5-letter words containing a, s, i
- sasin — blackbuck.
- satie — Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- satin — a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- satis — the wife of Rudra, who immolated herself following a quarrel between her father and her husband.
- saudi — a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia.
- savin — a juniper, Juniperus sabina, of Europe and Asia.
- scail — a scattering or dispersion
- sepia — a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- serai — (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- shair — a person, especially a poet, endowed with unique perception or insight.
- shari — Also, Chari. a river in N central Africa, flowing NW from the Central African Republic into Lake Chad. 1400 miles (2254 km) long.
- shi'a — a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad, and disregards the three caliphs who succeeded him.
- shiah — (used with a plural verb) the Shiʿites.
- shiai — a judo contest
- shiva — “the Destroyer,” the third member of the Trimurti, along with Brahma the Creator and Vishnu the Preserver.
- siang — Xiang
- sidra — Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- siena — a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- sigla — (robotics) SIGma LAnguage. A language for industrial robots from Olivetti.
- sigma — the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- signa — (used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- sikra — sikhara.
- silas — a male given name.
- silva — the forest trees of a particular area.
- simak — Clifford, 1904–88, U.S. science-fiction writer.
- siman — SIMulation ANalysis
- simar — Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- simla — a city in and the capital of Himachal Pradesh, in N India.
- sinai — Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- sinal — of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- sinan — 1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- sisal — Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- sitar — a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sitka — a town in SE Alaska, on an island in the Alexander Archipelago: the capital of former Russian America.
- sivan — the ninth month of the Jewish calendar.
- sivas — Shiva.
- sizar — (at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
- skaif — a wheel on which diamonds and other gems are ground or polished.
- skail — a scattering or dispersal
- slain — past participle of slay.
- smaik — a Scots word for a rascal or rogue
- smail — snail mail.
- snail — any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- sofia — a republic in SE Europe. 42,800 sq. mi. (110,850 sq. km). Capital: Sofia.
- sonia — a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- spahi — one of a body of native Algerian cavalry in the French service.
- spain — a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- spial — an observation
- spica — spike2 .
- spina — a spine or spinelike projection.