6-letter words containing a, d, i
- adzing — an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle.
- adzuki — a leguminous plant, Phaseolus angularis, that has yellow flowers and pods containing edible brown seeds; widely cultivated as a food crop in China and Japan
- aedile — a magistrate of ancient Rome in charge of public works, games, buildings, and roads
- aedine — relating to mosquitoes of the genus Aedes
- aeneid — an epic poem in Latin by Virgil relating the experiences of Aeneas after the fall of Troy, written chiefly to provide an illustrious historical background for Rome
- aeried — located in a very high place
- affied — Simple past tense and past participle of affy.
- afield — away from one's usual surroundings or home (esp in the phrase far afield)
- afraid — If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.
- agadir — a port in SW Morocco, which became the centre of an international crisis (1911), when a gunboat arrived to protect German interests. Britain issued a strong warning to Germany but the French negotiated and war was averted. In 1960 the town was virtually destroyed by an earthquake, about 10 000 people being killed. Pop: 385 000 (2003)
- agamid — any other lizard of the family Agamidae, which occur in the Old World and Australia and show a wide range of habits and diversity of structure
- ahidjo — Ahmadou [ah-mah-doo] /ɑ mɑˈdu/ (Show IPA), 1924–1989, statesman: president of Cameroon 1960–82.
- ahmadi — a member of the Ahmadiya.
- aidant — helpful
- aidful — helpful; assisting
- aiding — to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
- aidman — an army medical assistant attached to a field unit
- aidmen — Plural form of aidman.
- aikido — a Japanese system of self-defence employing similar principles to judo, but including blows from the hands and feet
- airbed — An airbed is a plastic or rubber mattress which can be folded or stored flat and which you fill with air before you use it.
- airdry — Alternative form of air-dry.
- airted — a direction.
- aladin — 1. (language) A Language for Attributed Definitions. 2. (tool) An interactive mathematics system for the IBM 360.
- alcids — Plural form of alcid.
- aldine — relating to Aldus Manutius (1450–1515), Italian printer, or to his editions of the classics
- aldisp — Applicative Language for Digital Signal Processing
- aldiss — Brian W(ilson). born 1925, British novelist, best known for his science fiction. His works include Non-Stop (1958), Enemies of the System (1978), The Helliconia Trilogy (1983–86), Forgotten Life (1988), and The Detached Retina (1995)
- aldrin — a brown to white poisonous crystalline solid, more than 95 per cent of which consists of the compound C12H8Cl6, which is used as an insecticide. Melting pt: 105°C
- algoid — resembling or relating to algae
- alidad — Archaic form of alidade.
- alined — to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- aliped — (of bats and similar animals) having the digits connected by a winglike membrane
- allide — (nautical) To impact a stationary object.
- allied — Allied forces or troops are armies from different countries who are fighting on the same side in a war.
- alodia — allodium.
- amadis — a knight-errant, model of the chivalric hero.
- amidah — the central prayer in each of the daily services, recited silently and standing
- amides — Plural form of amide.
- amidin — the soluble matter found in starch
- amido- — (in chemistry) indicating the presence of an amide group
- amidol — a grey to colourless soluble crystalline solid that is used as a photographic developer; 2,4-diaminophenol dihydrochloride. Formula: C6H3(NH2)2(OH).2HCl
- amidst — Amidst means the same as amid.
- anding — Present participle of and.
- andria — a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- andric — Ivo (ˈiːvɔ). 1892–1975, Serbian novelist; author of The Bridge on the Drina (1945): Nobel prize for literature 1961
- anodic — pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- ao dai — the traditional costume of Vietnamese women, consisting of a long, high-necked, closefitting tunic split along the sides from waist to hem: it is worn over loosefitting trousers
- aphids — Plural form of aphid.
- apside — (astronomy) An apsis.
- aramid — any of various flame-resistant and strong synthetic fibres used in, for example, firefighters' clothing and body armour