12-letter words containing i, n, c
- 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
- activization — to make active; activate.
- acutilingual — having a sharply pointed tongue or mouth, as certain bees.
- addictedness — the state of being addicted
- adenectomies — Plural form of adenectomy.
- adjudicating — Present participle of adjudicate.
- adjudication — the act of adjudicating
- adjunctively — in an adjunctive manner
- adjunctivity — The state or quality of being adjunctive, or of forming or constituting an adjunct.
- adminiculary — Adminicular.
- adminiculate — to attest or corroborate; to confirm or affirm as true
- aerification — an act of combining with air.
- aerodonetics — the study of soaring or gliding flight, esp the study of gliders
- aerodynamics — Aerodynamics is the study of the way in which objects move through the air.
- aeromagnetic — of magnetism in the atmosphere
- aeromechanic — an aircraft mechanic
- aeromedicine — the medical treatment of disorders associated with air or space travel
- aeronautical — Aeronautical means involving or relating to the design and construction of aeroplanes.
- aesthetician — a student of aesthetics
- affectations — Plural form of affectation.
- affectionado — Misspelling of aficionado.
- affectionate — If you are affectionate, you show your love or fondness for another person in the way that you behave towards them.
- afficionados — Plural form of afficionado.
- affranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of affranchise.
- african gray — an ashy-gray, African parrot, Psittacus erithacus, having a short, red tail, noted especially for its ability to mimic speech.
- african lily — an African plant (Agapanthus africanus) of the lily family with blue or white, funnel-shaped flowers
- african time — unpunctuality
- africanness' — Also, Africa. of or from Africa; belonging to the black peoples of Africa.
- afrocentrism — centered on Africa or on African-derived cultures, as those of Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti: Afrocentric art.
- agamogenetic — Of or pertaining to agamogenesis.
- 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.
- aid climbing — climbing that employs mechanical devices (aids) to accomplish difficult manoeuvres (artificial moves)
- 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.
- alcaptonuria — Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria.
- alcoholizing — Present participle of alcoholize.
- alginic acid — powdery substance extracted from kelp
- alice's fern — Hartford fern.
- 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.
- alphanumeric — (of a character set, code, or file of data) consisting of alphabetical and numerical symbols
- alphitomancy — the use of barley meal as a means of divination.
- altercations — Plural form of altercation.
- altiloquence — Pompous language; lofty speech.