15-letter words containing ac
- complex-machine — Older Use. an automobile or airplane. a typewriter.
- congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
- contact address — an address where a person can be contacted
- contact breaker — a switching device used in the distributor of an internal-combustion engine which controls the timing of the spark that ignites the spark plug
- contact details — the information required to contact someone, such as an address or telephone number
- contact printer — an apparatus used for making contact prints, having a frame for holding printing paper and negatives together and a light source for making an exposure.
- contact process — a catalytic method for producing sulfuric acid from sulfur dioxide and oxygen.
- contraclockwise — Counterclockwise.
- contract bridge — the most common variety of bridge, in which the declarer receives points counting towards game and rubber only for tricks he bids as well as makes, any overtricks receiving bonus points
- contract killer — a person hired to commit a murder
- contractability — (of a body or substance) the ability to become smaller, narrower, shorter, etc
- contractibility — contractability
- control account — an account to which are posted the debit and credit totals of other accounts, usually in preparation of financial statements
- control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
- convolvulaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Convolvulaceae, a family of plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and typically a climbing, twining, or prostrate habit: includes bindweed, morning-glory, and sweet potato
- copying machine — a machine that makes copies of original documents, especially by xerography.
- corynebacterial — relating to bacteria of the genus Corynebacterium
- corynebacterium — any of various bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium, including various animal and plant pathogens and animal parasites
- cost accounting — Cost accounting is the recording and analysis of all the various costs of running a business.
- counteractingly — In a way that counteracts.
- counteractively — In a counteractive manner.
- counterattacked — Simple past tense and past participle of counterattack.
- counterattacker — a person who counter-attacks
- counterfactuals — Plural form of counterfactual.
- counterreaction — a reaction against an initial action
- coxsackie virus — any of various viruses that occur in the intestinal tract of man and cause diseases, some of which resemble poliomyelitis
- crack down (on) — to become strict or stricter (with)
- crackback block — a block in which a player, usually a wide receiver, angles back sharply towards the middle of the field and blocks a defensive player from the side
- cracked gas oil — Cracked gas oil is a gas oil which is formed as one of the products of a gas reaction.
- cracked residue — Cracked residue is the substance that is left when hydrocarbons in fuel have decomposed during thermal or catalytic cracking.
- crawler tractor — a tractor with a continuous roller belt over cogged wheels on each side, for moving over rough or muddy ground
- cream-crackered — exhausted
- crossreactivity — Alternative spelling of cross-reactivity.
- crustaceologist — One who studies crustaceology.
- current account — A current account is a personal bank account which you can take money out of at any time using your cheque book or cash card.
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- cyclone furnace — a furnace burning liquid or pulverized fuel in a whirling air column.
- deacidification — a procedure that is carried out to lessen the level of acid present in paper
- dean of faculty — the president of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland
- deerfield beach — a town in S Florida.
- delaying action — a measure or measures taken to gain time, as when weaker military forces harass the advance of a superior enemy without coming to a pitched battle
- delaying tactic — Delaying tactics are things that someone does in order to deliberately delay the start or progress of something.
- deposit account — A deposit account is a type of bank account where the money in it earns interest.
- derhotacization — A distortion in (or an Inability to pronounce) the sound of letter R, causing the R to be omitted as a consonant or changing /\u025d/ or /\u025a/ to /\u025c/,/\u0259/, or another vowel if a vocalic.
- desacralization — the process of rendering anything less sacred; secularization
- detachable lens — a lens on a digital camera that can be separated from the camera itself, making it easier for the photographer to take certain types of shot. A cable usually connects the disconnected lens and camera
- detached retina — a retina that is separated from the choroid layer of the eyeball to which it is normally attached, resulting in loss of vision in the affected part
- deus ex machina — (in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the plot
- diffractometers — Plural form of diffractometer.
- diffractometric — Relating to diffractometry; measured using a diffractometer.