4-letter words containing a, i
- iasi — Romanian name of Jassy.
- iata — International Air Transport Association
- iban — Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- icao — International Civil Aviation Organization
- idea — any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ifac — International Federation of Automatic Control, involved in informatics related to control systems.
- ifad — International Fund for Agricultural Development
- ijaw — Ijo.
- ijma — the consensus of all believers on the rightness of a belief or practice.
- ikan — (in Malaysia) fish used esp in names of cooked dishes
- ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- ilea — Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- ilia — the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ilka — every; each.
- imac — (computer) One of the trademark/brand names that Apple Inc use for their Mac family of personal computers.
- imam — the officiating priest of a mosque.
- imao — IMHO
- imap — Internet Message Access Protocol
- imax — IMAX is a system for showing films on very large screens with very clear sound and pictures.
- inca — a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- inga — (botany) Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
- inla — Irish National Liberation Army; a Republican paramilitary organization in Ireland
- iona — an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- iota — a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- iowa — a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 56,290 sq. mi. (145,790 sq. km). Capital: Des Moines. Abbreviation: IA (approved esp. for use with zip code), Ia., Io.
- ipad — (computer) A tablet computer announced by Apple Computer, Inc. on 2010-01-27 to be released in March 2010. The iPad runs iPhone OS 3.2, providing multi-touch interaction and multimedia processing. Like Apple's iPhone and iPod, it uses a virtual keyboard for text input and runs most iPhone apps. It adds the iBooks application for reading text in ePub format. It has a 1GHz Apple A4 SoC processor, up to 64GB of flash memory, a 250mm LED-backlit colour LCD display (resolution 1024x768 pixels) and a 25 Wh lithium-polymer battery. Internet access will be Wi-Fi in early models with HSDPA 3G available soon after using a micro-SIM. It weighs 730g. Features it lacks include a camera, the ability to multitask and an open developement environment. The iPad is the culmination of a series of attempts by Apple to produce a tablet device, starting with the Newton MessagePad 100 in 1993 and including collaboration with Acorn Computers in developing the ARM6 processor.
- irak — a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris-Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Capital: Baghdad.
- iran — a republic in SW Asia. About 635,000 sq. mi. (1,644,650 sq. km). Capital: Teheran.
- iraq — a republic in SW Asia, N of Saudi Arabia and W of Iran, centering in the Tigris-Euphrates basin of Mesopotamia. 172,000 sq. mi. (445,480 sq. km). Capital: Baghdad.
- iras — a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- irda — Infrared Data Association
- irma — a female given name, form of Erma.
- irra — the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- isai — Jesse.
- isam — Indexed Sequential Access Method
- isar — a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- isba — the traditional log house of rural Russia, with an unheated entrance room and a single living and sleeping room heated by a clay or brick stove.
- isha — (Islam) The evening/night Islamic prayer.
- isna — is not
- isra — Muhammad's Night Journey from the Kaʿba at Mecca to Jerusalem.
- ital — (Jamaica, Iyaric) Inexpensive, salt-free, one-pot, pure, natural food, as developed and eaten by Rastafarians.
- itar — International Traffic in Arms Regulation
- itea — any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- ivan — ("Ivan the Terrible") 1530–84, first czar of Russia 1547–84.
- ivar — a male or female given name.
- iwan — a vaulted portal opening onto a courtyard: used often in Iranian mosque architecture.
- iway — information superhighway
- ixia — any of various southern African plants of the genus Ixia, of the iris family, having sword-shaped leaves and showy, ornamental flowers.
- iyar — the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- izar — a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.