12-letter words containing p, a, y, r, o, l
- phlebography — venography.
- piano player — pianist.
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- player piano — a piano that can play automatically when the keys are actuated electronically or by a pneumatic device controlled by a piano roll.
- polarography — Chemistry. the use of a Polarograph to perform qualitative or quantitative analyses.
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polyarchical — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- polypharmacy — the use of two or more drugs together, usually to treat a single condition or disease.
- polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen
- polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- prenominally — before a noun
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- primordially — constituting a beginning; giving origin to something derived or developed; original; elementary: primordial forms of life.
- prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
- pro-equality — the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability: promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace.
- pro-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- procedurally — of or relating to a procedure or procedures, especially of a court of law, legislative body, or law enforcement agency.
- prolifically — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- property law — the branch of law dealing with issues relating to land and houses
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- prosodically — in a prosodic manner
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- prototypical — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
- proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- pyloroplasty — the surgical alteration of the pylorus, usually a widening to facilitate the passage of food from the stomach to the duodenum.
- pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- pyromaniacal — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- reciprocally — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- release copy — an article, notice, announcement, or the like, issued in advance for publication or broadcast, bearing a release date.
- role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
- role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
- royal pardon — release from punishment for an offence, granted by a monarch
- royal purple — a deep bluish purple.
- saprobiology — the branch of ecology that studies decaying organic matter or environments, especially saprophytes that derive nourishment in this way.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.