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15-letter words containing c, a, t

  • a case in point — If you say that something is a case in point, you mean that it is a good example of something you have just mentioned.
  • a straight face — If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh.
  • ab urbe condita — from the founding of the city (Rome, about 753 b.c.). Abbreviation: A.U.C.
  • abiogenetically — in an abiogenetic manner
  • abortion clinic — a place where abortions are conducted legally by doctors
  • abstract number — a number that does not designate the quantity of any particular kind of thing.
  • abstract syntax — (language, data)   A form of representation of data that is independent of machine-oriented structures and encodings and also of the physical representation of the data. Abstract syntax is used to give a high-level description of programs being compiled or messages passing over a communications link. A compiler's internal representation of a program will typically be an abstract syntax tree. The abstract syntax specifies the tree's structure is specified in terms of categories such as "statement", "expression" and "identifier". This is independent of the source syntax (concrete syntax) of the language being compiled (though it will often be very similar). A parse tree is similar to an abstract syntax tree but it will typically also contain features such as parentheses which are syntactically significant but which are implicit in the structure of the abstract syntax tree.
  • acanthocephalan — any of the parasitic wormlike invertebrates of the phylum Acanthocephala, the adults of which have a spiny proboscis and live in the intestines of vertebrates
  • acanthus family — the plant family Acanthaceae, typified by tropical herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple opposite leaves, clusters of tubular bracted flowers, and seeds sometimes dispersed by exploding fruit, including the acanthus, caricature, and shrimp plant.
  • accelerationist — a person, especially an economist, who advocates or promotes the acceleration principle.
  • acceptance race — allowance race.
  • accepted masons — a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
  • accepting house — a financial institution that guarantees a bill of exchange, as a result of which it can be discounted on more favourable terms
  • accessibilities — Plural form of accessibility.
  • accessorization — to fit or equip with accessories: to accessorize a car with special seat covers.
  • accessory fruit — a fruit having enlarged accessory structures in addition to those formed from the ovary, as the strawberry, in which the fleshy tissue is the enlarged receptacle and the true fruits are the small, dry achenes borne on its surface
  • acclimatisation — Alternative spelling of acclimatization.
  • acclimatization — The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.
  • accommodatingly — In an accommodating manner.
  • accommodational — relating to accommodation
  • accomplishments — Plural form of accomplishment.
  • accordion pleat — one of a series of narrow, evenly spaced parallel pleats with alternating raised and recessed folds set into cloth or other material, usually by a commercial pleating machine.
  • account balance — a figure stating how much money is in a bank account; it can be in debit or in credit
  • account current — a record of business transactions that shows the total amount of money owed as of the date of the summarizing statement
  • account payable — a current liability account showing amounts payable by a firm to suppliers for purchases of materials, stocks, or services on credit
  • accountableness — the condition of being answerable or accountable
  • accounting file — (operating system)   A file which holds records of the resources used by individual jobs. These records are used to regulate, and calculate charges for, resources. An entry is opened in the accounting file as each job begins.
  • acculturational — relating to acculturation
  • ace in the hole — Something that is an ace in the hole is an advantage which you have over an opponent or rival, and which you can use if necessary.
  • acetophenetidin — phenacetin
  • acetyl chloride — a colourless pungent liquid used as an acetylating agent. Formula: CH3COCl
  • acetylene torch — a piece of equipment that burns with a hot flame powered by acetylene and is used for welding, brazing, or soldering
  • acetylsalicylic — as in acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin
  • achieved status — the social position a person gains as a result of personal effort.
  • achievement age — the age at which a child should be able to perform a standardized test successfully
  • achilles tendon — Your Achilles tendon or your Achilles is the tendon inside the back of your leg just above your heel.
  • achromatic lens — a system of two or more lenses that is substantially free from chromatic aberration and in which the lenses are made of different substances so that the focal length of the system is the same for two or three wavelengths of light.
  • achromatophilia — the property of having little or no affinity for stains.
  • acid test ratio — a ratio of cash, receivables, and marketable securities to current liabilities, used in determining credit risks.
  • acknowledgement — An acknowledgement is a statement or action which recognizes that something exists or is true.
  • acknowledgments — a section of text containing an author’s statement acknowledging his or her use of the works of other authors and thanking the people who have helped him or her, usually printed at the front of a book
  • acoustic guitar — an ordinary guitar, which produces its normal sound through the sounding board and is not amplified in any way
  • acoustic screen — a fabric-covered, double-sided screen used in open areas such as offices to absorb noise
  • acoustical tile — tile made in various sizes and textures from soft, usually fibrous, sound-absorbing material, as wood, cork, or metal, and typically applied to ceilings or walls.
  • acousticophobia — Fear of noise.
  • acoustoelectric — electroacoustic.
  • acquisitiveness — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
  • 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

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