15-letter words containing ic
- banana republic — Small, poor countries that are politically unstable are sometimes referred to as banana republics.
- barbituric acid — a white crystalline solid used in the preparation of barbiturate drugs. Formula: C4H4N2O3
- barley sandwich — a drink of beer, esp at lunch time
- barycentrically — In a barycentric manner.
- basic anhydride — a compound formed by removing water from a more complex compound: an oxide of a nonmetal (acid anhydride) or a metal (basic anhydride) that forms an acid or a base, respectively, when united with water.
- basic autocoder — Early system on IBM 7070. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- basic education — (in India) education in which all teaching is correlated with the learning of a craft
- basic statement — protocol (def 6).
- bathymetrically — In a bathymetric way.
- benedict arnold — Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- berenice's hair — the constellation Coma Berenices
- beta-adrenergic — pertaining to or involving beta receptors
- biblical hebrew — the Hebrew language used in the Old Testament. Abbreviation: BiblHeb.
- bibliographical — a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
- bicycle touring — the activity of touring on a bicycle
- bioastronautics — the study of the effects of space flight on living organisms
- biogasification — the conversion of organic matter into biogas.
- biomathematical — relating to biomathematics
- biomechanically — from a biomechanical point of view
- biostatistician — someone who studies or works professionally in the field of biostatistics
- boa constrictor — A boa constrictor is a large snake that kills animals by wrapping itself round their bodies and squeezing them to death. Boa constrictors are found mainly in South and Central America and the West Indies.
- boustrophedonic — of or relating to lines written in opposite directions
- brachiocephalic — of, relating to, or supplying the arm and head
- bravais lattice — any of 14 possible space lattices found in crystals
- british america — British North America.
- britneyfication — the effect on clothes and fashions of following the revealing styles favoured by the US pop singer Britney Spears (born 1981)
- buryat republic — a constituent republic of SE central Russia, on Lake Baikal: mountainous, with forests covering over half the total area. Capital: Ulan-Ude. Pop: 981 000 (2002). Area: 351 300 sq km (135 608 sq miles)
- business ethics — moral constraints on trading practices
- business office — the office where the financial transactions, bookkeeping, etc. for a firm or institution are carried on
- cabbalistically — Alternative spelling of cabalistically.
- cabinet picture — a small easel painting, usually under 3 feet (0.9 meters) in width and formerly exhibited in a cabinet or special room.
- cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
- callippic cycle — a period equal to four Metonic cycles less one day, proposed by Callippus to correct the Metonic cycle.
- calorific value — the quantity of heat produced by the complete combustion of a given mass of a fuel, usually expressed in joules per kilogram
- cancel a policy — If you cancel a policy, you terminate a contract of insurance.
- carbazotic acid — picric acid.
- carboxylic acid — any of a class of organic acids containing the carboxyl group
- carcinogenicity — any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer.
- careers officer — a person trained in giving vocational advice, esp to school leavers
- cataclysmically — of, relating to, or resulting from a cataclysm.
- catallactically — by or in the manner of exchange
- categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
- catholic church — any of several Churches claiming to have maintained continuity with the ancient and undivided Church
- catholic school — a school that includes instruction in Roman Catholic faith in its curriculum, with teachers who are often nuns or monks
- caustic alcohol — sodium ethylate.
- caustic surface — a surface that envelopes the light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface
- cavalry officer — an officer in a cavalry regiment
- central african — of or relating to the Central African Republic, its inhabitants, or their language.
- central america — an isthmus joining the continents of North and South America, extending from the S border of Mexico to the NW border of Colombia and consisting of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Area: about 518 000 sq km (200 000 sq miles)
- central sudanic — a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, southern Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic, and including Mangbetu.