5-letter words containing p, a
- sarpi — Paolo (ˈpaolo), real name Pietro Soave Polano. 1552–1623, Italian scholar, theologian, and patriot, who championed the Venetian republic in its dispute with Pope Paul V, arguing against papal absolutism and for the separation of church and state
- scalp — the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.
- scamp — an unscrupulous and often mischievous person; rascal; rogue; scalawag.
- scape — Botany. a leafless peduncle rising from the ground.
- scarp — a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust; an escarpment.
- scaup — any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- scopa — pollen brush.
- scrap — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
- sepad — to suppose
- sepal — one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- sepia — a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- septa — plural of septum.
- shape — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe.
- sharp — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- slapp — Also called SLAPP suit. a civil lawsuit brought as an intimidation measure against an activist.
- sneap — to scold or rebuke
- soapy — containing or impregnated with soap: soapy water.
- sopra — a musical instruction meaning above
- sp am — Spanish America
- spaak — Paul Henri [pawl hen-ree;; French pawl ahn-ree] /pɔl ˈhɛn ri;; French pɔl ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1889–1972, Belgian statesman: prime minister of Belgium, 1938–39, 1946–49; first president of the General Assembly of the United Nations 1946–47; secretary-general of NATO 1957–61.
- space — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- spacy — spaced-out (def 2).
- spade — a black figure shaped like an inverted heart and with a short stem at the cusp opposite the point, used on playing cards.
- spado — Civil Law. an impotent person; someone unable to procreate.
- spaed — to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- spaer — to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- spahi — one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- spahn — Warren, 1921–2003, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- spain — a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- spake — a simple past tense of speak.
- spall — a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
- spalt — a silly person
- spane — a chip of wood
- spang — directly, exactly: The bullet landed spang on target.
- spank — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
- sparc — 1. (processor) Scalable Processor ARChitecture. 2. (database) ANSI/SPARC Architecture.
- spare — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
- spark — Muriel (Sarah) (Camberg) 1918–2006, British novelist and writer, born in Scotland.
- spart — a type of grass or esparto
- spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- spate — a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring: a spate of angry words.
- spats — the spawn of an oyster or similar shellfish.
- spawl — spittle
- spawn — Zoology. the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.
- spazz — an awkward or clumsy person.
- speak — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- spean — to wean.
- spear — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
- spial — an observation
- spica — spike2 .