7-letter words containing it
- calcite — a colourless or white mineral (occasionally tinged with impurities), found in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, in veins, in limestone, and in stalagmites and stalactites. It is used in the manufacture of cement, plaster, paint, glass, and fertilizer. Composition: calcium carbonate. Formula: CaCO3. Crystal structure: hexagonal (rhombohedral)
- cane it — to do something with great power, force, or speed or consume something such as alcohol in large quantities
- capital — Capital is a large sum of money which you use to start a business, or which you invest in order to make more money.
- capitan — a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: precipice that rises over 3300 feet (1000 meters) above Yosemite Valley.
- capitol — A capitol is a government building in which a state legislature meets.
- caritas — charity
- carlita — a female given name.
- casitas — a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- cassite — a member of an ancient people related to the Elamites, who ruled Babylonia from c1650 to c1100 b.c.
- catsuit — A catsuit is a piece of women's clothing that is made in one piece and fits tightly over the body and legs.
- cecitis — the inflammation of the caecum
- cesspit — A cesspit is a hole or tank in the ground into which waste water and sewage flow.
- chaitya — a Buddhist shrine in India; stupa.
- charity — A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick, very poor, or who have a disability.
- chindit — a member of the Allied forces commanded by Orde Wingate fighting behind the Japanese lines in Burma (1943–45)
- chitlin — pig intestine cooked and served as a dish
- chitons — Plural form of chiton.
- chitted — Simple past tense and past participle of chit.
- chitter — to twitter or chirp
- circuit — An electrical circuit is a complete route which an electric current can flow around.
- citable — to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority: He cited the Constitution in his defense.
- citadel — In the past, a citadel was a strong building in or near a city, where people could shelter for safety.
- citator — a legal publication listing cases and statutes, their history and current status
- cithara — a stringed musical instrument of ancient Greece and elsewhere, similar to the lyre and played with a plectrum
- cithern — cittern
- citizen — Someone who is a citizen of a particular country is legally accepted as belonging to that country.
- citoles — Plural form of citole.
- citrate — any salt or ester of citric acid. Salts of citric acid are used in beverages and pharmaceuticals
- citrine — a brownish-yellow variety of quartz: a gemstone; false topaz
- citrons — Plural form of citron.
- citrusy — having the flavor or smell of lemons, limes, or oranges; tangy, tart, etc.
- cittern — a medieval stringed instrument resembling a lute but having wire strings and a flat back
- city of — a council area in central Scotland, created from part of Lothian region in 1996. Pop: 448 370 (2003 est). Area: 262 sq km (101 sq miles)
- civitan — a member of Civitan International, a service club founded 1918.
- civitas — the body of citizens who constitute a state, especially a city-state, commonwealth, or the like.
- clarity — The clarity of something such as a book or argument is its quality of being well explained and easy to understand.
- clitter — (of insects) to stridulate or make a shrill noise
- coadmit — to admit together
- cockpit — In an aeroplane or racing car, the cockpit is the part where the pilot or driver sits.
- coesite — a form of silicon dioxide produced when high pressure and temperature are applied to quartz
- cohabit — If two people are cohabiting, they are living together and have a sexual relationship, but are not married.
- cohibit — to restrain (a person)
- coition — sexual intercourse
- colditz — a town in E Germany, on the River Mulde: during World War II its castle was used as a top-security camp for Allied prisoners of war; many daring escape attempts, some successful, were made
- colitis — Colitis is an illness in which your colon becomes inflamed.
- come it — to pretend; act a part
- comfits — Plural form of comfit.
- comital — of or relating to a count or earl
- comitia — an ancient Roman assembly that elected officials and exercised judicial and legislative authority
- commits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commit.