4-letter words containing i, s
- jist — (nonstandard) alternative form of just.
- kasi — Kingdom of, an ancient kingdom of N India, the capital at present-day Varanasi; flourished in the 8th–6th centuries b.c.
- kids — Informal. a child or young person.
- kins — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk.
- kips — Also called kip-up [kip-uhp] /ˈkɪpˌʌp/ (Show IPA), kick-up. an acrobatic movement in which a person moves from a position lying on the back to a standing position with a vigorous swing of both legs coordinated with a launching push of the arms.
- kish — an ancient Sumerian and Akkadian city: its site is 8 miles (13 km) east of the site of Babylon in S Iraq.
- kiss — to touch or press with the lips slightly pursed, and then often to part them and to emit a smacking sound, in an expression of affection, love, greeting, reverence, etc.: He kissed his son on the cheek.
- kist — cist2 .
- kits — Plural form of kit.
- kris — a short sword or heavy dagger with a wavy blade, used by the Malays.
- lais — Plural form of lai.
- leis — Plural form of lei.
- lias — Leah (def 1).
- libs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lib.
- lids — Plural form of lid.
- lies — Plural form of lie.
- lins — a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lips — Plural form of lip.
- lisa — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lise — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lisp — a high-level programming language that processes data in the form of lists: widely used in artificial intelligence applications.
- liss — Relief; ease; abatement; cessation; release.
- list — Friedrich [free-drik] /ˈfri drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1789–1846, U.S. political economist and journalist, born in Germany.
- lisw — licensed independent social worker
- lits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lit.
- lois — a female given name.
- mics — Plural form of mic.
- mids — Plural form of mid.
- miis — (language) /Meese/ An interpreted language with one-letter keywords.
- mils — Slang. a million.
- mims — the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- mins — Minutes; Plural form of min.
- mips — 1. (unit, benchmark) Million instructions per second. The unit commonly used to give the rate at which a processor executes instructions. Often rendered by hackers as "Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed" or in other unflattering ways. This expresses a nearly universal attitude about the value of most benchmark claims, said attitude being one of the great cultural divides between hackers and marketroids. The etymologically incorrect singular "1 MIP" is sometimes heard. See also KIPS and GIPS. 2. VAX MIPS. 3. (processor) Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages. 4. (company) MIPS Technologies, Inc.
- mis- — Mis- is added to some verbs and nouns to form new verbs and nouns which indicate that something is done badly or wrongly.
- misc — Abbreviation of miscellaneous.
- mise — a settlement or agreement.
- mish — (British, slang) mission.
- miso — a fermented seasoning paste of soybeans, often with rice or barley added, used to flavor soups and sauces.
- misr — Arabic name of Egypt.
- miss — to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- mist — a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- misy — (mineralogy) An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or copiapite.
- mits — Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems
- msie — Internet Explorer
- nasi — Lake, a lake in SW Finland: city of Tampere located on its S shore. 20 miles (32 km) long; 2–8 miles (3.2–12.9 km) wide.
- ncis — National Criminal Intelligence Service
- ndis — Network Device Interface Specification
- nias — (obsolete) A young hawk; an eyas.
- nibs — the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- nils — Plural form of nil.