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13-letter words containing c, i, r

  • acylcarnitine — (organic chemistry) Any ester of carnitine and a carboxylic acid (especially a fatty acid).
  • advance ratio — the ratio of wind speed along the axis of a rotor or propeller to the speed of the blade tip
  • adventuristic — relating to adventurism
  • aerial camera — a camera used to take pictures from the air
  • aeroacoustics — the study of the generation and transmittance of sound by fluid flow
  • aerodynamical — relating to aerodynamics
  • aeromagnetics — the science of measuring magnetic characteristics associated with atmospheric conditions of the earth.
  • aeromechanics — the mechanics of gases, esp air
  • affenpinscher — a small wire-haired breed of dog of European origin, having tufts of hair on the muzzle
  • affinity card — An affinity card is a type of credit card. The bank which issues the card gives a small amount of money to a charity or institution each time the customer spends a certain amount with their card.
  • african daisy — any of several composite plants native to Africa, especially of the genera Arctotis, Gerbera, and Lonas, having showy, daisylike flowers.
  • african grape — a watermelon.
  • african plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising the African continent as well as adjacent ocean basins (the Canary, Cape Verde, Angola, Cape Agulhas, Somali, Madagascar, and Natal Basins), and bounded on the north by the Eurasian and Arabian Plates, on the east by mid-ocean ridges (the Southwest Indian, Mid-Indian, and Carlsberg Ridges), on the south by the Antarctic Plate, and on the west by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
  • african union — an organization of African states established in 2002 as successor to the OAU; it aims to encourage economic development and political stability through increased cooperation between its members
  • afro-american — African-American
  • agriculturist — an agricultural expert
  • agro-economic — of or relating to a nation's agricultural economy, the financial problems of farmers as a group, etc.: mounting pressures on the agro-economic system.
  • agrobacterium — A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
  • agrochemicals — Plural form of agrochemical.
  • agroecologist — One who studies agroecology.
  • agronomically — in an agronomic manner
  • ahistorically — In an ahistorical way.
  • ailurophiliac — Appropriate or pleasing to ailurophiles.
  • air ambulance — An air ambulance is a helicopter or plane that is used for taking people to hospital.
  • air commodore — a senior officer of the Royal Air Force and certain other air forces, of equivalent rank to brigadier in the Army
  • air core coil — having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils: air-core transformer.
  • air discharge — Air discharge is a method for testing ESD-protection structures in which the ESD generator is discharged through an air gap between the generator and the device under test.
  • air force one — the US Air Force plane used by the US president
  • air injection — injection of liquid fuel into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine, especially a diesel, by means of a jet of compressed air.
  • air-condition — to apply air conditioning to
  • aircraftwoman — The female equivalent of an aircraftman.
  • aircraftwomen — Plural form of aircraftwoman.
  • albumin color — (in textile printing) a color fixed to a fabric by an albuminous mordant.
  • alexis carrel — Alexis [uh-lek-sis;; French a-lek-see] /əˈlɛk sɪs;; French a lɛkˈsi/ (Show IPA), 1873–1944, French surgeon and biologist, in U.S. 1905–39: Nobel Prize 1912.
  • algebraically — of, occurring in, or utilizing algebra.
  • alice springs — a town in central Australia, in the Northern Territory, in the Macdonnell Ranges. Pop: 23 640 (2001)
  • all-embracing — Something that is all-embracing includes or affects everyone or everything.
  • allegorically — consisting of or pertaining to allegory; of the nature of or containing allgegory; figurative: an allegorical poem; an allegorical meaning.
  • allelomorphic — relating to alleles
  • allergenicity — causing allergic sensitization.
  • allochromatic — Physical Chemistry. pertaining to or having photochemical properties resulting from an impurity or from exposure to radiation.
  • alpha carinae — Canopus1
  • alpha scorpii — Antares
  • alphanumerics — Plural form of alphanumeric.
  • alsike clover — a European clover, Trifolium hybridum, having pink flowers, grown in the U.S. for forage.
  • america's cup — an international yachting trophy, first won by the schooner America in 1851 and held as a challenge trophy by the New York Yacht Club until 1983
  • american aloe — century plant
  • american bond — a brickwork bond having a course of headers between five or six courses of stretchers.
  • american curl — a breed of slender cat with curled-back ears and a plumed tail
  • american fork — a town in central Utah.
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