4-letter words containing a, e
- asce — American Society of Civil Engineers
- asde — Airport Surface Detection Equipment: a radar system that is used by aircraft controllers to assist in the safe manoeuvring of aircraft on the ground
- asea — in a seaward manner
- aser — Asher (def 1).
- ashe — Arthur (Robert). 1943–93, US tennis player: US champion 1968; Wimbledon champion 1975
- aske — Obsolete spelling of ask.
- asme — American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- asse — Cape fox.
- aten — (in ancient Egypt) the solar disc worshipped as the sole god in the reign of Akhenaten
- ates — a shop that sells confectionery
- aube — a department of N central France, in Champagne-Ardenne region. Capital: Troyes. Pop: 293 925 (2003 est). Area: 6026 sq km (2350 sq miles)
- aude — a department of S France on the Gulf of Lions, in Languedoc-Roussillon region. Capital: Carcassonne. Pop: 321 734 (2003 est). Area: 6342 sq km (2473 sq miles)
- auer — Karl (karl), Baron von Welsbach. 1858–1929, Austrian chemist who discovered the alloy of cerium and iron used for flints in cigarette lighters and invented the incandescent gas mantle
- auew — Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers
- auge — a daughter of King Aleus who became a priestess of Athena. After being raped by Hercules she bore a son, Telephus.
- aune — an old French measure of length, usually for measuring cloth
- ave. — Ave. is a written abbreviation for avenue.
- avel — (transitive, obsolete) To pull away.
- aven — A vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above.
- aver — If you aver that something is the case, you say very firmly that it is true.
- aves — the class of vertebrates comprising the birds
- awed — wondering and respectful
- awee — for a short duration of time
- awes — an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like: in awe of God; in awe of great political figures.
- awre — Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
- axed — an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
- axel — a jump in which the skater takes off from the forward outside edge of one skate, makes one and a half, two and a half, or three and a half turns in the air, and lands on the backward outside edge of the other skate
- axen — Lb UK dialectal Ashes.
- axes — Axes is the plural of axe.
- axle — An axle is a rod connecting a pair of wheels on a car or other vehicle.
- ayer — Sir Alfred Jules. 1910–89, English positivist philosopher, noted particularly for his antimetaphysical work Language, Truth, and Logic (1936)
- ayes — yes.
- ayme — Marcel (marsɛl). 1902–67, French writer: noted for his light and witty narratives
- ayre — air1 (def 8d).
- babe — Some people use babe as an affectionate way of addressing someone they love.
- bace — (rare) A blow; a drubbing.
- bade — Bade is a past tense of bid2.
- baed — Simple past tense and past participle of ba.
- bael — a spiny Indian rutaceous tree, Aegle marmelos
- baer — Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- baes — Plural form of bae.
- baez — Joan. born 1941, US rock and folk singer and songwriter, noted for the pure quality of her voice and for her committed pacifist and protest songs
- bake — If you bake, you spend some time preparing and mixing together ingredients to make bread, cakes, pies, or other food which is cooked in the oven.
- bale — A bale is a large quantity of something such as hay, cloth, or paper, tied together tightly.
- bame — Black, Asian, and minority ethnic
- bane — The bane of someone or the bane of someone's life is something that frequently makes them feel unhappy or annoyed.
- bare — If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- bate — (of hawks) to jump violently from a perch or the falconer's fist, often hanging from the leash while struggling to escape
- baye — to bathe