6-letter words containing p
- aspire — If you aspire to something such as an important job, you have a strong desire to achieve it.
- aspish — relating to asps
- asport — the phenomena of the vanishing or removal of objects (by a spirit) and the subsequent reappearance in another location
- aspout — in a spurting or spouting manner
- asprin — Misspelling of aspirin.
- astoop — in a sloping or slanting manner
- at par — If a bond or stock is priced at par, it is trading at its face value.
- atopic — of or relating to hereditary hypersensitivity to certain allergens
- atpase — adenosine triphosphatase; an enzyme that converts ATP to ADP
- attrap — to catch or ensnare
- atypia — (symptom) abnormality in a cell.
- atypic — nonconforming or not typical
- auceps — a person who catches hawks
- auspex — in ancient Rome, an augur, or diviner, esp. one who watched for omens in the flight of birds
- b-post — A B-post is part of the bodywork of a vehicle that supports the roof and against which the front door closes.
- b.p.e. — Bachelor of Physical Education
- backup — Backup consists of extra equipment, resources, or people that you can get help or support from if necessary.
- bag up — If you bag up a quantity of something, you put it into bags.
- ballup — a state of confusion; mix-up.
- bampot — an idiot; a fool
- barhop — to visit several bars in succession
- bartop — The top surface of a bar (counter for serving drinks).
- bbsydp — Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Youth Development Programme
- bedhop — Alternative spelling of bed-hop.
- bedpad — a pad or other protective covering used between the mattress and the bottom sheet of a bed.
- bedpan — A bedpan is a shallow bowl shaped like a toilet seat, which is used instead of a toilet by people who are too ill to get out of bed.
- bedrop — to drop upon or cover with drops
- beeped — Simple past tense and past participle of beep.
- beeper — A beeper is a portable device that makes a beeping noise, usually to tell you to phone someone or to remind you to do something.
- beleap — to leap over
- bepelt — to pelt energetically
- bepity — to feel great pity for
- bepuff — to puff up
- bespit — to cover with spittle
- bespot — to mark with spots or blemishes
- beweep — to grieve for by weeping
- bewept — to weep over (something): to beweep one's foolish mistakes.
- bewrap — to wrap up; to conceal
- bhopal — a city in central India, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state and of the former state of Bhopal: site of a poisonous gas leak from a US-owned factory, which killed over 7000 people in 1984 and was implicated in a further 15 000 deaths afterwards. Pop: 1 433 875 (2001)
- biceps — Your biceps are the large muscles at the front of the upper part of your arms.
- bid up — If someone bids up the value of something, they try to increase it, for example by offering to buy it at a higher price than usual.
- bid-up — the act or an instance of increasing the price of something by forcing the bidding upward.
- big up — to make important, prominent, or famous
- biopic — A biopic is a film that tells the story of someone's life.
- biopsy — A biopsy is the removal and examination of fluids or tissue from a patient's body in order to discover why they are ill.
- bipack — an obsolete filming process
- bishop — A bishop is a clergyman of high rank in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox churches.
- bitmap — A bitmap is a type of graphics file on a computer.
- blowup — an explosion
- bob up — to come up unexpectedly; appear suddenly