7-letter words containing h, i, c
- bitchen — marvelous; wonderful.
- boychik — (esp in Jewish usage) a term of endearment for a boy or young man
- brachia — Anatomy. the part of the arm from the shoulder to the elbow.
- brioche — Brioche is a kind of sweet bread.
- bronchi — bronchus
- bruchid — any of a genus of small, often parasitic, beetles
- buckish — dandyish; foppish
- caching — cache
- caddish — like or characteristic of a cad; ungentlemanly
- cafileh — Alternative form of cafila.
- cahokia — a city in SW Illinois.
- caliche — a bed of sand or clay in arid regions cemented by calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, and other soluble minerals
- caliphs — Plural form of caliph.
- capiche — (chiefly, US) Alternative form of capisce.
- carlish — churlish or coarse
- 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.
- catfish — Catfish are a type of fish that have long thin spines around their mouths.
- cattish — like a cat; feline
- ceilidh — A ceilidh is an informal entertainment, especially in Scotland or Ireland, at which there is folk music, singing, and dancing.
- cepheid — a type of variable star with a regular cycle of variations in luminosity
- ceviche — a South American dish consisting of seafood marinated in citrus fruit, usually served in a salad
- chablis — a dry white burgundy wine made around Chablis, in central France
- chacing — Present participle of chace.
- chadian — of or relating to the Republic of Chad, its inhabitants, or their language.
- chafing — to wear or abrade by rubbing: He chafed his shoes on the rocks.
- chagrin — Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
- chained — If you say that someone is chained to a person or a situation, you are emphasizing that there are reasons why they cannot leave that person or situation, even though you think they might like to.
- chaired — a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- chaises — Plural form of chaise.
- chaitya — a Buddhist shrine in India; stupa.
- chalcid — any tiny hymenopterous insect of the family Chalcididae and related families, whose larvae are parasites of other insects
- chalcis — a city on the island of Euboea in SE Greece, at the narrowest point of the Euripus strait: important since the 7th century bc, founding many colonies in ancient times. Pop (municipality): 55 264 (2001)
- chalice — A chalice is a large gold or silver cup with a stem. Chalices are used to hold wine in the Christian service of Holy Communion.
- challie — a soft fabric of plain weave in wool, cotton, rayon, or other staple fiber, either in a solid color or, more often, a small print.
- challis — a lightweight plain-weave fabric of wool, cotton, etc, usually with a printed design
- chamisa — a deciduous shrub with silver-blue leaves and yellow flowers that bloom in autumn
- chamise — An evergreen shrub native to California, Adenostoma fasciculatum in the botanical family Rosaceae.
- chamiso — an evergreen shrub with yellow-green flowers native to the western United States
- chamois — Chamois are small animals rather like goats that live in the mountains of Europe and South West Asia.
- chamoix — an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas.
- chantie — a chamber pot
- chaotic — Something that is chaotic is in a state of complete disorder and confusion.
- chapati — (in Indian cookery) a flat coarse unleavened bread resembling a pancake
- chaplin — Sir Charles Spencer, known as Charlie Chaplin. 1889–1977, English comedian, film actor, and director. He is renowned for his portrayal of a downtrodden little man with baggy trousers, bowler hat, and cane. His films, most of which were made in Hollywood, include The Gold Rush (1924), Modern Times (1936), and The Great Dictator (1940)
- chappie — chap2 (def 1).
- chardin — Jean-Baptiste Siméon (ʒɑ̃batist simeɔ̃). 1699–1779, French still-life and genre painter, noted for his subtle use of scumbled colour
- charier — Comparative form of chary.