4-letter words containing a, e
- aîné — the eldest or most senior
- aire — a river in N England rising in the Pennines and flowing southeast to the Ouse. Length: 112 km (70 miles)
- ajee — to one side; awry.
- akee — ackee
- aken — (obsolete) To bear, give birth to. (Usually in past participle.).
- aker — The old and regular spelling of acre.
- alae — plural of ala.
- albe — (obsolete) Although; despite the fact that.
- alea — Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- alec — A Language with an Extensible Compiler
- alee — on or towards the lee
- alef — (language) A programming language from Bell Labs. ALEF boasts few new ideas but is instead a careful synthesis of ideas from other languages. The result is a practical general purpose programming language which was once displacing C as their main implementation language. Both shared variables and message passing are supported through language constructs. A window system, user interface, operating system network code, news reader, mailer and variety of other tools in Plan 9 are now implemented using ALEF.
- ales — Plural form of ale.
- alew — a cry used to call hounds at a hunt
- alex — a male given name, form of Alexander.
- alme — almah.
- aloe — any plant of the liliaceous genus Aloe, chiefly native to southern Africa, with fleshy spiny-toothed leaves and red or yellow flowers
- amel — (obsolete) enamel.
- amen — Amen is said by Christians at the end of a prayer.
- ames — a city in central Iowa.
- amex — American Express
- amie — a female friend
- ance — (chiefly, Scotland) alternative spelling of once.
- ande — Alternative form of onde.
- anes — once.
- anet — The herb dill, or dillseed.
- anew — If you do something anew, you do it again, often in a different way from before.
- anie — Obsolete spelling of any.
- anne — Princess, the Princess Royal. born 1950, daughter of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; a noted horsewoman and president of the Save the Children Fund
- ante — the gaming stake put up before the deal in poker by the players
- aoce — Apple Open Collaboration Environment
- aole — no; not at all.
- aone — noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- apec — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- aped — any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- aper — a person who apes, a mimic
- apes — Plural form of ape.
- apex — An Apex or an Apex ticket is a ticket for a journey by air or rail which costs less than the standard ticket, but which you have to book a specified period in advance.
- apse — a domed or vaulted semicircular or polygonal recess, esp at the east end of a church
- arce — a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- area — An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world.
- areg — Plural form of erg.
- ares — the god of war, born of Zeus and Hera
- aret — to entrust
- arev — Advanced Revelation
- arew — (obsolete) In a row.
- arie — Plural form of aria.
- arle — to make a down payment for (something)
- arne — Thomas (Augustine). 1710–78, English composer, noted for his setting of Shakespearean songs and for his song Rule Britannia
- arse — Your arse is your bottom.