4-letter words containing e, i
- mime — the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- mine — an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mire — a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mise — a settlement or agreement.
- mite — a contribution that is small but is all that a person can afford.
- msie — Internet Explorer
- neif — (historical) A woman born in the state of villeinage; a female serf.
- neil — a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nein — no
- neri — Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nevi — any congenital anomaly of the skin, including moles and various types of birthmarks.
- nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- nide — a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- nief — A serf or bondsman born into servitude.
- nier — Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nife — the earth's core, thought to be composed of nickel and iron
- nihe — National Institute for Higher Education
- nike — the ancient Greek goddess of victory.
- nile — a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- nine — a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- nite — an informal, simplified spelling of night.
- niue — an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- nzei — New Zealand Educational Institute
- obie — one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- oeic — open-ended investment company
- oise — a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- okie — a contemptuous term used to refer to a native of Okinawa.
- opie — (obsolete) opium.
- pedi — a pedicure
- pein — peen
- peri — one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- pice — a former bronze coin of British India, one quarter of an anna. Compare pie5 .
- pied — having patches of two or more colors, as various birds and other animals: a pied horse.
- pien — arris.
- pier — a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- pies — a former bronze coin of India, the 12th part of an anna.
- piet — Scot. a magpie.
- pike — any of several large, slender, voracious freshwater fishes of the genus Esox, having a long, flat snout: the blue pike of the Great Lakes is now extinct.
- pile — the lower of two dies for coining by hand.
- pine — Archaic. painful longing.
- pipe — a large cask, of varying capacity, especially for wine or oil.
- pire — Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pise — rammed earth.
- pize — to strike (someone a blow)
- plie — a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- prie — to try, test, or taste.
- redi — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1626?–98, Italian biologist.
- refi — a refinancing of a debt
- rehi — (chat) Hello again.
- reid — Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.