6-letter words containing p
- cuppas — Plural form of cuppa.
- cupped — hollowed like a cup; concave
- cupper — a person who performs the procedure of cupping.
- cupri- — containing copper with a valence of two; cupric
- cupric — of or containing copper in the divalent state
- cupro- — indicating copper
- cuprum — copper1 (def 1).
- cupula — a dome-shaped structure, esp the sensory structure within the semicircular canals of the ear
- cupule — a cup-shaped part or structure, such as the cup around the base of an acorn
- curple — The hindquarters or the rump of a horse, a strap under the girth of a horse's saddle to stop the saddle from kicking forward.
- cuspal — relating to or having a cusp
- cusped — having a cusp or cusps; cusplike.
- cusper — A person considered to have been born on a cusp between significant generations.
- cuspid — a tooth having one point; canine tooth
- cuspis — a cusp
- cut up — If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces.
- cut-up — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- cutups — Plural form of cutup.
- cypher — cipher
- cypres — legal doctrine
- cyprid — Any freshwater ostracod of the family Cyprididae.
- cypris — a member of a genus of small bivalve freshwater crustaceans
- cyprus — an island in the E Mediterranean: ceded to Britain by Turkey in 1878 and made a colony in 1925; became an independent republic in 1960 as a member of the Commonwealth; invaded by Turkey in 1974 following a Greek-supported military coup, leading to the partition of the island. In 1983 the Turkish-controlled northern sector declared itself to be an independent state as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus but failed to receive international recognition. Attempts by the UN to broker a reunification agreement have failed. Cyprus joined the EU in 2004. The UK maintains two enclaves as military bases (Akrotiri and Dhekelia Sovereign Base Areas), which are not included in Cyprus politically. Languages: Greek and Turkish. Religions: Greek Orthodox and Muslim. Currency: euro and Turkish lira. Capital: Nicosia. Pop (Greek): 838 897 (2011 est); (Turkish): 265 100 (2006 est). Area: 9251 sq km (3571 sq miles)
- czapka — a leather and felt peaked military helmet of Polish origin
- d phil — D Phil is an abbreviation for Doctor of Philosophy.
- d-post — A D-post is part of the bodywork of a vehicle that supports the roof and against which the rear door closes.
- d-type — 1. (hardware) A type of computer peripheral connector so named because one side is shorter (with one less pin) than the other giving a (squarish) "D" shape. The connectors have two rows of pins (or holes). Common types are 25-way (13+12 pins) and 9-way (5+4 pins). They are often used for serial lines, especially EIA-232. 2. D-type flip-flop.
- dacapo — Broad-range hardware specification language. "Mixed Level Modelling and Simulation of VLSI Systems", F.J. Rammig in Logic Design and Simulation, E. Horbst ed, N-H 1986.
- damped — Simple past tense and past participle of damp.
- dampen — To dampen something such as someone's enthusiasm or excitement means to make it less lively or intense.
- damper — A damper is a small sheet of metal in a fire, boiler, or furnace that can be moved to increase or reduce the amount of air that enters.
- damply — In a damp manner.
- daphne — any shrub of the Eurasian thymelaeaceous genus Daphne, such as the mezereon and spurge laurel: ornamentals with shiny evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
- daplex — ["The Functional Data Model and the Data Language DAPLEX", D.W. Shipman, ACM Trans Database Sys, 6(1):140-173 (Mar 1981)].
- dapped — to fish by letting the bait fall lightly on the water.
- dapper — A man who is dapper has a very neat and clean appearance, and is often also small and thin.
- dapple — to mark or become marked with spots or patches of a different colour; mottle
- dayhop — a day's journey; a distance that can be traveled in one day.
- decamp — If you decamp, you go away from somewhere secretly or suddenly.
- dedupe — (informal) deduplication.
- deepen — If a situation or emotion deepens or if something deepens it, it becomes stronger and more intense.
- deeper — Comparative form of deep.
- deepie — a film that has dimensions of breadth, depth, and length, made for television or cinema
- deeply — at or to a considerable extent downward; well within or beneath a surface.
- delope — to shoot into the air during a duel, in order deliberately to miss one's opponent
- delphi — an ancient Greek city on the S slopes of Mount Parnassus: site of the most famous oracle of Apollo
- depack — (transitive,computing) To decompress (data).
- depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- depend — If you say that one thing depends on another, you mean that the first thing will be affected or determined by the second.
- deperm — to demagnetize (a ship or submarine) in order to protect it from magnetic detection