6-letter words containing a, p, e, t
- puteal — an enclosure around a well
- repast — a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating: to eat a light repast.
- repeat — repeat loop
- retape — a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- sapote — Also called marmalade tree. a tree, Pouteria sapota, of the sapodilla family, native to Mexico and Central America, having large leaves and sweet, edible fruit.
- septal — of or relating to a septum.
- spathe — a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- stapes — the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. Also called stirrup. Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- staple — a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
- taipei — People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing.
- takeup — the act or process of taking up, making tight, etc.
- tamped — to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes: He tamped the tobacco in his pipe.
- tamper — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- tapeti — a forest rabbit of Brazil, Lepus brasiliensis
- tapies — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ˈɑn tɔˌni/ (Show IPA), or Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2012, Spanish painter.
- tapped — to draw liquid from (a vessel or container).
- tapper — a person or thing that taps, as trees for the sap or juice, a blast furnace, cask, or other container for their contents, etc.
- tappet — a sliding rod, intermittently struck by a cam, for moving another part, as a valve.
- tawpie — a foolish or thoughtless young person.
- teacup — a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
- teapot — a container with a lid, spout, and handle, in which tea is made and from which it is poured.
- teapoy — a small three-legged table or stand.
- teopan — a Mexican temple
- tephra — clastic volcanic material, as scoria, dust, etc., ejected during an eruption.
- teraph — any of various small household gods or images venerated by ancient Semitic peoples. (Genesis 31:19–21; I Samuel 19:13–16)
- threap — an argument; quarrel.
- toecap — a piece of leather or other material covering the toe of a shoe.
- topeka — a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 82,276 sq. mi. (213,094 sq. km). Capital: Topeka. Abbreviation: KS (for use with zip code), Kans., Kan., Kas.
- trapes — to walk or go aimlessly or idly or without finding or reaching one's goal: We traipsed all over town looking for a copy of the book.
- trepan — a person who ensnares or entraps others.
- type a — of or relating to a pattern of behavior characterized by competitiveness, a sense of urgency, impatience, perfectionism, and assertiveness, and possibly associated with an increased risk of heart disease.
- upbeat — an unaccented beat, especially immediately preceding a downbeat.
- update — to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections: to update a science textbook.
- uprate — to raise in rate, power, size, classification, etc.; upgrade: to uprate a rocket engine.
- uptake — apprehension; understanding or comprehension; mental grasp: quick on the uptake.
- uptear — to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.