| ALAP | • alap n. (Music) The opening, improvised section of a Classical raga performance, before the formal recitation. • ALAP n. (Sanskrit) in Indian music, the introductory section of a raga, also ALAAP, ALAPA. |
| APAY | • apay v. (Archaic) To satisfy, please. • apay v. (Obsolete) To repay. • APAY v. to satisfy, also APPAY. |
| ARPA | • ARPA prop.n. (Military, US, historical) Acronym of Advanced Research Projects Agency (renamed to DARPA in 1972). • ARPA prop.n. (Navigation) Initialism of Automatic Radar Plotting Aid. • .arpa n. (Internet) An Internet top-level domain used exclusively for technical infrastructure purposes. |
| ATAP | • atap n. Alternative form of attap. • ATAP n. (Malay) the nipa palm. |
| CAPA | • capa n. (Countable) A Spanish cloak. • capa n. (Uncountable) Fine Cuban tobacco for the outsides of cigars. • CAPA n. Initialism of corrective and preventive/preventative action. |
| JAAP | • JAAP n. (offensive South African) an ignorant fool. |
| KAPA | • kapa n. Alternative form of tapa (“Polynesian cloth”). • KAPA n. a kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry, also TAPA, TAPPA. |
| NAPA | • napa n. Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage. • Napa prop.n. A city, the county seat of Napa County, California, United States. • Napa prop.n. A river in California, United States. |
| PAAL | • pa'al prop.n. (Hebrew linguistics, rare) The simplest and most common Hebrew verb conjugation pattern (binyan), without… • PAAL n. (Dutch) in the Caribbean, a stake driven into the ground. |
| PAAN | • paan n. A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally… • PAAN n. betel leaf. |
| PACA | • paca n. Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America… • PACA n. (Tupi) a South American rodent, the spotted cavy. |
| PAPA | • papa n. (Often childish) Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. • papa n. (Informal) A pet name for one’s grandfather. • papa n. A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church. |
| PARA | • para n. (Historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions. • para n. (Medicine) A woman who has had a certain number of pregnancies, indicated by the number prepended to this word. • para n. Clipping of paragraph. |
| PAUA | • paua n. A large, edible abalone, Haliotis iris, native to New Zealand, whose shell is used to make jewelry. • paua n. The shell of this mollusc. • paua n. A fish hook made from this shell. |
| PAWA | • pawa n. (New Zealand) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. • PAWA n. (Maori) the abalone shell, also PAUA. |
| TAPA | • tapa n. A kind of cloth prepared by the Polynesians from the inner bark of the paper mulberry. • tapa n. Any appetizer or snack served in the evening as part of tapas. • tapa n. Seasoned slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine. |