7-letter words containing a, i, s
- capsian — a late Palaeolithic culture, dating from about 12 000 bc, found mainly around the salt lakes of Tunisia. The culture is characterized by the presence of microliths, backed blades, and engraved limestone slabs
- capsids — Plural form of capsid.
- capsize — If you capsize a boat or if it capsizes, it turns upside down in the water.
- cardies — Plural form of cardie.
- caribes — Plural form of caribe.
- carious — (of teeth or bone) affected with caries; decayed
- caritas — charity
- carlish — churlish or coarse
- carlist — (in Spain) a supporter of Don Carlos or his descendants as the rightful kings of Spain
- carnies — Plural form of carny.
- carries — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carry.
- carsick — nauseated from riding in a car or other vehicle
- casemix — the varied types of patients treated by a hospital or medical unit
- cash in — If you say that someone cashes in on a situation, you are criticizing them for using it to gain an advantage, often in an unfair or dishonest way.
- cash-in — redemption, as of mutual-fund shares.
- cashier — A cashier is a person who customers pay money to or get money from in places such as shops or banks.
- cashing — money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
- casings — Plural form of casing.
- casinos — Plural form of casino.
- casitas — a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- casking — a container made and shaped like a barrel, especially one larger and stronger, for holding liquids.
- caspian — of or relating to the Caspian Sea
- cassias — Plural form of cassia.
- cassina — an evergreen shrub from the Southern US with dark leaves
- cassini — Giovanni Domenico. 1625–1712, French astronomer, born in Italy. He discovered (1675) Cassini's division, the gap that divides Saturn's rings into two parts, and four of Saturn's moons
- cassino — a card game for two to four players in which players pair cards from their hands with others exposed on the table
- 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
- catfish — Catfish are a type of fish that have long thin spines around their mouths.
- cations — Plural form of cation.
- catkins — Plural form of catkin.
- 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.
- cattish — like a cat; feline
- 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.
- cawings — Plural form of cawing.
- ceasing — to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
- 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
- cerasin — an insoluble amorphous gum from the cherry and other trees, known also as meta-arabinic acid
- cesaire — Aimé Fernand [e-mey fer-nahn] /ɛˈmeɪ fɛrˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1913–2008, West Indian poet, playwright, and politician.
- chablis — a dry white burgundy wine made around Chablis, in central France