12-letter words containing t, r, o, p, y
- poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
- poverty trap — If someone is in a poverty trap, they are very poor but cannot improve their income because the money they get from the government decreases as the money they earn increases.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
- preservatory — a preservative
- primary root — the first root produced by a germinating seed, developing from the radicle of the embryo.
- pro-activity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- 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.
- probationary — the act of testing.
- proctoclysis — the slow, continuous introduction of a solution into the rectum to improve fluid intake.
- prodigiosity — the state or quality of being immense, extraordinary or astonishing
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- productivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- projectivity — of or relating to projection.
- proof theory — (logic) The branch of logic describing procedures for combining logical statements to show, by a series of truth-preserving transformations, that one statement is a consequence of some other statement or group of statements.
- property law — the branch of law dealing with issues relating to land and houses
- property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
- property tax — a tax levied on real or personal property.
- propertyless — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- propitiatory — serving or intended to propitiate.
- propitiously — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- protectively — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- prothonotary — a chief clerk or official in certain courts of law.
- protistology — the biology of the Protista.
- protohistory — a branch of study concerned with the transition period between prehistory and the earliest recorded history.
- protosynthex — A query system for English text.
- prototypical — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
- protozoology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of protozoans
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychotronic — of or relating to a genre of usually low-budget movies that includes horror, fantasy, science-fiction, and underground films.
- psychotropic — affecting mental activity, behavior, or perception, as a mood-altering drug.
- psychrometer — an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
- psychrometry — the employment of the psychrometer.
- pteridophyte — any plant of the division Pteridophyta, characterized by vascular tissue and differentiation into root, stem, and leaves, comprising the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses.
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- putty powder — an abrasive consisting chiefly of stannic oxide, used for polishing hard surfaces.
- pyloroplasty — the surgical alteration of the pylorus, usually a widening to facilitate the passage of food from the stomach to the duodenum.
- pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.