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10-letter words containing a, c, o, i

  • agricultor — (archaic) An agriculturist; a farmer.
  • agronomics — the branch of economics dealing with the distribution, management, and productivity of land
  • agrypnotic — inducing, relating to, or characterized by insomnia
  • aiken code — (data)   An alternative form of the Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) system for encoding numbers. Where BCD encodes each decimal digit in normal binary, Aiken code uses the encoding shown below. This is supposed to be less prone to corruption. The following table shows the encoding of each decimal digit, D, in BCD and Aiken code: D BCD Aiken 0 0000 0000 1 0001 0001 2 0010 0010 3 0011 0011 4 0100 0100 5 0101 1011 (inverted 4) 6 0110 1100 (inverted 3) 7 0111 1101 (inverted 2) 8 1000 1110 (inverted 1) 9 1001 1111 (inverted 0) The Aiken code was probably designed by Howard Aiken in the 1940s or 1950s for use in data transmission. Compare: Gray code.
  • air pocket — a localized region of low air density or a descending air current, causing an aircraft to suffer an abrupt decrease in height
  • air police — members of an air force assigned to carry on police duties
  • air-cooled — An air-cooled engine is prevented from getting too hot when it is running by cool air that passes over it, rather than being cooled by a liquid.
  • alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
  • alcoholics — Plural form of alcoholic.
  • alcoholise — Alternative spelling of alcoholize.
  • alcoholism — People who suffer from alcoholism cannot stop drinking large quantities of alcohol.
  • alcoholize — to turn into alcoholic drink, as by fermenting or mixing with alcohol
  • alcoranist — a person who believes in an absolutely literal interpretation of the Koran.
  • algolagnic — Of or relating to algolagnia.
  • alliaceous — of or relating to Allium, a genus of plants that have a strong onion or garlic smell and often have bulbs: family Alliaceae. The genus occurs in the N hemisphere and includes onion, garlic, leek, chive, and shallot
  • allocating — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
  • allocation — An allocation is an amount of something, especially money, that is given to a particular person or used for a particular purpose.
  • allocative — the act of allocating; apportionment.
  • allocution — a formal or authoritative speech or address, esp one that advises, informs, or exhorts
  • allogeneic — being genetically different, while belonging to the same species
  • allometric — Of or pertaining to allometry.
  • allopathic — of, relating to, or used in allopathy
  • allopatric — (of biological speciation or species) taking place or existing in areas that are geographically separated from one another
  • allophonic — any of the members of a class of speech sounds that, taken together, are commonly felt to be a phoneme, as the t- sounds of toe, stow, tree, hatpin, catcall, cats, catnip, button, metal, city; a speech sound constituting one of the phonetic manifestations or variants of a particular phoneme.
  • allostatic — Relating to allostasis.
  • allosteric — of, relating to, or designating a function of an enzyme in which the structure and activity of the enzyme are modified by the binding of a metabolic molecule
  • allotropic — of or characterized by allotropy
  • alogically — in an alogical manner
  • altocumuli — Plural form of altocumulus.
  • ambisonics — the technique of reproducing and transmitting surround sound
  • americanos — Plural form of americano.
  • ametabolic — (of certain insects) having no obvious metamorphosis
  • amino acid — Amino acids are substances containing nitrogen and hydrogen and which are found in proteins. Amino acids occur naturally in the body.
  • aminoacids — Plural form of aminoacid.
  • ammoniacal — of, containing, using, or resembling ammonia
  • amnioscopy — Examination of a foetus and the amniotic fluid in the lowest part of the amniotic sac using an amnioscope introduced through the cervical canal.
  • amphibolic — equivocal; uncertain; changing; ambiguous.
  • amphictyon — a delegate to an amphictyonic council
  • amphigoric — a meaningless or nonsensical piece of writing, especially one intended as a parody.
  • amphogenic — producing both male and female offspring.
  • ampholytic — capable of ionizing into both anions and cations; amphoteric.
  • amphoteric — able to function as either a base or an acid
  • anachorism — a geographical misplacement; something located in an incongruous position
  • anachronic — out of chronological order or out of date
  • anacoustic — unable to support the propagation of sound; soundless
  • anagogical — of or relating to an anagoge.
  • analogical — of, expressing, or based upon analogy
  • anamorphic — of, relating to, or caused by anamorphosis or anamorphism
  • anatomical — Anatomical means relating to the structure of the bodies of people and animals.
  • anchor ice — ice that forms at the bottom of a lake or river
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