5-letter words containing p, a
- prawn — any of various shrimplike decapod crustaceans of the genera Palaemon, Penaeus, etc., certain of which are used as food.
- prays — to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- presa — a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- preta — a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- prial — (in cards) a pair-royal
- priam — a king of Troy, the son of Laomedon, husband of Hecuba, and father of Paris, Cassandra, Hector, Polyxena, and many others. He was killed during the capture of Troy.
- prima — (of a female) first among equals.
- pruta — prutah.
- psalm — a sacred song or hymn.
- pshaw — an exclamation of “pshaw!”.
- psoae — either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- psoai — either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- psoas — either of two muscles, one on each side of the loin, extending internally from the sides of the spinal column to the upper end of the femur, which assist in flexing and rotating the thigh and flexing the trunk on the pelvis.
- psora — psoriasis.
- púcán — traditional Connemara open sailing boat
- pucka — genuine, reliable, or good; proper.
- pukka — genuine, reliable, or good; proper.
- pulka — a reindeer-drawn sleigh of Lapland, shaped like the front half of a canoe, in which a single rider sits with back against a vertical support and legs stretched forward.
- punan — a member of a food-gathering people living in the forests of interior Borneo.
- punka — (especially in India) a fan, especially a large, swinging, screenlike fan hung from the ceiling and moved by a servant or by machinery.
- pupae — an insect in the nonfeeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.
- pupal — an insect in the nonfeeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.
- purda — the seclusion of women from the sight of men or strangers, practiced by some Muslims and Hindus.
- pusan — a seaport in SE South Korea.
- pydna — a town in ancient Macedonia, W of the Gulf of Salonika: decisive Roman victory over the Macedonians 186 b.c.
- pygal — the rear part or a turtle or tortoise
- pyral — relating to a pyre
- pyran — either of two compounds having the formula C 5 H 6 O, containing one oxygen and five carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring.
- ralph — to vomit.
- ramps — ramp3
- raper — 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.
- raphe — Anatomy. a seamlike union between two parts or halves of an organ or the like.
- rapid — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- raspy — harsh; grating; rasping.
- raupo — a New Zealand bulrush, Typha orientalis, with sword-shaped leaves, traditionally used for construction and decoration
- recap — to recondition (a worn automobile tire) by cementing on a strip of prepared rubber and vulcanizing by subjecting to heat and pressure in a mold.
- remap — map again
- repay — to pay back or refund, as money.
- rospa — Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
- rspca — Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- rupia — a type of skin eruption
- salep — a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- salop — a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- salpa — any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- sampi — an ancient Greek number character
- sampo — a magical object or substance that was stolen by Ilmarinen, Vainamoinen, and Lemminkainen from Louhi because of its powers.
- sapid — having taste or flavor.
- sapir — Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- sapor — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste; savor; flavor.
- sappy — abounding in sap, as a plant.