12-letter words containing aci
- muir glacier — a glacier in SE Alaska, flowing SE from Mt. Fairweather into Glacier Bay. About 350 sq. mi. (905 sq. km).
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- nucleic acid — any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides.
- ochlocracies — Plural form of ochlocracy.
- osteomalacia — a condition characterized by softening of the bones with resultant pain, weakness, and bone fragility, caused by inadequate deposition of calcium or vitamin D.
- osteomalacic — a condition characterized by softening of the bones with resultant pain, weakness, and bone fragility, caused by inadequate deposition of calcium or vitamin D.
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- pacific rose — a large variety of eating apple from New Zealand, with sweet flesh
- pacific time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.
- pacification — to pacify.
- perspicacity — keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
- pimelic acid — a crystalline compound, C 7 H 1 2 O 4 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used in polymers and as a plasticizer.
- piperacillin — a broad-spectrum semisynthetic penicillin, C 2 3 H 2 6 N 5 NaO 7 , used against certain susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and certain anaerobes, especially P. aeruginosa.
- piperic acid — a saturated organic acid (C12H10O4), derived from plants in the pepper family, that forms yellow crystals and can be oxidized to produce piperonal
- post-glacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- prussic acid — weakly acidic extremely poisonous aqueous solution of hydrogen cyanide
- psittacinite — mottramite.
- pteroic acid — a crystalline acid found in spinach
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pyruvic acid — a water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 4 O 3 , important in many metabolic and fermentative processes, having an odor resembling that of acetic acid, prepared by the dehydration of tartaric acid: used chiefly in biochemical research.
- racemic acid — an isomeric modification of tartaric acid that is sometimes found in the juice of grapes in conjunction with the common dextrorotatory form and is optically inactive but can be separated into the two usual isomeric forms, dextrorotatory and levorotatory.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- racing skate — a tubular ice skate having a long blade extending beyond the heel and toe.
- racing yacht — a yacht used in sailing races
- rock glacier — a mass of rock resembling a valley glacier that moves or is moved down a slope by its own weight or by the action of frost and interstitial ice.
- scire facias — a writ requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why a judgment, letters patent, etc., should not be executed, vacated, or annulled.
- sebacic acid — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble, dibasic acid, C 1 0 H 1 8 O 4 , usually obtained from castor oil: used chiefly in the manufacture of plasticizers and resins.
- selenic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble, strong, corrosive, dibasic acid, H 2 SeO 4 , resembling sulfuric acid.
- silicic acid — any of certain amorphous gelatinous masses, formed when alkaline silicates are treated with acids, which dissociate readily into silica and water.
- somnifacient — causing or inducing sleep.
- sorbefacient — inducing absorption
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- spaciousness — containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large.
- stannic acid — any of the series of acids usually occurring as amorphous powders and varying in composition from H 2 SnO 3 (alpha-stannic acid) to H 4 SnO 4 .
- stearic acid — a colorless, waxlike, sparingly water-soluble, odorless solid, C 1 8 H 3 6 O 2 , the most common fatty acid, occurring as the glyceride in tallow and other animal fats and in some animal oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of soaps, stearates, candles, cosmetics, and in medicine in suppositories and pill coatings.
- stupefacient — stupefying; producing stupor.
- suberic acid — a crystalline dibasic acid, C 8 H 1 4 O 4 , obtained especially from suberin, castor oil, and cork: used chiefly in the preparation of plastics and plasticizers.
- superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
- terebic acid — an acid, C 7 H 10 O 4 , formed by the oxidation of certain terpenes and historically important in the discovery of the structures of many terpenes.
- thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
- thionic acid — any of the five acids of sulfur of the type H 2 S n O 6 , where n is from two to six.
- thoracically — by way of the thorax; in the thorax
- titanic acid — any of various acids derived from titanium dioxide, especially H 2 TiO 3 or Ti(OH) 4 .
- tracing tape — (on a building site) one of several lines stretched between batter boards to outline the foundations.
- track racing — a form of motorcycle racing where teams or individuals race opponents around an oval track
- transpacific — passing or extending across the Pacific.
- truck racing — a motor sport in which powerful trucks, without their containers, are raced around a circuit