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6-letter words containing i

  • aedine — relating to mosquitoes of the genus Aedes
  • aegina — an island in the Aegean Sea, in the Saronic Gulf. Area: 85 sq km (33 sq miles)
  • aegium — a town in ancient Achaea, on the Gulf of Corinth: the Achaean League met here.
  • aeneid — an epic poem in Latin by Virgil relating the experiences of Aeneas after the fall of Troy, written chiefly to provide an illustrious historical background for Rome
  • aeolia — Aeolis
  • aeolic — of or relating to the Aeolians or their dialect
  • aeolis — the ancient name for the coastal region of NW Asia Minor, including the island of Lesbos, settled by the Aeolian Greeks (about 1000 bc)
  • aeonic — lasting for an aeon
  • aerial — You talk about aerial attacks and aerial photographs to indicate that people or things on the ground are attacked or photographed by people in aeroplanes.
  • aeried — located in a very high place
  • aerier — ethereal; aerial.
  • aeries — the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
  • aerify — to change or cause to change into a gas
  • aerily — in an aery manner
  • affair — If an event or a series of events has been mentioned and you want to talk about it again, you can refer to it as the affair.
  • affied — Simple past tense and past participle of affy.
  • affine — of, characterizing, or involving transformations which preserve collinearity, esp in classical geometry, those of translation, rotation and reflection in an axis
  • affirm — If you affirm that something is true or that something exists, you state firmly and publicly that it is true or exists.
  • afield — away from one's usual surroundings or home (esp in the phrase far afield)
  • afraid — If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.
  • africa — the second largest of the continents, on the Mediterranean in the north, the Atlantic in the west, and the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean in the east. The Sahara desert divides the continent unequally into North Africa (an early centre of civilization, in close contact with Europe and W Asia, now inhabited chiefly by Arabs) and Africa south of the Sahara (relatively isolated from the rest of the world until the 19th century and inhabited chiefly by Negroid peoples). It was colonized mainly in the 18th and 19th centuries by Europeans and now comprises independent nations. The largest lake is Lake Victoria and the chief rivers are the Nile, Niger, Congo, and Zambezi. Pop: 1 100 000 000 (2013 est). Area: about 30 300 000 sq km (11 700 000 sq miles)
  • agadir — a port in SW Morocco, which became the centre of an international crisis (1911), when a gunboat arrived to protect German interests. Britain issued a strong warning to Germany but the French negotiated and war was averted. In 1960 the town was virtually destroyed by an earthquake, about 10 000 people being killed. Pop: 385 000 (2003)
  • againe — Obsolete spelling of again.
  • agamic — asexual; occurring or reproducing without fertilization
  • agamid — any other lizard of the family Agamidae, which occur in the Old World and Australia and show a wide range of habits and diversity of structure
  • agapai — the love of God or Christ for humankind.
  • agaric — any saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus of the family Agaricaceae, having gills on the underside of the cap. The group includes the edible mushrooms and poisonous forms such as the fly agaric
  • agassi — Andre (ˈɑːndreɪ). born 1970, US tennis player: winner of eight Grand Slam singles titles (1992–2003), including four Australian Opens (1995, 2000, 2001, 2003)
  • ageing — Someone or something that is ageing is becoming older and less healthy or efficient.
  • ageism — Ageism is unacceptable behaviour that occurs as a result of the belief that older people are of less value than younger people.
  • ageist — Ageist behaviour is unacceptable behaviour based on the belief that older people are of less value than younger people.
  • aggies — Plural form of aggie.
  • aginst — Archaic spelling of against.
  • agitas — heartburn; indigestion.
  • aglaia — one of the three Graces
  • aglint — displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering: a diamond tiara aglint under the ballroom lights.
  • agnail — a sore or swelling around a fingernail or toenail
  • agnesi — Maria Gaetana. 1718–99, Italian mathematician and philosopher, noted for her work on differential calculus
  • agnize — to acknowledge
  • agogic — Music. stress given to a note through prolonged duration.
  • agoing — in motion
  • agonic — forming no angle
  • agouti — any hystricomorph rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, of Central and South America and the Caribbean: family Dasyproctidae. Agoutis are agile and long-legged, with hooflike claws, and are valued for their meat
  • agrise — to fear or shudder at (something frightful)
  • agrius — one of the Gigantes.
  • agrize — to fear or shudder at (something frightful)
  • aguise — to dress (the body)
  • aguish — producing, resembling, or resulting from ague.
  • aguize — to dress (the body)
  • ahidjo — Ahmadou [ah-mah-doo] /ɑ mɑˈdu/ (Show IPA), 1924–1989, statesman: president of Cameroon 1960–82.
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