5-letter words containing p, a
- spina — a spine or spinelike projection.
- splad — splat1 (def 1).
- splat — a sound made by splattering or slapping.
- splay — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- sprag — a young cod.
- sprat — a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- spray — a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries.
- spyal — a spy
- srapi — Speech Recognition Application Program Interface
- stamp — to strike or beat with a forcible, downward thrust of the foot.
- staph — staphylococcus.
- stipa — a member of a genus of perennial grasses in the subfamily Pooideae
- strap — a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- stupa — a monumental pile of earth or other material, in memory of Buddha or a Buddhist saint, and commemorating some event or marking a sacred spot.
- supac — Student Union Project Advisory Committee
- supra — l.s.c.
- swamp — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- swapo — South-West Africa People's Organization
- talpa — a member of a genus of mole found in Europe and Western Asia, for example the common European mole, Talpa europaea
- tampa — a seaport in W Florida, on Tampa Bay: fishing resort.
- tapas — the bark of the paper mulberry.
- taped — a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- tapen — made or composed of tape
- taper — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- tapet — an example of tapestry
- tapir — any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- tapis — Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- taupe — a moderate to dark brownish gray, sometimes slightly tinged with purple, yellow, or green.
- taupo — Lake, a lake in N New Zealand, in the central part of North Island: largest lake in New Zealand. About 234 sq. mi. (605 sq. km).
- tepal — one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- tharp — Twyla [twahy-luh] /ˈtwaɪ lə/ (Show IPA), born 1941, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- topaz — a mineral, a fluosilicate of aluminum, usually occurring in prismatic orthorhombic crystals of various colors, and used as a gem.
- tramp — to tread or walk with a firm, heavy, resounding step.
- traps — a ladder or ladderlike device used to reach a loft, attic, etc.
- trapt — trap1
- tulpa — a being or object that is created in the imagination by visualization techniques such as in Tibetan mysticism
- typal — of, relating to, or constituting a type.
- ulpan — an institute or school for intensive study of Hebrew, especially by immigrants to Israel.
- unapt — not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable: an unapt answer.
- uncap — to remove a cap or cover from (a bottle, container, etc.).
- unpay — to not pay
- upaya — any device, as a koan, used for purposes of instruction.
- upham — Charles (Hazlitt). 1908–94, New Zealand soldier; hero of World War II and one of only three people to have been awarded the Victoria Cross twice
- uplay — to stash or hoard
- vampy — like a vamp; vampish
- vapid — lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea.
- vapor — a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs.
- vespa — Very Efficient Speculative Parallel Architecture
- vimpa — a silk veil falling over the shoulders and extending down the arms and over the hands, worn by acolytes who carry the miter and crosier at a Pontifical Mass.
- warps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of warp.