6-letter words containing a, d
- palled — a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- pallid — pale; faint or deficient in color; wan: a pallid countenance.
- palmed — having a palm or palms of a specified kind (often used in combination): a wide-palmed hand.
- panada — a thick sauce or paste made with bread crumbs, milk, and seasonings, often served with roast wild fowl or meat.
- pandal — (in India) a temporary shed, especially one used for public meetings.
- pandar — act as a pimp
- pander — a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- pandit — Vijaya Lakshmi [vi-jahy-uh lahk-shmee] /vɪˈdʒaɪ ə ˈlɑk ʃmi/ (Show IPA), 1900–90, Indian stateswoman (sister of Jawaharlal Nehru).
- panned — the act of panning a camera.
- panted — to breathe hard and quickly, as after exertion.
- parade — a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
- pardah — the seclusion of women from the sight of men or strangers, practiced by some Muslims and Hindus.
- parded — having spots
- pardee — (as a mild oath) certainly; indeed
- pardie — verily; indeed
- pardon — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- parked — an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
- parled — talk; parley.
- parmod — "Parallel Programming with ParMod", S. Eichholz, Proc 1987 Intl Conf on Parallel Proc, pp.377-380.
- parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- parred — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- parted — partial; of a part: part owner.
- passed — having completed the act of passing.
- pasted — a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- 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.
- paused — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- paveed — a pavement.
- pawned — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
- payday — the day on which wages are given, payment is made, etc.
- pdelan — Partial Differential Equation LANguage
- peaked — Also, on-peak. being at the point of maximum frequency, intensity, use, etc.; busiest or most active: Hotel rooms are most expensive during the peak travel seasons.
- pealed — a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- peapod — the part of a pea plant that surrounds the growing peas
- pedalo — pedal boat
- pedant — a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- pedate — having a foot or feet.
- pedlar — a person who sells from door to door or in the street.
- pedway — a walkway, usually enclosed, permitting pedestrians to go from building to building, as in an urban center, without passing through traffic.
- pentad — a period of five years.
- pesade — a maneuver in which the horse is made to rear, keeping its hind legs stationary and its forelegs drawn in.
- petard — an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- phaedo — a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato, purporting to describe the death of Socrates, dealing with the immortality of the soul, and setting forth the theory of Ideas.
- phased — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- picard — Charles Émile [sharl ey-meel] /ʃarl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, French mathematician.
- pinard — wine.
- pindan — semiarid country; scrubland.
- pindar — 522?–443? b.c, Greek poet.
- placed — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- placid — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- planed — Carpentry. any of various woodworking instruments for paring, truing, or smoothing, or for forming moldings, chamfers, rabbets, grooves, etc., by means of an inclined, adjustable blade moved along and against the piece being worked.