4-letter words containing a, p
- atap — the fronds of palm trees, particularly those of Nipa fruticans, used in South East Asia to thatch houses
- atmp — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- atop — If something is atop something else, it is on top of it.
- bapi — Business Application Programming Interface
- baps — a woman's breasts
- bapu — a spiritual father
- barp — a mound or cairn of stones
- bdpa — Black Data Processing Associates
- brap — an exclamation used to imitate the sound of a burst of gunfire from an automatic weapon
- bupa — The British United Provident Association Limited: a company which provides private medical insurance
- calp — a type of limestone, dark grey or bluish black in colour, that is found in Ireland
- camp — A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay.
- cap. — chapter
- capa — Robert, real name André Friedmann. 1913–54, Hungarian photographer, who established his reputation as a photojournalist during the Spanish Civil War
- cape — A cape is a large piece of land that sticks out into the sea from the coast.
- caph — kaf
- capi — 1. Calendar Application Programming Interface. 2. (cryptography) Cryptographic Application Programming Interface. 3. (networking) Common ISDN Application Programming Interface.
- capo — a device fitted across all the strings of a guitar, banjo, etc, so as to raise the pitch of each string simultaneously
- capp — Al, full name Alfred Caplin. 1909–79, US cartoonist, famous for his comic strip Li'l Abner
- caps — Capital letters.
- capt — Abbreviation of captain.
- carp — A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers.
- caup — a gift given by a man to his master for his keeping and protection
- chap — A chap is a man or boy.
- clap — When you clap, you hit your hands together to show appreciation or attract attention.
- cpag — Child Poverty Action Group
- cpan — Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
- cpga — Ceramic Pin Grid Array
- cpsa — Civil and Public Services Association
- crap — If you describe something as crap, you think that it is wrong or of very poor quality.
- damp — Something that is damp is slightly wet.
- daps — a pair of plimsolls
- dopa — an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- earp — Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- epha — (biblical) alternative spelling of ephah.
- fcap — foolscap
- flap — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
- fpga — field-programmable gate array
- frap — to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- fupa — a wide area of protruding fat in the upper pubic region.
- gaap — In the US, GAAP are rules to which financial statements of publicly traded companies must conform.
- galp — Lb archaic to gape; yawn.
- gamp — an umbrella.
- gape — to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
- gapo — (in South America) a forest near a river, esp one which becomes flooded during the rainy season
- gaps — Plural form of gap.
- gapy — Veterinary Pathology. a parasitic disease of poultry and other birds, characterized by frequent gaping due to infestation of the trachea and bronchi with gapeworms.
- garp — A graphical language for concurrent programming.
- gasp — a sudden, short intake of breath, as in shock or surprise.
- gaup — to stare with the mouth open in wonder or astonishment; gape: Crowds stood gawping at the disabled ship.