3-letter words containing a, p
- pad — Packet Assembler/Disassembler
- pah — expressing contempt or dismissal
- pak — pack; package.
- pal — a special air service offered by the U.S. Postal Service for sending parcels from 5 to 30 pounds (2.3 to 13.5 kg) to overseas servicemen: only the regular parcel post rate to the U.S. port of shipment plus $1 is charged. Compare SAM (def 2).
- pam — Pluggable Authentication Module
- pan — an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or to the safety of one of its passengers.
- pap — a teat; nipple.
- par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
- pas — a step or series of steps in ballet.
- pat — 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.
- pau — a department in SW France. 2978 sq. mi. (7710 sq. km). Capital: Pau.
- paw — father; pa.
- pax — the Roman goddess of peace.
- pay — to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like.
- paz — a city in and the administrative capital of Bolivia, in the W part; Sucre is the official capital. About 12,000 feet (3660 meters) above sea level.
- pca — (tool, programming) A dynamic analyser from DEC giving information on run-time performance and code use.
- pda — (computer) (PDA) A small hand-held computer typically providing calendar, contacts, and note-taking applications but may include other applications, for example a web browser and media player. Small keyboards and pen-based input systems are most commonly used for user input. The Apple Newton was a fairly early example.
- pea — the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- pfa — please find attached
- pga — 1. (graphics, specification) Professional Graphics Adapter. 2. (hardware) Pin Grid Array.
- pha — Public Housing Administration
- pia — a female given name.
- pla — (language, music) A high-level music programming language, written in SAIL. Pla includes concurrency based on message passing.
- poa — Portable Object Adapter
- ppa — a substance, C 9 H 1 3 NO, related to ephedrine and amphetamine, available in various popular nonprescription diet aids as an appetite suppressant.
- pra — PRAgmatics. The language used by COPS for specification of code generators.
- psa — Problem Statement Analizer. See PSL/PSA.
- pta — peseta.
- pva — a colorless, odorless, nontoxic, transparent, thermoplastic, water-insoluble resin used as an adhesive in certain paints and as an intermediate in the synthesis of polyvinyl acetal and polyvinyl alcohol.
- pwa — person with AIDS
- pya — an aluminum coin of Burma, the 100th part of a kyat.
- rap — to carry off; transport.
- sap — Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
- spa — a resort town in E Belgium, SE of Liège: famous mineral springs.
- tap — Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol
- tpa — Transient Program Area
- wap — Wireless Application Protocol
- wpa — Wi-Fi Protected Access
- yap — to bark sharply, shrilly, or snappishly; yelp.
- zap — to kill or shoot.