7-letter words containing f, r, i, c
- mercify — (obsolete, rare, transitive) To have mercy on; to pity. (16th-19th c.).
- micrify — to make small or insignificant.
- mirific — Working wonders; wonderful.
- officer — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- orifice — an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.
- rc file — /R C fi:l/ [Unix: from the startup script "/etc/rc", but this is commonly believed to have been named after older scripts to "run commands"] Script file containing startup instructions for an application program (or an entire operating system), usually a text file containing commands of the sort that might have been invoked manually once the system was running but are to be executed automatically each time the system starts up. See also dot file, profile (sense 1).
- rectify — to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
- sacrify — to offer a sacrifice or offer (something) as a sacrifice
- scarify — to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
- scorify — to subject to scorification.
- sferics — (used with a singular verb) electronic equipment for determining the position of storms by locating their accompanying atmospherics.
- traffic — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.