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paratrooper (15 points)
High military figure (wordplay)
A jumper that rides up!
Jumpy guy (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
parishioner (16 points)
I hire parson (anagram)
Do I hire parson (wordplay)
Do I hire parson?
P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
partitioner (13 points)
Partition
P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
pasteurizer (22 points)
Dairy apparatus.
P·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
paternoster (13 points)
Portents are confounded by prayer
Prayer that may give one a lift
Bill carries a bird in a lift
P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
peacefuller (18 points)
Peaceful
P·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
peacekeeper (21 points)
Friction-reducing agent
One enforcing a truce
*One placed between warring parties
P·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+K·5+E·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
perpetrator (15 points)
Committer (of a crime)
One committing (a bad deed)
One committing (an offence)
P·3+E·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
perpetuator (15 points)
""PERPETUATE To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize.""
P·3+E·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
personifier (16 points)
One who personifies.
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
petrodollar (14 points)
""(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) money, paid in dollars, earned by a country for the exporting of petroleum""
P·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
pettifogger (18 points)
One who quibbles over trifles
One who quibbles
Picayune lawyer.
P·3+E·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+O·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
philanderer (17 points)
Womaniser turning her plain red!
Man of affairs (wordplay)
Source of the quote, with "The"
P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
philosopher (21 points)
23 with a stone (wordplay)
Eg, Kant or Plato
One as Socrates, Wittgenstein
P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
photocopier (20 points)
Today's mimeograph
Piece of office gear
Office machine
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
photosetter (16 points)
PHOTOSET to prepare for printing by photographic means
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
phrasemaker (22 points)
""One, such as a speechwriter, who composes memorable or effective phrases.""
P·3+H·4+R·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
pieceworker (22 points)
Person paid per item produced
P·3+I·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
pigeonholer (17 points)
""PIGEONHOLE A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote.""
P·3+I·1+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
placeholder (19 points)
Symbol for something missing
Bookmark, essentially
Temporary wording in a document awaiting final text
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
placekicker (25 points)
Upright man (wordplay)
Any top-25 NFL career scoring leader
He knows how to score extra points
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+K·5+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 25 pts
plagiarizer (23 points)
Prose appropriator
P·3+L·1+A·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
plasticizer (24 points)
PLASTICIZE
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
polarimeter (15 points)
""An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarized ray.""
P·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
polygrapher (22 points)
Polygraph
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
polynuclear (18 points)
Containing many nuclei.
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+N·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 18 pts
popularizer (24 points)
One making a subject accessible*
P·3+O·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
potentiator (13 points)
POTENTIATE To render active or potent.
P·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
precomputer (19 points)
COMPUTER a machine that computes automatically
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
predecessor (16 points)
Person in post before the current holder
One there before
Jobholder before the present one
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
preregister (14 points)
Choose classes early
P·3+R·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
preschooler (18 points)
Preschool
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
pressurizer (22 points)
PRESSURIZE
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
prizewinner (25 points)
Appreciate the best (wordplay)
Appreciate the victor (wordplay)
One gaining award
P·3+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 25 pts
probationer (15 points)
Tester of a person's conduct
One on trial in post
Offender on conditional release
P·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
proconsular (15 points)
Of a Roman official
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 15 pts
promulgator (16 points)
One who promulgates or publishes.
P·3+R·1+O·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
proofreader (17 points)
Bottle examiner (wordplay)
He shouldn't leave any wrong impressions
One looking for trouble, in a way
P·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+F·4+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
propitiator (15 points)
One who propitiates or appeases.
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
prostitutor (13 points)
""One who prostitutes; one who submits himself, of or offers another, to vile purposes.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
protomartyr (18 points)
""The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+Y·4+R·1 = 18 pts
provascular (18 points)
English word
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 18 pts
provisioner (16 points)
Provision
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
provocateur (18 points)
An agent provocateur.
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+U·1+R·1 = 18 pts
psychomotor (23 points)
Of or pertaining to movement produced by action of the mind or will.
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+M·3+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 23 pts
purificator (18 points)
Cloth used in Holy Communion services
Cloth used in celebrating the Eucharist
P·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 pts
pussyfooter (19 points)
Wary one
P·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4+F·4+O·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
paleographer (20 points)
One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.
P·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
participator (18 points)
""One who participates, or shares with another; a partaker.""
P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 pts
pasqueflower (29 points)
Anemone with bell-shaped purple flowers
P·3+A·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 29 pts
penetrometer (16 points)
""A device for measuring the penetrating power of radiation, especially x-rays.""
P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
perambulator (18 points)
Carriage for one on patrol
Baby carrier (usually abbreviated)
Baby's transport
P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 pts
petrographer (20 points)
Geology ()
P·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
phonographer (23 points)
One versed or skilled in phonography.
P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
photographer (23 points)
Snappy guy (wordplay)
One will put you in the picture
Job taking snaps
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
photonuclear (19 points)
Of or relating to a nuclear reaction induced by photons.
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 19 pts
photopolymer (24 points)
""(Chemistry) a polymeric material that is sensitive to light: used in printing plates, microfilms, etc.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
phrasemonger (20 points)
Comparative adjective or agent noun
P·3+H·4+R·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
policyholder (23 points)
Party under cover (wordplay)
Person taking out insurance
Person with insurance
P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+Y·4+H·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
pontificator (19 points)
""PONTIFICATE The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.""
P·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 19 pts
pornographer (20 points)
""Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.""
P·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
practitioner (16 points)
Professional person, esp. doctor
One involved in medicine, such as a GP
Part in erotic play for skilled operator
P·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
pralltriller (14 points)
""A melodic embellishment consisting of the quick alternation of a principal tone with an auxiliary tone above it, usually the next of the scale; -- called also the inverted mordente.inverted mordente.""
P·3+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
preamplifier (21 points)
AMPLIFIER One who or that which amplifies.
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
precipitator (18 points)
""One who precipitates, or urges on with vehemence or rashness.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 pts
premeditator (17 points)
Inflected form of MEDITATOR Inflected form of MEDITATE to consider thoughtfully
P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 17 pts
preprocessor (18 points)
Inflected form of PROCESSOR Inflected form of PROCESS to treat or prepare by a special method
P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 pts
preslaughter (18 points)
SLAUGHTER The act of killing.
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
prevaricator (19 points)
One who prevaricates.
P·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 19 pts
primogenitor (17 points)
To reign terribly following Victorian old ancestor
Victorian old chap conversely including one's forefather
P·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 17 pts
prizefighter (30 points)
Any game show contestant (wordplay)
Clay, for one.
Professional athlete.
P·3+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+F·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 30 pts
proselytizer (26 points)
One who proselytes.
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 26 pts
psychrometer (24 points)
""An instrument for measuring the tension of the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere, being essentially a wet and dry bulb hygrometer.""
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
passionflower (21 points)
Tropical climbing plant (granadilla)
Climbing plant, Passiflora
Wasp flies on or off climbing plant
P·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
perpendicular (20 points)
At right angles
Apple incurred difficulties? Straight up
Style of English architecture
P·3+E·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 20 pts
philosophizer (32 points)
One who philosophizes.
P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 32 pts
photocomposer (24 points)
PHOTOCOMPOSE
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
photodetector (21 points)
Agent noun (-or)
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 21 pts
photoengraver (22 points)
PHOTOENGRAVE To engrave by a photomechanical process; to make a photo-engraving of.
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+E·1+N·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
photofinisher (24 points)
Jockey's other job (wordplay)
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+F·4+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
photoreceptor (22 points)
""A nerve ending, cell, or group of cells specialized to sense or receive light.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 22 pts
physiographer (27 points)
""Geography the systematic classification and description of nature. See also geography ; geology . ; physiographer , ; physiographic, physiographical , adj . Classification""
P·3+H·4+Y·4+S·1+I·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 27 pts
phytoplankter (27 points)
Comparative adjective or agent noun
P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 27 pts
potentiometer (17 points)
Sound control evident as forceful goddess ran into HM
Rheostat
P·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
predestinator (16 points)
""One who predestinates, or foreordains.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
predeterminer (18 points)
""DETERMINER One who, or that which, determines or decides.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
propagandizer (28 points)
PROPAGANDIZE
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+A·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 28 pts
proprioceptor (21 points)
""A sensory receptor, found chiefly in muscles, tendons, joints, and the inner ear, that detects the motion or position of the body or a limb by responding to stimuli arising within the organism.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 21 pts
psychobabbler (29 points)
PSYCHOBABBLE
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+B·3+A·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 29 pts
pyrheliometer (23 points)
An instrument for measuring the direct heating effect of the sun's rays.
P·3+Y·4+R·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
procrastinator (18 points)
Part 2 of remark
Negligent one
Artisan stupidly interrupting university official, off-putting type
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 pts
prognosticator (19 points)
One who prognosticates; a foreknower or foreteller of a future course or event by present signs.
P·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 19 pts
photomultiplier (24 points)
An electronic sensing device used to detect electromagnetic energy of a wide range of frequencies and intensity levels.
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
photosensitizer (29 points)
PHOTOSENSITIZE
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 29 pts
phototypesetter (25 points)
PHOTOTYPESET
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1+S·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 25 pts
phytogeographer (30 points)
The study of the geographic distribution of plants. Also called geobotany .
P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 30 pts
prestidigitator (19 points)
Shell-game operator, for one
Thurston or Mulholland
Trickster realises God is tripartite
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 19 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 25 pts
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+B·3+I·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 34 pts
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+M·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 31 pts

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