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15-letter words containing a, c

  • a case in point — If you say that something is a case in point, you mean that it is a good example of something you have just mentioned.
  • a cracking pace — If you say that someone or something is moving at a cracking pace, you mean that they are moving very quickly.
  • a crock of gold — Gold is a valuable, yellow-colored metal that is used for making jewelry and ornaments, and as an international currency.
  • a false economy — If you describe an attempt to save money as a false economy, you mean that you have not saved any money as you will have to spend a lot more later.
  • a piece of cake — If you think something is very easy to do, you can say it is a piece of cake. People often say this to stop someone feeling worried about doing something they have to do.
  • a straight face — If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh.
  • ab urbe condita — from the founding of the city (Rome, about 753 b.c.). Abbreviation: A.U.C.
  • abiogenetically — in an abiogenetic manner
  • abortion clinic — a place where abortions are conducted legally by doctors
  • above suspicion — in such a position that no guilt may be thought or implied, esp through having an unblemished reputation
  • abraham lincolnAbbey (Anna Marie Gaby Wooldridge; Aminata Moseka) born 1930, U.S. jazz singer, activist, and actress.
  • abscission zone — the zone at the base of a leaf petiole, fruit stalk, or branch in which the abscission layer develops.
  • absence of mind — distraction; forgetfulness
  • absence seizure — petit mal.
  • abstract number — a number that does not designate the quantity of any particular kind of thing.
  • abstract syntax — (language, data)   A form of representation of data that is independent of machine-oriented structures and encodings and also of the physical representation of the data. Abstract syntax is used to give a high-level description of programs being compiled or messages passing over a communications link. A compiler's internal representation of a program will typically be an abstract syntax tree. The abstract syntax specifies the tree's structure is specified in terms of categories such as "statement", "expression" and "identifier". This is independent of the source syntax (concrete syntax) of the language being compiled (though it will often be very similar). A parse tree is similar to an abstract syntax tree but it will typically also contain features such as parentheses which are syntactically significant but which are implicit in the structure of the abstract syntax tree.
  • academicianship — A membership in a national academy of arts or sciences.
  • acanthocephalan — any of the parasitic wormlike invertebrates of the phylum Acanthocephala, the adults of which have a spiny proboscis and live in the intestines of vertebrates
  • acanthus family — the plant family Acanthaceae, typified by tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple opposite leaves, clusters of tubular bracted flowers, and seeds sometimes dispersed by exploding fruit, including the acanthus, caricature, and shrimp plant.
  • accelerationist — a person, especially an economist, who advocates or promotes the acceleration principle.
  • acceptance race — allowance race.
  • accepted masons — a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
  • accepting house — a financial institution that guarantees a bill of exchange, as a result of which it can be discounted on more favourable terms
  • accessibilities — Plural form of accessibility.
  • accessible room — An accessible room is a room that is easy for disabled people to enter and leave.
  • accessorization — to fit or equip with accessories: to accessorize a car with special seat covers.
  • accessory fruit — a fruit having enlarged accessory structures in addition to those formed from the ovary, as the strawberry, in which the fleshy tissue is the enlarged receptacle and the true fruits are the small, dry achenes borne on its surface
  • accessory nerve — either one of the eleventh pair of cranial nerves, which supply the muscles of the head, shoulders, larynx, and pharynx and the viscera of the abdomen and thorax
  • acclimatisation — Alternative spelling of acclimatization.
  • acclimatization — The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.
  • accommodatingly — In an accommodating manner.
  • accommodational — relating to accommodation
  • accomplishments — Plural form of accomplishment.
  • accordion pleat — one of a series of narrow, evenly spaced parallel pleats with alternating raised and recessed folds set into cloth or other material, usually by a commercial pleating machine.
  • account balance — a figure stating how much money is in a bank account; it can be in debit or in credit
  • account current — a record of business transactions that shows the total amount of money owed as of the date of the summarizing statement
  • account payable — a current liability account showing amounts payable by a firm to suppliers for purchases of materials, stocks, or services on credit
  • accountableness — the condition of being answerable or accountable
  • accounting file — (operating system)   A file which holds records of the resources used by individual jobs. These records are used to regulate, and calculate charges for, resources. An entry is opened in the accounting file as each job begins.
  • accrued alimony — an amount of alimony that has not been paid
  • accrued charges — charges incurred in one accounting period that have not been paid by the end of it
  • accrued expense — an expense incurred but not yet paid, as accrued interest on notes payable.
  • acculturational — relating to acculturation
  • ace in the hole — Something that is an ace in the hole is an advantage which you have over an opponent or rival, and which you can use if necessary.
  • acetophenetidin — phenacetin
  • acetyl chloride — a colourless pungent liquid used as an acetylating agent. Formula: CH3COCl
  • acetylene torch — a piece of equipment that burns with a hot flame powered by acetylene and is used for welding, brazing, or soldering
  • acetylsalicylic — as in acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin
  • aches and pains — You can use aches and pains to refer in a general way to any minor pains that you feel in your body.
  • achieved status — the social position a person gains as a result of personal effort.

On this page, we collect all 15-letter words with A-C. It’s easy to find right word with a certain length. It is the easiest way to find 15-letter word that contains in A-C to use in Scrabble or Crossword puzzles

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