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9-letter words containing a, c, d

  • acesodyne — mitigating pain; anodyne.
  • acetaldol — aldol (def 1).
  • acetamide — a white or colourless soluble deliquescent crystalline compound, used in the manufacture of organic chemicals. Formula: CH3CONH2
  • acetified — Simple past tense and past participle of acetify.
  • acetylide — any of a class of carbides in which the carbon is present as a diatomic divalent ion (C22–). They are formally derivatives of acetylene
  • acid cell — Electricity. a cell using an acid electrolyte.
  • acid drop — a boiled sweet with a sharp taste
  • acid dust — air-polluting particles of dust, usually wind-borne, having high concentrations of acid.
  • acid jazz — a type of music, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, that combines jazz with genres such as funk, hip-hop, and electronic dance music
  • acid rain — Acid rain is rain polluted by acid that has been released into the atmosphere from factories and other industrial processes. Acid rain is harmful to the environment.
  • acid rock — a type of rock music characterized by electronically amplified bizarre instrumental effects
  • acid salt — a salt formed by partial replacement of the acidic hydrogen atoms of the parent acid
  • acid soil — a soil that gives a pH reaction of below about 6, found esp in cool moist areas where soluble bases are leached away
  • acid test — The acid test of something is an important aspect or result that it might have, which allows you to decide whether it is true or successful.
  • acid trip — a psychedelic experience induced by ingesting the hallucinogen LSD.
  • acid-fast — (of bacteria and tissues) resistant to decolorization by mineral acids after staining
  • acid-head — a person who habitually takes the drug LSD.
  • acidaemia — (medicine) a medical condition marked by an abnormally high concentration of hydrogen ions in a person's blood.
  • acidaemic — Pertaining to, or afflicted with, acidaemia.
  • acidified — Simple past tense and past participle of acidify.
  • acidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidify.
  • acidities — Plural form of acidity.
  • acidizing — Acidizing is the injection of acid into the reservoir rock to enlarge the pore spaces and increase the flow of oil.
  • acidophil — (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by acid dyes
  • acidulant — an acidulating substance.
  • acidulate — to make slightly acid or sour
  • acidulent — an acidulating substance.
  • acidulous — rather sour
  • acquitted — to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty: They acquitted him of the crime. The jury acquitted her, but I still think she's guilty.
  • acridness — Bitterness or acerbity.
  • acrodonts — Plural form of acrodont.
  • acrodrome — (of the veins of a leaf) running parallel to the edges of the leaf and fusing at the tip
  • acrodynia — (pathology) An epidemic disease of the skin characterized by increased sensibility of the soles and palms, with pricking sensations in them and rheumatoid pains in the hands and feet.
  • acronymed — 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.
  • actinides — Plural form of actinide.
  • actinopod — any protozoan of the phylum Actinopoda, such as a radiolarian or a heliozoan, having stiff radiating cytoplasmic projections
  • activated — to make active; cause to function or act.
  • ad agency — An ad agency is a company whose business is to create advertisements for other companies or organizations.
  • addicting — a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
  • addiction — Addiction is the condition of taking harmful drugs and being unable to stop taking them.
  • addictive — If a drug is addictive, people who take it cannot stop taking it.
  • adducting — Present participle of adduct.
  • adduction — an adducing or citing
  • adductive — of a nature that leads towards a change
  • adductors — Plural form of adductor.
  • adherence — Adherence is the fact of adhering to a particular rule, agreement, or belief.
  • adhocracy — management that responds to urgent problems rather than planning to avoid them
  • adiabatic — (of a thermodynamic process) taking place without loss or gain of heat
  • adipocere — a waxlike fatty substance formed during the decomposition of corpses
  • adipocyte — a fat cell that accumulates and stores fats
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