4-letter words containing p, a
- papa — father.
- pape — a Roman Catholic
- papp — Joseph (Yosl Papirofsky) 1921–91, U.S. theatrical producer and director.
- paps — a teat; nipple.
- par- — para-1 (sense 2) para-1 (sense 2b)
- para — a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- parc — XEROX PARC
- pard — partner; companion.
- pare — Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- pari — (mathematics, tool) A system for symbolic mathematics, especially number theory. Version 1.37 for Unix, Macintosh, MS-DOS, Amiga. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- park — Mungo [muhng-goh] /ˈmʌŋ goʊ/ (Show IPA), 1771–1806? Scottish explorer in Africa.
- parl — Parliament
- parm — /parm/ Further-compressed form of param. This term is an IBMism, and written use is almost unknown outside IBM shops; spoken /parm/ is more widely distributed, but the synonym arg is favoured among hackers. Compare var.
- parp — to make a honking sound like a horn
- parr — a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- pars — Programmable Airline Reservation System
- part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- pasc — Perceptional Adaptive Subband Coding
- pase — (in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- pash — an infatuation for another person; crush.
- pass — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- past — gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
- pata — 1. (storage) Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment. 2. Pooling Agreement for Technical Assistance.
- patd — patented
- pate — porcelain paste used in ceramic work.
- path — a way beaten, formed, or trodden by the feet of persons or animals.
- pato — an Argentine game played by two teams of four on horseback, resembling a cross between polo and basketball, using a ball with six large leather handles, the object of which is to place or throw the ball through the opponent's net that hangs from a 9 feet (2.7 meters) high pole.
- patu — a short Māori club, now used ceremonially
- paty — (of a cross) having arms of equal length, each expanding outward from the center; formée: a cross paty.
- paua — a large, edible abalone of New Zealand, Haliotis iris, the shell of which is used in making jewelry.
- paul — Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- paur — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Austrian violinist and conductor.
- pave — a pavement.
- pavo — a small constellation near the South Pole lying between Tucana and Ara
- pawl — a pivoted bar adapted to engage with the teeth of a ratchet wheel or the like so as to prevent movement or to impart motion.
- pawn — to deposit as security, as for money borrowed, especially with a pawnbroker: He raised the money by pawning his watch.
- paws — father; pa.
- paye — In Britain, PAYE is a system of paying income tax in which your employer pays your tax directly to the government, and then takes this amount from your salary or wages. PAYE is an abbreviation for 'pay as you earn'.
- payg — pay-as-you-go
- payt — payment
- pdsa — People's Dispensary for Sick Animals
- peag — wampum (def 1).
- peak — the pointed top of a mountain or ridge.
- peal — a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- pean — any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- pear — the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- peas — the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- peat — a merry young girl; darling (used as a term of endearment).
- peba — nine-banded armadillo.
- pela — a Chinese scale insect that excretes wax, Ericerus pela