7-letter words containing h, i, c
- hematic — of or relating to blood; hemic.
- henotic — serving to reconcile; promoting peace
- hepatic — of or relating to the liver.
- heretic — a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
- heroics — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- herrick — Robert, 1591–1674, English poet.
- hexadic — (rare) Pertaining to a hexad; hexagonal.
- hexylic — of or relating to hexyl
- hi tech — a style of interior design using features of industrial equipment
- hibachi — a small Japanese-style charcoal brazier covered with a grill, usually used for outdoor cooking.
- hiccups — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- hiccupy — having hiccups
- hichens — Robert Smythe [smahyth,, smahyth] /smaɪð,, smaɪθ/ (Show IPA), 1864–1950, English novelist.
- hickeys — Plural form of hickey.
- hicking — Present participle of hick.
- hickish — Resembling or characteristic of a hick, or unsophisticated rural person.
- hickory — any of several North American trees belonging to the genus Carya, of the walnut family, certain species of which bear edible nuts or yield a valuable wood. Compare pecan, shagbark.
- hijacks — Plural form of hijack.
- hillock — a small hill.
- hircine — of, relating to, or resembling a goat.
- hitachi — an industrial city in E Honshu, Japan.
- hitched — to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
- hitcher — to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
- hitches — Move (something) into a different position with a jerk.
- hocking — the state of being deposited or held as security; pawn: She was forced to put her good jewelry in hock.
- hoicked — Simple past tense and past participle of hoick.
- homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- hoochie — a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- hospice — a house of shelter or rest for pilgrims, strangers, etc., especially one kept by a religious order.
- hot mic — a microphone that is actively recording or broadcasting, especially if it captures a comment or conversation that the speaker or speakers believed to be private (often used attributively): The techs should limit the number of hot mics to reduce acoustic feedback. The reporter was suspended after her profanity was caught on a hot mic. Their hot mic scheming confirmed the conspiracy theories.
- hutchie — a groundsheet draped over an upright stick, used as a temporary shelter
- hygenic — Misspelling of hygienic.
- hypoxic — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- i ching — an ancient Chinese book of divination and a source of Confucian and Taoist philosophy. Answers to questions and advice may be obtained by referring to the text accompanying one of 64 hexagrams, selected at random
- icebath — Alternative spelling of ice bath.
- icefish — A scaleless Antarctic fish of pallid appearance with spiny gill covers and a snout shaped like a duck’s bill.
- ichabod — a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “without honor.”.
- ichnite — a fossil footprint.
- ichthus — An image of a fish used as a symbol of Christianity.
- ichthys — an early Christian emblem in the shape of a fish
- impeach — to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
- in hock — If someone is in hock, they are in debt.
- inchant — Obsolete form of enchant.
- inching — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- inchpin — the sweetbread of a deer
- inhance — Obsolete spelling of enhance.
- ipswich — a city in SE Suffolk, in E England.
- ischial — Pertaining to the ischium. (from 19th c.).
- ischium — the lower portion of either innominate bone.
- ischury — (medicine) A retention or suppression of urine.