7-letter words containing i, c, e
- blackie — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- blockie — an owner of a small property, esp a farm
- bolices — to do (something) badly; bungle (often followed by up): His interference bollixed up the whole deal.
- breccia — a rock consisting of angular fragments embedded in a finer matrix, formed by erosion, impact, volcanic activity, etc
- brescia — a city in N Italy, in Lombardy: at its height in the 16th century. Pop: 187 567 (2001)
- bricken — made of bricks
- bricker — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- brickie — A brickie is the same as a bricklayer.
- brickle — brittle
- bricole — a shot in which the cue ball touches a cushion after striking the object ball and before touching another ball
- brioche — Brioche is a kind of sweet bread.
- brucine — bitter poisonous alkaloid resembling strychnine and obtained from the tree Strychnos nuxvomica: used mainly in the denaturation of alcohol. Formula: C23H26N2O4
- brucite — the mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, translucent and white or pale green in colour
- cabbies — Plural form of cabby.
- cabeiri — Cabiri.
- cabined — a small house or cottage, usually of simple design and construction: He was born in a cabin built of rough logs.
- cabinet — A cabinet is a cupboard used for storing things such as medicine or alcoholic drinks or for displaying decorative things in.
- cacaine — (archaic, chemistry) The essential principle of cacao, now called theobromine.
- cacique — a Native American chief in a Spanish-speaking region
- caddice — caddis1
- caddied — Golf. a person hired to carry a player's clubs, find the ball, etc.
- caddies — Plural form of caddie.
- caducei — Plural form of caduceus.
- caelian — the southeasternmost of the Seven Hills of Rome
- caesium — a ductile silvery-white element of the alkali metal group that is the most electropositive metal. It occurs in pollucite and lepidolite and is used in photocells. The radioisotope caesium-137, with a half-life of 30.2 years, is used in radiotherapy. Symbol: Cs; atomic no: 55; atomic wt: 132.90543; valency: 1; relative density: 1.873; melting pt: 28.39±0.01°C; boiling pt: 671°C
- caffein — a white, crystalline, bitter alkaloid, C 8 H 10 N 4 O 2 , usually derived from coffee or tea: used in medicine chiefly as a nervous system stimulant.
- cafileh — Alternative form of cafila.
- cainite — a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- cairene — a person born or living in Cairo, Egypt
- cairned — marked by a cairn
- caitive — a captive
- calcine — to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water
- 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)
- caliber — the size of a bullet or shell as measured by its diameter
- calibre — The calibre of a person is the quality or standard of their ability or intelligence, especially when this is high.
- calices — calix
- caliche — a bed of sand or clay in arid regions cemented by calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, and other soluble minerals
- calicle — calyculus
- calipee — the yellow glutinous edible part of the turtle found next to the lower shell, considered a delicacy
- caliper — Calipers are an instrument consisting of two long, thin pieces of metal joined together at one end, and are used to measure the size of things.
- caliver — a light musket introduced in the early 16th century
- calorie — Calories are units used to measure the energy value of food. People who are on diets try to eat food that does not contain many calories.
- camaieu — a cameo
- camelid — of or relating to camels
- camille — a feminine name
- cammies — camouflage.
- camogie — a form of hurling played by women
- candice — a female given name.
- candide — a philosophical novel (1759) by Voltaire.
- candied — Food such as candied fruit has been covered with sugar or has been cooked in sugar syrup.