2-Letter Words Starting with P

NOTIFY to {inform=v}

Engross the mind

Weigh on one's mind

Absorb copper in coppery mould

Shortly, by way of a gift, perhaps

By and by, by way of a gift (wordplay)

In the near future

The quality or state of being primal.

Chiefly, in the first place

Chiefly, for the most part

In the first place, mainly

Not in public.

Trip round museum and cathedral in secret (wordplay)

Serving for trial; probationary.

Irreverently disrupted replay of gripping National

Shame about being rejected for an oath

Conclusion of today's quote

Blasphemous language

A way to apologize or sweat

To a great degree

Wordiness

""PROLE to prowl, also PROLL, PROUL""

Correctness of behaviour

Decency to support one tyre change

Generally accepted behavior

Nose contains no sun protection? It's temporary

Conditional

Neighbourhood

Get along or get upset through concern for closeness

Nearness.

In a cautious way

With penny wisdom.

With discretion.

In a nice-Nelly way

In bluenosed fashion

In a Victorian manner

The quality or state of being prurient.

In a puerile manner; childishly.

Childishness, infantile state

Childishness

To do with lungs

(adj.) pertaining to sleeping cars

Of or affecting the lungs

Of or pertaining to a pupil or ward.

Hell on earth

Middle ground

Mental anguish

Not by accident

Intentionally

Deliberately sounding like an American dolphin (wordplay)

PURRING the sound of a contented cat

The quality of being putrid; putrefaction; rottenness.

Divination by fire.

Year sitting in weird company making study of fire signs (wordplay)

""The art of measuring degrees of heat, or the expansion of bodies by heat.""

""Past the study of papyrus manuscripts. ; papyrologist , ; papyrological ,""

In a manner admitting of pardon; excusably.

In a parental manner.

It's not all bias

Unfair bias

Special liking

""PARTISAN an adherent of a person, party or cause, also PARTIZAN""

In a pastoral or rural manner.

In a solicitous way

In father-like manner

In a fatherly way

Social organisation by male descent

Mist Napoleon disseminated, disguising thoughts of Plotinus

Oddly

""Maintained by a pension; receiving a pension; as, pensionary spies. as, pensionary spies.""

PERDURE to continue to exist

Brusque, imperious

Dogmatic traveller rising or appearing in hollow

Unable to be challenged, like some commands

PERILOUS dangerous

""The quality or state of being permanent; continuance in the same state or place; duration; fixedness; as, the permanence of institutions; the permanence of nature.as, the permanence of institutions; the permanence of nature.""

Over-particular

Fussily pedantic

Finical

In this is forever

Time without end

In(de)finite duration

Bewilderment

Complication.

Bewilderment.

Speaking for oneself

For one's own part

Being a friend, in a very private way

The state of being a person; personality.

Relevance

Missing ace, player with serve moves awkwardly

Work steadily without reserve, possibly in a pig-headed way

Wilfully contrary nature

Priest very disposed to obstinacy

That branch of science which treats of the measurement of the intensity of light.

Study of skull bumps.

Skull-centered pseudoscience

Would-be science of mental faculties

Small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum

Amulet

Unpleasant clyping about that is reported at first as like a knife going in

Having color

Comment on a nice case of rivalry

Nearly past appalling joke

That dress suits you, for example

The control by a single gene of several distinct and seemingly unrelated phenotypic effects.

State of the wealthy

Wealthy ruling class

Government by the rich

""The art or practice of combining different colors, especially brilliant ones, in an artistic way.""

Kind of contest.

Reason for some votes

Amount of fame

""Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord. as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord.""

My phone battery is completely dead! Tom said...

PRANKISH mischievous

Behavior ()

Canon's turn to enter form of prayer

Brandy peer is offering drunken clergyman

Clergyman with prayer designed to catch crook

""The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.as, one event has precedence of another.""

Preceptive.

Fastidious attitude of one city poser

Over-refinement in words generating icy riposte

Fastidious over-refinement affecting one epic story

User policy designed in a valuable way

Dearly.

Indicative of something to follow.

Victim stabbed by the blinking thing earlier

Rather

In a meaningful or inventive way

Study of early man

Very old times seeing unfortunate Troy perish

Early age

HOLIDAY to take a vacation

Before birth

PREPARED prepare

In a premeditated manner.

The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.

PRIMARY a preliminary election

Childhood stage

QUALIFY to be eligible after having the necessary requirements

For Church living

Clergy house

Try, by peers, errant body of Church elders

Top position

Pressure leading to post in hospital in top office

Of or pertaining to a garrison; having a garrison.

Indicate future setting of gins, if in quarry

SPECIFY to state in detail

How ER doctors give orders

In persistent, demanding fashion

Players bum around, I'd say

In all probability

A plumber's at work above yard doubtless

By presumption.

SURGERY the treatment of medical problems by operation

In days gone by cleric would enter in holy manner

Before your lips curled masking suspicions of extortion and vice

Hitherto

PRIDEFUL full of pride

PRIGGISH marked by priggism

In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally.

PRISTINE {unspoilt=adj}

Tendency for Gap to stock large one for adult

Predilection

Rear area (wordplay)

Looking up passages in love diary, month before: snoop around

Irresponsibly makes professional sneer against friend

Lavishly.

PROFIT to gain an advantage or benefit

Reckless extravagance

In a profound manner.

Don't purify murky depth

For amusement, take time in amateur handicraft in depth

Like an IOU

IOU "note"

and 13: Written undertaking to pay a sum of money

Historic Utah rail site

Bluff new Conservative after hype

Head aware of blocking party line

Inclination; tendency

Inclination

Proclivity

Part 3 of our quotation

In a way, property is wealth

M.'s word for future generations

""PROTECTOR One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron.""

On or toward a proximal part; proximad.

PRURIENT having lustful thoughts or desires

Trick cyclist's profession (wordplay)

Disordered study, maybe

Frasier's field

PURBLIND partially blind

""An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography. as, Punic paleography.""

""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.

PARFOCAL having lenses that correspond

""In a parochial manner; by the parish, or by parishes.""

""The quality or state of being partible; divisibility; separability; as, the partibility of an inherttance. as, the partibility of an inherttance.""

In a partitive manner.

Unusual feature or habit

Unusual characteristic

Idiosyncrasy

In a pecuniary manner; as regards money.

Penurious

""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.""

PERCEIVE to become aware of through the senses

PERCEPT something that is perceived

In a perennial manner.

Careless or cursory

Just going through the motions

Done as a formality only

Perinatal

""The quality or state of being periodical, or regularly recurrent; as, the periodicity in the vital phenomena of plants. as, the periodicity in the vital phenomena of plants.""

So as to last forever

For good

For good royal chap, hospital department induced good condition

PERMISSIBLE That may be permitted; allowable; admissible.

All the time

Give a treat to Fido and Fluffy

For a change, play lute all the time

Perplexed

""PERSECUTOR One who persecutes, or harasses.""

""The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy.""

Antonym for "unconcerned"

Somebody from Interpol, say (wordplay)

Somebody from Interpol, say

Factor in chemistry

The quality or state of being transparent or translucent.

Stubbornness

Pertinent

Pervasive

Perverted

Supplicatory; making a petition.

The art of writing on stone.

An association or community organized on the plan of Fourier. See Fourierism. Fourierism.

""A description of the laws of the human voice, or sounds uttered by the organs of speech.""

F as in picture taking (wordplay)

Art of using cameras

Girl Scout interest patch

Choice of words

Manner in which words are used

Her apology's clumsy, in a manner of speaking

PICTOGRAPH A picture or hieroglyph representing and expressing an idea.

Pictorial

Piratical

""A process for printing from a smooth surface, as lithography or offset.""

""Government by planters; planters, collectively.""

""PLEASURE to give enjoyment or satisfaction to, also PLEASE""

The art or process of measuring the polarization of light.

Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity.

HYDROXY containing hydroxyl

In a ponderous manner.

""Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies.""

Easily carried quality

""Subsequently in time; also, behind in position.""

English word

English word

Pottering

Powerless

""PRACTICE to train or drill in order to acquire skill, also PRACTISE""

To all intents and purposes

Prattling

How some handle tough situations

How some approach big decisions

Preaching

DELIVERY the act of {delivering=v}

Affirmative; positive.

PREDICT to {foretell=v}

Introductory (measure or statement)

Initial - action before the main event

Minor match before the main event

LITERARY pertaining to books and writings

Prelusive

Before the due time

Before time

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""The quality or state of being premature; early, or untimely, ripeness; as, the prematurity of genius. as, the prematurity of genius.""

""Giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease. Pre*mon"i*to*ri*ly (#), adv. as, premonitory symptoms of disease. Pre*mon"i*to*ri*ly (#), adv.""

Antecedent - type of school

Draft list to knock up in hunting target

Serving to make ready

Prepotent

With presciense or foresight.

PRESENT to introduce

Confidently; arrogantly.

Pretended

In a prevalent manner.

Priceless

Ape man's study

"Ape" man's study

Originally; at first.

""PRIMITIVE Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church. as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.""

In the main.

In a privative manner; by the absence of something; negatively.

Odds favouring bishop's competence

Chance for second-rate talent

In fairness, breaking bail is a likelihood

Spendthrift's problem

Toy girl paid wildly for - such extravagance!

Generosity - wastefulness

PROFANE to treat with irreverence or insult

By profession.

Competence, skill

Competence

Very discouraging

Prolificness.

PROLIFIC {abundant=adj}

In a distinguished manner