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12-letter words containing c

  • afrocentrism — centered on Africa or on African-derived cultures, as those of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti: Afrocentric art.
  • after-effect — The after-effects of an event, experience, or substance are the conditions which result from it.
  • after-school — After-school activities are those that are organized for children in the afternoon or evening after they have finished school.
  • aftereffects — Plural form of aftereffect.
  • agamogenetic — Of or pertaining to agamogenesis.
  • agaricaceous — belonging to the Agaricaceae, a family of fungi including mushrooms having blade-shaped gills on the underside of the cap.
  • agency nurse — a nurse employed by an agency, rather than by a hospital
  • agnostically — a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience. Synonyms: disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever; doubter, skeptic, secularist, empiricist; heathen, heretic, infidel, pagan.
  • agony column — In a British newspaper or magazine, the agony column contains letters from readers about their personal problems, and advice on what to do about them.
  • agp graphics — Accelerated Graphics Port
  • agrammatical — not obeying the rules of grammar
  • agranulocyte — a white blood cell without granules in its cytoplasm
  • agrichemical — a chemical used in agriculture
  • agricultural — Agricultural means involving or relating to agriculture.
  • agriproducts — Plural form of agriproduct.
  • agrochemical — a chemical, such as a pesticide, used for agricultural purposes
  • aichmophobia — the fear of pointed objects, esp needles, pins, etc
  • aid climbing — climbing that employs mechanical devices (aids) to accomplish difficult manoeuvres (artificial moves)
  • aide-de-camp — An aide-de-camp is an officer in the armed forces who helps an officer of higher rank.
  • ailurophilic — relating to ailurophilia
  • ailurophobic — relating to ailurophobia
  • air corridor — an air route along which aircraft are allowed to fly
  • air cylinder — a cylinder containing air, esp one fitted with a piston and used for damping purposes
  • aircraftsman — a person holding the rank of noncommissioned officer in the RAF.
  • airpocalypse — (informal) The presence of dense smog in many parts of China.
  • airport code — a three-letter abbreviation of the names of the world's major airports, used especially as an identifier for routing baggage.
  • alalcomeneus — the first man: he reared Athena and reconciled Zeus and Hera.
  • alant starch — inulin.
  • albert canal — ship canal in Belgium, from Liège to Antwerp: 81 mi (131 km)
  • alcaptonuria — Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria.
  • alchemically — in an alchemical manner
  • alcohol-free — (of beer or wine) containing only a trace of alcohol
  • alcoholicity — the strength of an alcoholic liquor
  • alcoholizing — Present participle of alcoholize.
  • alencon lace — an elaborate lace worked on a hexagonal mesh and used as a border, or a machine-made copy of this
  • alexipharmac — an antidote
  • alexipharmic — acting as an antidote
  • alginic acid — powdery substance extracted from kelp
  • alias dictus — otherwise called; alias.
  • alice palmerAlice Elvira, 1855–1902, U.S. educator.
  • alice's fern — Hartford fern.
  • alkalescence — the process of developing alkaline qualities
  • alkalescency — the tendency to develop alkaline qualities
  • all-american — If you describe someone as an all-American boy or girl, you mean that they seem to have all the typical qualities that are valued by ordinary Americans, such as good looks and love of their country.
  • allegoristic — writing or using allegory; interpreting in an allegorical sense.
  • allelopathic — relating to or characterized by allelopathy
  • allen wrench — a thin, L-shaped wrench with a hexagonal head at both ends, designed to fit the sockets of certain screws and bolts
  • allergically — In an allergic manner; because of allergies.
  • allotropical — (chemistry, rare) Of or pertaining to an element that exhibits allotropy.
  • alphabetical — Alphabetical means arranged according to the normal order of the letters in the alphabet.
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