4-letter words containing a, i
- aitu — (in Polynesian culture) a ghost or spirit
- aiya — (China, Hong Kong, Singapore, informal) ah; oh; expressing surprise or blame.
- akil — a male given name: from an Arabic word meaning “one who uses reason.”.
- akin — If one thing is akin to another, it is similar to it in some way.
- alai — a mountain range in central Asia, in SW Kyrgyzstan, running from the Tian Shan range in China into Tajikistan. Average height: 4800 m (16 000 ft), rising over 5850 m (19 500 ft)
- albi — a town in S France: connected with the Albigensian heresy and the crusade against it. Pop: 46 274 (1999)
- alif — the first letter of the Arabic alphabet
- alim — An educated scholar of Islamic law; a member of the ulema class.
- alit — alight1
- amia — a species of primitive ray-finned fish
- amic — of or relating to an amide or amine.
- amid — If something happens amid noises or events of some kind, it happens while the other things are happening.
- amie — a female friend
- amin — Idi (ˈiːdiː). 1925–2003, Ugandan soldier; dictator and head of state (1971–79). Notorious for his brutality, he was overthrown and exiled
- amir — Amir means the same as emir.
- amis — Sir Kingsley. 1922–95, British novelist and poet, noted for his novels Lucky Jim (1954), Jake's Thing (1978), Stanley and the Women (1984), The Old Devils (1986), and The Folks that Live on the Hill (1990)
- amit — (obsolete) To lose.
- amri — Omri.
- anie — Obsolete spelling of any.
- anik — one of a series of Canadian geosynchronous communications satellites that provide telephone and television transmissions.
- anil — a leguminous West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa: a source of indigo
- anis — a French or Spanish liqueur flavored with aniseed
- ansi — American National Standards Institution
- anti — You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
- aoki — Shuzo [shoo-zaw] /ˈʃu zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1844–1914, first Japanese ambassador to U.S., 1905–09.
- apia — the capital of (Western) Samoa: a port on the N coast of Upolu. Pop: 41 000 (2005 est)
- apic — Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
- apid — (zoology) Any member of the Apidae.
- apis — (in ancient Egypt) a sacred bull worshipped at Memphis
- aria — An aria is a song for one of the leading singers in an opera or choral work.
- arid — Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.
- arie — Plural form of aria.
- aril — an appendage on certain seeds, such as those of the yew and nutmeg, developed from or near the funicle of the ovule and often brightly coloured and fleshy
- aris — buttocks
- arni — The wild water buffalo, Bubalis arnee.
- arti — a ritual performed in homes and temples in which incense and light is offered to a deity
- asci — ascus
- asia — the largest of the continents, bordering on the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean and Red Seas in the west. It includes the large peninsulas of Asia Minor, India, Arabia, and Indochina and the island groups of Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka; contains the mountain ranges of the Hindu Kush, Himalayas, Pamirs, Tian Shan, Urals, and Caucasus, the great plateaus of India, Iran, and Tibet, vast plains and deserts, and the valleys of many large rivers including the Mekong, Irrawaddy, Indus, Ganges, Tigris, and Euphrates. Pop: 4 164 252 000 (2011 est). Area: 44 391 162 sq km (17 139 445 sq miles)
- asic — Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
- asid — American Society of Interior Designers
- asio — Australian Security Intelligence Organization
- asir — a region of SW Saudi Arabia, in the Southern Province on the Red Sea: under Turkish rule until 1933. Area: 81 000 sq km (31 000 sq miles)
- asis — 1. Application Software Installation Server. 2. (language) Ada Semantic Interface Specification.
- aspi — Advanced SCSI Peripheral Interface
- asti — a town in NW Italy: famous for its sparkling wine (Asti spumante (spuːˈmæntɪ )). Pop: 71 276 (2001)
- atis — A Tools Integration Standard
- atli — a king of the Huns who married Gudrun for her inheritance and was slain by her after he killed her brothers
- avid — You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do.
- avis — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- aviv — the seventh month of the Jewish year, equivalent to Nisan of the modern Jewish calendar. Ex. 34:18.