6-letter words containing a, u, p
- pascua — ˈIsla de (ˈislɑðɛ ) ; ēsˈläthe) Easter Island
- passus — a section or division of a story, poem, etc.; canto.
- patuca — a river rising in E central Honduras and flowing NE to the Caribbean Sea. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- paucal — a grammatical number occurring in some languages for words in contexts where a few of their referents are described or referred to
- paul i — died a.d. 767, pope 757–767.
- paul v — (Camillo Borghese) 1552–1621, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1605–21.
- paulin — a tarpaulin
- paunce — Obsolete form of pansy.
- paunch — a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
- pauper — a person without any means of support, especially a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
- paused — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- pay up — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- payout — an act or instance of paying, expending, or disbursing.
- peanut — the pod or the enclosed edible seed of the plant, Arachis hypogaea, of the legume family: the pod is forced underground in growing, where it ripens.
- pilula — pill
- plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- plaguy — such as to plague, torment, or annoy; vexatious: a plaguy pile of debts.
- plaque — a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture.
- plauen — a city in E Germany.
- pleura — Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- plural — consisting of, containing, or pertaining to more than one.
- pneuma — the vital spirit; the soul.
- prague — a republic in central Europe: includes the regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and part of Silesia; formerly part of Czechoslovakia; independent since 1993. 30,449 sq. mi. (78,864 sq. km). Capital: Prague.
- pruina — a woolly white covering on some lichens
- prutah — a former aluminum coin of Israel, the thousandth part of a pound.
- puebla — a state in S central Mexico. 13,124 sq. mi. (33,990 sq. km).
- puglia — Italian name of Apulia.
- pujari — a Hindu priest
- pulpal — (of a tooth) relating to the pulp
- 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.
- pultan — (in India) an infantry regiment
- pulwar — a light Indian river boat used for carrying cargo
- punani — the vagina
- punjab — a former province in NW British India: now divided between India and Pakistan.
- punkah — (especially in India) a fan, especially a large, swinging, screenlike fan hung from the ceiling and moved by a servant or by machinery.
- puntat — a walking catfish, Clarias fuscus, introduced in Hawaiian waters.
- pupate — to become a pupa.
- purace — an active volcano in SW Colombia. 15,603 feet (4756 meters).
- purana — any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.
- purdah — the seclusion of women from the sight of men or strangers, practiced by some Muslims and Hindus.
- puskas — Ferenc (ˈfɛrɛnk). 1927–2006, Hungarian footballer; played for Hungary (1945–56) and Real Madrid (1958–66)
- puteal — an enclosure around a well
- putnam — Herbert, 1861–1955, U.S. librarian: headed Library of Congress 1899–1939.
- pyuria — the presence of pus in the urine.
- quapaw — a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Arkansas, now living mostly in northeastern Oklahoma.
- raipur — a city in SE Madhya Pradesh, in E central India.
- rajput — a member of a Hindu people claiming descent from the ancient Kshatriya, or warrior caste, and noted for their military spirit.
- rampur — a city in Uttar Pradesh state in N India.
- raptus — a state of intense or overwhelming excitement; rapture; ecstasy.
- rupiah — an aluminum coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Indonesia, equal to 100 sen. Abbreviation: Rp.