6-letter words containing u, a, p
- upsway — to swing upwards in the air
- uptake — apprehension; understanding or comprehension; mental grasp: quick on the uptake.
- uptalk — a rise in pitch at the end usually of a declarative sentence, especially if habitual: often represented in writing by a question mark as in Hi, I'm here to read the meter?
- uptear — to wrench or tear out by or as if by the roots or foundations; destroy.
- upwaft — to waft upwards
- upward — toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward.
- upwarp — a geologic structure, usually of relatively large dimensions, whose flanks slope gradually away from the center.
- upwrap — a fold with downward sloping layers; an anticline
- utopia — an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc.
- vapour — a visible exhalation, as fog, mist, steam, smoke, or noxious gas, diffused through or suspended in the air: the vapors rising from the bogs.
- wakeup — The act of waking up.
- walkup — Alternative form of walk-up.
- wampum — Also called peag, seawan, sewan. cylindrical beads made from shells, pierced and strung, used by North American Indians as a medium of exchange, for ornaments, and for ceremonial and sometimes spiritual purposes, especially such beads when white but also including the more valuable black or dark-purple varieties.
- wampus — a strange or objectionable person; lout.
- warmup — an act or instance of warming up: The spectators came early to watch the players go through their warmups. The dancers went through a quick warmup.
- washup — an act of washing: Allow five minutes for washup.
- wassup — Used as a friendly or informal greeting.
- wazzup — Alternative spelling of wassup.
- whaups — Plural form of whaup.
- wrapup — Alternative form of wrap-up.
- yauped — to utter a loud, harsh cry; to yelp, squawk, or bawl.
- yauper — yawp.
- yaupon — a holly shrub or small tree, Ilex vomitoria, of the southern U.S., having bitter leaves that are sometimes brewed as a tea.