6-letter words containing a, p, i
- lappie — a rag or cloth
- leipoa — mallee fowl.
- lipase — any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- lipoma — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- lisp a — "LISP A: A LISP-like System for Incremental Computing", E.J. Sandewall, Proc SJCC 32 (1968).
- magilp — Alternative form of megilp.
- magpie — either of two corvine birds, Pica pica (black-billed magpie) of Eurasia and North America, or P. nuttalli (yellow-billed magpie) of California, having long, graduated tails, black-and-white plumage, and noisy, mischievous habits.
- maikop — Official name Adygei Autonomous Region. an autonomous region in the Russian Federation, part of the Krasnodar territory, in the NW Caucasus Mountains. 1505 sq. mi. (3903 sq. km). Capital: Maikop.
- maping — former name of Liuzhou.
- matipo — any of several shrubs and small trees, native to New Zealand, of the genera Myrsine and Pittosporum
- midcap — (of investments) involving a medium amount of capital
- midpay — (of an occupation, industry, etc) paying or tending to pay more than an unskilled job but less than a high-income one
- milpas — Plural form of milpa.
- mishap — an unfortunate accident.
- mispay — (transitive) To pay incorrectly, or to the wrong person.
- mopani — a leguminous tree, Colophospermum (or Copaifera) mopane, native to southern Africa, that is highly resistant to drought and produces very hard wood
- myopia — Ophthalmology. a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused in front of the retina, objects being seen distinctly only when near to the eye; nearsightedness (opposed to hyperopia).
- napier — Sir Charles James, 1782–1853, British general.
- napkin — a small piece of cloth or paper, usually square, for use in wiping the lips and fingers and to protect the clothes while eating.
- napoli — Italian name of Naples.
- nappie — a small shallow dish, usually round and often of glass, with a flat bottom and sloping sides, for serving food.
- nepali — Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- okapis — Plural form of okapi.
- opiate — a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.
- oppari — An impromptu folk song of southern India, traditionally sung by women during a death ceremony in order to memorialize the person who has died.
- optima — the best or most favorable point, degree, amount, etc., as of temperature, light, and moisture for the growth or reproduction of an organism.
- p-mail — Physical mail, as opposed to e-mail. Synonymous with snail-mail.
- pacify — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- pacing — a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
- pacino — Al, full name Alfredo James Pacino. born 1940, US film actor; his films include The Godfather (1972), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Scent of a Woman (1992), for which he won an Oscar, and Insomnia (2002)
- packit — (file format, tool) A file format used on the Apple Macintosh to represent collections of Mac files, possibly Huffman compressed. Packing many small related files together before a MacBinary transfer or a translation to BinHex 4.0 is common practice.
- pact i — An early system on the IBM 701. Version PACT IA was for the IBM 704.
- paczki — a traditional Polish doughnut, filled with jam or another sweet filling and covered with powdered sugar or icing.
- paging — a boy servant or attendant.
- paglia — Camille. born 1947, US writer and academic, noted for provocative cultural studies such as Sexual Personae (1990) and Vamps and Tramps (1995)
- pahari — one of several hill peoples inhabiting the area in India SW of the Ganges River.
- pained — hurt; injured.
- painim — a heathen or pagan
- painty — of, coated with, or soiled with paint: a painty finish; painty overalls.
- pairle — a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- paisan — compatriot.
- paiute — a member of a group of North American Indians of the Uto-Aztecan family dwelling in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.
- pakahi — acid land that is unsuitable for cultivation
- pakihi — an area of swampy infertile land
- palais — French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- palila — a stout Hawaiian honeycreeper, Loxioides bailleui, having a thick, stubby bill, yellow head and breast, and gray back: an endangered species.
- paling — a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- palish — somewhat pale.
- pallia — a large, rectangular mantle worn by men in ancient Greece and Rome.
- pallid — pale; faint or deficient in color; wan: a pallid countenance.