10-letter words containing ac
- acronychal — occurring at sunset
- acronyming — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acronymous — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
- acrophobia — abnormal fear or dread of being at a great height
- acrophobic — a pathological fear of heights.
- acrophonic — the use of what was originally a logogram as a phonetic symbol for the initial sound of the word the logogram represented, as, in Semitic writing, the use of a picture of a shepherd's crook to represent the sound (l), the first sound of lamed, the Hebrew word for a shepherd's crook.
- acrostical — relating to an acrostic
- acroterial — relating to an acroter
- acroterion — acroterium.
- acroterium — an ornament positioned on top of an acroter
- acrylamide — a chemical compound that forms in certain foods when exposed to high temperature
- act of god — An act of God is an event that is beyond human control, especially one in which something is damaged or someone is hurt.
- act of war — an aggressive act, usually employing military force, which constitutes an immediate threat to peace
- actability — capable of being acted or suitable for acting: He has written a very actable, well-structured play.
- actiniform — having radial form; rayed
- actinogram — the record produced by the action of an actinograph.
- actinolite — a green mineral of the amphibole group consisting of calcium magnesium iron silicate. Formula: Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
- actinology — the science of light rays and their chemical effects
- actinopods — any protozoan of the subclass Actinopoda, including the heliozoans and radiolarians, having stiff, rodlike, radiating pseudopodia.
- actinozoan — anthozoan
- action man — a person who relishes physical activity
- actionable — If something that you do or say to someone is actionable, it gives them a valid reason for bringing a legal case against you.
- actionably — In an actionable manner.
- actionless — inactive, without action
- activating — Present participle of activate.
- activation — to make active; cause to function or act.
- activators — Plural form of activator.
- active sun — the sun at a maximum of solar activity, occurring every 11 years.
- activeness — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- activewear — clothing for wear while engaging in sports, recreation, etc.; sportswear
- activistic — of or relating to activism
- activities — the state or quality of being active: There was not much activity in the stock market today. He doesn't have enough physical activity in his life.
- activity's — the state or quality of being active: There was not much activity in the stock market today. He doesn't have enough physical activity in his life.
- actomyosin — a complex protein in skeletal muscle that is formed by actin and myosin and which, when stimulated, shortens to cause muscle contraction
- actual sin — any sin that a person commits of his own free will and for which he is personally responsible
- actualised — Simple past tense and past participle of actualise.
- actualized — Simple past tense and past participle of actualize.
- actualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actualize.
- actualness — The state or quality of being actual.
- actuatable — Able to be actuated.
- actuations — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- actus reus — a criminal action regarded as a constituent element of a crime, as compared with the state of mind of the perpetrator
- acuminated — Botany, Zoology. pointed; tapering to a point.
- acute dose — a total dose of radiation administered over such a short period that biological recovery is impossible
- acute-care — providing emergency services and general medical and surgical treatment for acute disorders rather than long-term residential care for chronic illness.
- acyl group — the univalent group RCO–, where R is any organic group attached to one bond of the carbonyl group.
- acyrologia — (rhetoric) inexact, inappropriate or improper use of a word.
- adactylous — possessing no fingers or toes
- adequacies — Plural form of adequacy.
- adiactinic — denoting a substance that does not transmit radiation affecting photochemically sensitive materials, such as a safelight in a photographic darkroom