5-letter words containing i, a
- apian — of, relating to, or resembling bees
- aping — any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- apiol — an aromatic compound derived from parsley seeds or oil, formerly used to treat menstrual disorders
- apish — stupid; foolish
- apism — the act of aping
- appia — Adolphe [French a-dawlf] /French aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1862–1928, Swiss stage designer and theatrical producer.
- appui — a support or supporter
- april — April is the fourth month of the year in the Western calendar.
- apsis — either of two points lying at the extremities of an eccentric orbit of a planet, satellite, etc, such as the aphelion and perihelion of a planet or the apogee and perigee of the moon. The line of apsides connects two such points and is the principal axis of the orbit
- aquit — Misspelling of acquit.
- araki — A date liquor distilled illegally in Sudan.
- arbil — Erbil.
- arbit — (India, colloquial) Strange, random or weird.
- arcid — (zoology) Any of the Arcidae; an ark shell.
- ardri — an Irish high king
- areic — relating to division by area
- argie — a term used to refer to an Argentine.
- argil — clay, esp potters' clay
- arian — of, relating to, or characterizing Arius or Arianism
- arias — a nymph, the mother of Miletus, by Apollo.
- ariba — Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects
- arica — a port in extreme N Chile: awarded to Chile in 1929 after the lengthy Tacna-Arica dispute with Peru; outlet for Bolivian and Peruvian trade. Pop: 180 000 (2005 est)
- ariel — an Arabian gazelle, Gazella arabica (or dama)
- aries — Aries is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a ram. People who are born approximately between 21st March and 19th April come under this sign.
- ariki — the first-born male or female in a notable family; chief
- arils — Plural form of aril.
- arion — flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- ariot — riotously
- arise — If a situation or problem arises, it begins to exist or people start to become aware of it.
- arist — (obsolete) A rising, as from a seat, a bed, or the ground, or from below the horizon.
- arity — (programming) The number of arguments a function or operator takes. In some languages functions may have variable arity which sometimes means their last or only argument is actually a list of arguments.
- arius — ?250–336 ad, Greek Christian theologian, originator of the doctrine of Arianism
- ariz. — Arizona
- arkie — a term used to refer to a migrant worker originally from Arkansas.
- armie — Obsolete spelling of army.
- armil — a bracelet
- arnim — Achim von (ˈaxɪm fɔn). 1781–1831, German romantic poet. He published, with Clemens Brentano, the collection of folk songs, Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1805–08)
- aroid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Araceae, a family of plants having small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large petaloid spathe. The family includes arum, calla, and anthurium
- arris — a sharp edge at the meeting of two surfaces at an angle with one another, as at two adjacent sides of a stone block
- arsis — (in classical prosody) the long syllable or part on which the ictus falls in a metrical foot
- artic — (informal) Short form of articulated lorry.
- artie — a male given name, form of Arthur.
- as if — You use as if and as though when you are giving a possible explanation for something or saying that something appears to be the case when it is not.
- as is — in the existing state of affairs
- ascii — American standard code for information interchange: a computer code for representing alphanumeric characters
- asdic — sonar
- asian — Asian means belonging to or relating to Asia. British people use this term especially to refer to India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Americans use this term especially to refer to China, Korea, Thailand, Japan, or Vietnam.
- aside — If you move something aside, you move it to one side of you.
- asine — an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- asity — A stocky perching bird related to the pittas, found only in Madagascar.