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15-letter words containing p, a, c

  • anamorphic lens — a component in the optical system of a film projector for converting standard 35mm film images into wide-screen format
  • anchorage point — a point to which something such as the straps securing a childseat can be safely attached
  • aneroid capsule — a box or chamber of thin metal, partially exhausted of air, used in the aneroid barometer and pressure altimeter.
  • angina pectoris — a sudden intense pain in the chest, often accompanied by feelings of suffocation, caused by momentary lack of adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
  • anisotropically — Physics. of unequal physical properties along different axes. Compare isotropic (def 1).
  • annular eclipse — an eclipse of the sun in which the moon does not cover the entire disc of the sun, so that a ring of sunlight surrounds the shadow of the moon
  • antarctic plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising Antarctica and adjacent ocean basins (the South Indian, Southeast Pacific, and Atlantic-Indian basins) and bounded on the north by the Nazca, South American, African, Indo-Australian, and Pacific plates.
  • anthropocentric — regarding man as the most important and central factor in the universe
  • anthropological — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
  • anthropometrics — the science of measuring the size and proportions of the human body (called anthropometry), especially as applied to the design of furniture and machines.
  • anthropomorphic — Anthropomorphic means relating to the idea that an animal, a god, or an object has feelings or characteristics like those of a human being.
  • anthropopsychic — the attribution of consciousness to divine beings and nature
  • anti-capitalism — an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.
  • anti-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • anti-corruption — the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
  • anti-pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
  • anti-patriarchy — a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe.
  • anti-productive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • anti-republican — of, relating to, or of the nature of a republic.
  • antiaphrodisiac — something that represses sexual desire
  • anticardiolipin — (medicine, immunology) Directed against cardiolipin.
  • anticipointment — (rare) The state of mind resulting from excitedly anticipating a strongly promoted product, event, film, etc, and then being disappointed when it fails to meet the expectations generated by this promotion.
  • anticlinal trap — An anticlinal trap is a structural trap which is closed by an anticline (= an arch-shaped fold in rock, in which rock layers are upwardly convex).
  • anticompetitive — (in business) discouraging competition
  • antiperistaltic — reversed peristaltic action of the intestines, by which their contents are carried upward.
  • antispeculation — opposed to or acting against excessive oil speculation
  • antispeculative — opposed to or acting against speculation
  • apartment block — building: flats, apartments
  • apical meristem — meristem at the apex of a root or shoot.
  • aplastic anemia — a form of anemia resulting from a failure of the bone marrow to produce adequate quantities of the essential blood components, including leukocytes and platelets
  • apocalyptically — of or like an apocalypse; affording a revelation or prophecy.
  • apollo computer — (company)   A company making workstations often used for CAD. From 1980 to 1987, Apollo were the largest manufacturer of network workstations. Apollo workstations ran Aegis, a proprietary operating system with a Posix-compliant Unix alternative frontend. Apollo's networking was particularly elegant, among the first to allow demand paging over the network, and allowing a degree of network transparency and low sysadmin-to-machine ratio that is still unmatched. Apollo's largest customers were Mentor Graphics (electronic design), GM, Ford, Chrysler, and Boeing (mechanical design). Apollo was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 1989, and gradually closed down over the period 1990-1997.
  • apostle pitcher — a stoneware pitcher decorated in relief with figures of the apostles.
  • apostles' creed — a concise statement of Christian beliefs dating from about 500 ad, traditionally ascribed to the Apostles
  • apostolic vicar — vicar apostolic.
  • apostolicalness — The state or quality of being apostolical.
  • apostrophically — (rhetoric) Using apostrophe; with sudden exclamatory dialogue.
  • appalachian tea — any of various plants, as withe rod, whose leaves were used locally for tea in pioneer times
  • appellate court — In the United States, an appellate court is a special court where people who have been convicted of a crime can appeal against their conviction.
  • appendicularian — of or relating to a family of molluscs (Appendicularia) characterized by their long tail appendages
  • apple macintosh — Macintosh
  • applesoft basic — (language)   A version of BASIC for Apple computers.
  • apprentice work — work done when young and a novice
  • apprenticeships — Plural form of apprenticeship.
  • approach lights — lights on the runway that guide planes coming in to land
  • approachability — capable of being approached; accessible.
  • approved school — In Britain in the past, an approved school was a boarding school where young people could be sent to stay if they had been found guilty of a crime.
  • arc de triomphe — the triumphal arch in Paris begun by Napoleon I to commemorate his victories of 1805–6 and completed in 1836
  • arch of triumph — Arc de Triomphe.
  • archibald prize — an annual prize awarded by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales since 1921, for outstanding contributions to art, letters, science, and politics
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