7 Letter Words Starting With I
There are 539 7-letter words starting with I, sorted alphabetically with Scrabble scores (best 26 pts). Every word is valid in the NWL (NASPA Word List).
- iambics13
iceberg12
a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
iceboat11
a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice
- icecaps13
icefall12
a steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall
- icefish15
- iceless9
- icelike13
- icewine12
- iceworm14
ichnite12
A fossil footprint; as, the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone.
icicled12
Having icicles attached.
- icicles11
iciness9
a lack of affection or enthusiasm
- ickiest13
icteric11
affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
icterus9
type genus of the Icteridae
- ictuses9
ideally11
in an ideal manner
- ideated9
- ideates8
identic10
Identical.
idiotic10
having a mental age of three to seven years
idlesse8
Idleness. "In ydlesse." Spenser. And an idlesse all the day Beside a wandering stream. Mrs.
idolise8
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
idolism10
The worship of idols.
idolize17
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
- idylist11
idyllic13
excellent and delightful in all respects
- iffiest13
- ignatia8
igneous8
like or suggestive of fire
ignited9
set afire
igniter8
a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- ignites8
ignitor8
a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
ignoble10
completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; ; - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
ignobly13
in a currish manner; meanspiritedly
ignored9
disregarded
- ignorer8
- ignores8
- iguanas8
iguanid9
lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males
- ikebana13
ileitis7
inflammation of the ileum
- ileuses7
illegal8
prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules
illicit9
contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention
- illites7
- illitic9
illness7
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
illogic10
invalid or incorrect reasoning
- illuded9
- illudes8
- illumed10
- illumes9
- illuvia10
- imagers10
imagery13
the ability to form mental images of things or events
imagine10
expect, believe, or suppose
imaging11
(medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body
imagism12
a movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality; used common speech in free verse with clear concrete imagery
- imagist10
- imagoes10
- imamate11
- imarets9
- imbalms13
- imbarks15
- imbibed14
imbiber13
a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess)
- imbibes13
imblaze20
See Emblaze.
imbosom13
To hold in the bosom; to cherish in the heart or affection; to embosom.
imbower14
See Embower.
imbrown14
To make brown; to obscure; to darken; to tan; as, features imbrowned by exposure. The mountain mass by scorching skies imbrowned.
- imbrued12
- imbrues11
imbrute11
To degrade to the state of a brute; to make brutal. And mixed with bestial slime, This essence to incarnate and imbrute. Milton. To sink to the state of a brute. The soul grows clotted by contagion…
- imbuing12
imitate9
appear like, as in behavior or appearance
immense11
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - W.R.Inge
immerge12
To plungel into, under, or within anything especially a fuid; to dip; to immerse. See Immerse. We took... lukewarm water, and in it immerged a quantity of the leaves of senna. Boyle. Their souls are…
immerse11
cause to be immersed
immixed19
Unmixed. How pure and immixed the design is.
- immixes18
immoral11
deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong
- immuner11
- immunes11
- immured12
- immures11
- impacts13
impaint11
To paint; to adorn with colors. "To impaint his cause." Shak.
- impairs11
- impalas11
- impaled12
- impaler11
- impales11
impanel11
enter into a list of prospective jurors
- imparks15
- imparts11
impasse11
a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
impaste11
To knead; to make into paste; to concrete. "Blood... baked and impasted." Shak.
impasto11
painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible
impavid15
Fearless. -- Im*pav"id*ly, adv.
- impawns14
impeach16
bring an accusation against; level a charge against
impearl11
To form into pearls, or into that which resembles pearls. Dewdrops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower.
impeded13
made difficult or slow
- impeder12
- impedes12
- impends12
- imperia11
imperil11
pose a threat to; present a danger to
impetus11
a force that moves something along
- imphees14
impiety14
unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god
impinge12
advance beyond the usual limit
- impings12
impious11
lacking due respect or dutifulness
implant11
a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue
implead12
To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach. To sue at law.
implied12
Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply.
- implies11
implode12
burst inward
implore11
call upon in supplication; entreat
- imponed12
- impones11
- imports11
imposed12
set forth authoritatively as obligatory
imposer11
One who imposes. The imposers of these oaths might repent.
- imposes11
- imposts11
impound12
place or shut up in a pound
impower14
See Empower.
impregn12
To impregnate; to make fruitful. His perniciousss words, impregned With reason. Milton. Semele doth Bacchus bear Impregned of Jove. Dr. H.
impresa11
A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like. My impresa to your lordship; a swain Flying to a laurel for shelter. J.
imprese11
A device. See Impresa. An imprese, as the Italians call it, is a device in picture with his motto or word, borne by noble or learned personages.
impress11
the act of coercing someone into government service
imprest11
To advance on loan. Burke. A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment. Burke. The clearing of their imprests for what little of their…
imprint11
a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
improve14
get better
- improvs14
- impugns12
impulse11
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
- impurer11
- imputed12
imputer11
One who imputes.
- imputes11
inanely10
vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish
- inanest7
inanity10
total lack of meaning or ideas
- inaptly12
- inarmed10
inbeing10
Inherence; inherent existence. I.
inboard10
located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft
inbound10
directed or moving inward or toward a center
- inboxes16
- inbreds10
inbreed10
To produce or generate within. Bp. Reynolds. To inbreed and cherish... the seeds of virtue.
inbuilt9
existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
inburst9
A bursting in or into.
- incaged11
- incages10
- incants9
incased10
covered or protected with or as if with a case
- incases9
incense9
a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
- incents9
- incepts11
- incests9
- inchers12
- inching13
- incipit11
- incisal9
incised10
cut into with a sharp instrument
- incises9
incisor9
a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws
- incited10
inciter9
someone who deliberately foments trouble
- incites9
incivil12
Uncivil; rude.
inclasp11
To clasp within; to hold fast to; to embrace or encircle. The flattering ivy who did ever see Inclasp the huge trunk of an aged tree. F.
incline9
an elevated geological formation
- inclips11
inclose9
introduce
include10
add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category
incomer11
One who comes in. Outgoers and incomers. Lew Wallace.
- incomes11
- inconnu9
- incross9
incrust9
cover or coat with a crust
incubus11
a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
- incudal10
- incudes10
incurve12
To bend; to curve; to make crooked.
- incused10
- incuses9
- indabas10
- indamin10
- indeedy12
- indenes8
- indents8
- indexed16
indexer15
someone who provides an index
- indexes15
indican10
A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., it…
indices10
See Index.
indicia10
Discriminating marks; signs; tokens; indications; appearances.
- indicts10
indigen9
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
- indigos9
- indited9
inditer8
One who indites.
- indites8
- indiums10
indoles8
Natural disposition; natural quality or abilities.
indoors8
within a building
indorse8
be behind; approve of
- indowed12
indoxyl18
A nitrogenous substance, C8H7NO, isomeric with oxindol, obtained as an oily liquid.
- indraft11
indrawn11
tending to reserve or introspection
induced11
brought about or caused; not spontaneous
inducer10
an agent capable of activating specific genes
- induces10
- inducts10
- induing9
indulge9
enjoy to excess
- indulin8
- indults8
- indunas8
- indusia8
indwell11
to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle
- indwelt11
inearth10
To inter.
- inedita8
- inepter9
ineptly12
in an infelicitous manner
inertia7
(physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force
inertly10
Without activity; sluggishly.
inexact16
not exact
- infalls10
infancy15
the earliest state of immaturity
infanta10
A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest.
infante10
A title given to every one of sons of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent.
- infants10
infarct12
localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply
- infares10
- infauna10
- infects12
- infeeds11
infeoff16
See Enfeoff.
inferno10
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; - John Milton; ; -Dr. Johnson
- infests10
infidel11
a person who does not acknowledge your god
infield11
the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
- infight14
- infills10
- infirms12
- infixed18
- infixes17
inflame12
arouse or excite feelings and passions
inflate10
become inflated
inflect12
change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language
inflict12
impose something unpleasant
- inflows13
- infolds11
- informs12
infract12
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- infulae10
- infused11
infuser10
One who, or that which, infuses.
- infuses10
- ingates8
ingenue8
an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl
ingesta8
solid and liquid nourishment taken into the body through the mouth
- ingests8
- ingoing9
- ingoted9
ingraft11
cause to grow together parts from different plants
ingrain8
produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
ingrate8
a person who shows no gratitude
ingress8
(astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
ingroup10
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
ingrown11
growing abnormally into the flesh
- ingulfs11
inhabit12
be present in
- inhaled11
inhaler10
a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion
- inhales10
- inhauls10
- inhered11
- inheres10
inherit10
obtain from someone after their death
- inhibin12
inhibit12
control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
inhuman12
belonging to or resembling something nonhuman
inhumed13
placed in a grave
- inhumer12
- inhumes12
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