6-letter words containing p
- adipic — (organic chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
- adipsy — Archaic form of adipsia.
- adolph — a masculine name: equiv. L. Adolphus, Fr. Adolphe, Ger. Adolf
- adopts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adopt.
- adsorp — (nonstandard) To adsorb.
- aerope — the wife of Atreus, seduced by her brother-in-law Thyestes.
- affrap — to hit, land a blow
- agapae — the love of God or Christ for humankind.
- agapai — the love of God or Christ for humankind.
- airgap — a gap or space which contains air or allows air flow
- airpot — A container for storing and dispensing coffee or other beverages that maintains a constant temperature by use of glass insulation.
- aldisp — Applicative Language for Digital Signal Processing
- alephs — Plural form of aleph.
- aleppo — an ancient city in NW Syria: industrial and commercial centre; scene of heavy fighting from 2012 between various rebel forces and army units loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Pop: 2 505 000 (2005 est)
- aliped — (of bats and similar animals) having the digits connected by a winglike membrane
- all up — the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the way; all year.
- alpaca — Alpaca is a type of soft wool.
- alpeen — a cudgel
- alpena — a city in NE Michigan, on Lake Huron.
- alphas — Plural form of alpha.
- alphyl — a univalent aromatic radical
- alpine — Alpine means existing in or relating to mountains, especially the ones in Switzerland.
- amp up — to increase
- amp-hr — ampere-hour
- ampere — An ampere is a unit which is used for measuring electric current. The abbreviation amp is also used.
- amphi- — on both sides; at both ends; of both kinds
- amping — amplifier (def 2).
- ampler — Comparative form of ample.
- ampule — An ampule is a small container, usually made of glass, that contains a drug that will be injected into someone. The abbreviation amp is also used.
- ampuls — Plural form of ampul.
- anceps — (poetry, Greek and Latin meter) A syllable that can be either short or long.
- anopia — the inability to see; sightlessness
- apache — a member of a North American Indian people, formerly nomadic and warlike, inhabiting the southwestern US and N Mexico
- aparel — A PArse REquest Language
- aparri — a seaport on N Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- apathy — You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.
- apedom — the state of being an ape
- apeing — Present participle of ape.
- apeman — any of various extinct apelike primates thought to have been the forerunners, or closely related to the forerunners, of modern man
- apemen — Plural form of apeman.
- apercu — outline
- aperea — Cavia aperea, the Brazilian guinea pig.
- apexes — the tip, point, or vertex; summit.
- apheta — (astrology) The planet that has the most influence on a person's life.
- aphids — Plural form of aphid.
- aphony — Dated form of aphonia.
- aphtha — a small ulceration on a mucous membrane, as in thrush, caused by a fungal infection
- apiary — a place where bees are kept, usually in beehives
- apical — of, at, or being the apex
- apices — apex