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17-letter words containing a, c, r, o, i

  • a christmas carol — a story (1843) by Dickens.
  • a sporting chance — If you have a sporting chance of doing something, it is quite likely that you will do that thing.
  • abstinence theory — the theory that interest is payment for conserving current income.
  • abstract of title — a summary of the ownership of land, showing the original grant, conveyances, and any incumbrances
  • academie goncourt — Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de [ed-mawn lwee ahn-twan y-oh duh] /ɛdˈmɔ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈtwan üˈoʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1822–96, and his brother Jules Alfred Huot de [zhyl al-fred] /ʒyl alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA) 1830–70, French art critics, novelists, and historians: collaborators until the death of Jules.
  • acanthopterygians — Plural form of acanthopterygian.
  • acceptance region — Statistics. the set of values of a test statistic for which the null hypothesis is accepted.
  • access permission — permission
  • accessory mineral — See at accessory (def 7).
  • accessory pigment — any pigment in plants that can absorb light energy and pass the electrons along to the primary pigment which starts the process of photosynthesis.
  • according to plan — If something happens according to plan, it happens in exactly the way that it was intended to happen.
  • accounting period — a period of time for which accounts are drawn up
  • acetylformic acid — pyruvic acid.
  • achromatic colour — colour, such as white, black, and grey, that is devoid of hue
  • acidity regulator — a substance, such as citric acid, added to food to change or maintain its pH value
  • acoustoelectronic — denoting a device in which electronic signals are converted into acoustic waves, esp in delay lines, etc
  • acromioclavicular — (anatomy) Pertaining to both the acromion and the clavicle.
  • acrosome reaction — the release of enzymes from the acrosome when a spermatozoon encounters the ovum, allowing fusion with the ovum in the sexual reproductive process
  • act of contrition — a short prayer of penitence
  • act of parliament — a law that has been passed by both of the UK Houses of Parliament and has received royal assent
  • act of toleration — the statute (1689) granting religious freedom to dissenting Protestants upon meeting certain conditions.
  • act of uniformity — any of the three statutes (1549, 1559, 1662) regulating public worship services in the Anglican Church, especially the act of 1662 requiring the use of the Book of Common Prayer.
  • actinic keratosis — a precancerous skin condition, characterized by rough red, scaly patches; it is caused by cumulative exposure to the sun and is most common in fair-skinned people
  • activation energy — the least amount of energy required to activate atoms or molecules to a state in which they can undergo a chemical reaction.
  • activation record — (compiler)   (Or "data frame", "stack frame") A data structure containing the variables belonging to one particular scope (e.g. a procedure body), as well as links to other activation records. Activation records are usually created (on the stack) on entry to a block and destroyed on exit. If a procedure or function may be returned as a result, stored in a variable and used in an outer scope then its activation record must be stored in a heap so that its variables still exist when it is used. Variables in the current scope are accessed via the frame pointer which points to the current activation record. Variables in an outer scope are accessed by following chains of links between activation records. There are two kinds of link - the static link and the dynamic link.
  • active vocabulary — the total number of words a person uses in his own speech and writing
  • acupressure point — any of the specific points on the body where pressure is applied in acupressure
  • addition reaction — a reaction in which part of a compound is added to one end of a double or triple bond, while the rest adds to the other end, converting it, respectively, to a single or double bond.
  • adjective pronoun — a pronoun used as an adjective, as his in His dinner is ready.
  • adverse selection — Adverse selection is a term used to describe the tendency of those in dangerous jobs or with high-risk lifestyles to want to take out life insurance.
  • aerobic digestion — Aerobic digestion is a process which uses bacteria and oxygen to break down organic and biological waste.
  • aerobic-exercises — Also called aerobic exercises. (used with a plural verb) any of various sustained exercises, as jogging, rowing, swimming, or cycling, that stimulate and strengthen the heart and lungs, thereby improving the body's utilization of oxygen.
  • aerothermodynamic — Of or pertaining to aerothermodynamics.
  • african army worm — the caterpillar of a widely distributed noctuid moth, Spodoptera exempta, which travels in vast hordes and is a serious pest of cereal crops and grasses in Africa and parts of Australia
  • age of discretion — the age at which a person is considered to be able to manage his or her own affairs
  • agricultural show — a display of agricultural equipment and livestock, often including competitions, entertainment, and a trade fair
  • aircraft observer — U.S. Army. observer (def 4).
  • aircraft-observer — someone or something that observes.
  • algorithmic model — (programming)   A method of estimating software cost using mathematical algorithms based on the parameters which are considered to be the major cost drivers. These estimate of effort or cost are based primarily on the size of the software or Delivered Source Instructions (DSI)s, and other productivity factors known as Cost Driver Attributes. See also Parametric Model.
  • alphaphotographic — Of or pertaining to alphaphotographics.
  • aluminum chloride — a yellow-white, crystalline, water-soluble solid that in its white hydrated form, AlCl 3 ⋅6H 2 O, is used chiefly as a wood preservative and in its yellow-white anhydrous form, AlCl 3 , chiefly as a catalyst.
  • american dog tick — a common tick, Dermacentor variabilis, that is the vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the eastern U.S. and also carries tularemia.
  • american football — American football is a game similar to rugby that is played by two teams of eleven players using an oval-shaped ball. Players try to score points by carrying the ball to their opponents' end of the field, or by kicking it over a bar fixed between two posts.
  • american foxhound — one of an American breed of medium-sized dogs having a smooth, glossy coat usually black, tan, and white in color, a square-cut muzzle, hanging ears, and a moderately high-set tail, used for hunting both in packs or individually, tailing the game by scent.
  • american hornbeam — any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam)
  • american woodbine — a North American plant, related to the honeysuckle, Lonicera caprifolium
  • american wormseed — a plant with seeds used in medicine to treat worm infestation, Chenopodium ambrosioides
  • ammonium chloride — a white soluble crystalline solid used chiefly as an electrolyte in dry batteries and as a mordant and soldering flux. Formula: NH4Cl
  • amoebic dysentery — inflammation of the intestines caused by the parasitic amoeba Endamoeba histolytica
  • amor vincit omnia — love conquers everything

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