7-letter words containing a, c, i
- cassite — a member of an ancient people related to the Elamites, who ruled Babylonia from c1650 to c1100 b.c.
- cassius — a male given name.
- casspir — an armoured military vehicle
- castile — a former kingdom comprising most of modern Spain: originally part of León, it became an independent kingdom in the 10th century and united with Aragon (1469), the first step in the formation of the Spanish state
- casting — A casting is an object or piece of machinery which has been made by pouring a liquid such as hot metal into a container, so that when it hardens it has the required shape.
- castism — Alt form casteism.
- castizo — (historical, under the caste system of colonial Latin America) The offspring of a European and a mestizo; someone of three quarters European and one quarter Amerindian ancestry.
- casuist — a person, esp a theologian, who attempts to resolve moral dilemmas by the application of general rules and the careful distinction of special cases
- cat rig — the rig of a catboat
- catania — a port in E Sicily, near Mount Etna. Pop: 313 110 (2001)
- catbird — any of several North American songbirds of the family Mimidae (mockingbirds), esp Dumetella carolinensis, whose call resembles the mewing of a cat
- catfish — Catfish are a type of fish that have long thin spines around their mouths.
- catgirl — (chiefly, Japanese fiction) A female fictional character who has a cat's ears, tail or other feline characteristics on an otherwise humanoid body.
- cations — Plural form of cation.
- catkins — Plural form of catkin.
- catlike — like a cat or cat's; noiseless, stealthy, etc.
- catling — a long double-edged surgical knife for amputations
- catmill — An apparatus with several beams protruding from a central rotating pole, used to train fighting dogs by having them chase a cat or other small animal in circles.
- catmint — a Eurasian plant, Nepeta cataria, having spikes of purple-spotted white flowers and scented leaves of which cats are fond: family Lamiaeae (labiates)
- catskin — the skin or fur of a cat
- catsuit — A catsuit is a piece of women's clothing that is made in one piece and fits tightly over the body and legs.
- cattail — any of a genus (Typha) of the cattail family with reedlike leaves and long, brown, fuzzy, cylindrical flower spikes; esp., either of two species (T. latifolia and T. angustifolia) whose long, flat leaves are used in making baskets and matting
- cattier — Comparative form of catty.
- cattily — In a catty manner.
- catting — Present participle of cat.
- cattish — like a cat; feline
- cauline — relating to or growing from a plant stem
- 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?
- causist — a person who supports or defends a cause, especially a social cause.
- caustic — Caustic chemical substances are very powerful and can dissolve other substances.
- caution — Caution is great care which you take in order to avoid possible danger.
- cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- cave-in — a collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
- caviare — the roe of sturgeon, especially the beluga, or other fish, usually served as an hors d'oeuvre or appetizer.
- caviled — Simple past tense and past participle of cavil.
- caviler — a person who cavils
- cawings — Plural form of cawing.
- cc:mail — (tool, product) Commercial electronic mail software by Lotus Corporation for Microsoft Windows.
- ceasing — to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
- cecilia — Saint. died ?230 ad, Roman martyr; patron saint of music. Feast day: Nov 22
- cedilla — A cedilla is a symbol that is written under the letter 'c' in French, Portuguese, and some other languages to show that you pronounce it like a letter 's' rather than like a letter 'k'. It is written ç.
- celiacs — Plural form of celiac.
- celosia — any of several species (genus Celosia) of the amaranth family, of annual garden plants with minute, brilliant red or yellow flowers in large clusters; cockscomb
- cembali — Irregular plural form of cembalo.
- ceramic — Ceramic is clay that has been heated to a very high temperature so that it becomes hard.
- cerasin — an insoluble amorphous gum from the cherry and other trees, known also as meta-arabinic acid
- ceriman — a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
- cerrial — of or relating to the cerris tree
- certain — If you are certain about something, you firmly believe it is true and have no doubt about it. If you are not certain about something, you do not have definite knowledge about it.
- cesaire — Aimé Fernand [e-mey fer-nahn] /ɛˈmeɪ fɛrˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1913–2008, West Indian poet, playwright, and politician.