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15-letter words containing c, a, n

  • acroanaesthesia — (pathology) Loss of sensation in the extremities.
  • act of congress — a law that has been passed by both houses of the US Congress and signed by the president; if the president has chosen to veto the bill, it can be passed by a two-thirds majority in Congress
  • actinide series — a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium
  • actinium series — a radioactive decay series that starts with uranium-235 and ends with lead-207
  • actinochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with actinism; photochemistry.
  • actinopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Actinopterygii, a group of bony fishes.
  • action painting — a development of abstract expressionism evolved in the 1940s, characterized by broad vigorous brush strokes and accidental effects of thrown, smeared, dripped, or spattered paint
  • action reporter — a news reporter who reports to the public on matters of special interest to the consumer.
  • action stations — the positions taken up by individuals in preparation for or during a battle
  • active hydrogen — hydrogen in the form of single atoms, rather than molecules, which makes it extremely reactive.
  • active immunity — immunity (to a disease) due to the production of antibodies by the body
  • actual argument — (programming)   A value, expression, or reference passed to a function or subroutine when it is called and which replaces or is bound to the corresponding formal argument. See: argument.
  • acyclic terpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
  • adenocarcinomas — Plural form of adenocarcinoma.
  • adenoidectomies — Plural form of adenoidectomy.
  • adjacent angles — two angles that have the same vertex and a side in common
  • adjectivization — Grammar. to make into an adjective, as by adding a suffix: The noun mirth can be adjectivized by adding -ful or -less to form the adjectives mirthful and mirthless.
  • adoption agency — an agency that matches children needing adoption with people willing to adopt
  • adrenalectomies — Plural form of adrenalectomy.
  • adrenoreceptors — Plural form of adrenoreceptor.
  • adult education — Adult education is education for adults in a variety of subjects, most of which are practical, not academic. Classes are often held in the evenings.
  • advance payment — a sum of money paid in advance as a part or the whole of the sum due
  • advanced credit — credit toward a degree allowed to a student by a college for courses taken elsewhere or for high scores on preliminary examinations
  • advanced degree — an academic degree conferred for completion of requirements beyond the undergraduate college level, as M.S. or Ph.D.
  • advanced higher — the highest level of qualification offered within the school system, replacing the former Certificate of Sixth Year Studies
  • advantage court — the receiver's left-hand service court, into which the ball is served when one side has the advantage.
  • advent calendar — a large card with a brightly coloured sometimes tinselled design on it that contains small numbered doors for children to open on each of the days of Advent, revealing pictures beneath them
  • aerobic dancing — a system of exercises combining aerobics with dance steps and usually done to music.
  • aerodynamically — the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of air and other gases and with the effects of such motion on bodies in the medium. Compare aerostatics (def 1).
  • aerodynamicists — Plural form of aerodynamicist.
  • aeroplane cloth — a strong fabric made from cotton, linen, and nylon yarns, used for some light aircraft fuselages and wings
  • african buffalo — Cape buffalo.
  • africanized bee — a hybrid of African and European honeybees, developed in Brazil and known for its disease resistance and superior honey production
  • afternoon watch — the watch from noon until 4 p.m.
  • agranulocytosis — a serious and sometimes fatal illness characterized by a marked reduction of leucocytes, usually caused by hypersensitivity to certain drugs
  • agulhas current — a fast, warm ocean current flowing southwest along the SE coast of Africa
  • air conditioned — If a room or vehicle is air conditioned, the air in it is kept cool and dry by means of a special machine.
  • air conditioner — An air conditioner is a machine which keeps the air in a building cool and dry.
  • airborne attack — an attack involving airborne troops
  • airconditioning — Alternative spelling of air conditioning.
  • aircraft hangar — a large workshop or building for storing and maintaining aircraft
  • airing cupboard — In British houses, an airing cupboard is a warm cupboard where you put clothes and other things that have been washed and partly dried, to make sure they are completely dry.
  • airs and graces — If you refer to someone's airs and graces, you mean that they behave in a way that shows that they think they are more important than other people.
  • aix-en-provence — a city and spa in SE France: the medieval capital of Provence. Pop: 145 721 (2006)
  • akinetic mutism — a state of apparent alertness with normal eye movements but no speech or other voluntary motion, usually due to a stroke.
  • albany congress — a meeting of delegates from seven American colonies, held in 1754 at Albany, New York, at which Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan (Albany Plan of Union) for unifying the colonies.
  • alcohol content — the amount of alcohol that is present in an alcoholic drink
  • alder buckthorn — a Eurasian rhamnaceous shrub, Frangula alnus, with small greenish flowers and black berry-like fruits
  • alignment chart — nomogram.
  • all-you-can-eat — An all-you-can-eat buffet or restaurant is a buffet or restaurant at which you pay a fixed price, no matter how much or how little you eat.
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