12-Letter Words Containing P

Pl. nephropathies A disease or abnormality of the kidney.

Nephrostome

Neuroleptic

Neuropathy

""Any of various short-chain peptides found in brain tissue, such as endorphins.""

Neuropteran

Neuropteral.

""NEUTROPHILE One of a group of leukocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes; it is the chief phagocytic leukocyte in the circulating blood, comprising from 54% to 65% of the total number of leukocytes.""

Newspaper

Rag organiser (wordplay)

Hack report and document for worker

Member of syndicate prepares the leader

We pen and pen with arms outstretched

Nomography

Neglecting or refusing to comply.

Noncomposer

Word with prefix non-

""CORPORATE Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town. as, a corporate town.""

""DECEPTIVE Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.""

""DEPENDENT Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf. as, a dependent bough or leaf.""

DEPLETING deplete

DEPRESSED depress

Nondescript

""EMPIRICAL Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.""

Nonemployee

Not explosive.

HAPPENING happen

Word with prefix non-

""MUNICIPAL Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal rights; municipal officers. as, municipal rights; municipal officers.""

OPERATING operate

Broken

Word with prefix non-

Not parasitic.

PASSERINE Of or pertaining to the Passeres.

""PERFORMER One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp. as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp.""

""PETROLEUM Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc.""

PHOSPHATE A salt of phosphoric acid.

""PHYSICIAN A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.""

POISONOUS Having the qualities or effects of poison; venomous; baneful; corrupting; noxious.

Not political. Opposite of political.political.

POLLUTING pollute

PRACTICAL Of or pertaining to practice or action.

PRODUCING produce

Inflected form of PSYCHOTIC Inflected form of PSYCHO a mentally unstable person

PURPOSIVE Having or indicating purpose or design.

""REPAYABLE Capable of being, or proper to be , repaid; due; as, a loan repayable in ten days; services repayable in kind. as, a loan repayable in ten days; services repayable in kind.""

Inflected form of RESPONDER Inflected form of RESPOND to {answer=v}

Nonresponse

""Inflected form of SPHERICAL Inflected form of SPHERIC having the form of a sphere, also SPHERAL""

Word with prefix non-

""The basic structure of a virus, consisting of a core of nucleic acid enclosed in a protein coat.""

Nucleophile

NUCLEOPHILE

Nucleoplasm

Nuptiality

Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied.

Many champion dissolute sex addict

Nymphomania

Oarsmanship

Drunken bore's posture becomes unruly

Sober posture (anagram) - unruly

Noisy, hard to control

Relating to one's job or profession

Rehabilitation via practical activities

To do with work

Scientific study of the seas

A subject for deep study

Study of the sea

Octapeptide

Oligophagy

""Feeding on a restricted range of food substances, especially a limited number of plants. Used chiefly of insects.""

Oligopsony

Lacking in plant nutrients and having a large amount of dissolved oxygen throughout. Used of a pond or lake.

Omnipotence

With all-encompassing power

Being everywhere at once

Drunk in recompense for divine existence (wordplay)

Ubiquity

Formation of words from natural sounds.

Cuckoo or "whippoorwill," for example

Formation of words like "buzz" or "hiss"

Sounding like its meaning

""Any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms; a member of the Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.Onychophora, also called Malacopoda. See Malacopoda.""

Pl. oophorectomies Surgical removal of one or both ovaries. Also called ovariectomy .

Opalescence

Opalescent

Opaqueness

Generously display palms

Generously

He'd lend, no pay, all required in most generous fashion

OPERATIC the technique of staging operas

""OPERATION The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.""

""OPERATION The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.""

OPERATOR one that {operates=v}

Unduly attached to one's own opinions; opinionated.

Opportunism

They make the best of what happens to awful sprouts in pot

They make the best of what happens to wild sprouts in pot

The condition or quality of being opposable.

The quality or state of being opposite.

""OPPOSITION The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.""

Oppressive

Optimality

""OPTIMISE to make as effective as possible, also OPTIMIZE""

""OPTIMIZE to make as effective as possible, also OPTIMISE""

Optometrist

""Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; said of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole.""

Ornithopter

Relating to the description of mountains

Pl. oropharynges (-f -r n j z) or oropharynxes The part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the epiglottis.

Oropharynx

""ORTHOGRAPH An orthographic projection, sometimes partly in section, esp. of a building.""

The treatment of bone and muscle disorders

Rum do, as her topic is a medical speciality

Orthopedist

Orthopteran

Inflected form of ORTHOPTER Inflected form of ORTHO short for orthochromatic plate (a photographic plate)

Orthopter

Having the axis of an ovule or seed straight from the hilum and chalaza to the orifice or the micropyle; atropous.

Device for recording electrical waves

Device for visualising, eg, fluctuations in current

Laboratory device for viewing waveforms

Laboratory instrument

Osteopathy

""Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells. as, osteoplastic cells.""

""Pl. osteoporoses (-s z) A disease in which the bones become extremely porous, are subject to fracture, and heal slowly, occurring especially in women following menopause and often leading to curvature of the spine from vertebral collapse.""

Brittle bones condition

Oops, Tories so affected by bodily weakness!

Bone deficiency

""Pl. osteoporoses (-s z) A disease in which the bones become extremely porous, are subject to fracture, and heal slowly, occurring especially in women following menopause and often leading to curvature of the spine from vertebral collapse.""

OUTCOMPETE

Outcropping

Outperform

""The process of facilitating a terminated employee's search for a new job by provision of professional services, such as counseling, paid for by the former employer.""

Outpolitick

OUTPOPULATE

Outpopulate

Outpreach

OUTPRODUCE

OUTPROMISE

Word with prefix out-

OUTSPARKLE To exceed in sparkling.

Extending broadly

Outsprint

Outstrip

More than is required for six deliveries (wordplay)

Problem with space? Ring father going back to room for everybody!

COMPRESS to {compact=v}

Overcrop

Overdevelop

EMPHASES emphasis

Promises have produced too much stress

Excessive stress

Excessive underlining

Excessively emphatic.

EQUIPPED equip

Overexpand

Overexplain

EXPLICIT conclusion or last words in a book

Overexploit

EXPOSING expose

Too much publicity

Photo given too much light

Too much visibility

Superior feudal position

Ruling position

Spare house in Westminster - trendy 9 enjoyed it

OPERATED operate

Overoperate

Unrealistically high view of one's prospects

OPTIMIST one who exhibits optimism

PACKAGED package

Overpackage

Overpayment

Overpedal

PEDALLED pedal

PEOPLING people

To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment.

Overplan

Overplant

Overplot

Put too many people into (a region)

Fill with too many people

Oppressive

Irresistible

The act of praising unduly; excessive praise.

Excessive pressure or urging.

Overprint

PRODUCED produce

Overproduce

Overprogram

PROMISED promise

Overpromise

PROMOTED promote

Overpromote

Overprotect

Overreport

Overrespond

Fail to explain fully enough

Crudely dumb down

Make too easy

Having 41 winks (wordplay)

11 pigs or bats rising late

Failing to get up on time

Overslip

SPENDERS spender

Cause of budget trouble.

Squandering money proves foolish with final settlement

Overstep

SUPPLIED supply

Oversupply

Overtrump

Oviposition

Ozonosphere

Pachysandra

""The act or process of pacifying, or of making peace between parties at variance; reconciliation.""

Pacificator

""A place where foodstuffs are processed and packed; as, they came from an apple packinghouse.as, they came from an apple packinghouse.""

Paddleboard

Paddlefish

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""

Adjective (-ic)

""(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""

PAINLESS without pain

Painstaking

Members of the figwort family

Artist's tools

What had P. Rubens at his disposal (wordplay)

Pleasant-tasting quality

PALATALIZE To palatize.

PALATIAL resembling a {palace=n}

Fossils

Fossils

The branch of ecology that deals with the interaction between ancient organisms and their environment.

One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.