10-letter words containing i, c, o
- anatomical — Anatomical means relating to the structure of the bodies of people and animals.
- anchor ice — ice that forms at the bottom of a lake or river
- anchorites — Plural form of anchorite.
- anchoritic — of or relating to an anchorite
- anchylosis — (anatomy, medicine) alternative spelling of ankylosis.
- ancipitous — Alternative form of ancipital.
- andragogic — 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.
- androecium — the stamens of a flowering plant collectively
- androgenic — any substance, as testosterone or androsterone, that promotes male characteristics.
- anecdotist — a person who tells or collects anecdotes
- angiogenic — promoting or relating to blood vessel growth
- angioscope — An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
- anharmonic — of or concerned with an oscillation whose frequency is not an integral factor or multiple of the base frequency
- anhidrotic — curbing the secretion of sweat
- anisocoria — inequality in the size of the pupils.
- anisomeric — (of a chemical compound) lacking isomers
- announcing — Present participle of announce.
- anodically — In an anodic manner.
- anorectics — Plural form of anorectic.
- anthracoid — resembling anthrax
- anti-knock — An anti-knock agent helps to stop an engine from knocking, making it function more smoothly.
- antibiotic — Antibiotics are medical drugs used to kill bacteria and treat infections.
- antichoice — opposed to granting pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
- antichthon — counterearth.
- anticodons — Plural form of anticodon.
- anticorona — a luminous edging around the shadow of an observer or the point where his or her shadow would fall, as thrown by the sun upon a cloud or fog bank.
- antidromic — (of nerve fibres) conducting nerve impulses in a direction opposite to normal
- antierotic — discouraging sexual desire
- antiheroic — relating to or in the manner of an antihero
- antilochus — a son of Nestor and a trusted friend of Achilles.
- antipatico — (of people or situations) Unpleasant, odious, unsympathetic, harsh, (of person) crabby.
- antiphonic — relating to or resembling an antiphon
- antipoetic — relating to poetry which does not conform to poetic conventions
- antipolice — opposed to or against the police
- antischool — Opposed to schools.
- antishocks — antishock
- antisocial — Someone who is antisocial is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- anxiogenic — Causing anxiety, or pertaining to the causing of anxiety.
- anxiolytic — any of a class of drugs that reduce anxiety
- apagogical — proving by apagoge
- aphoristic — of, relating to, or resembling an aphorism
- apodeictic — unquestionably true by virtue of demonstration
- apolaustic — concerned with or dedicated to enjoyment
- apolitical — Someone who is apolitical is not interested in politics.
- apologetic — If you are apologetic, you show or say that you are sorry for causing trouble for someone, for hurting them, or for disappointing them.
- apopemptic — relating to departure, valedictory
- apoplectic — If someone is apoplectic, they are extremely angry about something.
- aposematic — (of the coloration of certain distasteful or poisonous animals) characterized by bright conspicuous markings, which predators recognize and learn to avoid; warning
- apothecial — Lb lichenology Relating to the apothecium.
- apothecium — a cup-shaped structure that contains the asci, esp in lichens; a type of ascocarp