6-letter words containing pa
- midpay — (of an occupation, industry, etc) paying or tending to pay more than an unskilled job but less than a high-income one
- milpas — Plural form of milpa.
- mispay — (transitive) To pay incorrectly, or to the wrong person.
- mopane — A tree, Colophospermum mopane, native to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Angola and Malawi.
- mopani — a leguminous tree, Colophospermum (or Copaifera) mopane, native to southern Africa, that is highly resistant to drought and produces very hard wood
- napalm — a highly incendiary jellylike substance used in fire bombs, flamethrowers, etc.
- napata — an ancient city of Nubia and Cush, situated downstream from the Fourth Cataract of the Nile river, in present-day Sudan.
- nepali — Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- no-par — without par or face value: no-par stock.
- nonpar — nonparticipating
- nopals — Plural form of nopal.
- onpass — (transitive) To pass along or hand over.
- oompah — a repetitious bass accompaniment in music typically provided by brasses.
- opacus — (of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun or moon.
- opaled — made like an opal, in terms of iridescence
- opaque — not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
- oppari — An impromptu folk song of southern India, traditionally sung by women during a death ceremony in order to memorialize the person who has died.
- pablum — (lowercase) trite, naive, or simplistic ideas or writings; intellectual pap.
- paccha — an Incan wooden container for holding liquids.
- pachak — the fragrant roots of an Asian plant, used as incense
- pacify — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- pacing — a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
- pacino — Al, full name Alfredo James Pacino. born 1940, US film actor; his films include The Godfather (1972), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Scent of a Woman (1992), for which he won an Oscar, and Insomnia (2002)
- packed — transporting, or used in transporting, a pack or load: pack animals.
- packer — a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- packet — a small group or package of anything: a packet of letters.
- packit — (file format, tool) A file format used on the Apple Macintosh to represent collections of Mac files, possibly Huffman compressed. Packing many small related files together before a MacBinary transfer or a translation to BinHex 4.0 is common practice.
- pact i — An early system on the IBM 701. Version PACT IA was for the IBM 704.
- pactum — a pact
- paczki — a traditional Polish doughnut, filled with jam or another sweet filling and covered with powdered sugar or icing.
- padang — a seaport in W central Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- padauk — any of several trees belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia and Africa, having reddish striped or mottled wood used for paneling, furniture, etc.
- padded — a dull, muffled sound, as of footsteps on the ground.
- padder — a highwayman who steals on foot
- paddle — a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc.
- padeye — a ring fixed to the structure of a ship as a hold for small lines, tackles, etc.
- padkos — snacks and provisions for a journey
- padnag — an ambling horse
- padouk — any of several trees belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia and Africa, having reddish striped or mottled wood used for paneling, furniture, etc.
- padova — Italian name of Padua.
- padsaw — a small compass saw with a pad.
- paduan — a city in NE Italy.
- paedo- — indicating a child or children
- paella — a Spanish dish prepared by simmering together chicken, seafood, rice, vegetables, and saffron and other seasonings.
- paging — a boy servant or attendant.
- paglia — Camille. born 1947, US writer and academic, noted for provocative cultural studies such as Sexual Personae (1990) and Vamps and Tramps (1995)
- pagnol — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1895–1974, French playwright.
- pagoda — (in India, Burma, China, etc.) a temple or sacred building, usually a pyramidlike tower and typically having upward-curving roofs over the individual stories.
- pahang — a state in Malaysia, on the SE Malay Peninsula. 13,820 sq. mi. (35,794 sq. km). Capital: Kuantan.
- pahari — one of several hill peoples inhabiting the area in India SW of the Ganges River.