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12-letter words containing c

  • analog clock — a clock that represents time by the position of hands on a dial.
  • analog watch — a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial.
  • analogically — In an analogical manner; in the manner of an analogy.
  • analphabetic — not in alphabetical order
  • analytically — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
  • anapaestical — belonging to the form of poetry which uses a reversed dactyl consisting of two short syllables followed by a long one
  • anaphylactic — exaggerated allergic reaction to a foreign protein resulting from previous exposure to it.
  • anapodeictic — (rare, rhetoric) not able to be shown or proved by argument; undemonstrable.
  • anarchically — In an anarchic manner; in the manner of anarchy.
  • anastigmatic — (of a lens or optical device) not astigmatic
  • anatomically — of or relating to anatomy.
  • anchor light — a 32-point light, visible from at least two miles away, shown at night near the bow and not more than 20 feet (6 meters) above the deck of a vessel lying at anchor.
  • anchor plant — a South American shrub, Colletia cruciata, of the buckthorn family, having flattened green branches and yellowish-white flowers.
  • anchor watch — a deck watch maintained by the crew of a ship at anchor.
  • anchoritical — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
  • anchorperson — the primary reporter on a news television broadcast
  • anchovy pear — a Jamaican tree, Grias cauliflora, bearing edible fruits that taste like the mango: family Lecythidaceae
  • and counting — If you say and counting after a number or an amount of something, you mean that the number or amount is continuing to increase.
  • andragogical — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
  • androcentric — having or regarding man or the male sex as central or primary
  • androclinium — clinandrium.
  • androgenetic — related to androgenesis
  • androscoggin — a river flowing from NE New Hampshire through SW Maine into the Kennebec River. 171 miles (275 km) long.
  • anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
  • anelasticity — the property of a substance which has a disproportionate relationship between stress and strain
  • anemochorous — (of a fruit, seed, or spore) adapted for dispersion by wind.
  • anencephalic — born with no or only a partial brain
  • anepigraphic — (of a coin, artifact, etc.) without a legend or inscription.
  • aneurysmatic — (medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal.
  • angiocarpous — being or having fruit contained in a vessel such as a shell
  • angiographic — relating to or using angiography
  • angiosarcoma — a rare, malignant tumour which grows rapidly in the blood vessels
  • anglo-celtic — of or relating to an inhabitant of Australia who was or whose ancestors were born in the British Isles
  • anglo-french — of or relating to England and France
  • anglo-gallic — noting or pertaining to the coins or series of coins issued by the English kings from Henry II to Henry VIII for their French domains.
  • anglophiliac — a strong admiration or enthusiasm for England, its people, and things English.
  • anglophobiac — a person with a fear or dread of England or the English
  • animal black — any of various black pigments, as boneblack or ivory black, obtained from calcined animal matter.
  • animalculism — the theory explaining psychological and pathological phenomena through animalcules
  • animalculist — a person who subscribes to the theory of animalculism
  • animalculous — a minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye, as an infusorian or rotifer.
  • animatronics — a branch of film and theatre technology that combines traditional puppetry techniques with electronics to create lifelike animated effects
  • anisocytosis — (medicine) Significant size variation of blood cells.
  • anisomorphic — differing in the semantic scope of terms referring to the real world: for instance, English and Russian are anisomorphic with regard to colour terms, English treating light blue and navy blue as shades of one colour but Russian treating these two shades as unrelated
  • annihilistic — Relating to annihilation.
  • announceable — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
  • announcement — An announcement is a statement made to the public or to the media which gives information about something that has happened or that will happen.
  • annunciating — Present participle of annunciate.
  • annunciation — In Christianity, the Annunciation was the announcement by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she was going to give birth to the son of God.
  • annunciators — Plural form of annunciator.
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