6-letter words containing a, i, s
- 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)
- alesia — an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- alexis — a masculine and feminine name
- algins — any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- alibis — Plural form of alibi.
- aliens — Plural form of alien.
- aligns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of align.
- alines — (especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- alisma — a flowering marsh plant of the genus Alsima, with round leaves
- alison — a feminine name
- alissa — a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- aliyos — the act of proceeding to the reading table in a synagogue for the reading of a portion from the Torah.
- alkies — Plural form of alkie.
- allies — (in World War I) the powers of the Triple Entente (France, Russia, and Britain) together with the nations allied with them
- alsike — a clover, Trifolium hybridum, native to Europe and Asia but widely cultivated as a forage crop. It has trifoliate leaves and pink or whitish flowers
- alties — Plural form of altie.
- amadis — a knight-errant, model of the chivalric hero.
- ambits — Plural form of ambit.
- amicus — an abbreviation of amicus curiae
- amides — Plural form of amide.
- amidst — Amidst means the same as amid.
- amiens — a city in N France: its Gothic cathedral is the largest church in France. Pop: 139 271 (2006)
- amigas — a female friend.
- amigos — Plural form of amigo.
- amines — Plural form of amine.
- amnios — (anatomy) amnion.
- amugis — a Philippine tree, Koordersiodendron pinnatum, of the cashew family.
- amusia — the inability to distinguish differences in musical pitch; tone deafness
- animas — soul; life.
- animus — If a person has an animus against someone, they have a strong feeling of dislike for them, even when there is no good reason for it.
- anions — Plural form of anion.
- anises — Plural form of anise.
- anisic — relating to or resulting from anise
- aniso- — not equal
- ansi c — (language, standard) (American National Standards Institute C) A revision of C, adding function prototypes, structure passing, structure assignment and standardised library functions. ANSI X3.159-1989.
- antics — Antics are funny, silly, or unusual ways of behaving.
- anubis — a deity, a son of Osiris, who conducted the dead to judgment. He is represented as having a jackal's head and was identified by the Greeks with Hermes
- anvils — Plural form of anvil.
- aorist — a tense of the verb in classical Greek and in certain other inflected languages, indicating past action without reference to whether the action involved was momentary or continuous
- aphids — Plural form of aphid.
- apices — apex
- apises — a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- apside — (astronomy) An apsis.
- arabis — any plant of the annual or perennial genus Arabis, some of which form low-growing mats with downy grey foliage and white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- araise — to raise
- arcsin — arcsine: the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between –π/2 and π/2), the sine of which is that argument: the inverse of the sine function
- argies — a term used to refer to an Argentine.
- ariose — characterized by melody
- arioso — a recitative with the lyrical quality of an aria
- arised — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of arise.