7-letter words containing h, i
- boxfish — trunkfish.
- 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.
- brahmin — A Brahmin is a Hindu of the highest social rank.
- brigham — a male given name.
- brights — the high beam of the headlights of a motor vehicle
- brioche — Brioche is a kind of sweet bread.
- british — British means belonging or relating to the United Kingdom, or to its people or culture.
- bronchi — bronchus
- bruchid — any of a genus of small, often parasitic, beetles
- brutish — If you describe a person or their behaviour as brutish, you think that they are brutal and uncivilised.
- buckish — dandyish; foppish
- bullish — On the stock market, if there is a bullish mood, prices are expected to rise. Compare bearish.
- burnish — To burnish the image of someone or something means to improve their image.
- bush it — to camp out in the bush
- bushido — the feudal code of the Japanese samurai, stressing self-discipline, courage and loyalty
- bushing — an adaptor having ends of unequal diameters, often with internal screw threads, used to connect pipes of different sizes
- bushire — a port in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf; nuclear power station. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
- bushism — any apparently fatuous statement attributed to George W. Bush
- bushpig — a wild pig, Potamochoerus porcus, inhabiting forests in tropical Africa and Madagascar. It is brown or black, with pale markings on the face
- bushtit — any small grey active North American songbird of the genus Psaltriparus, such as P. minimus (common bushtit): family Paridae (titmice)
- 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.