6-letter words starting with p
- patsys — a male given name, form of Patrick.
- patted — to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape: to pat dough into flat pastry forms.
- pattée — (of a cross) having triangular arms widening outwards
- patten — Gilbert ("Burt L. Standish") 1866–1945, U.S. writer of adventure stories.
- patter — to talk glibly or rapidly, especially with little regard to meaning; chatter.
- pattle — paddle1 (def 11).
- patton — Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- pattys — a female given name, form of Patience or Patricia.
- patuca — a river rising in E central Honduras and flowing NE to the Caribbean Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- patwin — a member of a North American Indian people of the western Sacramento River valley in California.
- patzer — a casual, amateurish chess player.
- paucal — a grammatical number occurring in some languages for words in contexts where a few of their referents are described or referred to
- paul i — died a.d. 767, pope 757–767.
- paul v — (Camillo Borghese) 1552–1621, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1605–21.
- paulin — a tarpaulin
- paunce — Obsolete form of pansy.
- paunch — a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
- pauper — a person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
- paused — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- pavage — a tax towards paving streets, or the right to levy such a tax
- pavane — a stately dance dating from the 16th century.
- paveed — a pavement.
- pavese — Cesare (ˈtʃeːzare). 1908–50, Italian writer and translator. His works include collections of poems, such as Verrà la morte e avrà i tuoi occhi (1953), short stories, such as the collection Notte di festa (1953), and the novel La Luna e i falò (1950)
- paving — Southern Louisiana. a paved road.
- pavior — a person that paves; paver.
- pavise — a large oblong shield of the late 14th through the early 16th centuries, often covering the entire body and used especially by archers and soldiers of the infantry.
- pavlov — Ivan Petrovich [ee-vahn pyi-traw-vyich] /iˈvɑn pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1849–1936, Russian physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1904.
- pavone — a peacock
- pawing — the foot of an animal having claws.
- pawned — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
- pawnee — a member of a confederacy of North American Plains Indians of Caddoan stock formerly located along the Platte River valley, Nebraska, and now living in northern Oklahoma.
- pawner — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
- pawpaw — a tree, Asimina triloba, of the annona family, native to the eastern U.S., having large, oblong leaves and purplish flowers.
- paxman — Jeremy (Dickson). born 1950, British journalist, broadcaster, and author, noted esp for his political interviews
- paxton — Sir Joseph, 1801–65, English horticulturist and architect.
- paxwax — the neck ligament; nuchal ligament.
- pay in — a deposit in an account.
- pay tv — a commercial service that broadcasts or provides television programs to viewers who pay a monthly charge or a per-program fee.
- pay up — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- pay-in — a deposit in an account.
- pay-tv — Pay-TV is the same as pay television.
- paybox — box office (def 1).
- payday — the day on which wages are given, payment is made, etc.
- paying — work: that is paid
- paynim — a pagan or heathen.
- payoff — the payment of a salary, debt, wager, etc.
- payola — a secret or private payment in return for the promotion of a product, service, etc., through the abuse of one's position, influence, or facilities.
- payout — an act or instance of paying, expending, or disbursing.
- payton — Walter ("Sweetness") 1954–99, U.S. football player.
- pazazz — pizazz.