5-letter words containing i
- ariot — riotously
- arise — If a situation or problem arises, it begins to exist or people start to become aware of it.
- arist — (obsolete) A rising, as from a seat, a bed, or the ground, or from below the horizon.
- arity — (programming) The number of arguments a function or operator takes. In some languages functions may have variable arity which sometimes means their last or only argument is actually a list of arguments.
- arius — ?250–336 ad, Greek Christian theologian, originator of the doctrine of Arianism
- ariz. — Arizona
- arkie — a term used to refer to a migrant worker originally from Arkansas.
- armie — Obsolete spelling of army.
- armil — a bracelet
- arnim — Achim von (ˈaxɪm fɔn). 1781–1831, German romantic poet. He published, with Clemens Brentano, the collection of folk songs, Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1805–08)
- aroid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Araceae, a family of plants having small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large petaloid spathe. The family includes arum, calla, and anthurium
- arris — a sharp edge at the meeting of two surfaces at an angle with one another, as at two adjacent sides of a stone block
- arsis — (in classical prosody) the long syllable or part on which the ictus falls in a metrical foot
- artic — (informal) Short form of articulated lorry.
- artie — a male given name, form of Arthur.
- as if — You use as if and as though when you are giving a possible explanation for something or saying that something appears to be the case when it is not.
- as is — in the existing state of affairs
- ascii — American standard code for information interchange: a computer code for representing alphanumeric characters
- asdic — sonar
- asian — Asian means belonging to or relating to Asia. British people use this term especially to refer to India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Americans use this term especially to refer to China, Korea, Thailand, Japan, or Vietnam.
- aside — If you move something aside, you move it to one side of you.
- asine — an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- asity — A stocky perching bird related to the pittas, found only in Madagascar.
- askoi — an oil or wine jar, characterized by an ellipsoidal body and a short, flanged spout from which a thin handle extends in an arc to join the back of the jar.
- aslib — Association for Information Management
- aspic — Aspic is a clear shiny jelly made from meat juices. It is used in making cold savoury meat dishes.
- aspie — (informal) An Aspergerian: a person with Asperger’s syndrome.
- aspik — (language, specification) A multiple-style specification language.
- aspis — an African poisonous snake of the genus Cerastes with a thick scale over each eye
- assai — (usually preceded by a musical direction) very
- astir — awake and out of bed
- aswim — in a drifting or bobbing manner
- at it — having sex
- atapi — AT Attachment Packet Interface
- atari — (game of go) A move that threatens the immediate capture of one or more stones.
- atigi — a type of parka worn by the Inuit in Canada
- atilt — in a tilted or inclined position
- atimy — a public loss of honour or withdrawal of civil liberties
- atria — Architecture. Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water. a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church. a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- atrip — (of an anchor) no longer caught on the bottom; tripped; aweigh
- attic — An attic is a room at the top of a house just below the roof.
- attid — (zoology) Any member of the Attidae.
- attis — a youth of Phrygia, loved by the goddess Cybele. In a jealous passion she caused him to go mad, whereupon he castrated himself and died
- audie — a female or male given name.
- audio — Audio equipment is used for recording and reproducing sound.
- audit — When an accountant audits an organization's accounts, he or she examines the accounts officially in order to make sure that they have been done correctly.
- aulic — relating to a royal court
- aulis — an ancient town in E central Greece, in Boeotia: traditionally the harbour from which the Greeks sailed at the beginning of the Trojan war
- aumil — a native manager or revenue collector in India
- aunis — a historic region in W France, on the Atlantic coast, earlier part of Aquitaine.