6-letter words containing a, p, r
- subpar — below an average, usual, or normal level, quality, or the like; below par: This month his performance has been subpar.
- supra- — over, above, beyond, or greater than
- tamper — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
- tampur — tambura.
- 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.
- tarpan — a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- tarpit — seepage of natural tar or asphalt, especially an accumulation that has acted as a natural trap into which animals have fallen and sunk and had their bones preserved.
- tarpon — a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.
- 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.
- trampy — (of a woman) disreputable, promiscuous
- transp — transportation
- trapan — a person who ensnares or entraps others.
- 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.
- trappy — difficult or tricky: trappy terrain.
- trepan — a person who ensnares or entraps others.
- unpray — to withdraw or rescind (a prayer)
- unspar — to open or remove a barricade from
- unwrap — to remove or open the wrapping of.
- upbear — to bear up; raise aloft; sustain or support.
- upbray — to upbraid
- upcard — Stud Poker. a card properly dealt face up. Compare hole card.
- updart — to dart upwards
- updrag — to drag up or upwards
- updraw — to draw up
- uprate — to raise in rate, power, size, classification, etc.; upgrade: to uprate a rocket engine.
- uprear — to raise up; lift: The horse upreared its head and whinnied.
- uproar — a state of violent and noisy disturbance, as of a multitude; turmoil.
- upsoar — to soar upwards
- uptear — to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- upward — toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward.
- upwarp — a geologic structure, usually of relatively large dimensions, whose flanks slope gradually away from the center.
- upwrap — a fold with downward sloping layers; an anticline
- vamper — the portion of a shoe or boot upper that covers the instep and toes.
- vapory — vaporous.
- vapour — a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs.
- vorpal — fatal
- wapper — (UK, dialect) A gudgeon.
- warmup — an act or instance of warming up: The spectators came early to watch the players go through their warmups. The dancers went through a quick warmup.
- warped — to bend or twist out of shape, especially from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring.
- warper — a person or thing that warps.
- wrappe — Obsolete spelling of wrap.
- wrapup — Alternative form of wrap-up.
- yapper — to bark sharply, shrilly, or snappishly; yelp.
- yarpha — sandy or clayey peat
- yarpie — (pejorative, slang) A white South African man.
- yauper — yawp.
- yawper — A person who yawps; one who cries vigorously.
- zapper — to kill or shoot.