4-letter words containing a
- agra — a city in N India, in W Uttar Pradesh on the Jumna River: a capital of the Mogul empire until 1658; famous for its Mogul architecture, esp the Taj Mahal. Pop: 1 259 979 (2001)
- ague — a fever with successive stages of fever and chills esp when caused by malaria
- ahab — the king of Israel from approximately 869 to 850 bc and husband of Jezebel: rebuked by Elijah (I Kings 16:29–22:40)
- ahaz — a king of Judah, 735?–715? b.c. II Kings 16; II Chron. 28:9.
- ahdl — Analog Hardware Design Language
- ahem — In writing, ahem is used to show that someone is being ironic. Ahem is also used to show that someone wants to get another person's attention.
- ahha — after hours home avoider: a young person who prefers to spend the time after work socializing, rather than return to an empty home
- ahir — a member of the caste of cowherds and milkmen in India.
- ahis — Plural form of ahi.
- ahom — an extinct Thai language of Assam.
- ahoy — Ahoy is something that people in boats shout in order to attract attention.
- ahpl — A Hardware Programming Language
- aicc — All India Congress Committee: the national assembly of the Indian National Congress
- aida — a cotton fabric with a natural mesh
- aide — An aide is an assistant to someone who has an important job, especially in government or in the armed forces.
- aids — AIDS is a disease which destroys the natural system of protection that the body has against other diseases. AIDS is an abbreviation for 'acquired immune deficiency syndrome'.
- aidx — (abuse, operating system) /aydkz/ A derogatory term for IBM's perverted version of Unix, AIX, especially for the AIX 3.? used in the IBM RS/6000 series (some hackers think it is funnier just to pronounce "AIX" as "aches"). A victim of the dreaded "hybridism" disease, this attempt to combine the two main currents of the Unix stream (BSD and USG Unix) became a monstrosity to haunt system administrators' dreams. For example, if new accounts are created while many users are logged on, the load average jumps quickly over 20 due to silly implementation of the user databases. For a quite similar disease, compare HP-SUX. Also, compare Macintrash Nominal Semidestructor, Open DeathTrap, ScumOS, sun-stools.
- aiea — a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- aieu — Australian Insurance Employees Union
- aiff — Audio IFF
- ails — to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- aims — Plural form of aim.
- aîné — the eldest or most senior
- aint — Misspelling of ain't.
- ainu — a member of the aboriginal people of Japan, now mostly intermixed with Mongoloid immigrants whose skin colour is more yellowish
- aire — a river in N England rising in the Pennines and flowing southeast to the Ouse. Length: 112 km (70 miles)
- airs — affected manners intended to impress others (esp in the phrases give oneself airs, put on airs)
- airt — a direction or point of the compass, esp the direction of the wind; quarter; region
- airy — If a building or room is airy, it has a lot of fresh air inside, usually because it is large.
- aisy — Archaic spelling of easy.
- aits — a small island, especially in a river.
- aitu — (in Polynesian culture) a ghost or spirit
- aiya — (China, Hong Kong, Singapore, informal) ah; oh; expressing surprise or blame.
- ajar — If a door is ajar, it is slightly open.
- ajax — the son of Telamon; a Greek hero of the Trojan War who killed himself in vexation when Achilles' armour was given to Odysseus
- ajee — to one side; awry.
- akan — a member of a people of Ghana and the E Côte d'Ivoire
- akcl — Austin Kyoto Common Lisp
- akee — ackee
- aken — (obsolete) To bear, give birth to. (Usually in past participle.).
- aker — The old and regular spelling of acre.
- akil — a male given name: from an Arabic word meaning “one who uses reason.”.
- akin — If one thing is akin to another, it is similar to it in some way.
- akko — city in NW Israel, on the Mediterranean: pop. 37,000
- alae — plural of ala.
- alai — a mountain range in central Asia, in SW Kyrgyzstan, running from the Tian Shan range in China into Tajikistan. Average height: 4800 m (16 000 ft), rising over 5850 m (19 500 ft)
- alam — (language) A language for symbolic mathematics, especially General Relativity. See also CLAM.
- alan — a common male first name
- alap — a style of Indian vocal music without words
- alar — relating to, resembling, or having wings or alae