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16-letter words containing c, i

  • anti-patriarchal — of or relating to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc.: my father's conservative, patriarchal ways.
  • anti-romanticism — romantic spirit or tendency.
  • anti-theoretical — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
  • antibureaucratic — Lb politics Opposed to bureaucracy.
  • anticholinergics — Plural form of anticholinergic.
  • anticippointment — (informal, rare) A feeling of anticipation followed by disappointment.
  • anticyclogenesis — the intensification or development of an anticyclone.
  • anticyclonically — Lb meteorology In an anticyclonic fashion.
  • 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.
  • antipathetically — In an antipathetic fashion.
  • antipornographic — Opposing pornography.
  • antirecessionary — used to counteract or offest the economic effects of a recession: the president's antirecessionary program.
  • apical dominance — suppression of the development of lateral buds in a growing plant shoot, caused by hormones produced in the tip of the shoot.
  • aplastic anaemia — anaemia caused by a defect in the body's ability to regenerate blood cells
  • apostolic church — the Christian church as founded by the apostles.
  • apple of discord — a golden apple inscribed "For the fairest". It was claimed by Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite, to whom Paris awarded it, thus beginning a chain of events that led to the Trojan War
  • 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.
  • appliance garage — a kitchen compartment or cabinet designed for housing frequently used small electric appliances.
  • application form — a form to be filled in when applying for job, grant etc
  • applied research — research that is put to practical use
  • applied sciences — sciences that are put to practical use
  • appreciativeness — The state or quality of being appreciative.
  • aquidneck island — an island in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
  • arachidonic acid — a fatty acid occurring in animal cells: the metabolic precursor of several groups of biologically active substances, including prostaglandins
  • aratus of sicyon — 271–213 b.c, Greek general: leader of the Achaean League.
  • archaeologically — In an archaeological manner.
  • archaeomagnetism — an archaeological technique for dating certain clay objects by measuring the extent to which they have been magnetized by the earth's magnetic field
  • archconservative — consistently holding extremely conservative views: publisher of the city's archconservative newspaper.
  • archival storage — a method of retaining information outside of the internal memory of a computer
  • arctic red river — a river in the W Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing NW to the Mackenzie River. 310 miles (500 km) long.
  • aristocratically — In an aristocratic manner.
  • armchair banking — the management of one's bank account or accounts using a computer, telephone, or television in the home or via the postal system
  • aromatherapeutic — Of or pertaining to aromatherapy.
  • arsenic trioxide — a white poisonous powder used in the manufacture of glass and as an insecticide, rat poison, and weedkiller. Formula: As2O3
  • arteriocapillary — Relating to the arteries and the capillaries.
  • arteriosclerosis — Arteriosclerosis is a medical condition in which the walls of your arteries become hard and thick, so your blood cannot flow through them properly.
  • arteriosclerotic — degenerative changes in the arteries, characterized by thickening of the vessel walls and accumulation of calcium with consequent loss of elasticity and lessened blood flow.
  • arthroscopically — By means of arthroscopy.
  • arthus' reaction — a severe, local immune reaction to the injection of an antigen in a sensitized host.
  • article of faith — If something is an article of faith for a person or group, they believe in it totally.
  • article of virtu — an object that it interesting because of its rarity, beauty or appeal to a connoisseur
  • artificial blood — a chemical emulsion, capable of carrying oxygen and carbon dioxide, for temporary use as a blood substitute in medical emergencies or when a patient objects to blood transfusions on religious grounds.
  • artificial crown — the enamel-covered part of a tooth above the gum
  • artificial heart — any of various four-chambered devices, modeled on the human heart, that pump blood by attachment to a power source and that are constructed for temporary external use or for implantation as a temporary or permanent heart replacement.
  • artistic license — (legal)   The open source license applicable to Perl.
  • as distinct from — If you say that you are talking about one thing as distinct from another, you are indicating exactly which thing you mean.
  • ascending rhythm — rising rhythm.
  • ascidian tadpole — the free-swimming larva of an ascidian, having a tadpole-like tail containing the notochord and nerve cord
  • asiatic elephant — Indian elephant. See under elephant.
  • asparaginic acid — aspartic acid.
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