7-letter words that end in i
- bellini — Giovanni (dʒoˈvanni). ?1430–1516, Italian painter of the Venetian school, noted for his altarpieces, landscapes, and Madonnas. His father Jacopo (?1400–70) and his brother Gentile (?1429–1507) were also painters
- bemidji — a town in central Minnesota.
- ben-zvi — Itzhak (ˈjɪtsxak). 1884–1963, Israeli statesman; president (1952–63)
- bengali — Bengali means belonging or relating to Bengal, or to its people or language.
- bernini — Gian Lorenzo (dʒan loˈrɛntso). 1598–1680, Italian painter, architect, and sculptor: the greatest exponent of the Italian baroque
- bhishti — (formerly in India) a water-carrier
- bilimbi — a fruit-bearing tree growing in India and Sri Lanka
- biriani — a spicy Indian dish of rice with meat or vegetables, flavored with saffron or turmeric.
- biryani — any of a variety of Indian dishes made with rice, highly flavoured and coloured with saffron or turmeric, mixed with meat or fish
- blanqui — Louis Auguste (French lwi oɡyst). 1805–81, French revolutionary, who organized secret socialist societies and preached violent insurrection; he spent over 30 years in prison
- bo juyi — Po Chü-i.
- bon ami — a good friend.
- borelli — Giovanni Alfonso [joh-vah-nee al-fon-soh,, -zoh,, jee-uh-;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee ahl-fawn-zaw] /dʒoʊˈvɑ ni ælˈfɒn soʊ,, -zoʊ,, ˌdʒi ə-;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni ɑlˈfɔn zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1608–79, Italian astronomer, physicist, and physiologist.
- boris i — known as Boris of Bulgaria. died 907 ad, khan of Bulgaria. His reign saw the conversion of Bulgaria to Christianity and the birth of a national literature
- bouilli — a meat stew
- brassai — real name Gyula Halész. 1899–1984, French photographer, artist, and writer, born in Hungary: noted for his photographs of Paris by night
- brewski — a beer
- bronchi — bronchus
- bugatti — Ettore (Arco Isidoro) (ˈɛttore). 1881–1947, Italian car manufacturer; founder of the Bugatti car factory at Molsheim (1909)
- burkini — a swimming costume which covers the whole body with the exception of the face, hands, and feet, suitable for wear by Muslim women
- burundi — a republic in E central Africa: inhabited chiefly by the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa (Pygmy); made part of German East Africa in 1899; part of the Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi from 1923 until it became independent in 1962; ethnic violence has erupted at times between Hutu and Tutsi, as in Rwanda; consists mainly of high plateaus along the main Nile-Congo dividing range, dropping rapidly to the Great Rift Valley in the west. Official languages: Kirundi and French. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: Burundi franc. Capital: Bujumbura. Pop: 10 888 321 (2013 est). Area: 27 731 sq km (10 707 sq miles)
- busuuti — a long garment with short sleeves and a square neckline, worn by Ugandan women, esp in S Uganda
- cabeiri — Cabiri.
- cabrini — Saint Frances Xavier(1850-1917); U.S. nun, born in Italy: first U.S. citizen canonized: her day is Dec. 22: called Mother Cabrini
- caccini — Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), c1546–1618, Italian singer and composer.
- caducei — Plural form of caduceus.
- calculi — Mathematics. a method of calculation, especially one of several highly systematic methods of treating problems by a special system of algebraic notations, as differential or integral calculus.
- cambrai — a town in NE France: textile industry: scene of a battle in which massed tanks were first used and broke through the German line (November, 1917). Pop: 33 738 (1999)
- campari — a bitter Italian aperitif, often mixed with soda water as a drink
- canetti — Elias. 1905–94, British novelist and writer, born in Bulgaria, who usually wrote in German. His works include the novel Auto da Fé (1935). Nobel prize for literature 1981
- cannoli — a Sicilian pudding of pasta shells filled with sweetened ricotta
- cassini — Giovanni Domenico. 1625–1712, French astronomer, born in Italy. He discovered (1675) Cassini's division, the gap that divides Saturn's rings into two parts, and four of Saturn's moons
- cellini — Benvenuto (benveˈnuːto). 1500–71, Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and engraver, noted also for his autobiography
- cembali — Irregular plural form of cembalo.
- cerberi — Also, Kerberos. Classical Mythology. a dog, usually represented as having three heads, that guarded the entrance of the infernal regions.
- chapati — (in Indian cookery) a flat coarse unleavened bread resembling a pancake
- charpai — a light bedstead used in India, consisting of a web of rope or tape netting.
- charqui — meat, esp beef, cut into strips and dried
- chennai — a port in SE India, capital of Tamil Nadu, on the Bay of Bengal: founded in 1639 by the English East India Company as Fort St George; traditional burial place of St Thomas; university (1857). Pop: 4 216 268 (2001)
- chianti — a mountain range in central Italy, in Tuscany, rising over 870 m (2900 ft): part of the Apennines
- chiasmi — Plural form of chiasmus.
- chivari — shivaree.
- chorogi — Chinese artichoke.
- chu hsi — 1130–1200, Chinese philosopher.
- chukchi — a member of a people of the Chukchi Peninsula
- circuli — any of the concentric circles on each scale of a fish, each of which indicates the annual growth of that scale.
- clarini — a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- colibri — a hummingbird
- collodi — Carlo [kahr-loh;; Italian kahr-law] /ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), (Carlo Lorenzini) 1826–90, Italian writer: creator of the story of Pinocchio.
- colossi — (initial capital letter) the legendary bronze statue of Helios at Rhodes. Compare Seven Wonders of the World.