4-letter words containing a
- admd — Administration Management Domain
- adoe — Obsolete spelling of ado.
- ados — Plural form of ado.
- adry — dry
- adsl — ADSL is a method of transmitting digital information at high speed over telephone lines. ADSL is an abbreviation for 'asynchronous digital subscriber line'.
- adsp — AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol
- adv. — Adv. is a written abbreviation for adverb.
- advt — advertisement
- adwa — town in N Ethiopia: site of Menelik II's defeat of the Italians (1896), which led to recognition of Ethiopian independence: pop. 17,000
- adze — a heavy hand tool with a steel cutting blade attached at right angles to a wooden handle, used for dressing timber
- aecl — Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
- aeeu — (formerly in Britain) Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union
- aeon — An aeon is an extremely long period of time.
- aer- — aero-
- aero — of or relating to aircraft or aeronautics
- aery — lofty, insubstantial, or visionary
- aesc — an Old English runic letter, comprising the letters 'A' and 'E'
- aet. — aetatis
- afac — (language) An early system on the IBM 704.
- afam — Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
- afar — Afar means a long way away.
- afdc — Aid to Families with Dependent Children
- affs — Plural form of aff.
- affy — to have confidence, trust or faith in
- afib — (medicine) jargon for atrial fibrillation.
- afis — Automated Fingerprint Identification System: a computer system that scans fingerprints from crime scenes and compares them with millions of others around the world
- afro — Afro hair is very tightly curled and sticks out all around your head.
- aftn — Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network: a worldwide system of radio and cable links for transmitting and recording messages
- afuu — Association Française des Utilisateurs d'Unix
- agag — an Amalekite king who was captured and spared by Saul but later killed by Samuel. I Sam. 15.
- agal — (among Arabs) a cord wound around a kaffiyeh to hold it in place.
- agar — a complex gelatinous carbohydrate obtained from seaweeds, esp those of the genus Gelidium, used as a culture medium for bacteria, a laxative, in food such as ice cream as a thickening agent (E406), etc
- agas — Plural form of aga.
- agba — a tropical tree, Gossweilerodendron balsamiferum, of the legume family.
- agcy — agency
- aged — You use aged followed by a number to say how old someone is.
- agee — awry, crooked, or ajar
- agen — a market town in SW France, on the Garonne river. Pop: 30 170 (1999)
- ager — anything that produces the effects of age on another thing
- ages — the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
- agha — aga
- agin — against
- agio — the difference between the nominal and actual values of a currency
- agit — shake or stir
- aglu — a breathing hole made in ice by a seal
- agly — off the right line; awry; wrong.
- agma — the symbol (ŋ), used to represent a velar nasal consonant, as in long (lɒŋ ) or tank (tæŋk )
- agni — the god of fire, one of the three chief deities of the Vedas
- agog — If you are agog, you are excited about something, and eager to know more about it.
- agon — (in ancient Greece) a festival at which competitors contended for prizes. Among the best known were the Olympic, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian Games