15-letter words containing ace
- passifloraceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Passifloraceae, a tropical and subtropical family of climbing plants including the passionflowers: the flowers have five petals and threadlike parts forming a dense mass (corona) around the central disc
- peace offensive — an active program, policy, propaganda campaign, etc., by a national government for the purpose of terminating a war or period of hostility, lessening international tensions, or promoting peaceful cooperation with other nations.
- penshurst place — a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- plantaginaceous — relating to or belonging to the family Plantaginaceae
- play kissy-face — to engage in kissing, caressing, etc., esp. overtly or publicly
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- prince of peace — Jesus Christ, regarded by Christians as the Messiah. Isa. 9:6.
- quadric surface — a three-dimensional surface whose equation is a quadratic equation.
- riemann surface — a geometric representation of a function of a complex variable in which a multiple-valued function is depicted as a single-valued function on several planes, the planes being connected at some of the points at which the function takes on more than one value.
- rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
- sarraceniaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Sarraceniaceae, an American family of pitcher plants
- sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
- self-complacent — pleased with oneself; self-satisfied; smug.
- self-effacement — the act or fact of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
- self-lacerating — to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
- self-laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- show one's face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- shut one's face — to be silent
- space character — a keyed space in text or data
- space scientist — an expert or specialist in any of the various science fields which relate to space flight or any phenomena occurring in space or on other planets. This would include for example such fields as Astronautics, Astrophysics, or Galactic Science
- space telescope — a satellite put in orbit around the earth and equipped with an extremely accurate reflecting telescope, cameras, etc.: it is designed to relay astronomical data to the earth
- surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
- surface grammar — grammar understood at the level of normal communication, rather than at the underlying level of 'deep' semantic and syntactic analysis
- surface tension — the elasticlike force existing in the surface of a body, especially a liquid, tending to minimize the area of the surface, caused by asymmetries in the intermolecular forces between surface molecules.
- surface-ripened — (of cheese) ripened on the surface by molds or other microorganisms.
- tennis bracelet — a bracelet consisting of a row of individually set, uniformly sized diamonds or other gemstones.
- the other place — (at Oxford University) Cambridge University
- thioacetic acid — a yellow, fuming, pungent liquid, C 2 H 4 SO, used as a reagent and tear gas.
- trichloroacetic — as in trichloroacetic acid
- ultracentrifuge — a high-speed centrifuge for subjecting sols or solutions to forces many times that of gravity and producing concentration differences depending on the weight of the micelle or molecule.
- unpeaceableness — the quality or state of being unpeaceable; quarrelsomeness
- wallace nutting — Wallace, 1861–1941, U.S. antiquary, author, and illustrator.
- with good grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- zygophyllaceous — belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.