7-letter words containing d, i, c
- chlorid — Archaic form of chloride.
- choroid — resembling the chorion, esp in being vascular
- chronid — (zoology) Any member of the Chronidae.
- chytrid — any aquatic fungus of the phylum Chytridiomycota. Some species, esp Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, are fatal to amphibians
- cicadas — Plural form of cicada.
- cichlid — any tropical freshwater percoid fish of the family Cichlidae, which includes the mouthbrooders. Cichlids are popular aquarium fishes
- cidaris — a sea urchin in the class Echinoidea
- cinched — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- cinders — Cinders are the black pieces that are left after something such as wood or coal has burned away.
- cindery — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- circled — Simple past tense and past participle of circle.
- cirsoid — resembling a varix
- cissoid — a geometric curve whose two branches meet in a cusp at the origin and are asymptotic to a line parallel to the y-axis. Its equation is y2(2a – x)=x3 where 2a is the distance between the y-axis and this line
- 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.
- claudia — a feminine name
- cliched — If you describe something as clichéd, you mean that it has been said, done, or used many times before, and is boring or untrue.
- clicked — Past participle of click.
- clinged — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of cling.
- clinked — Simple past tense and past participle of clink.
- clinoid — (anatomy) Like a bed.
- clipped — Clipped means neatly cut.
- cliqued — a small, exclusive group of people; coterie; set.
- cludgie — a toilet
- clupeid — any widely distributed soft-finned teleost fish of the family Clupeidae, typically having oily flesh, and including the herrings, sardines, shad, etc
- coadmit — to admit together
- coccids — Plural form of coccid.
- coccoid — Also, coccoidal. resembling a coccus; globular.
- codding — Present participle of cod.
- codeina — a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- codeine — Codeine is a drug which is used to relieve pain, especially headaches, and the symptoms of a cold.
- codfish — a cod, esp Gadus morhua
- codical — Of or pertaining to a code or codex.
- codices — Codices is the plural of codex.
- codicil — A codicil is an instruction that is added to a will after the main part of it has been written.
- codilla — the coarse parts of flax and hemp
- codille — (in the game of ombre) a term indicating that the game is won
- codings — Plural form of coding.
- codline — an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
- codling — any of several varieties of long tapering apples used for cooking
- codlins — Plural form of codlin.
- coiffed — If someone has neatly coiffed hair, their hair is very carefully arranged.
- coldish — Somewhat cold.
- colditz — a town in E Germany, on the River Mulde: during World War II its castle was used as a top-security camp for Allied prisoners of war; many daring escape attempts, some successful, were made
- collide — If two or more moving people or objects collide, they crash into one another. If a moving person or object collides with a person or object that is not moving, they crash into them.
- collied — to blacken as with coal dust; begrime.
- collodi — Carlo [kahr-loh;; Italian kahr-law] /ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), (Carlo Lorenzini) 1826–90, Italian writer: creator of the story of Pinocchio.
- colloid — a mixture having particles of one component, with diameters between 10–7 and 10–9 metres, suspended in a continuous phase of another component. The mixture has properties between those of a solution and a fine suspension