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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.
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