6-letter words containing a, p
- hapten — a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.
- haptic — of or relating to the sense of touch: the haptic sensation of holding a real book in your hands.
- harped — Simple past tense and past participle of harp.
- harper — James, 1795–1869, and his brothers John, 1797–1875, (Joseph) Wesley, 1801–70, and Fletcher, 1806–77, U.S. printers and publishers.
- harpin — any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
- hasped — Simple past tense and past participle of hasp.
- hatpeg — a peg on which to hang a hat
- hatpin — a long pin for securing a woman's hat to her hair, often having a bulbous decorative head of colored glass, simulated pearl, or the like.
- heaped — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- heaper — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- hepat- — hepato-
- hepcat — a performer or admirer of jazz, especially swing.
- hepta- — seven
- heptad — the number seven.
- hoopla — bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do.
- hubcap — a removable cover for the center area of the exposed side of an automobile wheel, covering the axle.
- huppah — a canopy under which the Jewish marriage ceremony is performed.
- hutzpa — unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
- hypate — (on the ancient Greek lyre) the highest placed string, producing the lowest tone
- hyphae — (in a fungus) one of the threadlike elements of the mycelium.
- hyphal — Of or pertaining to hyphae.
- ibpag2 — Icon-Based Parser Generation System 2
- icecap — a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- impact — the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision: The impact of the colliding cars broke the windshield.
- impair — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- impala — an African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, the male of which has ringed, lyre-shaped horns.
- impale — to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- impark — to enclose or shut up, as in a park.
- imparl — to confer with the opposing party in a lawsuit with a view to settling the dispute amicably, out of court.
- impart — to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- impave — (archaic, poetic) To pave.
- impawn — to put in pawn; pledge.
- imphal — a state in NE India between Assam and Burma. 8620 sq. mi. (22,326 sq. km). Capital: Imphal.
- inspan — to yoke or harness.
- inwrap — enwrap.
- ipecac — the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- isakmp — Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
- isopag — a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice exists at approximately the same period during winter.
- jaipur — a state in NW India; formerly Rajputana and a group of small states. 132,078 sq. mi. (342,056 sq. km). Capital: Jaipur.
- jalapa — a state in E Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico. 27,759 sq. mi. (71,895 sq. km). Capital: Jalapa.
- jalopy — an old, decrepit, or unpretentious automobile.
- jam up — a stoppage or slowing of motion, work, or the like, due to obstruction, overloading, malfunction, or inefficiency; jam: Your letters didn't go out yesterday because there was a jam-up in the mail room.
- jam-up — a stoppage or slowing of motion, work, or the like, due to obstruction, overloading, malfunction, or inefficiency; jam: Your letters didn't go out yesterday because there was a jam-up in the mail room.
- jampan — a type of sedan chair used in India
- jampot — A pot of jam.
- japans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of japan.
- japery — to jest; joke; gibe.
- japing — joking or playing tricks
- japura — a river flowing E from the Andes in SW Colombia through NW Brazil to the Amazon. 1750 miles (2820 km) long.
- jasper — a city in NW Alabama.