2-Letter Words Starting with P

Land in ancient Palestine

Suff. ; see collodion .]

""Pl. plasmodia (-d - ) A multinucleate mass of cytoplasm formed by the aggregation of a number of amoeboid cells, as that characteristic of the vegetative phase of the slime molds.""

N as in lung problem (wordplay)

Aureomycin chases it.

Inflammation of the lung

Tree with showy flowers

Showy, scarlet flower

Showy tree

English word

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

""Volcanic ashes from Pozzuoli, in Italy, used in the manufacture of a kind of mortar which hardens under water.""

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

""A sexual perversion in which children rather than adults most strongly excite sexual desire, and are used as sexual partners.""

Things kept secret

Innermost parts

A plural of penicillium .

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

Evergreen herb

North American plant of the wintergreen family

English word

Hayden, Fels, Adler, etc.

Places to see the stars

Places for star gazers

Leaves for the holidays (wordplay)

Plant isn't opiate, sadly

Plant petition as ordered

Excessive thirst

""Food and Nutrition Pathology. excessive appetite or excessive eating. Disease and Illness the tendency to eat a wide variety of food. ; polyphagist , ; polyphagic,""

Flower a.k.a. cinquefoil

P, as in these roses

Mighty harmful, a plant

""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

""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.""

""Body, Human , Perception""

A technical name for a pun

Punster's activity

Art of punning

Composition on a ground bass

Composition with a repeating ground bass

Composition over a ground bass

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. phantasmata (-m -t ) See phantasm .

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

A dread or intolerance of light.

See cell membrane .

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.

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.""

Cell projections whose name literally means "false feet"

Pervasive in the '60s

Spellbound genre

Entertainment affecting the mind and emotions

Theater class taught by Alfred Hitchcock (wordplay)

See aplastic anemia .

""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

A condition marked by an abnormally large number of red blood cells in the circulatory system.

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.""

See distemper 1 .

""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.

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.

Brain

""A psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety. No longer in scientific use.""

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.""