4-letter words containing a, c
- parc — XEROX PARC
- pasc — Perceptional Adaptive Subband Coding
- pica — an abnormal appetite or craving for substances that are not fit to eat, as chalk or clay, common in malnutrition, pregnancy, etc.
- ptca — percutaneous translumenal coronary angioplasty, a technique for inserting a catheter into an artery to prevent congestive heart disease
- puca — (in folklore) an Irish spirit, mischievous but not malevolent, corresponding to the English Puck.
- raca — a biblical word meaning 'worthless' or 'empty'
- race — Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- racf — Resource Access Control Facility
- rach — A dog that hunts by scent.
- rack — the neck portion of mutton, pork, or veal.
- racq — Royal Automobile Club of Queensland
- racy — slightly improper or indelicate; suggestive; risqué.
- raec — Royal Army Educational Corps
- ramc — Royal Army Medical Corps
- raoc — Royal Army Ordnance Corps
- rasc — (the former) Royal Army Service Corps, now called Royal Corps of Transport
- ratc — Rationalized C
- ravc — Royal Army Veterinary Corps
- rcaf — Royal Canadian Air Force
- roca — Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- sabc — South African Broadcasting Corporation
- sac2 — (mathematics, tool) A symbolic mathematics system which compiles to Fortran or Common Lisp. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- sacc — South African Council of Churches
- sack — a strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands.
- saco — a city in SW Maine.
- sacp — South African Communist Party
- saic — http://saic.com.
- scab — the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- scad — any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- scag — heroin.
- scam — a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- scan — to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
- scar — a precipitous, rocky place; cliff.
- scat — to sing by making full or partial use of the technique of scat singing.
- scaw — (in Shetland) a headland or promontory
- seac — School Examination and Assessment Council
- sica — Vittorio [vi-tawr-ee-oh,, -tohr-;; Italian veet-taw-ryaw] /vɪˈtɔr iˌoʊ,, -ˈtoʊr-;; Italian vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1901–74, Italian motion-picture director, producer, and actor.
- soca — a style of Caribbean dance music derived from calypso and American soul music and having a pounding beat.
- spca — Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- stac — 1. (language) Storage Allocation and Coding Program. 2. (company) The company responsible for Stacker and stac compression.
- tace — tasset.
- tach — tachometer.
- tack — a lease, especially on farmland.
- tacl — Tandem Advanced Command Language. Tandem, about 1987. The shell language used in Tandem computers.
- taco — Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tact — a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- tacu — Tomah Area Credit Union
- talc — Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tcas — traffic collision avoidance system: a safety system in aircraft that is designed to prevent mid-air collisions
- teac — Tertiary Education Advisory Committee