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15-letter words containing ac

  • memory capacity — (on a computer or other device) the amount of memory space available for data storage
  • menispermaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Menispermaceae, a family of mainly tropical and subtropical plants, most of which are woody climbers with small flowers
  • metacinnabarite — the black solid form of mercuric sulphide
  • metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
  • microextraction — (chemistry) A technique used to extract small amounts of material from a mixture.
  • milking machine — an electric machine for milking cows.
  • milling machine — a machine tool for rotating a cutter (milling cutter) to produce plane or formed surfaces on a workpiece, usually by moving the work past the cutter.
  • mischaracterize — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
  • monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
  • monosaccharides — Plural form of monosaccharide.
  • monospaced type — a typeface in which the width of all letters, including the space around them, is the same
  • morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
  • mount blackburn — a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)
  • mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
  • multiliteracies — Plural form of multiliteracy.
  • multiple access — multiplexing
  • multiple factor — polygene.
  • nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
  • navigation acts — any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain.
  • necrobacillosis — any disease of cattle, horses, sheep, and swine marked by necrotic areas in which a bacillus, Fusobacterium necrophorum, is found.
  • never look back — to become increasingly successful
  • nitric bacteria — bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates in the soil
  • no-cut contract — a professional athlete's contract guaranteeing that he or she will remain on the team's roster for a specified time.
  • non-accountable — subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable.
  • non-achievement — lack of achievement
  • non-acquisitive — tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.: our acquisitive impulses; acquisitive societies.
  • non-complacency — Archaic. friendly civility; inclination to please; complaisance. a civil act.
  • non-contractual — of, relating to, or secured by a contract.
  • non-efficacious — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
  • non-manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • non-replaceable — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
  • nonacquiescence — the act or condition of acquiescing or giving tacit assent; agreement or consent by silence or without objection; compliance (usually followed by to or in): acquiescence to his boss's demands.
  • nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
  • not in the race — given or having no chance
  • nuclear reactor — reactor (def 4).
  • nutcracker chin — a strong-looking chin
  • obstacle course — a military training area having obstacles, as hurdles, ditches, and walls, that must be surmounted or crossed in succession.
  • olfactory nerve — either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct to the brain the impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose.
  • olfactory tract — a long narrow triangular band of white tissue originating in the olfactory bulb and extending back to the point at which its fibres enter the base of the cerebrum
  • oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
  • on the track of — If you are on the track of someone or something, you are trying to find them, or find information about them.
  • orthoboric acid — boric acid (def 1). Compare ortho- (def 2).
  • out of practice — If you are out of practice at doing something, you have not had much experience of it recently, although you used to do it a lot or be quite good at it.
  • outreach worker — a person who does work designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
  • over-accentuate — to give emphasis or prominence to.
  • over-extraction — an act or instance of extracting: the extraction of a molar.
  • overachievement — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
  • oxytetracycline — a dull-yellow, crystalline antibiotic powder, C 2 2 H 2 4 N 2 O 9 , produced by Streptomyces rimosus, used chiefly in treating infections caused by streptococci, staphylococci, Gram-negative bacilli, rickettsiae, and certain protozoans and viruses.
  • pac-man defense — a defensive tactic against a hostile takeover in which the targeted company makes its own bid to take over the hostile firm.
  • pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
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