11-letter words containing m, a, c
- amelanchier — A tree or shrub of a genus that includes the juneberries.
- amen corner — in some rural Protestant churches, the seats to the minister's right, once occupied by those leading the responsive amens
- amenorrheic — of or relating to amenorrhea
- amentaceous — of or like an ament or aments
- americanism — An Americanism is an expression that is typical of people living in the United States of America.
- americanist — a person who studies some aspect of America, such as its history or languages
- americanize — to make or become American in outlook, attitudes, etc
- amethocaine — The drug tetracaine.
- amicability — characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.
- amici prism — a compound prism that spreads out incident white light into a spectrum but produces no deviation of the central color of the dispersed beam.
- amino acids — any of a class of organic compounds that contains at least one amino group, –NH 2 , and one carboxyl group, –COOH: the alpha-amino acids, RCH(NH 2)COOH, are the building blocks from which proteins are constructed.
- ammonotelic — excreting ammonia as the main nitrogenous waste: characteristic of freshwater fishes and many aquatic invertebrates
- amoebocytes — Plural form of amoebocyte.
- amoxicillin — a penicillin antibiotic used to treat a wide range of bacterial infections
- amoxycillin — Obsolete spelling of amoxicillin.
- amphibiotic — having an aquatic larval form and a terrestrial adult form, as amphibians
- amphibrachs — Plural form of amphibrach.
- amphicelous — concave on both sides, as the bodies of the vertebrae of fishes.
- amphichiral — (mathematics) superimposable on its mirror image; achiral.
- amphichroic — producing two colours, one on reacting with an acid, the other on reacting with a base
- amphicrania — (pathology) A headache affecting both sides of the head.
- amphictyony — (in ancient Greece) a religious association of states for the maintenance of temples and the cults connected with them
- amphilochus — a seer, the son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle, and the brother of Alcmaeon.
- amphimacers — Plural form of amphimacer.
- amphipathic — of or relating to a molecule that possesses both hydrophobic and hydrophilic elements, such as are found in detergents, or phospholipids of biological membranes
- amphiphilic — relating to or characterizing an amphiphile
- amphitricha — bacteria that have flagella at both ends
- amphophilic — (cytology) That can be stained with either an acidic or basic dye.
- amplexicaul — (of some sessile leaves, stipules, etc) having an enlarged base that encircles the stem
- amylopectin — the major component of starch (about 80 per cent), consisting of branched chains of glucose units. It is insoluble and gives a red-brown colour with iodine
- amyotrophic — (medicine) Characterized by atrophy of the muscles.
- anacamptics — The science of reflected light; catoptrics.
- anachronism — You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- anastomotic — Anatomy. communication between blood vessels by means of collateral channels, especially when usual routes are obstructed.
- anathematic — loathsome; disgusting; hateful.
- anchorwoman — The anchorwoman on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the woman who presents it.
- anchorwomen — Plural form of anchorwoman.
- and company — You can say and company after mentioning a person's name, to refer also to the people who are associated with that person.
- androconium — a scale on the forewing of certain male butterflies from which an odor attractive to females is emitted.
- anemochores — Plural form of anemochore.
- anglicanism — Anglicanism is the beliefs and practices of the Church of England, and of the churches related to it.
- animalcular — Of, relating to, or resembling, animalcules.
- animalcules — Plural form of animalcule.
- animalculum — animalcule.
- animalistic — If you describe a person or their behaviour as animalistic, you mean that they do not try to hide or control their basic feelings and physical needs.
- animatronic — of, concerned with, or operated by animatronics
- anisometric — not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts or unequal measurements
- anomalistic — tending to be anomalous
- antechamber — An antechamber is a small room leading into a larger room.
- anthomaniac — someone with an extreme fondness for flowers