11-letter words containing ic
- anticarious — preventing or retarding caries.
- anticathode — the target electrode for the stream of electrons in a vacuum tube, esp an X-ray tube
- antichamber — Obsolete form of antechamber.
- antichoicer — someone who opposes the granting of pregnant women the choice to have an abortion
- antichrists — Plural form of antichrist.
- anticipated — If an event, especially a cultural event, is eagerly anticipated, people expect that it will be very good, exciting, or interesting.
- anticipates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anticipate.
- anticipator — to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
- anticlastic — (of a surface) having a curvature, at a given point and in a particular direction, that is of the opposite sign to the curvature at that point in a perpendicular direction
- anticruelty — the prevention of or opposition to cruelty
- anticryptic — serving to conceal an animal from its prey.
- anticulture — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- anticyclone — An anticyclone is an area of high atmospheric pressure which causes settled weather conditions and, in summer, clear skies and high temperatures.
- antiemetics — Plural form of antiemetic.
- antignostic — pertaining to knowledge.
- antilogical — opposed to the logical
- antimitotic — acting against mitosis
- antimusical — opposed to musical conventions
- antimycotic — That inhibits the growth of fungi; antifungal.
- antinomical — characterized by or prone to antinomy
- antiplastic — allaying or preventing the growth of new tissue.
- antipyretic — preventing or alleviating fever
- antipyrotic — relieving the pain and stimulating the healing of burns.
- antiradical — opposed to radicalism
- antisemitic — Alternative spelling of anti-Semitic.
- antiseptics — pertaining to or affecting antisepsis.
- antispastic — preventing or reducing spasms
- antisuicide — acting to prevent suicide
- antitypical — something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a New Testament event prefigured in the Old Testament.
- anxiolytics — Plural form of anxiolytic.
- aortic arch — one member of a series of paired curved blood vessels that arise in the embryo from the ventral aorta, pass around the pharynx through the branchial arches, and join with the dorsal aorta to form the great vessels of the head and neck.
- apathetical — having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior.
- aphetically — (linguistics) In an aphetic way: through aphesis.
- aphidicolin — A tetracyclic diterpene antibiotic with antiviral and antimitotical properties.
- aphlogistic — (archaic) flameless.
- apicodental — articulated with the apex of the tongue near the upper front teeth, as ( (θ) ; t h) ) and (; ð) ; th) )
- apicoectomy — a surgical procedure to remove the end of a tooth root in endodontic therapy.
- apocalyptic — Apocalyptic means relating to the total destruction of something, especially of the world.
- apodictical — (archaic) Apodictic; being clearly demonstrable; certain.
- apoliticism — the quality of being apolitical
- apollonicon — a large chamber organ with keyboards and barrels
- apologetics — the branch of theology concerned with the defence and rational justification of Christianity
- aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
- aposiopetic — Of or pertaining to aposiopesis.
- apostolical — Apostolic.
- apostrophic — a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O Death, where is thy sting?”.
- appendiceal — of or relating to the vermiform appendix.
- application — An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.
- applicative — relevant or applicable
- applicators — Plural form of applicator.