7-letter words containing si
- ectasia — (medicine) ectasis.
- ectasis — Dilatation: for example, bronchiectasis, which refers to a pathologic dilatation of the bronchi of the lung.
- eleusis — a town in Greece, in Attica about 23 km (14 miles) west of Athens, of which it is now an industrial suburb
- elision — The omission of a sound or syllable when speaking (as in I‘m, let’s, e ' en ).
- elusion — The act of eluding.
- elusive — Difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
- elysian — of or relating to Elysium
- elysium — Greek mythology; also Elysian Fields
- emulsin — a substance found in almonds
- endysis — the formation of new layers of integument after ecdysis
- ensifer — (microbiology) A member of the genus Ensifer, the bacteria family of Rhizobiaceae.
- ensigns — Plural form of ensign.
- entasia — (medicine) tonic spasm; any disease characterized by tonic spasms, such as tetanus or trismus.
- entasis — A slight convex curve in the shaft of a column, introduced to correct the visual illusion of concavity produced by a straight shaft.
- epsilon — The name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, \u03b5 or \u0395, preceded by delta ('\u0394', '\u03b4') and followed by zeta ('\u0396', '\u03b6').
- erasing — Present participle of erase.
- erasion — The act of erasing; a rubbing out or obliteration.
- erepsin — a mixture of proteolytic enzymes secreted by the small intestine
- erosion — The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
- erosive — Of or pertaining to erosion.
- etesian — Pertaining to a dry north wind which blows in the eastern Mediterranean.
- eurasia — the continents of Europe and Asia considered as a whole
- evasion — The action of evading something.
- evasive — Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, esp. by responding only indirectly.
- exposit — To expound.
- falsies — either of a pair of shaped pads, made of rubber, fabric, or the like, for wearing inside a brassiere to give the breasts a larger or more shapely appearance.
- falsify — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- falsish — reasonably false
- falsism — a statement which is clearly false
- falsity — the quality or condition of being false; incorrectness; untruthfulness; treachery.
- fansite — a website dedicated to a particular person or subject and run by a fan or fans of the person or subject
- farside — (astronomy) The side of a moon that faces away from the planet that it orbits.
- felsite — a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- fissile — capable of being split or divided; cleavable.
- fission — the act of cleaving or splitting into parts.
- fissive — of the nature of fission, relating to fission
- floosie — a gaudily dressed, usually immoral woman, especially a prostitute.
- flossie — a female given name, form of Florence.
- footsie — Sometimes, footsies. the act of flirting or sharing a surreptitious intimacy.
- fossick — Mining. to undermine another's digging; search for waste gold in relinquished workings, washing places, etc.
- fossils — any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
- freesia — any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers.
- frisian — of or relating to Friesland, its inhabitants, or their language.
- fuchsia — a plant belonging to the genus Fuchsia, of the evening primrose family, including many varieties cultivated for their handsome drooping flowers.
- fuchsin — a greenish, water-soluble, solid, coal-tar derivative, obtained by the oxidation of a mixture of aniline and the toluidines, that forms deep-red solutions: used chiefly as a dye.
- fusible — capable of being fused or melted.
- fusilli — a type of pasta twisted into corkscrew or spiral shapes.
- fusions — Plural form of fusion.
- fussier — Comparative form of fussy.
- fussily — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.