6-letter words containing i
- anubis — a deity, a son of Osiris, who conducted the dead to judgment. He is represented as having a jackal's head and was identified by the Greeks with Hermes
- anuria — complete suppression of urine formation, often as the result of a kidney disorder
- anuric — having anuria
- anvils — Plural form of anvil.
- ao dai — the traditional costume of Vietnamese women, consisting of a long, high-necked, closefitting tunic split along the sides from waist to hem: it is worn over loosefitting trousers
- aomori — seaport in northernmost Honshu, Japan, on an inlet of the Sea of Japan: pop. 293,000
- aorist — a tense of the verb in classical Greek and in certain other inflected languages, indicating past action without reference to whether the action involved was momentary or continuous
- aortic — the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- aouita — Saïd (saɪˈiːd). born 1959, Moroccan middle-distance runner: set new world records for the 1500 metres (1987–93), 2000 metres (1987–95), and 5000 metres (1987–94)
- aparri — a seaport on N Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- apeing — Present participle of ape.
- aphids — Plural form of aphid.
- apiary — a place where bees are kept, usually in beehives
- apical — of, at, or being the apex
- apices — apex
- apiece — If people have a particular number of things apiece, they have that number each.
- apises — a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- aplite — a light-coloured fine-grained acid igneous rock with a sugary texture, consisting of quartz and feldspars
- apneic — a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- aponia — The absence of pain considered as a state of spiritual serenity.
- aporia — a doubt, real or professed, about what to do or say
- appair — to make or become worse
- appkit — (tool) A set of objects used by the application builder for the NEXTSTEP environment.
- apside — (astronomy) An apsis.
- apulia — a region of SE Italy, on the Adriatic. Capital: Bari. Pop: 4 023 957 (2003 est). Area: 19 223 sq km (7422 sq miles)
- aquila — a constellation lying in the Milky Way close to Cygnus and situated on the celestial equator. The brightest star is Altair
- aquilo — the ancient Roman personification of the north wind.
- aquino — Corazón, known as Cory. 1933–2009, Philippine stateswoman: president (1986–92)
- aquire — Misspelling of acquire.
- arabia — a great peninsula of SW Asia, between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf: consists chiefly of a desert plateau, with mountains rising over 3000 m (10 000 ft) in the west and scattered oases; includes the present-day countries of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. Area: about 2 600 000 sq km (1 000 000 sq miles)
- arabic — Arabic is a language that is spoken in the Middle East and in parts of North Africa.
- arabin — the essence of gum arabic, being a carbohydrate gum composed of hexoses and D-arabinose
- arabis — any plant of the annual or perennial genus Arabis, some of which form low-growing mats with downy grey foliage and white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- araise — to raise
- aralia — any plant of the genus Aralia of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. The greenhouse and house plant generally known as aralia is Schefflera elegantissima of a related genus, grown for its decorative evergreen foliage: family Araliaceae
- aramid — any of various flame-resistant and strong synthetic fibres used in, for example, firefighters' clothing and body armour
- archi- — chief, first
- archie — Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- archil — orchil
- arcing — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arcmin — 1⁄60 of a degree of an angle
- arcsin — arcsine: the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between –π/2 and π/2), the sine of which is that argument: the inverse of the sine function
- arctic — The Arctic is the area of the world around the North Pole. It is extremely cold and there is very little light in winter and very little darkness in summer.
- ardeid — belonging or pertaining to the family Ardeidae, comprising the herons and bitterns.
- argali — a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, inhabiting semidesert regions in central Asia: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. It is the largest of the sheep, having massive horns in the male, which may almost form a circle
- argies — a term used to refer to an Argentine.
- argive — (in Homer, Virgil, etc) of or relating to the Greeks besieging Troy, esp those from Argos
- ariane — Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- ariary — the standard unit of currency of Madagascar
- aridly — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.