4-letter words containing s, a
- sofa — a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- sola — an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- soma — the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- sopa — soup.
- sora — a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sosa — Samuel ("Sammy") born 1968, U.S. baseball player, born in the Dominican Republic.
- soya — Soya flour, butter, or other food is made from soya beans.
- spad — signal passed at danger: an incident in which a train goes through a red light
- spae — to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- spag — (of a cat) to scratch (a person) with the claws
- spam — (lowercase) Digital Technology. disruptive online messages, especially commercial messages posted on a computer network or sent as email (often used attributively): Install spam blocker software and keep your email spam filters updated to protect your accounts from unsolicited spam.
- span — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- spar — (during World War II) a woman enlisted in the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard (disbanded in 1946).
- spat — a pointed rod or bar for thrusting through and holding meat that is to be cooked before or over a fire.
- spay — to remove the ovaries of (an animal).
- spaz — an awkward or clumsy person.
- spca — Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- spga — Staggered Pin Grid Array
- sram — static random-access memory
- srta — Señorita
- ssba — Suite Synthetique des Benchmarks de l'AFUU
- ssha — Scottish Special Housing Association
- ssma — (chat) some such meaningless acronym.
- ssta — Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association
- stab — to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
- stac — 1. (language) Storage Allocation and Coding Program. 2. (company) The company responsible for Stacker and stac compression.
- stag — an adult male deer.
- stan — a male given name, form of Stanley.
- star — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- stat — statistic.
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- stoa — Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- suba — a shepherd's cloak or sheepskin coat
- sura — any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- susa — an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- suva — an independent archipelago of some 800 islands in the S Pacific, N of New Zealand, composed of the Fiji Islands and a smaller group to the NW: formerly a British colony, now a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 7040 sq. mi. (18,235 sq. km). Capital: Suva.
- svga — (hardware) Super Video Graphics Array (not "Adapter").
- swab — a large mop used on shipboard for cleaning decks, living quarters, etc.
- swad — a loutish person
- swag — Slang. plunder; booty. money; valuables. free merchandise distributed as part of the promotion of a product, company, etc. self-confidence and personal style as shown by one's appearance and demeanor: the top ten athletes with the most swag. schwag (def 1).
- swak — sealed with a kiss
- swam — simple past tense of swim.
- swan — Sir Joseph Wilson, 1828–1914, British chemist, electrical engineer, and inventor.
- swap — to exchange, barter, or trade, as one thing for another: He swapped his wrist watch for the radio.
- swat — to hit; slap; smack.
- sway — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- syal — Meera (ˈmɪərə). born 1961, British actress and writer of Punjabi origin, who appeared in the TV comedy series Goodness Gracious Me (1998–2001) and The Kumars at No. 42 (2001–06); her screenplays include Bhaji on the Beach (1993)
- syha — Scottish Youth Hostels Association
- tabs — tabloid (def 1).
- tais — a group of languages spoken in SE Asia, including Thai, Lao, and Shan.