6-letter words containing n, a, p
- papain — Biochemistry. a proteolytic enzyme found in the fruit of the papaya tree, Carica papaya.
- papuan — of or relating to New Guinea or to Papua New Guinea.
- parana — a river in central South America, flowing from S Brazil along the SE boundary of Paraguay and through E Argentina into the Río de la Plata. 2050 miles (3300 km) long.
- parang — a large, heavy knife used as a tool or a weapon in Malaysia and Indonesia.
- pardon — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- paren. — parenthesis
- parent — a father or a mother.
- parian — of or relating to Paros, noted for its white marble.
- paring — the act of a person or thing that pares.
- parkin — (in Britain and New Zealand) a moist spicy ginger cake usually containing oatmeal
- parnis — Mollie (Mollie Parnis Livingston) 1905–1992, U.S. fashion designer.
- parpen — perpend1 .
- parran — Thomas, Jr. 1892–1968, U.S. public health official.
- parson — a member of the clergy, especially a Protestant minister; pastor; rector.
- partan — a crab.
- parton — a constituent of the nucleon originally postulated in the theoretical analysis of high-energy scattering of electrons by nucleons and subsequently identified with quarks and gluons.
- pascin — Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Julius Pincas) 1885–1930, French painter, born in Bulgaria.
- patent — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- pathan — Afghan (def 1).
- patina — a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- patine — patina.
- patron — (in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a boss; employer.
- patten — Gilbert ("Burt L. Standish") 1866–1945, U.S. writer of adventure stories.
- patton — Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
- patwin — a member of a North American Indian people of the western Sacramento River valley in California.
- paulin — a tarpaulin
- paunce — Obsolete form of pansy.
- paunch — a large and protruding belly; potbelly.
- pavane — a stately dance dating from the 16th century.
- paving — Southern Louisiana. a paved road.
- pavone — a peacock
- pawing — the foot of an animal having claws.
- pawned — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
- pawnee — a member of a confederacy of North American Plains Indians of Caddoan stock formerly located along the Platte River valley, Nebraska, and now living in northern Oklahoma.
- pawner — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
- paxman — Jeremy (Dickson). born 1950, British journalist, broadcaster, and author, noted esp for his political interviews
- paxton — Sir Joseph, 1801–65, English horticulturist and architect.
- pay in — a deposit in an account.
- pay-in — a deposit in an account.
- paying — work: that is paid
- paynim — a pagan or heathen.
- payton — Walter ("Sweetness") 1954–99, U.S. football player.
- pdelan — Partial Differential Equation LANguage
- peahen — the female peafowl.
- 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.
- peasen — bill3 (def 4).
- pedant — a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- pellan — Alfred [French al-fred] /French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Canadian painter.
- penang — an island in SE Asia, off the W coast of the Malay Peninsula. 110 sq. mi. (285 sq. km).
- penial — the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.