6-letter words containing a, c, i
- fanfic — fiction written by fans of a TV series, movie, etc., using existing characters and situations to develop new plots.
- fascia — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
- fascio — an organized political group, esp in 19th-century Italy
- fiacre — a small horse-drawn carriage.
- fiance — a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- fiasci — (hypercorrect) Plural form of fiasco.
- fiasco — a complete and ignominious failure.
- fiscal — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- gaelic — a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
- gallic — pertaining to the Gauls or Gaul.
- garcia — Jerome John ("Jerry") 1942–95, U.S. rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
- garlic — a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- gathic — an ancient Iranian language of the Indo-European family; the language in which the Gathas were written. Compare Avestan.
- glacis — a gentle slope.
- guaiac — Also called guaiacum gum, gum guaiac. a greenish-brown resin obtained from the guaiacum tree, especially from Guaiacum officinale, used in varnishes, as a food preservative, and in medicine in various tests for the presence of blood.
- hackie — hack2 (def 7b).
- haptic — of or relating to the sense of touch: the haptic sensation of holding a real book in your hands.
- hattic — of or relating to the Hatti.
- hawick — a town in SE Scotland, in S central Scottish Borders: knitwear industry. Pop: 14 573 (2001)
- heliac — pertaining to or occurring near the sun, especially applied to such risings and settings of a star as are most nearly coincident with those of the sun while yet visible.
- hijack — to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey.
- i-case — Integrated CASE. Another term for an IPSE.
- iambic — Prosody. pertaining to the iamb. consisting of or employing an iamb or iambs.
- iatric — of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- ic 4-a — Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America
- icaria — Also, Ikaria. a Greek island in the Aegean Sea: a part of the Southern Sporades group. 99 sq. mi. (256 sq. km).
- icarus — Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- ice ax — a mountaineering tool combining an adzlike blade and a pick on the head of a long wooden handle, with a spike on the end, used for cutting into ice and for support on icy surfaces.
- icecap — a thick cover of ice over an area, sloping in all directions from the center.
- iceman — a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
- ichang — Wade-Giles. Yichang.
- iguacu — a river in S Brazil, flowing W to the Paraná River on the Argentina-Paraguay-Brazil border: noted for its falls. 745 miles (1199 km) long.
- illiac — Assembly language for the ILLIAC computer. Listed in CACM 2(5):16, (May 1959) p.16.
- impact — the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision: The impact of the colliding cars broke the windshield.
- in-car — In-car devices are ones that are designed to be used in a car.
- inarch — to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
- incage — encage.
- incall — A visit by a client to a prostitute.
- incant — Chant or intone.
- incase — encase.
- incave — to hide or enclose in a cave or as if in a cave
- incavo — the incised or hollowed out part of an intaglio carving
- infact — Misspelling of in fact.
- inlace — enlace.
- intact — not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished: The vase remained intact despite rough handling.
- ionarc — Indian Ocean National Association for Regional Cooperation
- ipecac — the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- irda-c — IrDA Control
- isaacs — a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- ischia — an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).