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12-letter words containing c, t

  • acculturated — Simple past tense and past participle of acculturate.
  • acculturates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acculturate.
  • accumulating — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
  • accumulation — An accumulation of something is a large number of things which have been collected together or acquired over a period of time.
  • accumulative — If something is accumulative, it becomes greater in amount, number, or intensity over a period of time.
  • accumulators — Plural form of accumulator.
  • accurateness — The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
  • accusatorial — containing or implying blame or strong criticism
  • accustomises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accustomise.
  • accustrement — the process of equipping with accoutrements
  • acenaphthene — (organic compound) A hydrocarbon, found in coal tar, derived from naphthalene by the addition of a short aliphatic bridge.
  • acenesthesia — loss of the physical awareness of one's body.
  • acetaldehyde — a colourless volatile pungent liquid, miscible with water, used in the manufacture of organic compounds and as a solvent and reducing agent. Formula: CH3CHO
  • acetic ether — a colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , having a fragrant, fruitlike odor: used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfumes, flavorings, and confections, and as a solvent for paints, varnishes, and lacquers.
  • acetoacetate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetoacetic acid.
  • acetone body — ketone body
  • acetonitrile — a colourless organic chemical, CH3CN, used chiefly as a solvent
  • acetophenone — a colorless liquid, C 8 H 8 O, having a sweet odor: used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfume.
  • acetostearin — a waxlike, nongreasy solid, C 23 H 44 O 5 : used chiefly as a food preservative and as a plasticizer.
  • acetyl group — the univalent group, CH 3 CO–, derived from acetic acid.
  • achievements — Plural form of achievement.
  • achromatopia — Defective ability to see colours.
  • achromatopsy — Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; daltonism, achromatopia.
  • acid-tongued — bitingly critical or sarcastic; sharp-tongued: a critic famous for his acid-tongued reviews.
  • acoustic ohm — the unit of acoustic impedance, equal to the impedance of a medium in which a sound pressure of one dyne per square centimeter produces a velocity of one centimeter per second.
  • acoustically — with reference to acoustics; from the standpoint of acoustics
  • acoustimeter — a portable electronic device for measuring noise levels, especially those of traffic.
  • acquaintance — An acquaintance is someone who you have met and know slightly, but not well.
  • acquirements — Plural form of acquirement.
  • acquisitions — An asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum.
  • acquittances — Plural form of acquittance.
  • acrophonetic — relating to the use of symbols to represent sounds
  • acrostically — In the manner of an acrostic.
  • act of faith — an act that demonstrates or tests a person's religious beliefs
  • act the goat — to fool around
  • actabilities — Plural form of actability.
  • actinic rays — light rays, esp. the violet and ultraviolet parts of the spectrum, that produce chemical changes, as in photography
  • actinometers — Plural form of actinometer.
  • actinometric — Of or pertaining to actinometry.
  • actinomorphy — The condition of being actinomorphic.
  • actinomycete — any bacterium of the group Actinomycetes, usually filamentous in form
  • actinomycins — Plural form of actinomycin.
  • actinostelic — Of or possessing an actinostele.
  • action grant — funds awarded by the federal government on a competitive basis to cities that submit plans for urban development and are able to show that such plans have the cooperation and endorsement of private investors.
  • action group — a group of people who come together to fight for a particular cause or to carry out a particular task
  • action movie — film focussed on action sequences
  • action point — one of a series of notes drawn up after a meeting stating what tasks need to be carried out and who will do each one
  • active layer — (in arctic or subarctic regions) the layer of soil, above the permafrost, that thaws during the summer.
  • active voice — a voice of verbs used to indicate that the subject of a sentence is performing the action or causing the event or process described by the verb, as kicked in the boy kicked the football
  • activization — to make active; activate.
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