6-letter words containing p
- apiece — If people have a particular number of things apiece, they have that number each.
- apises — a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- aplgol — (language) An APL variant with ALGOL-like control structure, from Hewlett-Packard(?).
- aplite — a light-coloured fine-grained acid igneous rock with a sugary texture, consisting of quartz and feldspars
- aplomb — If you do something with aplomb, you do it with confidence in a relaxed way.
- aplweb — (text, tool) A Web to APL and Web to TeX translator by Dr. Christoph von Basum of The University of Bielefeld, Germany.
- apneic — a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- apnoea — a temporary inability to breathe
- apodal — (of snakes, eels, etc) without feet; having no obvious hind limbs or pelvic fins
- apogee — The apogee of something such as a culture or a business is its highest or its greatest point.
- apollo — a strikingly handsome youth
- aponia — The absence of pain considered as a state of spiritual serenity.
- aporia — a doubt, real or professed, about what to do or say
- apozem — an infusion or decoction
- appair — to make or become worse
- appall — If something appalls you, it disgusts you because it seems so bad or unpleasant.
- appals — (British) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appal.
- appeal — If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
- appear — If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.
- append — When you append something to something else, especially a piece of writing, you attach it or add it to the end of it.
- appkit — (tool) A set of objects used by the application builder for the NEXTSTEP environment.
- apples — well or fine; under control.
- applet — An applet is a computer program which is contained within a page on the World Wide Web, and which transfers itself to your computer and runs automatically while you are looking at that Web page.
- appley — resembling or tasting like an apple
- applog — (language) A language which unifies logic programming and functional programming.
- apport — the production of objects by apparently supernatural means at a spiritualists' seance
- appose — to place side by side or near to each other
- appros — (of a purchase) approval: on appro.
- approx — Alternative spelling of approx.
- aprons — Plural form of apron.
- apropo — Misspelling of apropos.
- aprowl — moving about in stealthy search; covertly stalking or hunting; prowling (usually used predicatively): The sudden silence in the jungle gave warning that some huge carnivore was aprowl.
- apsara — A celestial nymph, typically the consort of a gandharva or heavenly musician.
- apside — (astronomy) An apsis.
- aptest — inclined; disposed; given; prone: too apt to slander others.
- aptote — an indeclinable noun
- apulia — a region of SE Italy, on the Adriatic. Capital: Bari. Pop: 4 023 957 (2003 est). Area: 19 223 sq km (7422 sq miles)
- archbp — archbishop
- arepas — Plural form of arepa.
- armpad — a small cushion forming part of the arm of a chair, sofa, or the like.
- armpit — Your armpits are the areas of your body under your arms where your arms join your shoulders.
- arpent — a former French unit of length equal to 190 feet (approximately 58 metres)
- arpino — Gerald (Peter) 1928–2008, U.S. choreographer.
- as per — If something happens as per a particular plan or suggestion, it happens in the way planned or suggested.
- ashpit — a receptacle in the bottom of a fireplace, under a barbecue, or the like, for the accumulation of ashes.
- asleep — Someone who is asleep is sleeping.
- aslope — sloping
- aspect — An aspect of something is one of the parts of its character or nature.
- aspens — Plural form of aspen.
- aspers — Plural form of asper.