4-letter words containing i, a, r
- pair — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
- pari — (mathematics, tool) A system for symbolic mathematics, especially number theory. Version 1.37 for Unix, Macintosh, MS-DOS, Amiga. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- qari — (Islam) One who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation.
- rabi — the fourth month of the Muslim calendar.
- ragi — a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- raia — rayah.
- raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- raik — a route, a journey
- rail — any of numerous birds of the family Rallidae, that have short wings, a narrow body, long toes, and a harsh cry and inhabit grasslands, forests, and marshes in most parts of the world.
- rain — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rais — Redundant Array of Inexpensive Servers
- raki — a spirituous liquor distilled from grain, grapes, plums, etc., in southeastern Europe and the Near East.
- rami — plural of ramus.
- rani — ranee.
- ravi — a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- riad — a traditional Moroccan house, built around an interior garden
- rial — rose noble.
- riba — (in Islam) interest or usury, as forbidden by the Koran
- riga — a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of Estonia, an independent state 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 25,395 sq. mi. (63,700 sq. km). Capital: Riga.
- rima — a female given name.
- rina — a female given name.
- rita — a female given name, form of Margarita.
- riva — a cleft in rock
- riza — a cover of gilt or silvered metal whose purpose is to protect a religious work of art or icon, leaving spaces for the hands and face of the subject to show through
- sari — a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- vair — a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly. Compare miniver (def 1).
- vari — a nocturnal, nesting lemur, Varecia variegata, native to Madagascar, having black and white fur and a mane: an endangered species.
- wair — A plank 6 feet long and 1 foot across.
- wari — (games) a board game of the mancala family.
- yari — (weapons, Japan) A spear used in martial arts, of various sizes.
- zari — A type of gold thread used decoratively on Indian clothing.