5-letter words containing a, c
- anzac — (in World War I) a soldier serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
- apace — If something develops or continues apace, it is developing or continuing quickly.
- apacs — Association for Payment Clearing Services
- apoc. — Apocalypse
- ara-c — a toxic synthetic nucleoside, C 9 H 13 N 3 O 5 , used as an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agent in the treatment of certain leukemias.
- arcas — a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- arced — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arch- — Arch- combines with nouns referring to people to form new nouns that refer to people who are extreme examples of something. For example, your arch-rival is the rival you most want to beat.
- archy — a male given name, form of Archibald.
- arcid — (zoology) Any of the Arcidae; an ark shell.
- arcus — an arcus senilis
- areca — any of various tall palms of the genus Areca, which are native to SE Asia and have white flowers and orange or red egg-shaped nuts
- areic — relating to division by area
- arica — a port in extreme N Chile: awarded to Chile in 1929 after the lengthy Tacna-Arica dispute with Peru; outlet for Bolivian and Peruvian trade. Pop: 180 000 (2005 est)
- armco — a metal safety barrier erected at the side of motor-racing circuits, esp on corners
- artic — (informal) Short form of articulated lorry.
- ascap — American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
- ascii — American standard code for information interchange: a computer code for representing alphanumeric characters
- asco- — indicating a bladder or ascus
- ascon — a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- ascot — a cravat with wide square ends, usually secured with an ornamental stud
- ascus — a saclike structure that produces (usually) eight ascospores during sexual reproduction in ascomycetous fungi such as yeasts and mildews
- asdic — sonar
- aspca — American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- aspic — Aspic is a clear shiny jelly made from meat juices. It is used in making cold savoury meat dishes.
- async — (computing) Asynchronous.
- atcha — Eye dialect of at you.
- atrac — Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding
- attic — An attic is a room at the top of a house just below the roof.
- aulic — relating to a royal court
- auric — of or containing gold in the trivalent state
- awacs — airborne warning and control system
- ayacc — A Yacc-like parser generator from the Irvine Research Unit in Software written in Ada that produce Ada output. Comes with aflex. Version 1.2a. Mailing list: <[email protected]>.
- azoic — without life; characteristic of the ages that have left no evidence of life in the form of organic remains
- aztec — a member of a Mexican Indian people who established a great empire, centred on the valley of Mexico, that was overthrown by Cortés and his followers in the early 16th century
- bacau — a city in E Romania on the River Bistrila: oil refining, textiles, paper. Pop: 128 000 (2005 est)
- bacca — a simple, fleshy, indehiscent fruit developing from a single ovary, such as the grape or cranberry
- baccy — Older Use. tobacco.
- bacha — a child or a young person
- bache — (obsolete) The dale of a stream or rivulet.
- backs — a large tub, vat, or cistern used by dyers, brewers, distillers, etc., to hold liquids.
- bacne — acne on one's back: Bacne can cause pain and scarring.
- bacon — Bacon is salted or smoked meat which comes from the back or sides of a pig.
- baeck — Leo. 1873–1956, German Jewish theologian: a leader of the German Jews during the Nazi period; major work The Essence of Judaism (1905)
- balch — Emily Greene, 1867–1961, U.S. economist, sociologist, and author: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- banco — a call in gambling games such as chemin de fer and baccarat by a player or bystander who wishes to bet against the entire bank
- barca — the surname of several noted Carthaginian generals, including Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal
- barch — Bachelor of Architecture
- baric — of or containing barium
- basic — You use basic to describe things, activities, and principles that are very important or necessary, and on which others depend.