4-letter words containing p, a
- pera — a modern section of Istanbul, Turkey, N of the Golden Horn: commercial and residential area.
- peta — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
- phat — Typesetting. fat (def 23).
- piaf — Edith (Edith Giovanna Gassion) 1914–63, French singer.
- pial — of or relating to the pia mater.
- pian — yaws.
- piat — a spring-powered British antitank weapon of World War II, mounted on a tripod and capable of firing a 2½-pound (1-kg) bomb up to 350 yards (320 meters).
- pica — an abnormal appetite or craving for substances that are not fit to eat, as chalk or clay, common in malnutrition, pregnancy, etc.
- pika — any of several small, brown to gray tailless mammals of the genus Ochotona, resembling rabbits with short ears and legs and inhabiting western mountains of North America and parts of eastern Europe and Asia.
- pila — an anatomical structure like a pillar in form
- pima — a member of an Indian people of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
- pina — pineapple.
- pipa — a short-necked fretted lute of Chinese origin.
- pisa — a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- pita — a round, flat Middle Eastern bread that is often filled with meat, peppers, etc., to make a sandwich.
- plan — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- plat — a plait or braid.
- play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- plea — an appeal or entreaty: a plea for mercy.
- pola — Pula.
- ppga — Plastic Pin Grid Array
- ppta — Post-primary Teachers Association
- prad — Informal. horse.
- prag — German name of Prague.
- pram — a flat-bottomed, snub-nosed boat used as a fishing vessel or tender for larger vessels.
- prao — proa.
- prat — the buttocks.
- prau — proa.
- pray — to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
- proa — any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
- psat — Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test: a multiple-choice test done at high school as a practice for college entrance tests
- psia — pounds per square inch, absolute
- pta. — peseta.
- ptah — an ancient Egyptian deity, believed to be a universal creator and sometimes identified with other gods: worshiped especially at Memphis when it was the royal residence.
- ptca — percutaneous translumenal coronary angioplasty, a technique for inserting a catheter into an artery to prevent congestive heart disease
- puca — (in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- puja — the worship of a particular god.
- puka — a small white shell found on Pacific, especially Hawaiian, beaches and strung in clusters to make necklaces.
- pula — a seaport in W Croatia, on the Istrian Peninsula.
- puma — cougar.
- puna — a high, cold, arid plateau, as in the Peruvian Andes.
- pupa — an insect in the nonfeeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.
- pyat — the magpie
- ramp — a wild onion, Allium tricoccum, of the amaryllis family, of eastern North America, having flat leaves and rounded clusters of whitish flowers; eaten raw or used as a flavoring in cooked foods.
- rape — the residue of grapes, after the juice has been extracted, used as a filter in making vinegar.
- rapp — George, 1757–1847, U.S. religious preacher, born in Germany: leader of the Harmonists.
- rapt — deeply engrossed or absorbed: a rapt listener.
- rarp — Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
- rasp — to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
- reap — to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.