4-letter words starting with i
- idly — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- idms — 1. (language, database) A pictorial query language, an extension of Sequel2. 2. (database) Integrated Database Management System.
- idol — an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- idun — a goddess, keeper of the apples of youth and wife of Bragi; abducted by the giant Thjazi, from whom she was rescued.
- idyl — a poem or prose composition, usually describing pastoral scenes or events or any charmingly simple episode, appealing incident, or the like.
- ieee — (in the US) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
- iepg — Internet Engineering and Planning Group
- iesg — Internet Engineering Steering Group
- ietf — Internet Engineering Task Force
- ifac — International Federation of Automatic Control, involved in informatics related to control systems.
- ifad — International Fund for Agricultural Development
- ifdl — (language) Independent Form Description Language.
- iffy — full of unresolved points or questions: an iffy situation.
- ifip — 1. International Federation for Information Processing. 2. A subset of ALGOL.
- ifni — a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- igbo — Ibo.
- igbp — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
- iges — Initial Graphics Exchange Specification: an ASME/ANSI standard for the exchange of CAD data.
- ight — (obsolete) possession.
- iglu — an Eskimo house, being a dome-shaped hut usually built of blocks of hard snow.
- igmp — Internet Group Management Protocol
- igpl — Interest Group in Pure and Applied Logics
- igzo — indium gallium zinc oxide, a compound semiconductor.
- iiop — Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
- iirc — (chat) If I recall/remember correctly.
- iitf — Information Infrastructure Task Force
- iiwi — a Hawaiian honeycreeper, Vestiaria coccinea, having a red body, black wings, and a deeply curved pinkish-red bill.
- ijaw — Ijo.
- ijma — the consensus of all believers on the rightness of a belief or practice.
- ikan — (in Malaysia) fish used esp in names of cooked dishes
- ikat — a method of printing woven fabric by tie-dyeing the warp yarns (warp ikat) the weft yarns (weft ikat) or both (double ikat) before weaving.
- ikbs — intelligent knowledge-based system
- ikey — a student at the University of Cape Town, esp one representing the University in a sport
- ikon — a picture, image, or other representation.
- ilea — Anatomy. the third and lowest division of the small intestine, extending from the jejunum to the cecum.
- ilex — any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex.
- ilia — the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ilka — every; each.
- ilks — family, class, or kind: he and all his ilk.
- ill- — Ill- is added to words, especially adjectives and past participles, to add the meaning 'badly' or 'inadequately'. For example, 'ill-written' means badly written.
- ille — a river in Ille-et-Vilaine in W France, flowing S to Rennes.
- illo — (informal) An illustration.
- ills — of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
- illy — ill.
- iloc — Rice U. Register-oriented intermediate language targeted to PC/RT. Source languages include Fortran and Russell.
- ilse — a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ilwu — International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
- im'd — instant message.
- imac — (computer) One of the trademark/brand names that Apple Inc use for their Mac family of personal computers.
- imam — the officiating priest of a mosque.