7-letter words containing i
- airpipe — an airhose connecting the mouthpiece of scuba diving equipment to its air supply.
- airplay — The airplay which a piece of popular music receives is the number of times it is played on the radio.
- airport — An airport is a place where aircraft land and take off, which has buildings and facilities for passengers.
- airpost — the system of delivering mail by air; airmail
- airprox — a near collision between two or more aircraft
- airshed — a region sharing a common flow of air, which may become uniformly polluted and stagnant
- airship — An airship is an aircraft that consists of a large balloon which is filled with gas and is powered by an engine. It has a section underneath for passengers.
- airshot — aircheck
- airshow — An airshow is an event at which aeroplane pilots entertain the public by performing very skilful and complicated movements with the aircraft in the sky.
- airsick — If you are airsick when you are traveling on an aircraft, you experience nausea as a result of the aircraft's motion.
- airside — the part of an airport nearest the aircraft, the boundary of which is the security check, customs, passport control, etc
- airsoft — A modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a compressed-air gun.
- airstop — a landing place for helicopters
- airthed — a direction.
- airtime — the time allocated to a particular programme, item, topic, or type of material on radio or television
- airting — a direction.
- airward — upwards; towards the air
- airwash — to cool (a roof or the like) with a current of air.
- airwave — a channel for broadcasting radio or television signals
- airways — The passage by which air reaches a person's lungs.
- airwise — having skill in flying
- aitches — Plural form of aitch.
- aitolia — Modern Greek name of Aetolia.
- aj, sir — Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- ajaccio — the capital of Corsica, a port on the W coast. Pop: 64 432 (2007)
- ajivika — a member of a former Indian sect originating in the 5th century b.c. as a heretical offshoot of Jainism: a disciple of Gosala.
- akademi — (in India) a learned society
- akashic — Of or pertaining to akasha.
- akhisar — a town in W Turkey, NE of Izmir.
- akihito — born 1933, Emperor of Japan from 1989
- akinete — (in certain algae) a nonmotile, asexual spore formed within a cell, the wall of which is fused to that of the parent cell.
- akiraho — a small New Zealand shrub, Olearia paniculata, with white flowers
- akrasia — weakness of will; acting in a way contrary to one's sincerely held moral values
- akvavit — aquavit
- al fine — to the end
- aladdin — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) a poor youth who obtains a magic lamp and ring, with which he summons genies who grant his wishes
- alamein — a town on the N coast of Egypt, about 70 miles (113 km) W of Alexandria: decisive British victory October 1942.
- alamine — a straight-chain or branched-chain fatty amine of high molecular weight, or a mixture of such amines: these amines are used as corrosion inhibitors, emulsifiers, etc.
- alanine — a nonessential aliphatic amino acid that occurs in many proteins
- alantin — (chemistry, obsolete) inulin.
- alation — the state of having wings
- alawite — a member of a Shiʿite sect inhabiting the coastal district of Latakia in northwest Syria.
- albania — a republic in SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula: became independent in 1912 after more than four centuries of Turkish rule; established as a republic (1946) under Communist rule; multiparty constitution adopted in 1991. It is generally mountainous, rising over 2700 m (9000 ft), with extensive forests. Language: Albanian. Religion: Muslim majority. Currency: lek. Capital: Tirana. Pop: 3 011 405 (2013 est). Area: 28 749 sq km (11 100 sq miles)
- albeniz — Isaac (isaˈak). 1860–1909, Spanish composer; noted for piano pieces inspired by folk music, such as the suite Iberia
- alberti — Leon Battista (leˈɔn batˈtista). 1404–72, Italian Renaissance architect, painter, writer, and musician; among his architectural designs are the façades of Sta. Maria Novella at Florence and S. Francesco at Rimini
- albinal — related to or affected by albinism
- albinos — Plural form of albino.
- albinus — Alcuin.
- albitic — Of or relating to the mineral albite.
- albumin — Albumin is a protein that is found in blood plasma, egg white, and some other substances.