6-letter words containing a, c, i
- alcaic — of or relating to a metre used by the 7th-century bc Greek lyric poet Alcaeus, consisting of a strophe of four lines each with four feet
- alcids — Plural form of alcid.
- alcuin — 735–804 ad, English scholar and theologian; friend and adviser of Charlemagne
- alexic — relating to or of the neurological condition alexia
- alicia — a feminine name
- allice — A fish, the allis shad (Alosa alosa). (from 17th c.).
- alnico — an alloy of aluminium, nickel, cobalt, iron, and copper, used to make permanent magnets
- altaic — a postulated family of languages of Asia and SE Europe, consisting of the Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic branches, and perhaps also Japanese, Korean, and Ainu
- amebic — of, relating to, or resembling an ameba.
- amical — (now rare) Friendly, amicable.
- amicus — an abbreviation of amicus curiae
- aminic — relating to or containing an amine
- amylic — relating to or derived from amyl
- ancile — a shield that was said to have fallen from heaven, on whose preservation the fortune of Rome was thought to depend
- andric — Ivo (ˈiːvɔ). 1892–1975, Serbian novelist; author of The Bridge on the Drina (1945): Nobel prize for literature 1961
- anemic — Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- anetic — soothing
- angico — the South American tree, Parapiptadenia rigida
- anglic — the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
- anicca — (in Theravada Buddhism) the belief that all things, including the self, are impermanent and constantly changing: the first of the three basic characteristics of existence
- anicut — a dam, found in streams in India, which serves to control the flow of an irrigation system
- anisic — relating to or resulting from anise
- anodic — pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- anomic — a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- anoxic — an abnormally low amount of oxygen in the body tissues; hypoxia.
- ansi c — (language, standard) (American National Standards Institute C) A revision of C, adding function prototypes, structure passing, structure assignment and standardised library functions. ANSI X3.159-1989.
- antica — pronaos.
- antick — antic
- antics — Antics are funny, silly, or unusual ways of behaving.
- anuric — having anuria
- aortic — the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- apical — of, at, or being the apex
- apices — apex
- apiece — If people have a particular number of things apiece, they have that number each.
- apneic — a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- arabic — Arabic is a language that is spoken in the Middle East and in parts of North Africa.
- archi- — chief, first
- archie — Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- archil — orchil
- arcing — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arcmin — 1⁄60 of a degree of an angle
- arcsin — arcsine: the function the value of which for a given argument between –1 and 1 is the angle in radians (between –π/2 and π/2), the sine of which is that argument: the inverse of the sine function
- arctic — The Arctic is the area of the world around the North Pole. It is extremely cold and there is very little light in winter and very little darkness in summer.
- arnica — any N temperate or arctic plant of the genus Arnica, typically having yellow flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- ascian — a person who lives in the area between the tropics
- asemic — inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
- atavic — atavistic.
- ataxic — loss of coordination of the muscles, especially of the extremities.
- atelic — showing an action or happening as being unfinished
- atocia — the incapability of a woman to conceive and give birth to children