13-letter words containing aci
- gentisic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, C 7 H 6 O 4 , used chiefly in the form of its sodium salt as an analgesic and diaphoretic.
- glacial drift — material, as gravel, sand, or clay, transported and deposited by a glacier or by glacial meltwater.
- glacial epoch — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
- glacier cream — a barrier cream, esp against ultraviolet radiation, used when climbing above the snow line
- glacier table — a stone slab supported over the surface of a mountain glacier by a column or columns of ice.
- glaciological — Of or pertaining to glaciology.
- glucaric acid — saccharic acid.
- gluconic acid — a colorless, water-soluble acid, C 6 H 12 O 7 , obtained by the oxidation of glucose, used commercially in a 50-percent solution for cleaning metals.
- glutamic acid — an amino acid, HOOCCH 2 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by hydrolysis from wheat gluten and sugar-beet residues, used commercially chiefly in the form of its sodium salt to intensify the flavor of meat or other food. Symbol: E. Abbreviation: Glu;
- glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
- glycolic acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 2 H 4 O 3 , that is a major substrate for photorespiration in plants: used chiefly for textile printing and dyeing and in pesticides.
- glyconic acid — gluconic acid.
- gomez palacio — a city in Durango state, N central Mexico.
- good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
- guanylic acid — GMP.
- gynecocracies — Plural form of gynecocracy.
- heat capacity — the heat required to raise the temperature of a substance one degree.
- hexanoic acid — caproic acid.
- hippuric acid — a crystalline solid excreted in the urine of mammals. Formula: C9H9NO3
- hyacinth bean — an Old World tropical vine, Dolichos lablab, of the legume family, having purple or white flowers and black or white seeds in a papery, beaked pod.
- immunifacient — causing immunity
- incapacitated — unable to act, respond, or the like (often used euphemistically when one is busy or otherwise occupied): He can't come to the phone now—he's incapacitated.
- inefficacious — not able to produce the desired effect; ineffective.
- interglacials — Plural form of interglacial.
- interracially — Between races.
- intrathoracic — (anatomy) Within the thorax.
- iopanoic acid — an acid containing iodine that is opaque to X-rays
- itaconic acid — a colorless crystalline compound, C 5 H 6 O 4 , obtained by fermentation, soluble in water, alcohol, and acetone: used as an intermediate in the formation of fibers, resins, etc.
- lactobacillus — any long, slender, rod-shaped, anaerobic bacterium of the genus Lactobacillus, that produces large amounts of lactic acid in the fermentation of carbohydrates, especially in milk.
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- lichenic acid — fumaric acid.
- linoleic acid — an unsaturated fatty acid, C 18 H 32 O 2 , occurring as a glyceride in drying oils, as in linseed oil.
- liquefacients — Plural form of liquefacient.
- lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
- macías nguema — a former name of Bioko.
- manganic acid — a hypothetical dibasic acid known only in solution and in the form of manganate salts. Formula: H2MnO4
- margaric acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble, fatty acid, C 1 7 H 3 4 O 2 , resembling stearic acid, obtained from lichens or synthetically.
- maxillofacial — of, relating to, or affecting the jaws and the face: maxillofacial surgery.
- meritocracies — Plural form of meritocracy.
- muriatic acid — (not in scientific use) hydrochloric acid.
- myristic acid — an oily, white crystalline compound, C 1 4 H 2 8 O 2 , insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and ether: used in soaps, cosmetics, and in the synthesis of esters for flavors and perfumes.
- neoglaciation — a phase of renewed glaciation associated with a readvance of ice sheets between the postglacial phase and the present.
- nitrolic acid — any of several weak acids formed when nitrous acid reacts with a nitroparaffin
- non-racialism — racism.
- nonanoic acid — pelargonic acid.
- nucleic acids — 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.
- octanoic acid — caprylic acid.
- opacification — to cause to become opaque.
- orsellic acid — an acid found in lichens
- ostracisation — Alternative form of ostracization.