4 Letter Words That Start With A

away

Verb : From a place, hence.

Verb : Aside; off; in another direction.

Verb : Aside, so as to discard something.

acid

Adjective : Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.

Adjective : (figuratively) Sour-tempered.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.

area

Noun : (mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.

Noun : A particular geographic region.

Noun : Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent.

arch

Noun : An inverted U shape.

Noun : An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward.

Noun : (architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch

ally

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.

Verb : Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature.

axis

Noun : (geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).

Noun : (mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)

Noun : (anatomy) The second cervical vertebra of the spine

avid

Adjective : enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something

aura

Noun : Distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something.

Noun : (parapsychology) An invisible force surrounding a living creature.

Noun : (medicine) Perceptual disturbance experienced by some migraine sufferers before a migraine headache.

aver

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To assert the truth of (something); to affirm (something) with confidence; to declare (something) in a positive manner.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive, law) To justify or prove (an allegation or plea that one has made).

Verb : (transitive, obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify the existence or happening of (something), or to offer to do so.

ante

Noun : A price or cost, as in up the ante.

Noun : (poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.

Verb : To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.

apex

Noun : The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

Noun : (geometry) The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.

Noun : (chiefly anatomy) The pointed fine end of something.

amid

Noun : Archaic form of amide. [(organic chemistry) Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides]

akin

Adjective : (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.

Adjective : (often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

Noun : A surname.

arms

Noun : Weaponry, weapons.

Noun : (heraldry) A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, consisting of a coat of arms normally displayed upon an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement

arts

Noun : The humanities.

Noun : The study of languages and literature.

Noun : The study of literature, philosophy, and the arts.

awry

Verb : Obliquely, crookedly; askew.

Verb : Perversely, improperly.

Adjective : Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.

anon

Verb : (archaic) Straight away; at once.

Verb : Soon; in a little while.

Verb : At another time; then; again.

aqua

Noun : (inorganic chemistry) The compound water.

Noun : A shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green similar to the colour turquoise.

Adjective : Of a greenish-blue colour.

alas

Noun : A type of depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost.

able

Adjective : Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.

Adjective : Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.

Adjective : Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.

army

Noun : A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.

Noun : Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.

Noun : (often capitalized) Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions).

agar

Noun : A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.

Noun : A culture medium based on this material.

Noun : agarwood

also

Verb : (conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too.

Verb : (obsolete) To the same degree or extent; so, as.

aide

Noun : An assistant.

Noun : (military) An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.

acme

Noun : A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.

Noun : A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point.

Noun : (rare) Full bloom or reproductive maturity.

arid

Adjective : Very dry.

Adjective : Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.

Adjective : (figurative) Devoid of value.

alum

Noun : An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K₂SO₄·Al₂(SO₄)₃·24H₂O).

Noun : (chemistry) Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.

Verb : (transitive) To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.

abut

Verb : (intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)

Verb : (transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.

Verb : (intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.

atom

Noun : (chemistry, physics) The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons.

Noun : (history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter.

Noun : (now generally regarded figuratively) The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something.

ague

Noun : (obsolete) An acute fever.

Noun : (pathology) An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits.

Noun : The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever

aria

Noun : (music) A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

Noun : (historical) region in modern-day Afghanistan

Noun : A female given name from English

abet

Verb : (transitive) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime.

Verb : (transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain.

Verb : (obsolete, transitive) To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable.

auto

Noun : (chiefly attributive) An automobile.

Noun : (uncountable) A setting for automatic operation.

Noun : (automotive) An automatic gearbox/transmission.

ache

Verb : (intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.

Verb : (transitive, literary, rare) To cause someone or something to suffer pain.

Noun : Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.

aunt

Noun : The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.

Noun : The female cousin or cousin-in-law of one’s parent.

Noun : (endearing) A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.

aeon

Noun : (Gnosticism) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.

Noun : (Cosmology) Each universe in a series of universes, according to conformal cyclic cosmology.

Noun : (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) Alternative spelling of eon [Eternity, the duration of the universe.]

amen

Verb : At the end of religious prayers: so be it.

Verb : In many Abrahamic religious texts and creeds: certainly, verily.

Noun : An instance of saying ‘amen’.

agog

Adjective : In eager desire, eager, astir.

Adjective : (chiefly of eyes) Wide open.

Verb : In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest.

asia

Noun : A continent located east of Europe (typically delimited by the Urals), west of the Pacific Ocean, north of Oceania and south of the Arctic Ocean.

Noun : (Greek mythology) A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan, Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius.

Noun : (astronomy) 67 Asia, a main belt asteroid.

alot

Verb : (nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative form of a lot (compare to awhile). [(informal) Very much; a great deal; to a large extent.]

Noun : (nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative form of a lot

anal

Adjective : (not comparable) Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Adjective : (psychoanalysis) Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Adjective : (psychology) Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

asea

Adjective : on the ocean; on a boat on the ocean

Adjective : uncertain; (psychologically) adrift.

Verb : in the direction of the sea, seaward.

alga

Noun : (biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.

alba

Noun : (poetry) A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn.

Noun : A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba.

Noun : A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba.

apse

Noun : (architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.

Noun : The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.

Noun : A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.

alps

Noun : (usually with "the") A mountain range in Western Europe, running from France to Slovenia, the highest peak of which is Mont Blanc, at 4808 metres.

ambo

Noun : A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.

Noun : (Roman Catholicism) A stationary podium used for readings and homilies.

Noun : (informal) An ambulance driver.

amok

Verb : Out of control, especially when armed and dangerous.

Verb : In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.

Noun : One who runs amok; in Malay and Moro/Philippine culture, one who attempts to kill many others, especially expecting that they will be killed themselves.

acre

Noun : An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.

Noun : (Chester, historical) An area of 10,240 square yards or 4 quarters.

Noun : Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

anti

Adjective : Opposed to something.

Adjective : (chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

Noun : A person opposed to a concept or principle.

axle

Noun : (obsolete) Shoulder.

Noun : The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.

Noun : A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.

anil

Noun : The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.

Noun : (organic chemistry) Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.

Noun : (organic chemistry) 1,4-Benzoquinones including chloranil, DDQ, bromanil, & cyanil.

arab

Adjective : Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.

Noun : A Semitic person, whose forebears were from the Arabian Peninsula

Noun : An inhabitant of Arabia or the Arab world

argo

Noun : (Greek mythology) The ship in which Jason and the Argonauts sailed on their quest for the Golden Fleece.

Noun : (astronomy) Argo Navis, a large constellation in the southern hemisphere, now divided into Carina, Puppis, and Vela.

anna

Noun : A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or ¹⁄₁₆ rupee.

Noun : A female given name from Hebrew.

Noun : A prophetess in the New Testament.

alms

Noun : Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.

Noun : A surname from German.

Noun : (motor racing) Initialism of American Le Mans Series. (an enclosed-wheel enclosed-cockpit four-wheel custom-built prototype sports car racing series)

adam

Noun : (Abrahamic religions) The first man and the progenitor of the human race.

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew.

Noun : (figuratively) Original sin or human frailty.

ajar

Verb : Slightly turned or opened.

Adjective : Slightly turned or opened.

Verb : (rare, perhaps nonstandard) To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.

aero

Adjective : (not comparable) Of or pertaining to aviation.

Adjective : Aerodynamic; having an aerodynamic appearance.

Noun : (slang, uncountable, motor racing) Aerodynamics.

anew

Verb : (literary, poetic or formal) Again, once more; afresh, in a new way, newly.

adze

Noun : A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.

Verb : To shape a material using an adze.

arum

Noun : A flower or plant in the genus Arum

alto

Noun : A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody.

Noun : A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part.

Noun : (colloquial, music) An alto saxophone

aloe

Noun : (in the plural) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica.

Noun : Any plant of the large and variable genus Aloe.

Noun : Misnomer for any large, vaguely aloe-like plant, such as Agave

acne

Noun : (pathology) A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection.

Noun : A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.

alee

Verb : On the lee side of a ship, to the leeward side (vs aweather)

adit

Noun : A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes.

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Aditya, from Sanskrit

alia

Noun : A female given name from Arabic.

airy

Adjective : Consisting of air.

Adjective : Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial.

Adjective : Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.

avon

Noun : A number of rivers in the United Kingdom:

Noun : A river in Wiltshire and Somerset, England; running from Acton Turville into the Bristol Channel at Avonmouth.

Noun : A river in Devon, England; running from Dartmoor into the English Channel at Bigbury-on-Sea.

acer

Noun : A plant of the genus Acer; a maple.

Noun : Obsolete spelling of acre [An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters.]

amor

Noun : (astronomy) An asteroid that orbits between the orbits of Earth and Mars.

Noun : A surname.

Noun : Alternative form of amour [Courtship; flirtation.]

abba

Noun : (Christianity, Judaism) Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.

Noun : (Christianity) Father, an honorific title given to God in the New Testament, especially used in prayers.

Noun : A popular Swedish music group from the 1970s, one of the best-selling music artists in history.

axon

Noun : (cytology) A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse.

aden

Noun : Seaport and largest city of Yemen, which was the capital of the former South Yemen.

Noun : A surname.

anoa

Noun : Either of two related species of small Indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to deer; Bubalus quarlesi or Bubalus depressicornis.

ares

Noun : (Greek mythology) The Greek god of war, considered equivalent to the Roman Mars and usually described as a son of Zeus and Hera, companion of Eris and Enyo, and by Aphrodite father of Deimos and Phobos.

aire

Noun : A river in Yorkshire, mainly West Yorkshire, England, which flows past Leeds and gives its name to the Airedale.

Noun : A river in northern France.

Noun : Obsolete spelling of air [(uncountable, meteorology) The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere]

asap

Verb : Initialism of as soon as possible. [As soon as is possible; at one's earliest convenience; at the earliest possible time.]

Verb : Alternative spelling of ASAP.

avis

Noun : (obsolete) advice; opinion; deliberation.

Noun : A particular car rental company

ankh

Noun : A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral ꜥnḫ (“life”) and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept.

Noun : A tau cross.

alar

Adjective : (anatomy) of or relating to the armpit; axillary.

Adjective : Having, resembling, or composed of wings or alae.

Noun : A trade name for daminozide.

aged

Adjective : Old.

Adjective : (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.

Adjective : Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

awol

Adjective : (originally military) Absent without official leave (permission).

Noun : (military) Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed.

Noun : (military) A person who holds AWOL status.

alex

Noun : A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Noun : A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Noun : A nickname for Alexandria.

arco

Verb : (music) A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato.

Noun : A comune in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.

Noun : A small city, the county seat of Butte County, Idaho, United States.

agon

Noun : (countable) A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.

Noun : (countable) An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.

Noun : (countable) A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.

axel

Noun : (figure skating) A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.

Noun : A male given name from the Germanic languages in quiet use since the 19th century.

Noun : A surname.

avow

Verb : (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.

Verb : (transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.

Verb : (law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.

arie

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew.

anus

Noun : (anatomy) The lower orifice of the alimentary canal, through which feces and flatus are ejected.

Noun : (informal, derogatory) An impolite, unpopular, or unintelligent person.

Noun : An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.

arse

Noun : (Commonwealth, now vulgar) The buttocks or more specifically, the anus.

Noun : (chiefly UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory, slang) A stupid, pompous, arrogant, mean or despicable person.

Noun : (vulgar, slang, uncountable) Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.

agni

Noun : (Hinduism) A Hindu and Vedic deity of fire.

atop

Verb : (literary or archaic) On, to, or at the top.

ammo

Noun : (informal) Ammunition.

Verb : (transitive, informal) To load up on ammunition.

acai

Noun : Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.

Noun : The fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.

ages

Noun : (hyperbolic) A long time.

aces

Adjective : (informal) Alternative form of ace (“excellent”) [(UK, slang) Excellent.]

agio

Noun : (economics, finance) The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio.

amos

Noun : A male given name from Hebrew.

Noun : A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

Noun : A prophet, author of the book of Amos.

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