10-letter words containing c, a, i
- andalucian — from or relating to Andalusía
- andragogic — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androecium — the stamens of a flowering plant collectively
- androgenic — any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- anecdotist — a person who tells or collects anecdotes
- anelectric — not capable of acquiring a static electric charge when subjected to friction.
- anemically — Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- anesthetic — relating to, with, or characterized by anesthesia
- angiogenic — promoting or relating to blood vessel growth
- angioscope — An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
- anglecized — Misspelling of anglicized.
- anglicised — Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
- anglicized — having become or been made English in outlook, attitude, form, etc
- anglicizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anglicize.
- anglistics — the study of English language and literature
- anharmonic — of or concerned with an oscillation whose frequency is not an integral factor or multiple of the base frequency
- anhidrotic — curbing the secretion of sweat
- animalcule — a microscopic animal such as an amoeba or rotifer
- anisocoria — inequality in the size of the pupils.
- anisomeric — (of a chemical compound) lacking isomers
- annalistic — a chronicler of events, especially yearly ones; historian.
- announcing — Present participle of announce.
- annunciate — to announce
- anodically — In an anodic manner.
- anorectics — Plural form of anorectic.
- antarctica — a continent around the South Pole: consists of an ice-covered plateau, 1800–3000 m (6000 ft to 10 000 ft) above sea level, and mountain ranges rising to 4500 m (15 000 ft) with some volcanic peaks; average temperatures all below freezing and human settlement is confined to research stations. All political claims to the mainland are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959
- anteceding — to go before, in time, order, rank, etc.; precede: Shakespeare antecedes Milton.
- anthracite — Anthracite is a type of very hard coal which burns slowly, producing a lot of heat and very little smoke.
- anthracoid — resembling anthrax
- anti-knock — An anti-knock agent helps to stop an engine from knocking, making it function more smoothly.
- antibiotic — Antibiotics are medical drugs used to kill bacteria and treat infections.
- anticaking — denoting an agent used to prevent substances from going hard or forming lumps
- anticancer — acting against cancer
- anticaries — characterized by an ability to prevent caries
- anticavity — designed to prevent the occurrence of cavities in teeth: an anticavity toothpaste.
- anticenter — Geology. the point on the surface of the earth diametrically opposite the epicenter of an earthquake.
- antichange — Opposing change.
- antichoice — opposed to granting pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
- antichrist — the antagonist of Christ, expected by early Christians to appear and reign over the world until overthrown at Christ's Second Coming
- antichthon — counterearth.
- antichurch — opposed to the beliefs, practices, and adherents of the Christian church
- anticipant — operating in advance; expectant; anticipating
- anticipate — If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it.
- anticivism — opposition to citizenship
- anticlimax — You can describe something as an anticlimax if it disappoints you because it happens after something that was very exciting, or because it is not as exciting as you expected.
- anticlinal — of, relating to, or resembling an anticline
- anticlines — Plural form of anticline.
- anticodons — Plural form of anticodon.
- anticorona — a luminous edging around the shadow of an observer or the point where his or her shadow would fall, as thrown by the sun upon a cloud or fog bank.
- anticyclic — not conforming to or following a cycle: anticyclical sales that rise when the economy fades.