4-letter words containing s, i
- snit — an agitated or irritated state.
- soif — Summary Object Interchange Format
- soil — the act or fact of soiling.
- soli — a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment: She sang a solo.
- sori — plural of sorus.
- spic — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- spid — Service Provider ID
- spif — a postage stamp perforated with the initials of a firm to avoid theft by employees
- spik — a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person.
- spim — a type of spam that is sent by means of instant messaging.
- spin — to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers: Pioneer women spun yarn on spinning wheels.
- spit — to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
- spiv — a petty criminal, especially a black marketeer, racetrack tout, or petty thief.
- sris — a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ssid — Service Set Identifier
- ssri — selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; any of a class of drugs, including fluvoxamine, paroxetine, fluoxetine (Prozac), and Lustral, that increase concentrations of serotonin in the brain: used in the treatment of depression
- sssi — site of special scientific interest: an area identified by the Nature Conservancy Council or its successors as having flora, fauna, or geological features of special interest
- stil — STatistical Interpretive Language.
- stim — a very small amount
- stir — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- sufi — a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- sugi — Japan cedar.
- suif — Stanford University Intermediate Format. A register-oriented intermediate language.
- suit — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sumi — black ink made from a mixture of plant soot and glue solidified into sticks or cakes the ends of which are scraped or ground into water on an ink slab, much used by calligraphers and painters.
- suni — a small South African antelope, Neotragus moschatus
- svid — System V Interface Definition
- swig — an amount of liquid, especially liquor, taken in one swallow; draught: He took a swig from the flask.
- swim — to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.
- swiz — a swindle or disappointment; swizzle
- syli — an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- tais — a group of languages spoken in SE Asia, including Thai, Lao, and Shan.
- this — (used with adjectives and adverbs of quantity or extent) to the extent or degree indicated: this far; this softly.
- ties — a pairs of shoes fastened by means of laces
- tils — the sesame plant.
- tisa — a river in S central Europe, rising in the Ukraine and flowing from the Carpathian Mountains along the Romanian border into E Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia, where it joins the Danube N of Belgrade. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- tiso — Josef [yaw-sef] /ˈyɔ sɛf/ (Show IPA), 1887–1947, Slovak Roman Catholic clergyman and politician.
- tits — tit for tat.
- tshi — Twi.
- tsia — (messaging) Title Says It All. Something to put in the body of a electronic mail message or bulletin board posting when no body is really necessary because the title or subject header contains the whole message.
- tsim — Time Simulator
- tsin — Chin (def 1).
- tusi — Tutsi.
- uims — User Interface Management System: a system supporting the development and execution of user interfaces, usually on top of windowing systems.
- unis — university.
- usdi — United States Department of the Interior: a US government department that is responsible for the conservation and management of federal land and for programmes that pertain to insular areas and Native Americans
- usia — United States Information Agency
- utis — merriment or celebration
- vibs — climbing or walking shoes with rubber soles
- vies — to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.