6-letter words containing a, s, p, r
- pearls — a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle. Compare knit (def 11).
- pearse — Patrick (Henry), Irish name Pádraic. 1879–1916, Irish nationalist, who planned and led the Easter Rising (1916): executed by the British
- persia — Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- pesaro — a seaport in E Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- pharos — a small peninsula in N Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- phasor — a vector that represents a sinusoidally varying quantity, as a current or voltage, by means of a line rotating about a point in a plane, the magnitude of the quantity being proportional to the length of the line and the phase of the quantity being equal to the angle between the line and a reference line.
- phrase — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- phrasy — characterized by the use of many phrases
- praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prasad — Rajendra [rah-jen-druh] /rɑˈdʒɛn drə/ (Show IPA), 1884–1963, first president of the Republic of India 1950–62.
- prases — a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- praxes — practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
- praxis — practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of knowledge or skills.
- prespa — Lake, a lake on the borders of E Albania, SW Macedonia, and N Greece: drains underground NW to Lake Ohrid. 112 sq. mi. (290 sq. km).
- psywar — psychological warfare.
- pulsar — Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- rapers — unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- rapids — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- rapist — unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- raptus — a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- rasped — to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
- rasper — a person or thing that rasps.
- repass — to pass (a law, etc) again
- repast — a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating: to eat a light repast.
- ripsaw — a saw for cutting wood with the grain.
- sanpro — sanitary-protection products, collectively
- sapour — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- sapper — a soldier employed in the construction of fortifications, trenches, or tunnels that approach or undermine enemy positions.
- sapro- — indicating dead or decaying matter
- sarape — serape.
- satrap — a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- scarph — to assemble with a scarf joint.
- scrape — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- scraps — pieces of discarded food
- scrawp — to scratch (the skin) to relieve itching
- secpar — (in astronomy) a unit of distance equivalent to 3.262 light years
- serape — a blanketlike shawl or wrap, often of brightly colored wool, as worn in Latin America.
- seraph — one of the celestial beings hovering above God's throne in Isaiah's vision. Isa. 6.
- shairp — John Campbell ("Principal Shairp") 1819–85, English critic, poet, and educator.
- shaper — a person or thing that shapes.
- sharpe — William Forsyth [fawr-sahyth] /ˈfɔr saɪθ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- sharps — something sharp.
- sharpy — sharpie.
- sherpa — a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.
- sippar — an ancient Babylonian city on the Euphrates, in SE Iraq.
- soaper — soap opera.
- sophar — Zophar.
- spacer — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spared — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
- spares — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.