6-letter words containing n, a, p
- frypan — (US, Australia, New Zealand) A frying pan.
- gaping — to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
- go nap — to undertake to win all five tricks at nap
- hangup — Alternative spelling of hang-up.
- happen — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- impawn — to put in pawn; pledge.
- inspan — to yoke or harness.
- inwrap — enwrap.
- jampan — a type of sedan chair used in India
- japans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of japan.
- japing — joking or playing tricks
- kanpur — a city in S Uttar Pradesh, in N India, on the Ganges River.
- kaplan — Mordecai Menahem [mawr-di-kahy mey-nuh-hem,, muh-nah-hem] /ˈmɔr dɪˌkaɪ ˈmeɪ nəˌhɛm,, məˈnɑ hɛm/ (Show IPA), 1881–1983, U.S. religious leader and educator, born in Lithuania: founder of the Reconstructionist movement in Judaism.
- kapton — a strong, lightweight plastic resistant to high temperatures, used primarily by the aerospace industry to make thin sheets of insulation
- kidnap — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kirpan — a small dagger worn by orthodox Sikhs.
- lenape — Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- madnep — (obsolete) The masterwort (Peucedanum ostruthium).
- man up — an adult male person, as distinguished from a boy or a woman.
- mandap — Alternative spelling of mandapa, a sacred tent used in Hindu wedding ceremonies.
- maping — former name of Liuzhou.
- mencap — a charity that helps people with learning difficulties and promotes their interests in society
- mopane — A tree, Colophospermum mopane, native to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Angola and Malawi.
- mopani — a leguminous tree, Colophospermum (or Copaifera) mopane, native to southern Africa, that is highly resistant to drought and produces very hard wood
- nagpur — a city in NE Maharashtra, in central India: former capital of the Central Provinces and Berar.
- napalm — a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
- napata — an ancient city of Nubia and Cush, situated downstream from the Fourth Cataract of the Nile river, in present-day Sudan.
- napery — table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
- napier — Sir Charles James, 1782–1853, British general.
- napkin — a small piece of cloth or paper, usually square, for use in wiping the lips and fingers and to protect the clothes while eating.
- naples — a region in SW Italy. 5214 sq. mi. (13,505 sq. km). Capital: Naples.
- naplps — North American Presentation-Level-Protocol Syntax. Format for sending text and graphics over communication lines. Used by videotex systems.
- napoli — Italian name of Naples.
- napped — to sleep for a short time; doze.
- napper — a person who naps or dozes.
- nappes — Plural form of nappe.
- nappie — a small shallow dish, usually round and often of glass, with a flat bottom and sloping sides, for serving food.
- neaped — grounded until the next cycle of spring tides.
- nepali — Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- nepean — a former city in SE Ontario, Canada, now part of Ottawa.
- nepman — (in the Soviet Union) a person who engaged briefly in private enterprise during the New Economic Policy of the 1920s.
- no-par — without par or face value: no-par stock.
- nonpar — nonparticipating
- nopals — Plural form of nopal.
- nympha — Anatomy. one of the inner labia of the vulva.
- on tap — a cylindrical stick, long plug, or stopper for closing an opening through which liquid is drawn, as in a cask; spigot.
- onpass — (transitive) To pass along or hand over.