4-letter words containing a, m
- gram — (in the Volsunga Saga) the sword of Sigmund, broken by Odin, repaired by Regin, and used again by Sigurd in killing Fafnir.
- guam — an island, belonging to the U.S., in the N Pacific, E of the Philippines: the largest of the Marianas group; U.S. naval station. 206 sq. mi. (535 sq. km). Capital: Agaña. Abbreviation: GU (for use with zip code).
- haem — The component of haemoglobin responsible for binding oxygen, consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
- halm — stems or stalks collectively, as of grain or of peas, beans, or hops, especially as used for litter or thatching.
- hama — a city in W Syria, on the Orontes River.
- hame — either of two curved pieces lying upon the collar in the harness of an animal, to which the traces are fastened.
- hamm — a city in North Rhine–Westphalia, in W Germany.
- hams — the second son of Noah, Gen. 10:1.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- hawm — to move awkwardly
- heam — The afterbirth or secundus of an animal.
- hmac — Keyed-Hashing Message Authentication
- hmas — His (or Her) Majesty's Australian Ship
- homa — haoma (def 2).
- huma — a bird in Persian mythology similar to the phoenix and believed to bring good luck
- iamb — a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- ijma — the consensus of all believers on the rightness of a belief or practice.
- imac — (computer) One of the trademark/brand names that Apple Inc use for their Mac family of personal computers.
- imam — the officiating priest of a mosque.
- imao — IMHO
- imap — Internet Message Access Protocol
- imax — IMAX is a system for showing films on very large screens with very clear sound and pictures.
- irma — a female given name, form of Erma.
- isam — Indexed Sequential Access Method
- jamb — Architecture, Building Trades. either of the vertical sides of a doorway, arch, window, or other opening. either of two stones, timbers, etc., forming the sidepieces for the frame of an opening.
- jamo — Any of the 24 building blocks of the Korean (hangeul) alphabet.
- jamp — (Scotland) Simple past tense and past participle of jump.
- jams — a preserve of whole fruit, slightly crushed, boiled with sugar: strawberry jam.
- kama — a river in the E Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the central Ural Mountains region into the Volga River S of Kazan. 1200 miles (1930 km) long.
- kame — combe.
- kami — A divine being in the Shinto religion.
- lama — a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- lamb — Charles ("Elia") 1775–1834, English essayist and critic.
- lame — an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads, as of gold or silver, are woven with silk, wool, rayon, or cotton.
- lamp — any of various devices furnishing artificial light, as by electricity or gas. Compare fluorescent lamp, incandescent lamp.
- lams — Plural form of lam.
- lamy — John Baptist (Jean Baptiste l'Amy) 1814–88, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, born in France: archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico 1875–88.
- lapm — Link Access Protocol for Modems
- leam — (intransitive, UK, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow.
- lema — (physiology, rare) The secretion of the tarsal glands of the eye.
- lima — Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- lmao — (Internet slang) alternative capitalization of LMAO.
- lmda — Labour Market Development Agreement
- loam — a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- loma — a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- lram — Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music
- luma — A monetary unit of Armenia, equal to one hundredth of a dram.
- lyam — (obsolete) A leash.
- m'ba — Léon [le-awn] /lɛˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1902–67, African statesman: president of Gabon 1961–67.
- maar — a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.