14-letter words containing ac
- boring machine — a machine that bores holes, tunnels, etc
- bornyl acetate — a colorless liquid, C 12 H 20 O 2 , having a piny, camphorlike odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfume, and as a plasticizer.
- brachycephalic — having a head nearly as broad from side to side as from front to back, esp one with a cephalic index over 80
- brachydactylia — abnormal shortness of the fingers and toes.
- brachydactylic — having abnormally short fingers or toes
- brachydiagonal — the shorter lateral axis of a rhombic prism
- brachypinakoid — the side parallel to the shorter horizontal axis in a crystal
- bracket fungus — any saprotroph or parasitic fungus of the basidiomycetous family Polyporaceae, growing as a shelflike mass (bracket) from tree trunks and producing spores in vertical tubes in the bracket
- budget account — an account with a department store, etc, enabling a customer to make monthly payments to cover his or her past and future purchases
- by acclamation — by an overwhelming majority without a ballot
- cabeza de vaca — ˈÁl‧ˈvar Núñez (ˈɑlvɑʀˈnunjɛθ) ; älˈvärno̅oˈnyet h) 1490?-1557?; Sp. explorer in the Americas
- cache conflict — (storage) A sequence of accesses to memory repeatedly overwriting the same cache entry. This can happen if two blocks of data, which are mapped to the same set of cache locations, are needed simultaneously. For example, in the case of a direct mapped cache, if arrays A, B, and C map to the same range of cache locations, thrashing will occur when the following loop is executed: See also ping-pong.
- cacodylic acid — a colorless, crystalline, deliquescent, poisonous solid, (CH 3) 2 AsOOH, used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes and as an herbicide.
- café macchiato — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and a small amount of foamed milk.
- campanulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Campanulaceae, a family of temperate and subtropical plants, including the campanulas, having bell-shaped nodding flowers
- campeachy wood — wood from the Central American tree Haematoxylon campechianum
- camphoric acid — a whitish crystallizable substance derived from the oxidization of camphor, used in solution in medicine as an antiseptic. Formula: C10H16O4
- campylobacters — Plural form of campylobacter.
- canadian bacon — cured, smoked pork taken from the loin in a boneless strip and having a hamlike flavor
- capacity crowd — a situation when the maximum number of people possible are watching an event such as a sports game or pop concert
- capparidaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Capparidaceae (or (Capparaceae), a family of plants, mostly shrubs including the caper, of warm tropical regions
- cardiac arrest — A cardiac arrest is a heart attack.
- cardiac muscle — a specialized form of striated muscle occurring in the hearts of vertebrates.
- cardiac output — blood volume in liters pumped by the left ventricle of the heart per minute.
- cardiothoracic — of or relating to the heart and the chest
- carrying place — portage (def 3).
- casual contact — the level of contact at which a person is not subject to contracting a communicable disease from another, especially nonsexual contact with a person infected with a venereal disease.
- catachrestical — Catachrestic.
- celiac disease — a chronic nutritional disorder, usually of young children, caused by faulty absorption of gluten in the intestines and characterized by diarrhea and malnutrition
- cevitamic acid — ascorbic acid
- chain reaction — A chain reaction is a series of chemical changes, each of which causes the next.
- change machine — a machine that provides smaller denomination coins or notes in exchange for larger ones
- change of pace — variation in tempo or mood, in the presentation of acts in a variety show, etc.
- chantilly lace — a delicate ornamental lace
- character code — a machine-readable code that identifies a specified character or a set of such codes
- character part — a lesser role in a drama, but one where the actor is called upon to display particular distinctive traits of character
- character type — a cluster of personality traits commonly occurring together in an individual
- characterising — Present participle of characterise.
- characteristic — The characteristics of a person or thing are the qualities or features that belong to them and make them recognizable.
- characterizing — Present participle of characterize.
- characterology — the academic study of character
- charge account — a business arrangement by which a customer may buy goods or services and pay for them within a specified future period
- charm bracelet — a bracelet that has small ornaments fixed to it
- cheque account — an account at a bank or a building society upon which cheques can be drawn
- choir practice — a choir's regular meeting for practice
- chondromalacia — degeneration of cartilage in the knee, usually caused by excessive wear between the patella and lower end of the femur.
- circumgalactic — (astronomy) Surrounding a galaxy.
- cislunar space — the region beyond the earth's atmosphere occurring between the earth and moon
- clacton-on-sea — a town on the North Sea coast in Essex, England.
- cleptomaniacs' — kleptomania.