6-letter words containing a, i, s
- hiatus — a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
- hijabs — Plural form of hijab.
- hijras — Plural form of hijra.
- hsiang — a Chinese language spoken in Hunan province in southern China.
- husain — Hussein (def 1).
- i say! — an exclamation of surprise
- i-case — Integrated CASE. Another term for an IPSE.
- iambus — iamb.
- icarus — Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- ideals — a conception of something in its perfection.
- ieyasu — Tokugawa [taw-koo-gah-wah] /ˈtɔ kuˈgɑ wɑ/ (Show IPA), 1542–1616, Japanese general and public servant.
- ikaros — Icarus.
- ilesha — a town in SW Nigeria.
- images — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- imamis — a member of the principal sect of Shiʿah, believing in a succession of twelve divinely inspired imams, beginning with Ali and ending with Muhammad al-Muntazar (d. a.d. c880), who supposedly retired to a cave, later to return as the Mahdi.
- immask — to disguise
- incase — encase.
- inlaws — Plural form of inlaw.
- inlays — Plural form of inlay.
- insane — not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- inseam — an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- inspan — to yoke or harness.
- insta- — indicating instant or quickly produced
- instal — to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.
- instar — an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- insula — a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- irades — Plural form of irade.
- isaacs — a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- isabel — a female given name.
- isaiah — Also called Isaiah of Jerusalem. a Major Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- isaian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- isakmp — Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol
- isatin — a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- ischia — an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).
- ishtar — the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war, identified with the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoreth, and the Sumerian Inanna.
- island — a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- ismael — Ishmael (def 1).
- isobar — Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- isolda — a female given name, form of Iseult.
- isopag — a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice exists at approximately the same period during winter.
- isotac — a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- israel — a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- istana — (in Malaysia) a royal palace
- istria — a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- itasca — Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- jadish — (of a horse) Vicious and ill-tempered, like a jade.
- jagirs — Plural form of jagir.
- jasmin — a female given name.
- jassid — leafhopper.
- javits — Jacob K(oppel) [koh-pel] /koʊˈpɛl/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1957–81.