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11-letter words containing c, i, t

  • alchemistic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
  • alembicated — (of a literary style) excessively refined; precious
  • algorithmic — a set of rules for solving a problem in a finite number of steps, as for finding the greatest common divisor.
  • aliturgical — designating those days on which the celebration of certain liturgies, especially the Eucharist, is forbidden.
  • allocations — Plural form of allocation.
  • allocentric — Concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.
  • allocutions — Plural form of allocution.
  • alloplastic — of or relating to alterations made to a patient's external circumstances for the purpose of affecting his mental condition
  • altarpieces — Plural form of altarpiece.
  • altercation — An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
  • altercative — relating to altercation
  • americanist — a person who studies some aspect of America, such as its history or languages
  • amethocaine — The drug tetracaine.
  • amicability — characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.
  • ammonotelic — excreting ammonia as the main nitrogenous waste: characteristic of freshwater fishes and many aquatic invertebrates
  • amphibiotic — having an aquatic larval form and a terrestrial adult form, as amphibians
  • amphictyony — (in ancient Greece) a religious association of states for the maintenance of temples and the cults connected with them
  • amphipathic — of or relating to a molecule that possesses both hydrophobic and hydrophilic elements, such as are found in detergents, or phospholipids of biological membranes
  • amphitricha — bacteria that have flagella at both ends
  • amylopectin — the major component of starch (about 80 per cent), consisting of branched chains of glucose units. It is insoluble and gives a red-brown colour with iodine
  • amyotrophic — (medicine) Characterized by atrophy of the muscles.
  • anacamptics — The science of reflected light; catoptrics.
  • anachronist — A person who has anachronistic views or habits.
  • anacoluthia — lack of grammatical sequence, esp within a single sentence
  • anacoluthic — Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
  • anacreontic — in the manner of the Greek lyric poet Anacreon (?572–?488 bc), noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine
  • anaesthetic — Anaesthetic is a substance that doctors use to stop you feeling pain during an operation, either in the whole of your body when you are unconscious, or in a part of your body when you are awake.
  • anaglyptics — (arts) The art of carving or embossing in low relief.
  • anal erotic — a person who experiences sexual gratification of the anal area
  • analeptics' — restoring; invigorating; giving strength after disease.
  • analogistic — a person who employs or argues from analogy.
  • analyticity — the property of being analytic
  • anaplerotic — of or relating to anaplerosis
  • anarchistic — An anarchistic person believes in anarchism. Anarchistic activity or literature promotes anarchism.
  • anastomotic — Anatomy. communication between blood vessels by means of collateral channels, especially when usual routes are obstructed.
  • anathematic — loathsome; disgusting; hateful.
  • ancestorial — of, belonging to, or relating to ancestors
  • ancientness — The state or quality of being ancient.
  • and circuit — a logic circuit having two or more input wires and one output wire that has a high-voltage output signal if and only if all input signals are at a high voltage simultaneously: used extensively as a basic circuit in computers
  • anecdotical — relating to anecdotes
  • anesthetics — Plural form of anesthetic.
  • animalistic — If you describe a person or their behaviour as animalistic, you mean that they do not try to hide or control their basic feelings and physical needs.
  • animatronic — of, concerned with, or operated by animatronics
  • anisodactyl — (of the feet of passerine birds) having the first toe directed backwards and the other three toes directed forwards
  • anisometric — not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts or unequal measurements
  • anisotropic — not isotropic; having different physical properties in different directions
  • annunciated — Simple past tense and past participle of annunciate.
  • annunciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annunciate.
  • annunciator — a device that gives a visual indication as to which of a number of electric circuits has operated, such as an indicator in a hotel showing in which room a bell has been rung
  • anomalistic — tending to be anomalous
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