4-letter words containing i, s
- fiss — (transitive, nonstandard) To split apart into multiple entities.
- fist — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- fits — Plural form of fit.
- fosi — Formatting Output Specification Instance
- fris — a fine frieze-like fabric
- geis — Plural form of gei.
- gi's — a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- gibs — Plural form of gib.
- gifs — Plural form of gif.
- gigs — Plural form of gig.
- gins — Plural form of gin.
- gips — /gips/ or /jips/ [Analogy with MIPS] Giga-Instructions per Second (or possibly "Gillions of Instructions per Second"; see gillion). In 1991, this was used of only a handful of highly parallel machines and one sequential processor built with Josephson devices. DEC's Alpha AXP 21164 processor was the first commercially available 1 GIPS sequential processor (7 Sep 1994). Compare KIPS.
- gise — (obsolete) guise; manner.
- gish — Dorothy, 1898–1968, and her sister Lillian, 1896–1993, U.S. film actresses.
- gism — Slang: Vulgar. semen.
- gist — the main or essential part of a matter: What was the gist of his speech?
- gits — Plural form of git.
- gris — Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- hies — to hasten; speed; go in haste.
- hims — Informal. a male: Is the new baby a her or a him?
- hips — Plural form of hip.
- hisn — (obsolete, outside, British, and, American dialects, especially, Appalachian) His.
- hiss — to make or emit a sharp sound like that of the letter s prolonged, as a snake does, or as steam does when forced under pressure through a small opening.
- hist — Used to attract attention or call for silence.
- hits — (dialectal) Alternative form of its.
- hsia — a legendary dynasty in China, the traditional dates of which are 2205–1766 b.c.
- hssi — high speed serial interface
- huis — Plural form of hui.
- iasi — Romanian name of Jassy.
- ibis — any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill. Compare sacred ibis.
- ices — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- icsh — interstitial-cell-stimulating hormone
- icsi — International Computer Science Institute at Berkeley, CA.
- icws — International Core War Society.
- ides — (in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- idms — 1. (language, database) A pictorial query language, an extension of Sequel2. 2. (database) Integrated Database Management System.
- iesg — Internet Engineering Steering Group
- iges — Initial Graphics Exchange Specification: an ASME/ANSI standard for the exchange of CAD data.
- ikbs — intelligent knowledge-based system
- ilks — family, class, or kind: he and all his ilk.
- ills — of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
- ilse — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- imps — Plural form of imp.
- imse — Integrated Modelling Support Environment
- ings — Plural form of ing.
- inks — Plural form of ink.
- inns — Plural form of inn.
- ins. — inches
- ions — Plural form of ion.
- ipes — Plural form of ipe.