7-letter words containing i
- agalite — a fibrous variety of talc.
- agamids — Plural form of agamid.
- agamoid — resembling an agama
- agapeic — showing unconditional love
- agapism — Belief in selfless, charitable brotherly love.
- agarics — Plural form of agaric.
- agarita — a tall shrub, Mahonia trifoliolata, of the barberry family, of southwestern North America, having stiff, oblong leaflets with spiny teeth and a red fruit used in jelly.
- agassiz — Jean Louis Rodolphe (ʒɑ̃ lwi rɔdɔlf). 1807–73, Swiss natural historian and geologist, settled in the US after 1846
- agatize — to turn into agate
- agatoid — resembling agate
- agenais — an ancient region of SW France.
- agenize — to whiten (flour) using agene
- agentic — Social cognition theory perspective in which people are producers as well as products of social systems.
- ageusia — lack of the sense of taste
- aggadic — relating to an Aggadah
- agilely — quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe: an agile leap.
- agility — the power of moving quickly and easily; nimbleness: exercises demanding agility.
- aginner — someone who is against something
- agister — a person who grazes cattle for money
- agistor — a person who grazes cattle for money
- agitate — If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
- agitato — (to be performed) in an agitated manner
- agitpop — the use of pop music to promote political propaganda
- agnails — Plural form of agnail.
- agnatic — a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- agnosia — loss or diminution of the power to recognize familiar objects or people, usually as a result of brain damage
- agogics — Music. stress given to a note through prolonged duration.
- agonies — extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- agonise — to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.
- agonism — Competitive struggle (especially political).
- agonist — any muscle that is opposed in action by another muscle
- agonize — If you agonize over something, you feel very anxious about it and spend a long time thinking about it.
- agoutis — Plural form of agouti.
- agravic — relating to zero gravity
- agribiz — agribusiness.
- agriope — Eurydice.
- agrippa — Marcus Vipsanius (ˈmɑːkəs vɪpˈseɪnɪəs). 63–12 bc, Roman general: chief adviser and later son-in-law of Augustus
- ahaziah — a son of Ahab and his successor as king of Israel, reigned 853?–852? b.c. I Kings 22:40.
- aheight — at a significant height
- ahiezer — a Danite who assisted Moses with the census and was head of the tribe of Dan in the wilderness. Num. 1:12; 2:35; 10:25.
- ahimaaz — a priest who supported David during the revolt of Absalom. II Sam. 18:19–32.
- ahishar — a chamberlain in Solomon's household. I Kings 4:6.
- ahriman — the supreme evil spirit and diabolical opponent of Ormazd
- ai koan — (humour) /A-I koh'an/ One of a series of pastiches of Zen teaching riddles created by Danny Hillis at the MIT AI Lab around various major figures of the Lab's culture. See also ha ha only serious, mu. In reading these, it is at least useful to know that Marvin Minsky, Gerald Sussman, and Drescher are AI researchers of note, that Tom Knight was one of the Lisp machine's principal designers, and that David Moon wrote much of Lisp Machine Lisp. Knight, seeing what the student was doing, spoke sternly: "You cannot fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong." Knight turned the machine off and on. The machine worked. Moon patiently told the student the following story: "One day a student came to Moon and said: `I understand how to make a better garbage collector... [Pure reference-count garbage collectors have problems with circular structures that point to themselves.] "What are you doing?", asked Minsky. "I am training a randomly wired neural net to play Tic-Tac-Toe", Sussman replied. "Why is the net wired randomly?", asked Minsky. "I do not want it to have any preconceptions of how to play", Sussman said. Minsky then shut his eyes. "Why do you close your eyes?", Sussman asked his teacher. "So that the room will be empty." At that moment, Sussman was enlightened. "I would like to give you this personality test", said the outsider, "because I want you to be happy." Drescher took the paper that was offered him and put it into the toaster, saying: "I wish the toaster to be happy, too."
- aidance — help
- aidless — without help; unassisted
- aileron — An aileron is a section on the back edge of the wing of an aircraft that can be raised or lowered in order to control the aircraft's movement.
- ailette — a shoulder component of a knight's armour, normally made of leather or parchment and displaying the bearer's coat of arms
- ailment — An ailment is an illness, especially one that is not very serious.
- aimless — A person or activity that is aimless has no clear purpose or plan.