6-letter words containing ap
- happen — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
- hapten — a substance having a single antigenic determinant that can react with a previously existing antibody but cannot stimulate more antibody production unless combined with other molecules; a partial antigen.
- haptic — of or relating to the sense of touch: the haptic sensation of holding a real book in your hands.
- heaped — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- heaper — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- hubcap — a removable cover for the center area of the exposed side of an automobile wheel, covering the axle.
- icecap — a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- inwrap — enwrap.
- jalapa — a state in E Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico. 27,759 sq. mi. (71,895 sq. km). Capital: Jalapa.
- japans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of japan.
- japery — to jest; joke; gibe.
- japing — joking or playing tricks
- japura — a river flowing E from the Andes in SW Colombia through NW Brazil to the Amazon. 1750 miles (2820 km) long.
- kakapo — a large, almost flightless nocturnal parrot, Strigops habroptilus, of New Zealand: an endangered species.
- kapell — William, 1922–53, U.S. pianist.
- kapila — flourished early 6th century b.c, Hindu philosopher: reputed founder of the Sankhya system of Hindu philosophy.
- kaplan — Mordecai Menahem [mawr-di-kahy mey-nuh-hem,, muh-nah-hem] /ˈmɔr dɪˌkaɪ ˈmeɪ nəˌhɛm,, məˈnɑ hɛm/ (Show IPA), 1881–1983, U.S. religious leader and educator, born in Lithuania: founder of the Reconstructionist movement in Judaism.
- kapoor — Sir Anish (ˈænɪʃ). born 1954, British sculptor, born in Bombay; winner of the Turner Prize (1991); noted for the ArcelorMittal Orbit, a sculpture and observation tower exhibited at the London Olympic Park from 2012
- kapote — a long coat formerly worn by male Jews of eastern Europe and now worn chiefly by very Orthodox or Hasidic Jews.
- kapton — a strong, lightweight plastic resistant to high temperatures, used primarily by the aerospace industry to make thin sheets of insulation
- kapuas — a river in W Kalimantan, in central Borneo, flowing SW to the South China Sea. 710 miles (1142 km) long.
- kapuka — a New Zealand tree, Griselinia littoralis, of the dogwood family, having brown, hairy twigs and small, greenish flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- kaputt — (slang) alternative spelling of kaput.
- keycap — The part of a key (on a keyboard) that is pressed by the user, as opposed to any electromechanical unit underneath.
- keymap — A collection of keymappings.
- kidnap — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- lap up — (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound: Waves lapped the shoreline.
- lapdog — a small pet dog that can easily be held in the lap.
- lapels — Plural form of lapel.
- laperm — a breed of medium-sized curly-haired cat with large ears
- lapful — as much as the lap can hold.
- lapith — a member of a people in Thessaly who at the wedding of their king, Pirithoüs, fought the drunken centaurs
- lappas — Plural form of lappa.
- lapped — (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound: Waves lapped the shoreline.
- lapper — a person or thing that laps liquid.
- lappet — a small lap, flap, or loosely hanging part, especially of a garment or headdress.
- lappie — a rag or cloth
- lapsed — expired; voided; terminated: a lapsed insurance policy.
- lapser — One who lapses.
- lapses — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
- lapsus — a slip of the tongue.
- laptop — portable computer
- laputa — an imaginary flying island in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, the inhabitants of which engaged in a variety of ridiculous projects and pseudoscientific experiments.
- le cap — a port in N Haiti: capital during the French colonial period. Pop: 134 000 (2005 est)
- leaped — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- leaper — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- lenape — Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- lyapas — (Russian acronym for "Logical Language for the Representation of Synthesis Algorithms") A language for the URAL-1 computer. It was coded in octal!
- macapa — a federal territory in N Brazil. 51,177 sq. mi. (132,550 sq. km). Capital: Macapá.
- madcap — wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash: a madcap scheme.