10-letter words containing a, c, u
- acinarious — covered with globose vesicles resembling grape seeds, as certain algae.
- acolouthos — the chief of the Varangian guard in the Byzantine empire during the Palaeologan period
- acorn tube — a small vacuum tube shaped like an acorn
- acoustical — acoustic; specif., having to do with the control of sound
- acousticks — Obsolete form of acoustics.
- acquainted — If you are acquainted with something, you know about it because you have learned it or experienced it.
- acquiesced — to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
- acquiesces — to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
- acquirable — to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
- acquisitor — a person who has a tendency to acquire (information or ideas), or a desire to possess
- acquitment — a verdict of not guilty; an acquittal
- acquittals — Plural form of acquittal.
- acquitting — Present participle of acquit.
- acrogenous — (botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
- acrogynous — having the female reproductive organ arising from the apical cell of the stem, thereby terminating its growth, as certain liverworts.
- acronymous — 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.
- acroterium — an ornament positioned on top of an acroter
- active sun — the sun at a maximum of solar activity, occurring every 11 years.
- actual sin — any sin that a person commits of his own free will and for which he is personally responsible
- actualised — Simple past tense and past participle of actualise.
- actualized — Simple past tense and past participle of actualize.
- actualizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actualize.
- actualness — The state or quality of being actual.
- actuatable — Able to be actuated.
- actuations — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- actus reus — a criminal action regarded as a constituent element of a crime, as compared with the state of mind of the perpetrator
- acuminated — Botany, Zoology. pointed; tapering to a point.
- acute dose — a total dose of radiation administered over such a short period that biological recovery is impossible
- acute-care — providing emergency services and general medical and surgical treatment for acute disorders rather than long-term residential care for chronic illness.
- acyl group — the univalent group RCO–, where R is any organic group attached to one bond of the carbonyl group.
- adactylous — possessing no fingers or toes
- adam's cup — pitcher plant.
- adequacies — Plural form of adequacy.
- adjudicate — If you adjudicate on a dispute or problem, you make an official judgment or decision about it.
- adjunction — (in phrase-structure grammar) the relationship between a branch of a tree representing a sentence to other branches to its left or right that descend from the same node immediately above
- adjunctive — that constitutes an adjunct
- admiraunce — admirance
- aeronautic — relating to air companies
- afro-cuban — of or relating to a type of jazz influenced by Cuban variants of African rhythms
- agricultor — (archaic) An agriculturist; a farmer.
- alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- alexicacus — an epithet of Apollo, meaning “averter of evil,” in reference to his dispelling a plague that afflicted the Athenian forces in the Peloponnesian War.
- alice blue — a pale grayish-blue color.
- alice paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
- 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
- allocution — a formal or authoritative speech or address, esp one that advises, informs, or exhorts
- almucantar — a circle on the celestial sphere parallel to the horizontal plane
- altocumuli — Plural form of altocumulus.
- altruistic — If your behaviour or motives are altruistic, you show concern for the happiness and welfare of other people rather than for yourself.
- alutaceous — Zoology. covered with minute cracks or wrinkles and having a pale, leathery-brown color.