7-letter words containing a, c, l, i
- cilicia — an ancient region and former kingdom of SE Asia Minor, between the Taurus Mountains and the Mediterranean: corresponds to the region around present-day Adana
- cimelia — treasures
- citable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- citadel — In the past, a citadel was a strong building in or near a city, where people could shelter for safety.
- cladism — the cladistic method of classification.
- cladist — a specialist in cladistics
- claimed — to demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due: to claim an estate by inheritance.
- claimer — a person who makes a claim; claimant
- clairty — Misspelling of clarity.
- clarain — one of the four major lithotypes of banded coal
- clarice — a feminine name
- clarify — To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
- clarini — a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- clarino — of or relating to a high passage for the trumpet in 18th-century music
- clarion — a four-foot reed stop of trumpet quality on an organ
- clarity — The clarity of something such as a book or argument is its quality of being well explained and easy to understand.
- clarkia — any North American onagraceous plant of the genus Clarkia: cultivated for their red, purple, or pink flowers
- classic — A classic example of a thing or situation has all the features which you expect such a thing or situation to have.
- classis — a governing body of elders or pastors
- clastic — (of sedimentary rock, etc) composed of fragments of pre-existing rock that have been transported some distance from their points of origin
- claudia — a feminine name
- clavier — any keyboard instrument
- clavius — one of the largest of the craters on the moon, about 230 kilometres (145 miles) in diameter, whose walls have peaks up to 5700 metres (19 000 feet) above the floor. It lies in the SE quadrant
- 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.
- clayish — Resembling clay.
- climant — rampant, as a goat: a goat climant.
- climate — The climate of a place is the general weather conditions that are typical of it.
- clipart — large collection of simple drawings stored in a computer
- cluniac — of or relating to a reformed Benedictine order founded at the French town of Cluny in 910
- coalbin — a bin for holding coal
- coalify — to turn into coal
- coaling — Present participle of coal.
- coalise — to form a coalition
- coalize — to form a coalition
- coaxial — having or being mounted on a common axis
- codical — Of or pertaining to a code or codex.
- codilla — the coarse parts of flax and hemp
- coeliac — of or relating to the abdomen
- cofinal — of or relating to a subset of a set with a partial order relation, as “greater than” or “equal to,” in which corresponding to each element in the set is an element in the subset that is in relation to the given element.
- colonia — in Mexico, a neighborhood, district, or suburb of a city
- comical — If you describe something as comical, you mean that it makes you want to laugh because it seems funny or silly.
- comital — of or relating to a count or earl
- conical — A conical object is shaped like a cone.
- conrail — a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- cordial — Cordial means friendly.
- corival — Alternative form of corrival.
- cotidal — (of a line on a tidal chart) joining points at which high tide occurs simultaneously
- covilhã — Pero da (ˈpeːrʊ da). ?1460–?1526, Portuguese explorer, who established relations between Portugal and Ethiopia
- cowtail — a coarse wool of poor quality.