11-letter words containing ac
- acupressure — Acupressure is the treatment of pain by a type of massage in which pressure is put on certain areas of a person's body.
- acupuncture — Acupuncture is the treatment of a person's illness or pain by sticking small needles into their body at certain places.
- acute angle — an angle that is less than 90°
- acyclically — In an acyclic manner; without cycles.
- acyl halide — any derivative of carboxylic acid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced by a halogen atom
- adhocracies — Plural form of adhocracy.
- adipic acid — crystalline solid used in the preparation of nylon
- agaric acid — a white, microcrystalline, water-soluble powder, C 22 H 40 O 7 : formerly used in medicine to stop excessive perspiration.
- air attache — a commissioned officer or warrant officer of an air force serving on the staff of an ambassador or minister.
- alismaceous — of or relating to the genus Alisma
- amentaceous — of or like an ament or aments
- amino acids — any of a class of organic compounds that contains at least one amino group, –NH 2 , and one carboxyl group, –COOH: the alpha-amino acids, RCH(NH 2)COOH, are the building blocks from which proteins are constructed.
- amphibrachs — Plural form of amphibrach.
- amphimacers — Plural form of amphimacer.
- anacamptics — The science of reflected light; catoptrics.
- anacanthous — having no spines or thorns.
- anachronism — You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- anachronist — A person who has anachronistic views or habits.
- anachronize — To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
- anachronous — relating to anachronism; misplaced chronologically
- anacoenosis — a figure of speech in which an appeal is made to one's listeners or opponents for their opinion or judgment as to the subject under discussion.
- anacoloutha — Plural form of anacolouthon.
- anacoluthia — lack of grammatical sequence, esp within a single sentence
- anacoluthic — Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
- anacoluthon — a construction that involves the change from one grammatical sequence to another within a single sentence; an example of anacoluthia
- anacreontic — in the manner of the Greek lyric poet Anacreon (?572–?488 bc), noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine
- anfractuous — characterized by twists and turns; convoluted
- anisodactyl — (of the feet of passerine birds) having the first toe directed backwards and the other three toes directed forwards
- annonaceous — belonging to the plant family Annonaceae.
- answer back — If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
- answerbacks — Plural form of answerback.
- anthomaniac — someone with an extreme fondness for flowers
- anthracitic — Pertaining to, or composed of, anthracite.
- anthracnose — any of several fungus diseases of plants and trees, such as vines and beans, characterized by oval dark depressed spots on the fruit and elsewhere
- anthracosis — a lung disease due to inhalation of coal dust
- anthracotic — the deposition of coal dust in the lungs; asymptomatic pneumoconiosis.
- anti-racial — of or relating to the social construct of race: racial diversity; racial stereotypes.
- antijacobin — opposed the political activities of the Jacobins
- antitobacco — opposed to or acting against tobacco smoking
- antivaccine — Opposed to vaccination.
- aphrodisiac — An aphrodisiac is a food, drink, or drug which is said to make people want to have sex.
- appalachian — of, from, or relating to the Appalachian Mountains
- appeachment — an accusation or criminal charge
- approacheth — Archaic third-person singular form of approach.
- approaching — coming closer in time
- appropriacy — the condition of delicate and precise fittingness of a word or expression to its context, even when it is chosen from a number of close synonyms
- aquaculture — the cultivation of freshwater and marine resources, both plant and animal, for human consumption or use
- arachidonic — related to arachidonic acid or the derivatives of arachidonic acid
- arachis oil — peanut oil.
- arachnoidal — relating to the arachnoid