6-letter words containing a, i
- acarid — any of the small arachnids of the order Acarina (or Acari), which includes the ticks and mites
- accite — to call or send for officially or by authority
- accius — Lucius, c170–c90 b.c, Roman poet and prose writer.
- accoil — a welcome
- ace it — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- acedia — spiritual sloth or apathy
- acetic — of, containing, producing, or derived from acetic acid or vinegar
- acetin — any of three types of liquid acetate, formed from glycerol and acetic acid, chiefly used in explosives and solvents
- achill — an island off the coast of NW Ireland. 14 miles (23 km) long; 11 miles (18 km) wide.
- aching — causing physical pain or distress: treatment for an aching back.
- achish — the king of the Philistine city of Gath, who twice gave refuge to David. I Sam. 21:10–15.
- acidic — Acidic substances contain acid.
- acidly — Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- acinar — of or relating to any of the terminal saclike portions of a compound gland
- acinus — any of the terminal saclike portions of a compound gland
- acmite — a silicate mineral with chemical formula NaFeSi2O6, consisting of pyramid-shaped crystals; aegirite
- acoria — (pathology) Excessive eating due to a lack of the sensation of satiety.
- acquis — The accumulated legislation, legal acts, and court decisions which constitute the total body of EU law.
- acquit — If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime.
- actin- — actino-
- acting — Acting is the activity or profession of performing in plays or films.
- action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
- actium — a town of ancient Greece that overlooked the naval battle in 31 bc at which Octavian's fleet under Agrippa defeated that of Mark Antony and Cleopatra
- active — Someone who is active moves around a lot or does a lot of things.
- acuity — Acuity is sharpness of vision or hearing, or quickness of thought.
- aculei — Also, acus. the modified ovipositor or sting of certain hymenopterous insects.
- ad-lib — If you ad-lib something in a play or a speech, you say something which has not been planned or written beforehand.
- adagio — Adagio written above a piece of music means that it should be played slowly.
- adamic — pertaining to or suggestive of Adam.
- adapid — (zoology) Any member of the Adapidae.
- add in — If you add in something, you include it as a part of something else.
- add-in — Journalism. copy added to a completed story.
- addict — An addict is someone who takes harmful drugs and cannot stop taking them.
- adding — an act or instance of addition
- adient — tending to move toward a stimulus.
- adieus — the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- adieux — the act of leaving or departing; farewell.
- adighe — Adygei.
- adipic — (organic chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
- adipsy — Archaic form of adipsia.
- aditus — The entrance to a cavity or channel.
- aditya — one of the Vedic gods, the sons of Aditi.
- adjigo — a yam plant, Dioscorea hastifolia, native to SW Australia that has edible tubers
- adjoin — If one room, place, or object adjoins another, they are next to each other.
- adlibs — Plural form of adlib.
- admail — Alternative expression for junk mail.
- admier — Eye dialect of admire.
- admins — Plural form of admin.
- admire — If you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much.
- admits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admit.