4-letter words containing a, d
- disa — 1. (body) Defense Information Systems Agency. 2. (standard) Data Interchange Standards Association.
- dita — an apocynaceous shrub, Alstonia scholaris, of tropical Africa and Asia, having large shiny whorled leaves and medicinal bark
- diva — a distinguished female singer; prima donna.
- diya — a small oil lamp, usually made from clay
- djia — Dow-Jones Industrial Average: an index of representative common shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange
- dmac — duobinary multiplexed analogue component: a transmission coding system using duobinary techniques for the digital sound and data components of colour television using satellite broadcasting
- dmad — Diagnostic Machine Aid-Digital. A system for functional testing of digital devices.
- doab — (India) A tongue or tract of land included between two rivers.
- doat — dote.
- doha — an independent emirate on the Persian Gulf; under British protection until 1971. 8500 sq. mi. (22,000 sq. km). Capital: Doha.
- dona — (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Spanish title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dopa — an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- dora — a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- dosa — A type of thin south Indian pancake made from fermented lentils and rice blended with water, typically served with chutney or sambar.
- drab — dull; cheerless; lacking in spirit, brightness, etc.
- drag — drag and drop
- dram — dynamic random-access memory
- drat — to damn; confound: Drat your interference.
- drau — a river in S central Europe, rising in N Italy and flowing east through Austria, then southeast along the southern Hungarian border to join the River Danube. Length: 725 km (450 miles)
- draw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- dray — a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- duad — a group of two; couple; pair.
- dual — of, relating to, or noting two.
- duan — A division of a poem corresponding to a canto.
- duar — a mountain pass
- duka — (Kenya) A shop, store.
- duma — (in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
- duna — German name of the Dvina.
- dura — dura mater.
- dvla — Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- dwam — a stupor or daydream (esp in the phrase in a dwam)
- dyad — a group of two; couple; pair.
- dyak — Dayak.
- dyna — Obsolete form of dinar.
- eads — James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- ecad — An organism that is modified by its environment.
- edac — error detection and correction
- edam — a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
- edna — a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- edta — ethylenediaminetetra-acetic acid; a colourless crystalline slightly soluble organic compound used in inorganic chemistry and biochemistry. It is a powerful chelating agent used to stabilize bleach in detergents. Formula: [(HOOCCH2)2NCH2]2
- egad — Expressing surprise, anger, or affirmation.
- esda — Electrostatic Deposition Analysis: a technique used to check the sequence in which a statement written in police custody was made. The chronology of the statement is arrived at by the examination of indentations on subsequent pages
- fade — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- fado — a Portuguese folk song typically of doleful or fatalistic character and usually accompanied on the guitar.
- fads — Plural form of fad.
- fady — (archaic) faded.
- fahd — (Fahd ibn Abdul-Aziz al Saud) 1922–2005, king of Saudi Arabia1982–2005 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Khalid).
- fand — (transitive) To seek (to do a thing); try; attempt; endeavour; make a shift.
- fard — facial cosmetics.