10-letter words containing c, a, i, n
- acronyming — 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.
- acrophonic — the use of what was originally a logogram as a phonetic symbol for the initial sound of the word the logogram represented, as, in Semitic writing, the use of a picture of a shepherd's crook to represent the sound (l), the first sound of lamed, the Hebrew word for a shepherd's crook.
- acroterion — acroterium.
- actiniform — having radial form; rayed
- actinogram — the record produced by the action of an actinograph.
- actinolite — a green mineral of the amphibole group consisting of calcium magnesium iron silicate. Formula: Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
- actinology — the science of light rays and their chemical effects
- actinopods — any protozoan of the subclass Actinopoda, including the heliozoans and radiolarians, having stiff, rodlike, radiating pseudopodia.
- actinozoan — anthozoan
- action man — a person who relishes physical activity
- actionable — If something that you do or say to someone is actionable, it gives them a valid reason for bringing a legal case against you.
- actionably — In an actionable manner.
- actionless — inactive, without action
- activating — Present participle of activate.
- activation — to make active; cause to function or act.
- active sun — the sun at a maximum of solar activity, occurring every 11 years.
- activeness — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- actomyosin — a complex protein in skeletal muscle that is formed by actin and myosin and which, when stimulated, shortens to cause muscle contraction
- actual sin — any sin that a person commits of his own free will and for which he is personally responsible
- actuations — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- acuminated — Botany, Zoology. pointed; tapering to a point.
- addictions — Plural form of addiction.
- adiactinic — denoting a substance that does not transmit radiation affecting photochemically sensitive materials, such as a safelight in a photographic darkroom
- adirondack — a member of an Algonquian people living mainly north of the St. Lawrence River.
- 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
- admittance — Admittance is the act of entering a place or institution or the right to enter it.
- adrenergic — releasing or activated by adrenaline or an adrenaline-like substance
- adriamycin — a trade name of the anticancer drug doxorubicin
- advocating — to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- advocation — the transfer to itself by a superior court of an action pending in a lower court
- aeronautic — relating to air companies
- aeroponics — aeroculture.
- affections — feelings of fondness, esteem
- affiancing — Present participle of affiance.
- affirmance — a verification, confirmation, or affirmation
- afflicting — deeply distressing; painful
- affliction — An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
- aficionada — a female aficionado
- aficionado — If someone is an aficionado of something, they like it and know a lot about it.
- africander — one of a breed of red beef cattle, raised originally in southern Africa, well adapted to high temperatures.
- africanism — something characteristic of Africa or Africans, esp a characteristic feature of an African language when introduced into a non-African language
- africanist — a person specializing in the study of African affairs or culture
- africanize — to make African, esp to give control of (policy, government, etc) to Africans
- afro-chain — (in the Caribbean) a large chain necklace with a central pendant: usually worn with a dashiki by men
- agonistics — The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
- agronomics — the branch of economics dealing with the distribution, management, and productivity of land
- agrypnotic — inducing, relating to, or characterized by insomnia
- aid agency — an organization that gives money, equipment, or services to people who need them but who cannot provide them for themselves