7-letter words containing n, i, c
- chewing — Present participle of chew.
- chewink — a North American bird, Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- chianti — a mountain range in central Italy, in Tuscany, rising over 870 m (2900 ft): part of the Apennines
- chicana — A Chicana is an American girl or woman whose family originally came from Mexico.
- chicane — a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- chicano — A chicano is an American citizen, whose family originally came from Mexico.
- chicken — Chickens are birds which are kept on a farm for their eggs and for their meat.
- chidden — to express disapproval of; scold; reproach: The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks.
- chiding — to express disapproval of; scold; reproach: The principal chided the children for their thoughtless pranks.
- chiffon — Chiffon is a kind of very thin silk or nylon cloth that you can see through.
- chignon — A chignon is a knot of hair worn at the back of a woman's head.
- chilean — of or relating to Chile or its inhabitants
- chilian — A chiliarch; the commander or chief of a thousand men.
- chillan — a city in central Chile. Pop: 149 000 (2005 est)
- chillon — a castle in W Switzerland, in Vaud at the E end of Lake Geneva
- chillun — (Southern US, AAVE) Plural form of chile (child).
- chilung — a port in N Taiwan: fishing and industrial centre. Pop: 406 000 (2005 est)
- chiming — Present participle of chime.
- chimney — A chimney is a pipe through which smoke goes up into the air, usually through the roof of a building.
- chin-up — an exercise in which a person grips an elevated bar and pulls himself or herself up until the chin is level with the bar
- chinars — Plural form of chinar.
- chinchy — miserly
- chindia — China and India considered together in economic and strategic terms
- chindit — a member of the Allied forces commanded by Orde Wingate fighting behind the Japanese lines in Burma (1943–45)
- chinese — Chinese means relating to or belonging to China, or its people, languages, or culture.
- chingma — the fiber of the Indian mallow.
- chining — the backbone or spine, especially of an animal.
- chinked — a chinking sound: the chink of ice in a glass.
- chinkie — a Chinese restaurant
- chinkle — (nautical) A turn or kink in a rope.
- chinmen — Quemoy.
- chinned — the lower extremity of the face, below the mouth.
- chinois — A cone-shaped sieve with a closely woven mesh for straining sauces.
- chinone — quinone.
- chinook — a warm dry southwesterly wind blowing down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
- chintzy — Something that is chintzy is decorated or covered with chintz.
- chinwag — a chat or gossipy conversation
- chip in — When a number of people chip in, each person gives some money so that they can pay for something together.
- chirren — children
- chitlin — pig intestine cooked and served as a dish
- chitons — Plural form of chiton.
- chlorin — (organic compound) A large heterocyclic aromatic ring consisting, at the core, of three pyrroles and one pyrroline coupled through four methine linkages.
- choking — causing breathing difficulties; suffocating
- choline — a colourless viscous soluble alkaline substance present in animal tissues, esp as a constituent of lecithin: used as a supplement to the diet of poultry and in medicine for preventing the accumulation of fat in the liver. Formula:[(CH3)3NCH2CH2OH]+OH–
- chopine — a sandal-like shoe on tall wooden or cork bases popular in the 18th century
- chorine — a female dancer who is part of a chorus line
- choring — Present participle of chore.
- chorion — the outer of two membranes that form a sac around the embryonic reptile, bird, or mammal: contributes to the placenta in mammals
- chowing — Present participle of chow.
- chronic — A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time. Compare acute.