7-letter words containing c
- adjunct — Something that is an adjunct to something larger or more important is connected with it or helps to perform the same task.
- advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- advices — an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.: I shall act on your advice.
- aechmea — any of various epiphytic bromeliads of the genus Aechmea, native to tropical America, having stiff, spiny leaves and clusters of red, yellow, or blue flowers: popular as a houseplant.
- aecidia — an aecium in which the spores are always formed in chains and enclosed in a cup-shaped peridium.
- aelfric — ("Ælfric Grammaticus"; "Ælfric the Grammarian") a.d. c955–c1020, English abbot and writer.
- aerobic — Aerobic activity exercises and strengthens your heart and lungs.
- aesopic — of, relating to, or characteristic of Aesop or his fables: a story that points an Aesopian moral.
- affects — Plural form of affect.
- affiche — a poster or advertisement, esp one drawn by an artist, as for the opening of an exhibition
- afflict — If you are afflicted by pain, illness, or disaster, it affects you badly and makes you suffer.
- afforce — to make stronger; consolidate; reinforce
- afl-cio — American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations: a federation of independent American trade unions formed by the union of these two groups in 1955
- african — African means belonging or relating to the continent of Africa, or to its countries or people.
- agaçant — provocative
- agapeic — showing unconditional love
- agarics — Plural form of agaric.
- agentic — Social cognition theory perspective in which people are producers as well as products of social systems.
- aggadic — relating to an Aggadah
- aggrace — to grace, or add grace to
- aglucon — an aglycon, especially one combined with glucose to form a glycoside.
- aglycon — a chemical compound formed from a glycoside when a hydrogen atom replaces a glycosyl group
- agnatic — a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- agogics — Music. stress given to a note through prolonged duration.
- agravic — relating to zero gravity
- aidance — help
- 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-con — Air-con is the same as air conditioning.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- airsick — If you are airsick when you are traveling on an aircraft, you experience nausea as a result of the aircraft's motion.
- aitches — Plural form of aitch.
- ajaccio — the capital of Corsica, a port on the W coast. Pop: 64 432 (2007)
- akashic — Of or pertaining to akasha.
- alarcon — Pedro Antonio de (ˈpeðro anˈtonjo de). 1833–91, Spanish novelist and short-story writer, noted for his humorous sketches of rural life, esp in The Three-Cornered Hat (1874)
- albitic — Of or relating to the mineral albite.
- alcaeus — 7th century bc, Greek lyric poet who wrote hymns, love songs, and political odes
- alcaics — verse written in the Alcaic form
- alcaide — the commander of a fortress or castle
- alcalde — (in Spain and Spanish America) the mayor or chief magistrate in a town
- alcayde — alcaide.
- alcazar — any of various palaces or fortresses built in Spain by the Moors
- alceste — an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
- alchemy — Alchemy was a form of chemistry studied in the Middle Ages, which was concerned with trying to discover ways to change ordinary metals into gold.
- alcides — Hercules
- alcmene — the mother of Hercules by Zeus who visited her in the guise of her husband, Amphitryon
- alcohol — Drinks that can make people drunk, such as beer, wine, and whisky, can be referred to as alcohol.
- alcopop — an alcoholic drink that tastes like a soft drink