6-Letter Words Containing: APL

• very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes

• wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

• any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone

• A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.

• A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.

• (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

• a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn

• material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing

• a short U-shaped wire nail

• paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together

• necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities

• secure or fasten with a staple or staples

• light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars