7-letter words containing e, t, i
- brittle — An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken.
- brucite — the mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, translucent and white or pale green in colour
- bruited — to voice abroad; rumor (used chiefly in the passive and often followed by about): The report was bruited through the village.
- bruiter — a person who spreads a rumour
- btrieve — 1. (company) BTRIEVE Technologies, Inc.. 2. (tool) A trademark of BTRIEVE Technologies, Inc. for their ISAM index file manager for IBM PCs.
- burkite — burker; murderer
- busiest — actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.
- bustier — A bustier is a type of close-fitting strapless top worn by women.
- cabinet — A cabinet is a cupboard used for storing things such as medicine or alcoholic drinks or for displaying decorative things in.
- cainite — a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- caitive — a captive
- 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)
- 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
- cantine — Alternative form of canteen.
- captive — A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
- cartier — Jacques (ʒɑk). 1491–1557, French navigator and explorer in Canada, who discovered the St Lawrence River (1535)
- 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
- catlike — like a cat or cat's; noiseless, stealthy, etc.
- cattier — Comparative form of catty.
- cecitis — the inflammation of the caecum
- cellist — A cellist is someone who plays the cello.
- centile — (not in technical use) a percentile.
- centime — a monetary unit of Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Mali, Mayotte, Morocco, New Caledonia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Switzerland, and Togo. It is worth one hundredth of their respective standard units
- centimo — monetary unit of Costa Rica, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela
- centri- — centro-
- centric — being central or having a centre
- cerotic — designating or of either of two fatty acids, C26H52O2 or C27H54O2, esters of which are found in beeswax and other waxes and oils
- 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.
- certify — If someone in an official position certifies something, they officially state that it is true.
- cesspit — A cesspit is a hole or tank in the ground into which waste water and sewage flow.
- cestoid — (esp of tapeworms and similar animals) ribbon-like in form
- cetinje — a town in Montenegro, in the SW: former capital of Montenegro (until 1945); palace and fortified monastery, residences of Montenegrin prince-bishops. Pop: 15 137 (2003 est)
- chantie — a chamber pot
- chekist — a member of the Cheka
- chemist — A chemist or a chemist's is a shop where drugs and medicines are sold or given out, and where you can buy cosmetics and some household goods.
- chetnik — a Serbian nationalist belonging to a group that fought against the Turks before World War I and engaged in guerrilla warfare during both World Wars
- cheviot — a large British breed of sheep reared for its wool
- chi-tse — 12th-century b.c., legendary Chinese founder of Korea.
- chicest — attractive and fashionable; stylish: a chic hat.
- chideth — (archaic) Third person singular form of chide.
- chipset — a highly integrated circuit on the motherboard of a computer that controls many of its data transfer functions
- chitted — Simple past tense and past participle of chit.
- chitter — to twitter or chirp
- cigaret — a cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, considerably smaller than most cigars and usually wrapped in thin white paper.
- ciliate — possessing or relating to cilia
- cineast — An enthusiast of film and the cinema.
- circlet — a small circle or ring, esp a circular ornament worn on the head
- cirrate — bearing or resembling cirri