7-letter words containing l, i, n
- boiling — very warm
- botulin — a potent toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum in imperfectly preserved food, etc, causing botulism
- bowline — a line for controlling the weather leech of a square sail when a vessel is close-hauled
- bowling — Bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track towards a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
- brindle — a brindled animal
- bulging — a rounded projection, bend, or protruding part; protuberance; hump: a bulge in a wall.
- bulking — the expansion of excavated material to a volume greater than that of the excavation from which it came
- bulling — the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
- bullion — Bullion is gold or silver, usually in the form of bars.
- butlins — one of the two best-known traditional holiday camps in Britain
- by-line — a line under the title of a newspaper or magazine article giving the author's name
- byliner — a person who writes articles with bylines
- c-linda — (language) The most widely used variant of Linda, with C as the base language. It is available from Sci Comp Assocs <[email protected]>.
- cabling — Cabling is used to refer to electrical or electronic cables, or to the process of putting them in a place.
- caelian — the southeasternmost of the Seven Hills of Rome
- caitlin — a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- calcine — to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water
- caliban — a brutish or brutalized man
- calking — Present participle of calk.
- call in — If you call someone in, you ask them to come and help you or do something for you.
- call-in — a program in which listeners or viewers phone in comments or questions to the host or a person being interviewed.
- calling — A calling is a profession or career which someone is strongly attracted to, especially one which involves helping other people.
- callins — a program in which listeners or viewers phone in comments or questions to the host or a person being interviewed.
- calming — soothing; tranquillizing
- calpain — any of various enzymes in mammals and other organisms that are involved in the proteolysis of endogenous proteins and are regulated by the concentration of calcium ions
- calving — to give birth to a calf: The cow is expected to calve tomorrow.
- calvino — Italo. 1923–85, Italian novelist and short-story writer. His works include Our Ancestors (1960) and Invisible Cities (1972)
- cannily — in a canny manner
- cannoli — a Sicilian pudding of pasta shells filled with sweetened ricotta
- cantily — In a canty manner.
- capelin — a small marine food fish, Mallotus villosus, occurring in northern and Arctic seas: family Osmeridae (smelts)
- carinal — resembling or relating to a carina
- carline — a Eurasian thistle-like plant, Carlina vulgaris, having spiny leaves and flower heads surrounded by raylike whitish bracts: family Asteraceae (composites)
- carling — a fore-and-aft beam in a vessel, used for supporting the deck, esp around a hatchway or other opening
- catling — a long double-edged surgical knife for amputations
- cauline — relating to or growing from a plant stem
- ceiling — A ceiling is the horizontal surface that forms the top part or roof inside a room.
- celling — the production and formation of cells
- cellini — Benvenuto (benveˈnuːto). 1500–71, Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and engraver, noted also for his autobiography
- centile — (not in technical use) a percentile.
- cernlib — (library) The CERN Program Library.
- chaplin — Sir Charles Spencer, known as Charlie Chaplin. 1889–1977, English comedian, film actor, and director. He is renowned for his portrayal of a downtrodden little man with baggy trousers, bowler hat, and cane. His films, most of which were made in Hollywood, include The Gold Rush (1924), Modern Times (1936), and The Great Dictator (1940)
- chilean — of or relating to Chile or its inhabitants
- chilian — A chiliarch; the commander or chief of a thousand men.
- chillan — a city in central Chile. Pop: 149 000 (2005 est)
- chillon — a castle in W Switzerland, in Vaud at the E end of Lake Geneva
- chillun — (Southern US, AAVE) Plural form of chile (child).
- chilung — a port in N Taiwan: fishing and industrial centre. Pop: 406 000 (2005 est)
- chinkle — (nautical) A turn or kink in a rope.
- chitlin — pig intestine cooked and served as a dish