6-letter words containing a, m, p
- paxman — Jeremy (Dickson). born 1950, British journalist, broadcaster, and author, noted esp for his political interviews
- paynim — a pagan or heathen.
- pcmcia — (body, standard) Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. (Or People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms).
- pelham — a bit that is used with two pairs of reins, designed to serve the purpose of a full bridle.
- penman — a person who writes or copies; scribe; copyist.
- perma- — indicating a fixed state
- pharma — a pharmaceutical company.
- pieman — a seller of pies
- pigman — a male pig farmer
- pimola — an olive stuffed with red sweet pepper; stuffed olive.
- pitman — a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
- pixmap — (Contraction of "pixel map"). A 3 dimensional array of bits corresponding to a 2 dimensional array of pixels. It is used, for example, in the X Window System to describe a memory region where graphics can be drawn without affecting the screen. Typically this is used for the efficient handling of expose events, icon images or for animation. Compare bitmap.
- plasm- — plasmo-
- plasma — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- pneuma — the vital spirit; the soul.
- pomace — the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- pomade — a scented ointment, especially one used for the scalp or for dressing the hair.
- pomato — a hybrid between a tomato and a potato
- pombal — Marquês de (mərkeʃ ˈdəː). title of Sebastiâo José de Carvalho e Mello. 1699–1782, Portuguese statesman, who dominated Portuguese government from 1750 to 1777 and instituted many administrative and economic reforms
- pomona — the ancient Roman goddess of the fruit of trees.
- pragma — (programming) (pragmatic information) A standardised form of comment which has meaning to the compiler or some other program. It may use a special syntax or a specific form within the normal comment syntax. A pragma usually conveys non-essential information, often intended to help the compiler to optimise the program or to generate formatted documentation.
- preamp — a preamplifier.
- prearm — to arm (literally or figuratively) in advance
- preman — a precursor of the human being
- primal — first; original; primeval: primal eras before the appearance of life on earth.
- pro-am — including both professionals and amateurs.
- promal — PROgrammer's Microapplication Language
- psalms — a sacred song or hymn.
- putnam — Herbert, 1861–1955, U.S. librarian: headed Library of Congress 1899–1939.
- pyemia — a diseased state in which pyogenic bacteria are circulating in the blood, characterized by the development of abscesses in various organs.
- pyjama — of or forming part of pyjamas
- ramped — a sloping surface connecting two levels; incline.
- ramper — a person who engages in share ramping
- rampur — a city in Uttar Pradesh state in N India.
- revamp — to renovate, redo, or revise: We've decided to revamp the entire show.
- sampan — any of various small boats of the Far East, as one propelled by a single scull over the stern and provided with a roofing of mats.
- sample — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- scampi — a large shrimp or prawn.
- sepmag — designating a film or television programme for which the sound is recorded on separate magnetic material and run in synchronism with the picture
- simpac — Early simulation language with fixed time steps. "Simpac User's Manual", R.P. Bennett et al, TM-602/000/000, Sys Devel Corp, Apr 1962.
- simpai — a long-tailed monkey native to Sumatra
- simpas — Event scheduling language, implemented as Pascal preprocessor. "SIMPAS - A Simulation Language Based on Pascal", R.M. Bryant in Proc 1980 Winter Sim Conf, T.I Oren et al eds, pp.559-572.
- spammy — bland
- spycam — a hidden camera used for surveillance
- swampy — of the nature of, resembling, or abounding in swamps.
- tampan — a biting tick of the genus Ornithodorus, native to Africa
- tampax — a brand of tampon (for absorbing menstrual blood); sometimes used as a generic name
- tamped — to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes: He tamped the tobacco in his pipe.
- tamper — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- tampon — a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.