7-letter words containing i
- aineias — Greek form of Aeneas.
- ainsell — one's own self
- ainsley — Sir Ben, full name Charles Benedict Ainsley. born 1977, English competitive sailor: won gold medals for Britain at four consecutive Olympics (2000–2012)
- aintree — a suburb of Liverpool, in Merseyside: site of the racecourse over which the Grand National steeplechase has been run since 1839
- air arm — the aviation section of a national military force, including aircraft, base and support facilities, and personnel.
- air bag — a safety device in a car, consisting of a bag that inflates automatically in an accident and prevents the passengers from being thrown forwards
- air bed — an inflatable mattress
- air dam — any device, such as a spoiler, that reduces air resistance and increases the stability of a car, aircraft, etc
- air gap — Electricity. the space between two objects magnetically related, as between the rotor and the stator in a dynamo, or between two objects electrically related, as between the electrode and the tip of a spark plug.
- air gas — dry air charged with vapor from petroleum or some other hydrocarbon, used for lighting or heating
- air gun — a gun operated by means of compressed air
- air log — Aeronautics. a device for recording the distance traveled by an aircraft, relative to the air through which it moves.
- air map — a map constructed from aerial photographs.
- air out — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- air sac — any of the membranous air-filled extensions of the lungs of birds, which increase the efficiency of gaseous exchange in the lungs
- air tee — a large, T -shaped weather vane on or near an airfield.
- air war — the part of a political campaign that is conducted over the radio and television airwaves by senior politicians
- air-con — Air-con is the same as air conditioning.
- air-dry — to dry by exposure to the air
- airable — Suitable for broadcast.
- airbags — Plural form of airbag.
- airball — a missed shot that fails to touch the rim of the basket
- airbase — A base for the operation of military aircraft.
- airbill — air waybill.
- airboat — a light, flat-bottomed boat driven by a propeller revolving in the air
- aircast — a pneumatic brace used to support an injured body part
- aircrew — The aircrew on a plane are the pilot and other people who are responsible for flying it and for looking after any passengers who are on it.
- airdate — the scheduled date for the broadcast of a television or radio programme
- airdrie — a town in W central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, E of Glasgow: manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries. Pop: 36 326 (2001)
- airdrop — a delivery of supplies, troops, etc, from an aircraft by parachute
- airfare — The airfare to a place is the amount it costs to fly there.
- airflow — The airflow around an object or vehicle is the way that the air flows around it.
- airfoil — a cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane, or rotor blade
- airglow — the faint light from the upper atmosphere in the night sky, esp in low latitudes
- airguns — Plural form of airgun.
- airhead — If you describe someone, especially a young woman, as an airhead, you are critical of them because you think they are not at all clever and are interested only in unimportant things.
- airhole — A hole provided for ventilation or breathing.
- airhose — a hose for conducting air under pressure, as one connected to an air pump, an air brake, or a scuba tank.
- airiest — Superlative form of airy.
- airings — Plural form of airing.
- airlane — Alternative spelling of air lane.
- airless — If a place is airless, there is no fresh air in it.
- airlift — An airlift is an operation to move people, troops, or goods by air, especially in a war or when land routes are closed.
- airlike — resembling air
- airline — An airline is a company which provides regular services carrying people or goods in aeroplanes.
- airlock — An airlock is a small room that is used to move between areas which do not have the same air pressure, for example in a spacecraft or submarine.
- airmada — a large fleet or flight of airplanes assigned to a specific mission: shipping lanes guarded by a giant airmada overhead.
- airmail — Airmail is the system of sending letters, parcels, and goods by air.
- airpack — an apparatus consisting of a face mask connected to a portable air supply, as an air tank that can be strapped to one's back, used especially by firefighters and search teams in areas of smoke, poisonous fumes, intense heat, etc.
- airpark — a small airport often near a business or residential area