7-letter words containing c, a, t, i
- calcite — a colourless or white mineral (occasionally tinged with impurities), found in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, in veins, in limestone, and in stalagmites and stalactites. It is used in the manufacture of cement, plaster, paint, glass, and fertilizer. Composition: calcium carbonate. Formula: CaCO3. Crystal structure: hexagonal (rhombohedral)
- calicut — seaport in SW India, on the Arabian Sea: pop. 420,000
- cambist — a dealer or expert in foreign exchange
- candiot — of or relating to Candia (Iráklion) or Crete; Cretan
- cane it — to do something with great power, force, or speed or consume something such as alcohol in large quantities
- canetti — Elias. 1905–94, British novelist and writer, born in Bulgaria, who usually wrote in German. His works include the novel Auto da Fé (1935). Nobel prize for literature 1981
- cantica — part of an ancient Roman drama chanted or sung and accompanied by music.
- cantico — to dance as part of an act of worship
- cantily — In a canty manner.
- cantina — a bar or wine shop, esp in a Spanish-speaking country
- cantine — Alternative form of canteen.
- canting — insincere; hypocritical
- cantion — a song
- cantrip — a magic spell
- capital — Capital is a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money.
- capitan — a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: precipice that rises over 3300 feet (1000 meters) above Yosemite Valley.
- capitol — A capitol is a government building in which a state legislature meets.
- captain — In the army, navy, and some other armed forces, a captain is an officer of middle rank.
- caption — A caption is the words printed underneath a picture or cartoon which explain what it is about.
- captive — A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
- carifta — Caribbean Free Trade Area
- caritas — charity
- carlist — (in Spain) a supporter of Don Carlos or his descendants as the rightful kings of Spain
- carlita — a female given name.
- carotid — either one of the two principal arteries that supply blood to the head and neck
- carotin — carotene.
- cartier — Jacques (ʒɑk). 1491–1557, French navigator and explorer in Canada, who discovered the St Lawrence River (1535)
- carting — a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- casitas — a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- cassite — a member of an ancient people related to the Elamites, who ruled Babylonia from c1650 to c1100 b.c.
- 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.