9-letter words containing c, a, d
- acesodyne — mitigating pain; anodyne.
- acetaldol — aldol (def 1).
- acetamide — a white or colourless soluble deliquescent crystalline compound, used in the manufacture of organic chemicals. Formula: CH3CONH2
- acetified — Simple past tense and past participle of acetify.
- acetylide — any of a class of carbides in which the carbon is present as a diatomic divalent ion (C22–). They are formally derivatives of acetylene
- acid cell — Electricity. a cell using an acid electrolyte.
- acid drop — a boiled sweet with a sharp taste
- acid dust — air-polluting particles of dust, usually wind-borne, having high concentrations of acid.
- acid jazz — a type of music, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, that combines jazz with genres such as funk, hip-hop, and electronic dance music
- acid rain — Acid rain is rain polluted by acid that has been released into the atmosphere from factories and other industrial processes. Acid rain is harmful to the environment.
- acid rock — a type of rock music characterized by electronically amplified bizarre instrumental effects
- acid salt — a salt formed by partial replacement of the acidic hydrogen atoms of the parent acid
- acid soil — a soil that gives a pH reaction of below about 6, found esp in cool moist areas where soluble bases are leached away
- acid test — The acid test of something is an important aspect or result that it might have, which allows you to decide whether it is true or successful.
- acid trip — a psychedelic experience induced by ingesting the hallucinogen LSD.
- acid-fast — (of bacteria and tissues) resistant to decolorization by mineral acids after staining
- acid-head — a person who habitually takes the drug LSD.
- acidaemia — (medicine) a medical condition marked by an abnormally high concentration of hydrogen ions in a person's blood.
- acidaemic — Pertaining to, or afflicted with, acidaemia.
- acidified — Simple past tense and past participle of acidify.
- acidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidify.
- acidities — Plural form of acidity.
- acidizing — Acidizing is the injection of acid into the reservoir rock to enlarge the pore spaces and increase the flow of oil.
- acidophil — (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by acid dyes
- acidulant — an acidulating substance.
- acidulate — to make slightly acid or sour
- acidulent — an acidulating substance.
- acidulous — rather sour
- acquitted — to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty: They acquitted him of the crime. The jury acquitted her, but I still think she's guilty.
- acridness — Bitterness or acerbity.
- acrodonts — Plural form of acrodont.
- acrodrome — (of the veins of a leaf) running parallel to the edges of the leaf and fusing at the tip
- acrodynia — (pathology) An epidemic disease of the skin characterized by increased sensibility of the soles and palms, with pricking sensations in them and rheumatoid pains in the hands and feet.
- acronymed — 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.
- actinides — Plural form of actinide.
- actinopod — any protozoan of the phylum Actinopoda, such as a radiolarian or a heliozoan, having stiff radiating cytoplasmic projections
- activated — to make active; cause to function or act.
- ad agency — An ad agency is a company whose business is to create advertisements for other companies or organizations.
- addicting — a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
- addiction — Addiction is the condition of taking harmful drugs and being unable to stop taking them.
- addictive — If a drug is addictive, people who take it cannot stop taking it.
- adducting — Present participle of adduct.
- adduction — an adducing or citing
- adductive — of a nature that leads towards a change
- adductors — Plural form of adductor.
- adherence — Adherence is the fact of adhering to a particular rule, agreement, or belief.
- adhocracy — management that responds to urgent problems rather than planning to avoid them
- adiabatic — (of a thermodynamic process) taking place without loss or gain of heat
- adipocere — a waxlike fatty substance formed during the decomposition of corpses
- adipocyte — a fat cell that accumulates and stores fats