5-letter words containing c
- alcor — (language) A subset of ALGOL.
- aleck — a male given name, form of Alexander.
- alecs — Plural form of alec.
- alice — a feminine name: dim. Elsie; var. Alicia
- alick — a male given name, form of Alexander.
- altac — (language) An extended Fortran II for the Philco 2000, built on TAC.
- alyce — a female given name.
- amice — a rectangular piece of white linen worn by priests around the neck and shoulders under the alb or, formerly, on the head
- amici — An impartial adviser, often voluntary, to a court of law in a particular case.
- amock — (very rare) alternative spelling of amok.
- amuck — amok
- ancho — a Poblano chilli pepper that has been dried and turned a dark-red or black colour
- ancon — a projecting bracket or console supporting a cornice
- ancre — having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline: a cross ancré.
- antic — an actor in a ludicrous or grotesque part; clown; buffoon
- anzac — (in World War I) a soldier serving with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
- apace — If something develops or continues apace, it is developing or continuing quickly.
- apacs — Association for Payment Clearing Services
- apoc. — Apocalypse
- ara-c — a toxic synthetic nucleoside, C 9 H 13 N 3 O 5 , used as an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agent in the treatment of certain leukemias.
- arcas — a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
- arced — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arch- — Arch- combines with nouns referring to people to form new nouns that refer to people who are extreme examples of something. For example, your arch-rival is the rival you most want to beat.
- archy — a male given name, form of Archibald.
- arcid — (zoology) Any of the Arcidae; an ark shell.
- arcus — an arcus senilis
- areca — any of various tall palms of the genus Areca, which are native to SE Asia and have white flowers and orange or red egg-shaped nuts
- areic — relating to division by area
- arica — a port in extreme N Chile: awarded to Chile in 1929 after the lengthy Tacna-Arica dispute with Peru; outlet for Bolivian and Peruvian trade. Pop: 180 000 (2005 est)
- armco — a metal safety barrier erected at the side of motor-racing circuits, esp on corners
- artic — (informal) Short form of articulated lorry.
- ascap — American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
- ascii — American standard code for information interchange: a computer code for representing alphanumeric characters
- asco- — indicating a bladder or ascus
- ascon — a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- ascot — a cravat with wide square ends, usually secured with an ornamental stud
- ascus — a saclike structure that produces (usually) eight ascospores during sexual reproduction in ascomycetous fungi such as yeasts and mildews
- asdic — sonar
- aspca — American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- aspic — Aspic is a clear shiny jelly made from meat juices. It is used in making cold savoury meat dishes.
- async — (computing) Asynchronous.
- atcha — Eye dialect of at you.
- atrac — Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding
- attic — An attic is a room at the top of a house just below the roof.
- aulic — relating to a royal court
- auric — of or containing gold in the trivalent state
- awacs — airborne warning and control system
- ayacc — A Yacc-like parser generator from the Irvine Research Unit in Software written in Ada that produce Ada output. Comes with aflex. Version 1.2a. Mailing list: <[email protected]>.
- azoic — without life; characteristic of the ages that have left no evidence of life in the form of organic remains
- aztec — a member of a Mexican Indian people who established a great empire, centred on the valley of Mexico, that was overthrown by Cortés and his followers in the early 16th century