6-letter words containing n, a, p
- ponape — an island in the W Pacific: part of the Federated States of Micronesia. 134 sq. mi. (347 sq. km).
- pontal — relating to a bridge
- poonac — a coconut residue, mainly used as animal fodder
- porina — the larva of a moth which causes damage to grassland
- poyang — a lake in E China, in Kiangsi province. 90 miles (145 km) long.
- poznan — a city in W Poland, on the Warta River.
- prajna — pure and unqualified knowledge.
- prance — to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
- pranky — inclined to play pranks.
- preman — a precursor of the human being
- prolan — a constituent of human pregnancy urine
- pruina — a woolly white covering on some lichens
- ptisan — a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- pultan — (in India) an infantry regiment
- 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.
- purana — any of 18 collections of Hindu legends and religious instructions.
- putnam — Herbert, 1861–1955, U.S. librarian: headed Library of Congress 1899–1939.
- rapine — the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- raping — 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.
- rapini — the leaves of the turnip, Brassica rapa, eaten cooked or raw as greens.
- rappen — a bronze coin and monetary unit of Switzerland; centime.
- repand — Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
- replan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- saipan — an island in and the capital of the North Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, about 1350 miles (2173 km) S of Japan: taken by U.S. forces June–July 1944. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- sampan — any of various small boats of the Far East, as one propelled by a single scull over the stern and provided with a roofing of mats.
- sannup — a married American Indian man, especially a younger one; husband.
- sanpro — sanitary-protection products, collectively
- shapen — having a designated shape (usually used in combination): a sprawling, ill-shapen building.
- shnaps — schnapps.
- siplan — SIte PLANning computer language. Interactive language for space planning. "Formal Languages for Site Planning", C.I. Yessios in Spatial Synthesis for Computer-Aided Design, C. Eastman ed, Applied Science Publ 1976.
- snappy — Snappy Video Snapshot
- spanks — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- taipan — a highly venomous elapid snake, Oxyuranus scutellatus, of New Guinea and northern Australia, that grows to a length of from 10 to 12 feet (3.1 to 3.7 meters).
- tampan — a biting tick of the genus Ornithodorus, native to Africa
- tampon — a plug of cotton or the like for insertion into an orifice, wound, etc., chiefly for absorbing blood or stopping hemorrhages.
- tap-in — a field goal made by striking a ball in the air into the basket, usually from close range.
- taping — a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tappan — Arthur, 1786–1865, and his brother Lewis, 1788–1873, U.S. businessmen, philanthropists, and abolitionists.
- tarpan — a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- tarpon — a large, powerful game fish, Megalops atlantica, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean, having a compressed body and large, silvery scales.