6-letter words containing a, s, p
- sophia — a female given name.
- spaatz — Carl, 1891–1974, U.S. general.
- spacer — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spacey — spaced-out (def 2).
- spades — a black figure shaped like an inverted heart and with a short stem at the cusp opposite the point, used on playing cards.
- spadix — an inflorescence consisting of a spike with a fleshy or thickened axis, usually enclosed in a spathe.
- spammy — bland
- spanks — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
- 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.
- sparge — a sprinkling.
- sparid — any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- sparke — a battle-axe
- sparks — an elegant or foppish young man.
- sparky — emitting or producing sparks.
- sparry — of or relating to mineral spar.
- sparse — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- sparta — an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- sparth — a type of battle-axe
- sparti — Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- spathe — a bract or pair of bracts, often large and colored, subtending or enclosing a spadix or flower cluster.
- spauld — a shoulder
- spavin — a disease of the hock joint of horses in which enlargement occurs because of collected fluids (bog spavin) bony growth (bone spavin) or distention of the veins (blood spavin)
- spawny — resembling spawn
- spayad — a male deer
- spears — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- speary — resembling or characteristic of spears
- spezia — a seaport in NW Italy, on the Ligurian Sea: naval base.
- spinae — a spine or spinelike projection.
- spinal — of, relating to, or belonging to a spine or thornlike structure, especially to the backbone.
- spinar — a fast-spinning star or celestial mass
- spiral — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- spirea — any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spital — a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- splake — the hybrid offspring of a lake trout and a brook trout.
- splash — to wet or soil by dashing masses or particles of water, mud, or the like; spatter: Don't splash her dress!
- splayd — an implement combining the functions of knife, fork, and spoon
- sporal — Biology. a walled, single- to many-celled, reproductive body of an organism, capable of giving rise to a new individual either directly or indirectly.
- sprack — alert and vigorous
- spraid — chapped
- sprain — to overstrain or wrench (the ligaments of an ankle, wrist, or other joint) so as to injure without fracture or dislocation.
- sprang — a simple past tense of spring.
- sprawl — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- spread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- sproat — a fishhook having a circular bend.
- spycam — a hidden camera used for surveillance
- stapes — the innermost, stirrup-shaped bone of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals, involved in the conduction of sound vibrations to the inner ear. Also called stirrup. Compare incus (def 1), malleus.
- staple — a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
- subpar — below an average, usual, or normal level, quality, or the like; below par: This month his performance has been subpar.
- sulpha — any of a group of sulphonamides that prevent the growth of bacteria