5-letter words containing i
- aurei — a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, from Caesar to Constantine I.
- auric — of or containing gold in the trivalent state
- auxin — any of various plant hormones, such as indoleacetic acid, that promote growth and control fruit and flower development. Synthetic auxins are widely used in agriculture and horticulture
- avail — If you avail yourself of an offer or an opportunity, you accept the offer or make use of the opportunity.
- avian — of, relating to, or resembling a bird
- avila — a city in central Spain: 11th-century granite walls and Romanesque cathedral. Pop: 52 078 (2003 est)
- avile — (obsolete) To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.
- avion — any machine that flies, such as an aeroplane
- avise — Obsolete spelling of advise.
- aviso — a boat carrying messages; a dispatch-boat
- avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- await — If you await someone or something, you wait for them.
- awaji — an island in Japan, S of Honshu and N of Shikoku. 230 sq. mi. (596 sq. km).
- awari — An African game of strategy.
- awing — an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like: in awe of God; in awe of great political figures.
- axial — relating to, forming, or characteristic of an axis
- axile — of, relating to, or attached to the axis
- axils — Plural form of axil.
- axing — an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
- axiom — An axiom is a statement or idea which people accept as being true.
- axion — a hypothetical neutral elementary particle postulated to account for certain conservation laws in the strong interaction
- axite — a type of smokeless gunpowder
- axoid — a curve formed by a point revolving around an advancing axis
- aydin — a town in SW Turkey: an ancient city of Lydia. Pop: 160 000 (2005 est)
- azeri — Azerbaijani (sense 1)
- azide — any compound containing the monovalent group –N3 or the monovalent ion N3–
- azido — pertaining to or containing an azide
- azine — any organic compound having a six-membered ring containing at least one nitrogen atom
- azoic — without life; characteristic of the ages that have left no evidence of life in the form of organic remains
- bagie — a turnip
- bahai — a religion founded in Iran in 1863 by Husayn ʿAlī (called Bahaullah), teaching the essential worth of all religions, the unity of all peoples, and the equality of the sexes.
- bahia — a state of E Brazil, on the Atlantic coast. Capital: Salvador. Pop: 13 323 212 (2002). Area: about 562 000 sq km (217 000 sq miles)
- baiae — an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- baila — (music) A genre of music from Sri Lanka and India.
- baile — (in the southwestern US and parts of Central and South America) a gathering for dancing.
- bails — Plural form of bail.
- baily — one of the largest craters on the moon, about 293 kilometres in diameter, lying in the SE quadrant
- baird — John Logie (ˈləʊɡɪ). 1888–1946, Scottish engineer: inventor of a 240-line mechanically scanned system of television, replaced in 1935 by a 405-line electrically scanned system
- baire — mosquito net.
- bairn — A bairn is a child.
- baisa — a unit of currency in Oman, worth one-thousandth of a rial
- baith — both
- baits — Plural form of bait.
- baiza — a monetary unit of Oman, equal to 1⁄1000 of a rial
- baize — Baize is a thick woollen material which is used for covering tables on which games such as cards and snooker are played.
- balti — A balti is a vegetable or meat dish of Indian origin which is cooked and served in a bowl-shaped pan.
- bambi — born-again middle-aged biker: an affluent middle-aged man who rides a powerful motorbike
- bania — banyan (def 2).
- baoji — a city in W Shaanxi province, in central China.
- barfi — An Indian dessert made from sweetened, condensed milk flavoured with fruit and spices.