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16-letter words containing c, a, u

  • ammonium lactate — a colorless to yellow, water-soluble, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 9 NO 3 , used chiefly in electroplating.
  • ammunition pouch — a pouch for carrying ammunition
  • amusement arcade — An amusement arcade is a place where you can play games on machines which work when you put money in them.
  • anal intercourse — a form of sexual intercourse in which the penis is inserted into the anus
  • ancient monument — a historical building or the remains of one, usually dating from no later than the medieval period, that has been designated as worthy of preservation and is often in the care of a government department
  • angular velocity — the velocity of a body rotating about a specified axis measured as the rate of change of the angle subtended at that axis by the path of the body
  • animal sanctuary — a place where animals are brought to live and be protected
  • anti-consumerism — a modern movement for the protection of the consumer against useless, inferior, or dangerous products, misleading advertising, unfair pricing, etc.
  • antibureaucratic — Lb politics Opposed to bureaucracy.
  • antilles current — a warm ocean current flowing NW along the N coast of the Greater Antilles and joining the Florida Current off the SW coast of Florida.
  • apostolic church — the Christian church as founded by the apostles.
  • apple-touch-icon — (programming)   (apple-touch-icon.png) Apple's default icon (image) used to represent a website, e.g. when saved as a bookmark or on the home screen of an iOS device such as an iPhone or iPad. Apple's scheme allows a site to offer images of different sizes so the client can choose the most appropriate one according to its screen size and resolution. Apple devices and applications completely ignore the favicon.ico de facto standard which, while somewhat quirky in its use of the ico format, has been pretty much universally adopted elsewhere. Conversely, apple-touch-icon.png will be ignored by non-Apple devices, possibly because its 16x16 resolution would look pretty shabby on most smart phones.
  • aquidneck island — an island in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
  • aratus of sicyon — 271–213 b.c, Greek general: leader of the Achaean League.
  • aromatherapeutic — Of or pertaining to aromatherapy.
  • around the clock — continuing without pause or interruption: an around-the-clock guard on the prisoner.
  • around-the-clock — all day and all night
  • arthus' reaction — a severe, local immune reaction to the injection of an antigen in a sensitized host.
  • article of virtu — an object that it interesting because of its rarity, beauty or appeal to a connoisseur
  • assigned counsel — any private lawyer designated by a city or county court to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases at public expense.
  • assisted suicide — suicide committed with the assistance of a physician by a person terminally ill or in unmanageable pain
  • atomic mass unit — a unit of mass used to express atomic and molecular weights that is equal to one twelfth of the mass of an atom of carbon-12. It is equivalent to 1.66 × 10–27 kg
  • atomic structure — the concept of an atom as a central positively charged nucleus consisting of protons and neutrons surrounded by a number of electrons. The number of electrons is equal to the number of protons: the whole entity is thus electrically neutral
  • atrioventricular — of, relating to, or affecting both the atria and the ventricles of the heart
  • auckland islands — a group of six uninhabited islands, south of New Zealand. Area: 611 sq km (234 sq miles)
  • auction pinochle — a variety of pinochle for three to five players in which, for every hand, there are three active players, each dealt 15 cards, with the highest bidder winning the contract and playing against the other two active opponents.
  • audience chamber — a room where a monarch or head of state conducts formal interviews
  • audience figures — the number of people regularly watching a television programme or listening to a radio programme
  • audio conference — a meeting that is conducted by the use of audio telecommunications
  • auditory vesicle — the pouch that is formed by the invagination of an ectodermal placode and that develops into the internal ear.
  • australian crawl — a stroke in which the feet are kicked like paddles while the arms reach forward and pull back through the water
  • australopithecus — an extinct genus of small-brained,large-toothed bipedal hominids that lived in Africa between one and four million years ago.
  • authentification — The process of making, or establishing as, authentic.
  • autobiographical — An autobiographical piece of writing relates to events in the life of the person who has written it.
  • autodidactically — a person who has learned a subject without the benefit of a teacher or formal education; a self-taught person.
  • autoethnographic — Using ethnographic techniques to describe one's own life, or events in which one is a participant.
  • autofluorescence — (biology, microscopy) Self-induced fluorescence.
  • autointoxication — self-poisoning caused by absorption of toxic products originating within the body
  • automatic camera — a camera in which the lens aperture or the shutter speed or both are automatically adjusted to the prevailing conditions
  • automatic pistol — a type of pistol having a mechanism that throws out the empty shell, puts in a new one, and prepares the pistol to be fired again.
  • automatic redial — a telephone service feature whereby the last number dialed is automatically called again, either after a specified time or when activated by the user.
  • automatic repeat — a key on the keyboard of a typewriter, computer, etc, which, when depressed continuously, produces the character repeatedly until the key is released
  • automatrix, inc. — (company)   The company which produced CAM-PC. Address: Ballston Spa, NY, USA.
  • autoradiographic — Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance.
  • autostereoscopic — Of or pertaining to autostereoscopy.
  • auxiliary police — a part-time reserve attached to a regular police force
  • background check — an investigation into a person's origins and previous history
  • background music — music of any kind that is played while some other activity is going on, so that people do not actively attend to it
  • background noise — any type of noise that is not the sound that you are specifically listening to or monitoring
  • background paper — a report or other piece of writing that is intended to provide contextual and historical information that will help people understand a particular topic or situation
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