11-letter words containing a, c
- acidulation — to make somewhat acid.
- acidulously — In a acidulous manner; in a mildly sour or acid way.
- acinaciform — (of leaves) shaped like a scimitar; curved
- acknowledge — If you acknowledge a fact or a situation, you accept or admit that it is true or that it exists.
- acmesthesia — awareness of sharp points through the sense of touch without experiencing pain.
- acoelomates — Plural form of acoelomate.
- acorn chair — a Jacobean chair having a crossrail with acorn-shaped pendants.
- acorn clock — a mantel clock of the first half of the 19th century, having the upper part of the case shaped with a double ogee curve to resemble an acorn.
- acorn spoon — a spoon having an acornlike ornament at the end of its stem.
- acorn sugar — quercitol.
- acorn valve — a small electronic valve, approximately acorn-shaped with small closely-spaced electrodes, used in ultrahigh-frequency applications
- acoustician — an expert in acoustics
- acquaintant — (rare) An acquaintance.
- acquainting — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- acquiescent — Someone who is acquiescent is ready to agree to do what someone wants, or to accept what they do.
- acquiescing — to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
- acquiesence — A state or instance of acquiescing or passively accepting something, without necessarily consenting to it.
- acquirement — an acquiring or being acquired
- acquisition — If a company or business person makes an acquisition, they buy another company or part of a company.
- acquisitive — If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions.
- acquisitory — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
- acquittance — a release from or settlement of a debt, etc
- acraldehyde — acrolein.
- acriflavine — a brownish or orange-red powder used in medicine as an antiseptic and disinfectant. Formula: C14H14N3Cl
- acrimonious — Acrimonious words or quarrels are bitter and angry.
- acroamatics — Esoteric lectures.
- acrocarpous — (of mosses) having clustered upright stems and the reproductive parts borne at the tip of a stem
- acrocentric — (of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end
- acrocephaly — oxycephaly
- acrochordon — (medicine) A soft, pedunculated or pensile wart, consisting of myomatous or edematous fibrous tissue, often found on the neck or eyelids of elderly persons.
- acrocinesia — (pathology) Excessive movement of the limbs.
- acrocorinth — the citadel of ancient Corinth: strategic in the control of the Isthmus of Corinth; extensive ruins.
- acrodynamic — Lb linguistics acrokinetic.
- acrokinesia — (pathology) Alternative form of acrocinesia.
- acromegalia — (disease) An alternative name for the disease acromegaly.
- acromegalic — (pathology) Pertaining to or characteristic of acromegaly. (from 19th c.).
- acronymania — a great enthusiasm for creating acronyms
- acropetally — in an upward direction, towards the apex
- acropolises — Plural form of acropolis.
- acrylamides — Plural form of acrylamide.
- act curtain — Theater. a curtain for closing the proscenium opening between acts or scenes.
- act warning — notification from the manager advising the performers of the amount of time left before they must appear onstage.
- acting area — the part of a stage used by the actors: Confine the acting area for this scene to downstage.
- actinic ray — a ray of light of short wavelengths, as ultraviolet or violet, that produces photochemical effects.
- actinically — In an actinic manner.
- actinodrome — (of a leaf) palmately veined.
- actinograph — a recording actinometer
- actinometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of radiation, esp of the sun's rays
- actinometry — The measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation.
- actinomyces — a genus of bacteria that causes disease in humans and improves soil ecology