7-letter words containing i, c, o
- helcoid — Of or pertaining to an ulcer; ulcerous.
- helico- — spiral or helical
- helicon — a mountain in S central Greece. 5738 feet (1749 meters): regarded by ancient Greeks as the abode of Apollo and the Muses.
- henotic — serving to reconcile; promoting peace
- heroics — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- 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.
- hillock — a small hill.
- 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.
- hypoxic — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- iacocca — Lee (Lido Anthony) born 1924, U.S. automobile executive.
- ice-out — the breaking up of ice on lakes and streams during spring thaw.
- iceboat — a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- ichabod — a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “without honor.”.
- iconify — to portray (someone) as an icon
- iconism — The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.
- iconium — ancient name of Konya.
- iconize — (transitive) To form an image or likeness of someone.
- idiotcy — Archaic spelling of idiocy.
- idiotic — of, relating to, or characteristic of an idiot.
- illogic — the state or quality of being illogical; illogicality: His speech was full of illogic.
- ilocano — a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- in hock — If someone is in hock, they are in debt.
- in loco — in place; in the proper place.
- incisor — any of the four anterior teeth in each jaw, used for cutting and gnawing.
- inclose — enclose.
- incomer — a person who comes in.
- incomes — Plural form of income.
- inconnu — a person who is unknown; stranger.
- incross — a mating between organisms that are both homozygous for the same allele.
- indolic — Of or pertaining to indole, or having a similar structure.
- inforce — Obsolete spelling of enforce.
- inocula — the substance used to make an inoculation.
- intcode — (language) A low-level interpreted language used in bootstrapping the BCPL compiler. The INTCODE machine has six control registers and eight functions. OCODE was used as the intermediate language.
- invoice — an itemized bill for goods sold or services provided, containing individual prices, the total charge, and the terms.
- ionesco — Eugène [French œ-zhen;; English yoo-jeen,, yoo-jeen] /French œˈʒɛn;; English yuˈdʒin,, ˈyu dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, French playwright, born in Romania.
- isochor — Physics.. Also, isochor. Also called isometric, isometric line. for a given substance, a curve graphing temperature against pressure, when the volume of the substance is held constant.
- isocola — a figure of speech or sentence having a parallel structure formed by the use of two or more clauses, or cola, of similar length, as “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”.
- isocrat — a government in which all individuals have equal political power.
- isopach — a line drawn on a map connecting all points of equal thickness of a particular geologic formation.
- isotach — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points where winds of equal speeds have been recorded.
- jacobin — (in the French Revolution) a member of a radical society or club of revolutionaries that promoted the Reign of Terror and other extreme measures, active chiefly from 1789 to 1794: so called from the Dominican convent in Paris, where they originally met.
- jalisco — a state in W Mexico. 31,152 sq. mi. (80,685 sq. km). Capital: Guadalajara.
- jericho — an ancient city of Palestine, N of the Dead Sea, formerly in W Jordan; occupied by Israel 1967–94; since 1994 under Palestinian self-rule.
- joachim — Joseph [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1831–1907, Hungarian violinist and composer.
- jocelin — a female given name, form of Joyce.