7-letter words containing a, c, g, i
- catgirl — (chiefly, Japanese fiction) A female fictional character who has a cat's ears, tail or other feline characteristics on an otherwise humanoid body.
- catling — a long double-edged surgical knife for amputations
- catting — Present participle of cat.
- causing — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- cawings — Plural form of cawing.
- ceasing — to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
- chacing — Present participle of chace.
- chafing — to wear or abrade by rubbing: He chafed his shoes on the rocks.
- chagrin — Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
- charing — Present participle of chare.
- chasing — the act of chasing; pursuit: The chase lasted a day.
- chicago — a port in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan: the third largest city in the US; it is a major railway and air traffic centre. Pop: 2 869 121 (2003 est)
- chingma — the fiber of the Indian mallow.
- chinwag — a chat or gossipy conversation
- cienaga — a city in N Colombia, on the SE coast of the Caribbean Sea.
- cienega — a swamp or marsh, especially one formed and fed by springs.
- cigaret — a cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, considerably smaller than most cigars and usually wrapped in thin white paper.
- cipango — (in medieval legend) an island E of Asia: called Zipangu by Marco Polo and sought by Columbus; identified with Japan
- clawing — a sharp, usually curved, nail on the foot of an animal, as on a cat, dog, or bird.
- claying — a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- coaling — Present participle of coal.
- coaming — a raised frame around the cockpit or hatchway of a vessel for keeping out water
- coating — A coating of a substance is a thin layer of it spread over a surface.
- coaxing — the act of persuading by tenderness, flattery, pleading, etc
- coinage — Coinage is the coins which are used in a country.
- cotinga — any tropical American passerine bird of the family Cotingidae, such as the umbrella bird and the cock-of-the-rock, having a broad slightly hooked bill
- craigie — Sir William A(lexander). 1867–1957, Scottish lexicographer; joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1901–33), and of A Dictionary of American English on Historical Principles (1938–44)
- craning — any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- craping — to cover, clothe, or drape with crepe.
- crating — a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- craving — an intense desire or longing
- crazing — to derange or impair the mind of; make insane: He was crazed by jealousy.
- dancing — When people dance for enjoyment or to entertain others, you can refer to this activity as dancing.
- digicam — A digital camera.
- discage — to release (an animal or bird) from a cage
- elegiac — (especially of a work of art) having a mournful quality.
- ellagic — (of an acid) derived from gallnuts
- facings — Plural form of facing.
- farcing — (cookery, archaic) stuffing; forcemeat.
- galenic — of or relating to Galen, his principles, or his methods.
- galicia — a region in E central Europe: a former crown land of Austria, included in S Poland after World War I, and now partly in Ukraine. About 30,500 sq. mi. (79,000 sq. km).
- gallica — Any plant of the fragrant rose species Rosa gallica, or of the class of cultivars developed from it.
- gallice — in French
- gametic — a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
- garlick — Archaic spelling of garlic.
- garlics — (rare) Plural form of garlic.
- garrick — David, 1717–79, English actor and theatrical manager.
- gastric — pertaining to the stomach.
- glacial — of or relating to glaciers or ice sheets.
- glacier — an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.