11-letter words containing c, a, s
- accustomary — customary or usual
- accustoming — Present participle of accustom.
- accustomise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of accustomize.
- accustomize — (rare) To learn to adapt one's lifestyle to a new or changed environment.
- acetabulums — Plural form of acetabulum.
- achondrites — Plural form of achondrite.
- achromatism — the condition or quality of being achromatic; lack of color
- achromatous — having little or no colour or less than is normal
- acid-washed — (of a denim garment) processed with a bleach solution so that the color becomes faded and grayish.
- acidimeters — Plural form of acidimeter.
- acidophilus — a lactic-acid-producing bacterium primarily found in live yoghurt, useful in restoring bacterial balance in the intestine
- acidulously — In a acidulous manner; in a mildly sour or acid way.
- acmesthesia — awareness of sharp points through the sense of touch without experiencing pain.
- acoelomates — Plural form of acoelomate.
- acorn spoon — a spoon having an acornlike ornament at the end of its stem.
- acorn sugar — quercitol.
- acoustician — an expert in acoustics
- acquiescent — Someone who is acquiescent is ready to agree to do what someone wants, or to accept what they do.
- acquiescing — to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.
- acquiesence — A state or instance of acquiescing or passively accepting something, without necessarily consenting to it.
- acquisition — If a company or business person makes an acquisition, they buy another company or part of a company.
- acquisitive — If you describe a person or an organization as acquisitive, you do not approve of them because you think they are too concerned with getting new possessions.
- acquisitory — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
- acrimonious — Acrimonious words or quarrels are bitter and angry.
- acroamatics — Esoteric lectures.
- acrocarpous — (of mosses) having clustered upright stems and the reproductive parts borne at the tip of a stem
- acrocinesia — (pathology) Excessive movement of the limbs.
- acrokinesia — (pathology) Alternative form of acrocinesia.
- acropolises — Plural form of acropolis.
- acrylamides — Plural form of acrylamide.
- actinomyces — a genus of bacteria that causes disease in humans and improves soil ecology
- actinostele — (botany) A type of protostele, in which the core of vascular tissue in the stem extends outward in lobes.
- action shot — a still photograph that shows someone or something in motion
- activations — Plural form of activation.
- active dbms — (database) A conventional or passive DBMS combined with a means of event detection and condition monitoring. Event handling is often rule-based, as with an expert system.
- active list — a list of officers available for full duty
- active mass — the effective concentration of a substance.
- active site — the part of an enzyme that interacts with the substrate during catalysis.
- actual cost — the cost of a product based on incurred costs of material and labor required in its production.
- actualising — Present participle of actualise.
- actualistic — the doctrine that all reality is animate or in motion.
- actualities — Plural form of actuality.
- acupressure — Acupressure is the treatment of pain by a type of massage in which pressure is put on certain areas of a person's body.
- adhocracies — Plural form of adhocracy.
- adipocerous — Like adipocere.
- adjudicates — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- adolescence — Adolescence is the period of your life in which you develop from being a child into being an adult.
- adolescents — Plural form of adolescent.
- adscription — ascription
- adultescent — an adult who is still actively interested in youth culture