4-letter words containing i, s
- sile — to pour with rain
- silk — the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
- sill — Mount, a mountain in E central California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 14,153 feet (4314 meters).
- silo — a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt — earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sima — the uppermost member of a full classical order, usually a cyma recta, representing a roof gutter; cymatium.
- simd — Single Instruction/Multiple Data
- simi — an East African short sword
- simm — Single In-line Memory Module
- simp — a fool; simpleton.
- sims — Subscriber Identity/Identification Module: a removable card inside a cell phone that stores data unique to the user, as an identification number, passwords, phone numbers, and messages.
- sina — a female given name.
- sind — a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- sine — an indispensable condition; requisite.
- sing — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- sinh — hyperbolic sine.
- sink — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- sins — the Akkadian god of the moon: the counterpart of the Sumerian Nanna.
- sion — a canton in SW Switzerland. 2021 sq. mi. (5235 sq. km). Capital: Sion.
- siop — (formerly) the secret and central U.S. contingency plan for waging a nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
- sipb — Student Information Processing Board, MIT.
- sipe — (of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- sipp — Single Inline Pin Package
- sips — to drink (a liquid) a little at a time; take small tastes of: He sipped the hot tea noisily.
- sire — the male parent of a quadruped.
- siri — An object-oriented constraint language using a single abstraction mechanism developed by Bruce Horn of CMU in 1991. Siri is a conceptual blend of BETA and Bertrand. It is similar to Kaleidoscope.
- sist — a court order stopping or suspending proceedings
- sita — (in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site — the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment: the site of our summer cabin.
- sith — since
- situ — in situ.
- siva — Shiva.
- size — any of various gelatinous or glutinous preparations made from glue, starch, etc., used for filling the pores of cloth, paper, etc., or as an adhesive ground for gold leaf on books.
- sizy — thick; viscous.
- skid — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- skim — to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
- skin — the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- skip — to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
- skit — a short literary piece of a humorous or satirical character.
- slib — Scheme Library
- slid — to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
- slim — slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
- slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- slit — to cut apart or open along a line; make a long cut, fissure, or opening in.
- smil — 1. (language) The machine language for a Swedish computer. 2. (hypertext, language, multimedia, text, web) Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language.
- smir — drizzly rain
- smit — to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon: She smote him on the back with her umbrella.
- snib — a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- snig — to drag (a log) along the ground by a chain fastened at one end
- snip — to cut with a small, quick stroke, or a succession of such strokes, with scissors or the like.