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17-letter words containing p, a, c

  • a & m college — a university originally specializing in Agriculture and Mechanical subjects
  • a poor excuse for — a very inferior example of
  • a sop to cerberus — a bribe or something given to propitiate a potential source of danger or problems
  • a sporting chance — If you have a sporting chance of doing something, it is quite likely that you will do that thing.
  • acanthopterygians — Plural form of acanthopterygian.
  • accelerator pedal — a pedal pressed with the foot to make a vehicle go faster
  • acceptance region — Statistics. the set of values of a test statistic for which the null hypothesis is accepted.
  • acceptance speech — a speech that someone makes when they are accepting a prize, honour, or award
  • access permission — permission
  • accessory pigment — any pigment in plants that can absorb light energy and pass the electrons along to the primary pigment which starts the process of photosynthesis.
  • according to plan — If something happens according to plan, it happens in exactly the way that it was intended to happen.
  • accounting period — a period of time for which accounts are drawn up
  • accounting policy — the principles behind the way in which a company keeps its accounts
  • acenaphthoquinone — (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic quinone derived from acenaphthene, used as an intermediate for the manufacturing of dyes, pharmaceuticals and pesticides.
  • acquaintance rape — a rape that is carried out by someone that the victim knows
  • act of parliament — a law that has been passed by both of the UK Houses of Parliament and has received royal assent
  • active suspension — a type of suspension in a car that is controlled by an onboard computer and improves the vehicle's roadholding so that it takes corners, accelerates, and brakes more smoothly
  • acupressure point — any of the specific points on the body where pressure is applied in acupressure
  • addition compound — adduct (def 2).
  • adjective pronoun — a pronoun used as an adjective, as his in His dinner is ready.
  • adjunct professor — a professor employed by a college or university for a specific purpose or length of time and often part-time.
  • agent provocateur — An agent provocateur is a person who is employed by the government or the police to encourage certain groups of people to break the law, so they can arrest them or make them lose public support.
  • alcohol poisoning — the ingestion of a lethal or potentially lethal amount of alcohol
  • alphaphotographic — Of or pertaining to alphaphotographics.
  • amphidromic point — a point of almost zero tidal fluctuation on the ocean surface, represented on a chart of cotidal lines by a point from which these lines radiate.
  • amphitheatrically — In a manner such as to appear to have some characteristics of an amphitheatre.
  • analogue computer — (computer, hardware)   A machine or electronic circuit designed to work on numerical data represented by some physical quantity (e.g. rotation or displacement) or electrical quantity (e.g. voltage or charge) which varies continuously, in contrast to digital signals which are either 0 or 1. For example, the turning of a wheel or changes in voltage can be used as input. Analogue computers are said to operate in real time and are used for research in design where many different shapes and speeds can be tried out quickly. A computer model of a car suspension allows the designer to see the effects of changing size, stiffness and damping.
  • anchor escapement — an escapement in which wedge-shaped pallets engage with an escape wheel having pointed teeth, usually facing in the direction of revolution, so that the escape wheel recoils slightly at every release.
  • angiocardiography — the making of X-ray pictures of the heart and its blood vessels after injecting a radiopaque substance
  • anthropogenically — In an anthropogenic way.
  • anthropologically — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
  • anthroposemiotics — The study of human communication.
  • anti-anaphylactic — exaggerated allergic reaction to a foreign protein resulting from previous exposure to it.
  • anti-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • anti-monopolistic — a person who has a monopoly.
  • antiapoptotically — So as to prevent apoptosis.
  • anticipatory loss — grief that is felt in anticipation of someone's death
  • anticompetitively — In an anticompetitive manner.
  • antihyperglycemic — (of a medication or treatment) Tending to reduce hyperglycemia (high blood sugar, characteristic of diabetes).
  • apartment complex — An apartment complex is a group of buildings that contain apartments and are managed by the same company.
  • api gravity scale — the American Petroleum Institute gravity scale: a universally accepted scale of the relative density of fluids that is used in fuel technology and is measured in degrees API. One degree API is equal to (141.5/d)–131.5, where d = relative density at 288.7K
  • apostolic fathers — the Fathers of the early Church who immediately followed the Apostles
  • appalachian trail — hiking trail extending from central Me. to N Ga., along the Appalachian Mountains: c. 2,050 mi (3,299 km)
  • application layer — (networking)   The top layer of the OSI seven layer model. This layer handles issues like network transparency, resource allocation and problem partitioning. The application layer is concerned with the user's view of the network (e.g. formatting electronic mail messages). The presentation layer provides the application layer with a familiar local representation of data independent of the format used on the network.
  • appointed actuary — An appointed actuary is an actuary appointed by a life insurance company, whose main role is to carry out a regular valuation of the reserves held to pay future policy benefits.
  • armchair shopping — buying goods using a computer, telephone, or television in the home or via the postal system
  • aromatic compound — an organic compound that contains one or more benzene or equivalent heterocyclic rings: many such compounds have an agreeable odor.
  • arsenic poisoning — poisoning by arsenic
  • articulatory loop — a short-term memory system that enables a person to remember short strings of words by rehearsing them repeatedly in his head
  • artificial person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.

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