4-letter words containing s
- dues — owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
- dugs — the mamma or the nipple of a female mammal.
- duns — Plural form of dun.
- duos — Music. duet.
- dups — to open.
- duse — Eleonora [el-ee-uh-nawr-uh;; Italian e-le-aw-naw-rah] /ˌɛl i əˈnɔr ə;; Italian ˌɛ lɛ ɔˈnɔ rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, Italian actress.
- dush — (transitive, UK dialectal) To strike or push violently; (of an animal) to strike with the horns; butt.
- dusk — the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.
- dust — earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- dyes — Plural form of dye.
- dys- — diseased, abnormal, or faulty
- dzos — Plural form of dzo.
- e2es — end-to-end solution
- eads — James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- eams — Plural form of eam.
- ears — the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- ease — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- east — a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- easy — not hard or difficult; requiring no great labor or effort: a book that is easy to read; an easy victory.
- eats — to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food).
- ebbs — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- ecsc — Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
- ecsl — Extended CSL. A discrete simulation language, the successor to CSL.
- ecsp — An extension to CSP, supporting dynamic communication channels and nested processes.
- ecus — the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- edes — a city in SW Nigeria.
- eels — Plural form of eel.
- effs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eff.
- efis — electronic flight information systems
- efts — electronic funds transfer
- eggs — Plural form of egg.
- egis — Alternative spelling of aegis.
- egos — Plural form of ego.
- ehts — Emacs HyperText System. An experimental multi-user hypertext system from the University of Aalborg. It consists of a text editor (based on Epoch and GNU Emacs and written in elisp) and a graphical browser (based on XView and written in C) running under the X Window System and OpenWindows. Both tools use HyperBase as their database.
- eisa — Extended Industry-Standard Architecture
- eish — (South Africa) phew; whew; expressing resignation.
- ekes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eke.
- elis — an ancient city-state of SW Greece, in the NW Peloponnese: site of the ancient Olympic games
- elks — Plural form of elk.
- ells — Plural form of ell.
- elms — Plural form of elm.
- elsa — a feminine name
- else — thing other than
- emas — Edinburgh Multi Access System
- emos — Plural form of emo.
- emus — Plural form of emu.
- emys — any freshwater turtle of the Emys genus
- ends — Plural form of end.
- enos — a son of Seth (Genesis 4:26; 5:6)
- ensa — Entertainments National Service Association (a World War II organization).