11-letter words containing p, a, c
- allopelagic — living or growing at different depths.
- alloplastic — of or relating to alterations made to a patient's external circumstances for the purpose of affecting his mental condition
- alpenstocks — Plural form of alpenstock.
- alpha cells — cells in the anterior pituitary that contain acidophil granules
- alpha cygni — Deneb
- alpha decay — the radioactive decay process resulting in emission of alpha particles
- alpha stock — any of the most active securities on the Stock Exchange of which there are between 100 and 200; at least ten market makers must continuously display the prices of an alpha stock and all transactions in them must be published immediately
- altarpieces — Plural form of altarpiece.
- amblyoscope — an instrument used to train an amblyopic eye to function properly.
- 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.
- 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.
- anaglyptics — (arts) The art of carving or embossing in low relief.
- analeptics' — restoring; invigorating; giving strength after disease.
- anaphorical — of or relating to an anaphora
- anaplerotic — of or relating to anaplerosis
- anchor span — (on a suspension or cantilever bridge) a span from an anchorage to the nearest pier or tower.
- 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.
- androphilic — Sexually attracted to men.
- androphobic — Exhibiting androphobia; fearful of men.
- anencephaly — congenital malformation of the skull with absence of all or part of the brain
- angioscopes — Plural form of angioscope.
- anglophilic — Alternative capitalization of Anglophilic.
- anglophonic — of or relating to English speakers
- anisocarpic — (of a flower) having a lower number of carpels than of other floral parts.
- anisotropic — not isotropic; having different physical properties in different directions
- antatrophic — preventing or curing atrophy.
- anteportico — a lesser portico preceding a main portico.
- anthropical — relating to human nature
- anticipated — If an event, especially a cultural event, is eagerly anticipated, people expect that it will be very good, exciting, or interesting.
- anticipates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anticipate.
- anticipator — to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
- anticryptic — serving to conceal an animal from its prey.
- antiplastic — allaying or preventing the growth of new tissue.
- antipyretic — preventing or alleviating fever