The feathered area on the skin of a bird

Puparium

A disease characterised by purple spots on the skin

Sad expiry with a fever

Technical name for fever

Medical word for fever

Old Greek gymnasium (var.)

Gymnasium or stadium

Gymnasium for Spartan wrestlers

An {eyelid=n}

Wide view (from BBC TV?)

View from a mountaintop, say

Long shot (wordplay)

Result of plotting, perhaps

Curvy figure (wordplay)

Curve - Arab opal (anagram)

""A mental disorder, also PARANOIA""

Conspiracy theory origin, perhaps

Affliction arousing suspicion (wordplay)

'They're following me!' feeling

Bright circular spots appearing on a solar halo

All grapeshot causes disease

Niacin-deficiency disease

Gall in pear causes disease on the skin

Urbane MP in new deal that's a bit shady

Shaded area of a sunspot.

Shadow of exercise by dead artist

Flawless, in futbol

Quinella's cousin

Certain track bet

Cheesy restaurant (wordplay)

Antonio's, for one

Where a lot of dough is spent (wordplay)

Freshwater flatworms

Flatworm genus

Flatworm.

'Large, perhaps excessive, amount (8)'

(A) glut (of something)

Large, perhaps excessive, amount

Excessive urination

Soviet committees

Standing committees in former Soviet Union

Premature aging

Informal term for single-cell eukaryotes

Amoeba's family

Amoebas, for example

Scales of 'Fawlty Towers'

She's breaking rule with dodgy plan

Worsted twill, used for academic gowns.

A plant of the bean family

Pterygium

A pus-causing skin disease

Pus in the sockets of the teeth

Ruins in wrestling (wordplay)

Regularly spray leaders at break in gym

Roman gymnasium.

English word

Microscopic denizens of fresh water

One-celled animals.

Common protozoans

Pl. paraments or paramenta (-m n t ) An ecclesiastical vestment or hanging.

Pl. parapodia (-d - ) One of the fleshy paired appendages of polychete annelids that function in locomotion and breathing.

""Any of numerous succulent tropical herbs of the genus Peperomia, having simple, entire, palmately veined leaves and numerous minute, unisexual flowers densely grouped in cylindrical spikes.""

""Pl. perihelia (-h l - , -h l y ) The point nearest the sun in the orbit of a planet or other celestial body.""

""Pl. perikarya (-k r - ) The cell body of a neuron, containing the nucleus and organelles.""

""Pl. perimysia (-m zh - , -m z - ) The sheath of connective tissue enveloping bundles of muscle fibers.""

Pl. periostea (-t - ) The dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones except at the joints and serving as an attachment for muscles and tendons.

Pl. peritonea also peritonaea (-tn- ) The serous membrane that lines the walls of the abdominal cavity and folds inward to enclose the viscera.

Many-faced bodies

Prisms, e.g

Solid figures of more than six faces

Ranch in "Bonanza"

Tall pine tree of North America

The Cartwrights' spread

""Any of several disorders of porphyrin metabolism, usually hereditary, characterized by the presence of large amounts of porphyrins in the blood and urine.""

Popular name of rose moss.

Succulent herb of the purslane family

Plant of the purslane family

English word

Prenomen

Proper pair treated a first-time mother

Pl. primordia (-d - ) An organ or a part in its most rudimentary form or stage of development.

Three-book Newton work

English word

Temple entrances

Pl. prostomia (-m - ) The portion of the head in earthworms and other annelids that is situated anterior to the mouth.

""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.""

Lower class compartments with first-class return taking drunken pals back

Birth

A burning passion (wordplay)

Lighting problem (wordplay)

Burning desire (wordplay)

Distortion of memory

Illusion of remembering events experienced for the first time.

""Complete paralysis of the lower half of the body including both legs, usually caused by damage to the spinal cord.""

""The soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and the like.""

Prepared with a certain Italian cheese

Things kept secret

Innermost parts

Pl. pentahedrons or pentahedra (-dr ) A solid having five plane faces.

Pl. pericardia (-d - ) The membranous sac filled with serous fluid that encloses the heart and the roots of the aorta and other large blood vessels.

Pl. pericrania (-n - ) The external periosteum that covers the outer surface of the skull.

""Pl. perineuria (-n r - , -ny r -) The sheath of connective tissue enclosing a bundle of nerve fibers.""

Sudden turn of events

Unexpected turn of events, as in a literary work

Unexpected turn of events, especially in a literary work

""Pl. perithecia (-sh - , -s - ) A small flask-shaped fruiting body in ascomycetous fungi that contains the ascospores.""

Bug that destroyed wines worldwide

Vine's lethal enemy

Insect similar to the greenfly that is destructive to vines

English word

Hayden, Fels, Adler, etc.

Places to see the stars

Places for star gazers

""Pl. praenomens or praenomina (-n m -n , -n m -) A first or given name.""

""A bone on either side of the middle line between the nose and mouth, forming the anterior part of each half of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxill\'91 become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone.""

Form of long-sightedness

Pl. proctodea (-d ) or proctodeums also proctodaea (-d ) or proctodaeums An inward fold on the surface of the embryonic ectoderm that develops into part of the anal passage.

Disease and Illness ()

A socially correct goose (wordplay)

Artificial intelligence (wordplay)

A socially correct goose?

""Pl. prothalli (-th l ) or prothallia (-th l - ) A small, flat, delicate structure produced by a germinating spore and bearing sex organs. It is the gametophyte of ferns and some other plants.""

Thorny plant with small fruit clusters

Thorny evergreen shrub related to the hawthorn

Thorny evergreen shrub with white flowers and bright red or yellow berries

Evergreen ground cover

""Body, Human , Perception""

A technical name for a pun

Punster's activity

Art of punning

Reform policy (in Soviet Union)

Gorbachev's reform policy

Soviet economic program begun in '88

Pl. perionychia (- - ) The border of epidermal tissue surrounding a fingernail or toenail.

""Pl. philodendrons or philodendra (-dr ) Any of various climbing tropical American plants of the genus Philodendron, many of which are cultivated as houseplants.""

Literary introductions

The presence of excessive amounts of protein in the urine.

English word

""Pl. protonemata (-n m -t , -n m -) The green filamentous growth that arises from spore germination in liverworts and mosses and eventually gives rise to a mature gametophyte.""

Spellbound genre

Entertainment affecting the mind and emotions

Theater class taught by Alfred Hitchcock (wordplay)

""Body, Human , Perception""

Pl. perichondria (-dr - ) The fibrous membrane of connective tissue covering the surface of cartilage except at the endings of joints.

American dopes lie on the sheets in this

Stock of drugs

The excessive discharge of phosphates in the urine.

English word

Toxic condition that can occur in late pregnancy

""A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification.personification, but is more extensive in its signification.""

""Of, relating to, or designating any of a group of paramyxoviruses that are similar to the viruses that cause influenza and are associated with various respiratory infections, especially in children.""

Various bits of equipment

Various gear for a certain job

Objects and accessories

A book containing an official list of medicinal drugs together with articles on their preparation and use.

Brain

Illusory series about an atom is a graph

Fantastic dreamlike series of images

Dreamlike sequence

See phenylthiocarbamide .

Bible

""Abbr. PKU A genetic disorder in which the body lacks the enzyme necessary to metabolize phenylalanine to tyrosine. Left untreated, the disorder can cause brain damage and progressive mental retardation as a result of the accumulation of phenylalanine and its breakdown products.""

""Inflammation of the pleura and lungs; a combination of pleurisy and pneumonia, esp. a kind of contagions and fatal lung plague of cattle.""