6-letter words containing a, p, o
- pisano — Andrea [ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), c1270–c1348, Italian sculptor.
- plano- — indicating flatness or planeness
- planos — a town in N Texas.
- platon — Distributed language based on asynchronous message passing.
- plokta — /plok't*/ Press Lots Of Keys To Abort. To press random keys in an attempt to get some response from the system. One might plokta when the abort procedure for a program is not known, or when trying to figure out if the system is just sluggish or really hung. Plokta can also be used while trying to figure out any unknown key sequence for a particular operation. Someone going into "plokta mode" usually places both hands flat on the keyboard and mashes them down, hoping for some useful response. A slightly more directed form of plokta can often be seen in mail messages or Usenet articles from new users - the text might end with ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help as the user vainly tries to find the right exit sequence, with the incorrect tries piling up at the end of the message.
- po hai — Bo Hai
- poachy — (of land) slushy; swampy.
- pochay — to transport by post-chaise
- podial — relating to a podium or foot
- pogany — Willy (William Andrew) 1882–1955, U.S. painter, stage designer, and illustrator; born in Hungary.
- pohang — a port city in SE South Korea.
- poisha — an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Bangladesh, the 100th part of a taka.
- polack — Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Pole or person of Polish descent.
- poland — a republic in E central Europe, on the Baltic Sea. About 121,000 sq. mi. (313,400 sq. km). Capital: Warsaw.
- polari — a distinctive English argot in use since at least the 18th century among groups of theatrical and circus performers and in certain homosexual communities, derived largely from Italian, directly or through Lingua Franca.
- poleax — a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.
- pollan — any of several varieties of the whitefish Coregonus pollan that occur in lakes in Northern Ireland
- polska — Polish name of Poland.
- pomace — the pulpy residue from apples or similar fruit after crushing and pressing, as in cider making.
- pomade — a scented ointment, especially one used for the scalp or for dressing the hair.
- pomato — a hybrid between a tomato and a potato
- pombal — Marquês de (mərkeʃ ˈdəː). title of Sebastiâo José de Carvalho e Mello. 1699–1782, Portuguese statesman, who dominated Portuguese government from 1750 to 1777 and instituted many administrative and economic reforms
- pomona — the ancient Roman goddess of the fruit of trees.
- ponape — an island in the W Pacific: part of the Federated States of Micronesia. 134 sq. mi. (347 sq. km).
- pontal — relating to a bridge
- poobah — Pooh Bah.
- poonac — a coconut residue, mainly used as animal fodder
- popart — A grammar-driven programming environment generator. Uses Paddle.
- popera — music drawing on opera or classical music and aiming for popular appeal
- poplar — any of the rapidly growing, salicaceous trees of the genus Populus, usually characterized by the columnar or spirelike manner of growth of its branches.
- porina — the larva of a moth which causes damage to grassland
- porta- — portable
- portal — portal vein.
- portia — the heroine of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, who, in one scene, disguises herself as a lawyer.
- posada — (in some Spanish-speaking countries) a government-operated or -approved inn offering moderately priced rooms to tourists, especially in a historic area.
- postal — of or relating to the post office or mail service: postal delivery; postal employees.
- potage — soup, especially any thick soup made with cream.
- potale — residue from a grain distillery, used as animal feed
- potaro — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
- potash — potassium carbonate, especially the crude impure form obtained from wood ashes.
- potass — potash.
- potato — Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- powwaw — an expression of disbelief or contempt
- poyang — a lake in E China, in Kiangsi province. 90 miles (145 km) long.
- poznan — a city in W Poland, on the Warta River.
- pro-am — including both professionals and amateurs.
- prolan — a constituent of human pregnancy urine
- promal — PROgrammer's Microapplication Language
- protea — any shrub or small tree of the genus Protea, of tropical and southern Africa, having flowers with coloured bracts arranged in showy heads: family Proteaceae
- prowar — in favour of or supporting war