7-letter words containing p, a
- apadana — the great hall in an ancient Persian palace
- apagoge — an indirect argument which serves to prove something by showing the contrary to be absurd or impossible
- apanage — appanage
- apapane — a small, deep crimson Hawaiian honeycreeper, Himatione sanguinea, having black wings, tail, and bill.
- aparejo — a kind of packsaddle made of stuffed leather cushions
- apathia — absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
- apatite — a pale green to purple mineral, found in igneous rocks and metamorphosed limestones. It is used in the manufacture of phosphorus, phosphates, and fertilizers. Composition: calcium fluorophosphate or calcium chlorophosphate. General formula: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,OH,Cl). Crystal structure: hexagonal
- ape-man — any of several extinct primates, as a pithecanthropine, with structural characteristics intermediate between ape and man
- apehood — the state of being an ape
- apelike — any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- apelles — 4th century bc, Greek painter of mythological subjects, none of whose work survives, his fame resting on the testimony of Pliny and other writers
- apepsia — a medical condition characterized by ineffective digestion or indigestion
- apercus — a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- apeshit — (slang) Out of control due to anger or excitement.
- aphagia — refusal or inability to swallow
- aphakia — absence of the lens of an eye, congenital or otherwise
- aphakic — lack or loss of the lens of the eye.
- aphasia — Aphasia is a mental condition in which people are often unable to remember simple words or communicate.
- aphasic — pertaining to or affected with aphasia.
- aphelia — The point in the orbit of a celestial body at which it is farthest from the body it orbits.
- aphemia — a type of aphasia characterized by the inability to express ideas in spoken words.
- aphesis — the gradual disappearance of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word, as in squire from esquire
- aphetic — pertaining to or due to aphesis.
- aphobia — Fearlessness, a lack of fear.
- aphonia — loss of the voice caused by damage to the vocal tract
- aphonic — affected with aphonia
- aphotic — characterized by or growing in the absence of light
- aphthae — Plural form of aphtha.
- apician — of or relating to an epicure
- apiezon — designating any of a number of hydrocarbon oils, greases, or waxes, characterized by a low vapour pressure and used in vacuum equipment
- apishly — In an apish manner; in the manner of an ape.
- aplanat — an aplanatic lens
- aplasia — congenital absence or abnormal development of an organ or part
- aplenty — If you have something aplenty, you have a lot of it.
- aplysia — Any sea slug of the genus Aplysia.
- apnoeas — Plural form of apnoea.
- apnoeic — of or relating to apnoea
- apocarp — an apocarpous gynoecium or fruit
- apocope — omission of the final sound or sounds of a word
- apodema — apodeme.
- apodeme — a ridgelike ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports the internal organs and provides the attachment points for the muscles.
- apodous — apodal.
- apogamy — a type of reproduction, occurring in some ferns, in which the sporophyte develops from the gametophyte without fusion of gametes
- apogean — Connected with the apogee.
- apogees — Plural form of apogee.
- apogeic — of or relating to an apogee
- apojove — (astronomy) the spot that is the farthest away from the planet Jupiter in the orbit of each of its own satellites; apoapsis around Jupiter.
- apology — An apology is something that you say or write in order to tell someone that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them.
- apolune — the point in a lunar orbit when a spacecraft is at its greatest distance from the moon
- apomict — an organism, esp a plant, produced by apomixis