4-letter words containing a
- anil — a leguminous West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa: a source of indigo
- anis — a French or Spanish liqueur flavored with aniseed
- ankh — a tau cross with a loop on the top, symbolizing eternal life: often appearing in Egyptian personal names, such as Tutankhamen
- anna — a former Indian copper coin, worth one sixteenth of a rupee
- anne — Princess, the Princess Royal. born 1950, daughter of Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; a noted horsewoman and president of the Save the Children Fund
- anno — in the year
- anny — Eye dialect of any.
- anoa — the smallest of the cattle tribe Anoa depressicornis, having small straight horns and inhabiting the island of Celebes in Indonesia
- anon — Anon means quite soon.
- anow — enough
- anpr — Automatic Number Plate Recognition: a surveillance technology which uses optical character recognition on camera images to read a vehicle's numberplate
- ansa — the apparent extremities of planetary rings, esp those of Saturn, when viewed from such a perspective that they look like handles
- ansi — American National Standards Institution
- ant- — anti-
- anta — a pilaster attached to the end of a side wall or sometimes to the side of a doorway
- ante — the gaming stake put up before the deal in poker by the players
- anti — You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
- ants — any of numerous black, red, brown, or yellow social insects of the family Formicidae, of worldwide distribution especially in warm climates, having a large head with inner jaws for chewing and outer jaws for carrying and digging, and living in highly organized colonies containing wingless female workers, a winged queen, and, during breeding seasons, winged males, some species being noted for engaging in warfare, slavemaking, or the cultivation of food sources.
- antu — an odorless gray powder, C10H7NHCSNH2, used to kill rats
- anty — Covered with ants.
- anus — A person's anus is the hole from which faeces leaves their body.
- anza — Juan Bautista de [hwahn bou-tees-tah th e] /ʰwɑn baʊˈtis tɑ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1735–88, Spanish frontiersman and army officer, born in Mexico: explored western coast of U.S.
- aocb — any other competent business
- aoce — Apple Open Collaboration Environment
- aoki — Shuzo [shoo-zaw] /ˈʃu zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1844–1914, first Japanese ambassador to U.S., 1905–09.
- aole — no; not at all.
- aonb — Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: an area designated by the appropriate government bodies as requiring protection to conserve and enhance its natural beauty
- aone — noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- apal — Array Processor Assembly Language
- apar — The three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus.
- apay — to satisfy
- apdl — Algorithmic Processor Description Language
- apec — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- aped — any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- aper — a person who apes, a mimic
- apes — Plural form of ape.
- apex — An Apex or an Apex ticket is a ticket for a journey by air or rail which costs less than the standard ticket, but which you have to book a specified period in advance.
- aph- — apo-
- 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
- apl2 — (language) An APL extension from IBM with nested arrays.
- apo- — away from; off
- apod — an animal with no feet or whose feet are rudimentary
- appc — Advanced Program-to-Program Communications
- appn — Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
- apps — Plural form of app.
- appt — Appt is a written abbreviation for appointment.
- apr. — Apr. is a written abbreviation for April.