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20-letter words containing c

  • american labor party — a U.S. political party (1936–56) organized in New York City to gain independent political status for the labor and liberal factions of the Democratic Party.
  • amicus usque ad aras — a friend to the last degree.
  • ammonium bicarbonate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, NH 4 HCO 3 , used chiefly in the manufacture of baking powder.
  • ammonium chrome alum — chrome alum (def 1).
  • ammonium thiocyanate — a colorless, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble solid, CH 4 N 2 S, used chiefly as a herbicide and as a fixative in textile printing.
  • analysis of variance — any of a number of techniques for resolving the observed variance between sets of data into components, esp to determine whether the difference between two samples is explicable as random sampling variation with the same underlying population
  • analytical chemistry — a branch of chemistry that deals with the identification of compounds and mixtures (qualitative analysis) or the determination of the proportions of the constituents (quantitative analysis): techniques commonly used are titration, precipitation, spectroscopy, chromatography, etc.
  • anatomical pathology — the branch of pathology dealing with the morphologic changes in the tissues, both gross and microscopic; pathological anatomy.
  • anatomically correct — having representations of the sexual organs: An anatomically correct doll was shown to the witness.
  • angular acceleration — the rate of change of angular velocity
  • angular displacement — the angle through which a point, line, or body is rotated about a specific axis in a given direction
  • anniversary reaction — a psychological reaction, as depression, occurring at a regularly fixed time and associated with the recollection of an emotionally upsetting past experience, as loss of a loved one.
  • anti-corn law league — an organization founded in 1839 by Richard Cobden and John Bright to oppose the Corn Laws, which were repealed in 1846
  • anti-intellectualism — a feeling of hostility and dislike towards intellectuals and intellectual activities
  • anti-motion-sickness — combatting the effects of motion sickness
  • anticrepuscular arch — antitwilight arch.
  • antidiuretic hormone — vasopressin. Abbreviation: ADH.
  • antifriction bearing — a roller bearing or ball bearing.
  • antimony oxychloride — a white, water-insoluble powder, SbOCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of antimony salts.
  • antony and cleopatra — a tragedy (1606–07?) by Shakespeare.
  • aortic insufficiency — abnormal closure of the aortic valve resulting in regurgitation of blood to the left ventricle.
  • apostolic succession — the doctrine that the authority of Christian bishops derives from the Apostles through an unbroken line of consecration
  • apothecaries' weight — a system of weights, formerly used in pharmacy, based on the Troy ounce, which contains 480 grains. 1 grain is equal to 0.065 gram
  • appalachian dulcimer — dulcimer (def 2).
  • apparent candlepower — a measure of the luminous intensity of an extended source of light in terms of the candlepower of a point source of light that has an equivalent luminous intensity when placed at the same distance as the extended source.
  • apple computer, inc. — (company)   Manufacturers of the Macintosh range of personal computers as well as the earlier Apple I, Apple II and Lisa. Founded on 1 April 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Apples were among the first microcomputers. They originally used the 6502 processor and are still being made (August 1994), now using the 65816. The Apple II line, which includes the Apple I, is the longest existing line of microcomputers. Steve Jobs left Apple (involuntarily) and started NeXT and later returned when Apple bought NeXT in late 1997(?). Quarterly sales $2150M, profits $138M (Aug 1994). http://apple.com/.
  • application software — software designed for a specific need or purpose
  • applications package — a specialized program or set of specialized programs and associated documentation designed to carry out a particular task
  • applications program — a program that is written and designed for specific needs or purposes
  • applicative language — (language)   A functional language. Sometimes used loosely for any declarative language though logic programming languages are declarative but not applicative.
  • arches national park — a national park in E Utah: natural arch formations. 114 sq. mi. (295 sq. km).
  • archiepiscopal cross — patriarchal cross.
  • architectural bronze — a brass alloy of about 57 percent copper, 41 percent zinc, and 2 percent lead.
  • aristarchus of samos — 3rd century bc, Greek astronomer who anticipated Copernicus in advancing the theory that the earth revolves around the sun
  • armchair quarterback — a person who is not a quarterback (or general, etc.), but offers opinions and criticism on the performance or decisions of those who are
  • articulatory feature — a property of a speech sound based on its voicing or on its place or manner of articulation in the vocal tract, as voiceless, bilabial, or stop used in describing the sound (p).
  • artificial harmonics — harmonics of a note produced on a stringed instrument by lightly touching a stopped sounded string.
  • artificial pacemaker — an electronic device for use in certain cases of heart disease to assume the functions of the natural cardiac pacemaker
  • artificial satellite — a man-made device orbiting around the earth, moon, or another planet transmitting to earth scientific information or used for communication
  • artificial selection — a process in the breeding of animals and in the cultivation of plants by which the breeder chooses to perpetuate only those forms having certain desirable inheritable characteristics.
  • aschheim-zondek test — a test used to detect whether a woman is pregnant by noting the effect on the ovaries of an immature mouse or rabbit injected with her urine.
  • asexual reproduction — reproduction, as budding, fission, or spore formation, not involving the union of gametes.
  • asleep at the switch — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
  • assessment procedure — an established method of assessing students or workers
  • associated statehood — the semi-independent political status of various former British colonies in the Caribbean from 1967 until each became an independent state in the British Commonwealth, by which Britain retained responsibility for defence and some aspects of foreign affairs. The associated states were Anguilla, Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines
  • association football — soccer
  • association of stars — a sparsely populated group of between 10 and 1000 young stars of similar spectral type and common origin that are moving too fast to form a permanent, gravitationally bound system.
  • astatic galvanometer — a galvanometer that is unaffected by the earth's magnetic field and is used for measuring small currents.
  • asymmetrical warfare — warfare between a powerful military force and a weak guerilla force
  • at one's convenience — at a time, or in a place or manner, suitable to one
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