4-letter words containing a, i
- axil — the angle between the upper surface of a branch or leafstalk and the stem from which it grows
- axin — (medicine) A fatty and varnish-like substance produced in Mexico by an insect, Coccus axinus, used in the arts and locally in medicine, being regarded as a good vulnerary and resolvent.
- axis — An axis is an imaginary line through the middle of something.
- ayin — the 16th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (ע), originally a pharyngeal fricative, that is now silent and transliterated by a raised inverted comma (`)
- babi — a disciple of the Bab
- bail — Bail is a sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee that the arrested person will attend their trial in a law court. If the arrested person does not attend it, the money will be lost.
- bain — (Now chiefly dialectal) Ready; willing.
- bais — a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- bait — Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
- baji — Synonym of chiura (beaten rice, a common Nepali food).
- bali — an island in Indonesia, east of Java: mountainous, rising over 3000 m (10 000 ft). Capital: Denpasar. Pop: 3 151 162 (2000). Area: 5558 sq km (2146 sq miles)
- bani — ban2
- bapi — Business Application Programming Interface
- bari — a port in SE Italy, capital of Apulia, on the Adriatic coast. Pop: 316 532 (2001)
- bhai — a title or form of address prefixed to the names of distinguished Sikhs
- biak — an island in Indonesia, north of New Guinea: the largest of the Schouten Islands. Area: 2455 sq km (948 sq miles)
- bias — Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
- biga — a chariot drawn by two horses
- bima — a platform in a synagogue holding the reading table used when chanting or reading portions of the Torah and the Prophets.
- biwa — Lake, the largest lake in Japan, on Honshu, near Kyoto. 260 sq. mi. (673 sq. km).
- caci — (company) A company developing and marketing SIMSCRIPT, MODSIM and other simulation software products. Telephone: +1 (619) 457-9681.
- cadi — a judge in a Muslim community
- caid — a local leader or a Muslim tribal chief
- cain — (in Scotland and Ireland) payment in kind, usually farm produce paid as rent
- cair — (intransitive, obsolete) To go.
- cali — a city in SW Colombia: commercial centre in a rich agricultural region. Pop: 2 583 000 (2005 est)
- cami — camisole (def 1).
- capi — 1. Calendar Application Programming Interface. 2. (cryptography) Cryptographic Application Programming Interface. 3. (networking) Common ISDN Application Programming Interface.
- chai — tea, esp as made in India with added spices
- chia — a plant of the genus Salvia, indigenous to Mexico, with purple or blue flowers and edible seeds
- ciao — Some people say 'Ciao' as an informal way of saying goodbye to someone who they expect to see again soon.
- cica — Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
- cima — Obsolete spelling of cyma (18th century).
- cria — a baby llama, alpaca, or vicuña
- daid — Nonstandard spelling of dead.
- daie — Archaic spelling of day.
- dais — A dais is a raised platform in a hall.
- dali — Salvador (ˈsælvədɔː). 1904–89, Spanish surrealist painter
- dani — a member of a New Guinea people living in the central highlands of West Irian
- dari — the local name for the dialect of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan
- dia- — through, throughout, or during
- diag — Diagnosis/diagnostic.
- dial — A dial is the part of a machine or instrument such as a clock or watch which shows you the time or a measurement that has been recorded.
- diam — Alternative form of diam.
- dias — Bartholomeu (ˌbərtuluˈmeu). ?1450–1500, Portuguese navigator who discovered the sea route from Europe to the East via the Cape of Good Hope (1488)
- diaz — Cameron. born 1972, US film actress; films include The Mask (1994), There's Something About Mary (1998), and Gangs of New York (2003)
- dika — A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia barteri.
- 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.