15-letter words containing ic
- centrosymmetric — having symmetry with a central point
- cephalothoracic — the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
- cervical cancer — a cancer of the cervix (the lower end of the womb)
- cervical plexus — a network of nerves branching from the spinal nerves of the neck region and innervating the neck, chest, diaphragm, and part of the face.
- characteristick — Obsolete form of characteristic.
- characteristics — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
- charismatically — In a charismatic way.
- charlatanically — In a charlatanic manner.
- charles dickens — Charles (John Huf·fam) [huhf-uh m] /ˈhʌf əm/ (Show IPA), ("Boz") 1812–70, English novelist.
- chemical change — Chemistry. a usually irreversible chemical reaction involving the rearrangement of the atoms of one or more substances and a change in their chemical properties or composition, resulting in the formation of at least one new substance: The formation of rust on iron is a chemical change.
- chemical toilet — a toilet in which waste is treated with chemicals
- chicago heights — a city in NE Illinois, S of Chicago.
- chicken cholera — fowl cholera.
- chicken colonel — an officer with the rank of full colonel
- chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
- chicken nuggets — small pieces of chicken fried in batter
- chicken-and-egg — of or relating to a paradoxical situation, question, etc. involving two factors, each of which in turn causes or leads to the other
- chicken-hearted — easily frightened; cowardly
- chicken-livered — timid; fearful; cowardly.
- chief of police — (in the US) the head of a regional or municipal police department
- chloramphenicol — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used esp in treating typhoid fever and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or synthesized. Formula: C11H12N2O5Cl2
- cholinergically — in a cholinergic manner
- chorioallantoic — relating to the chorioallantois
- chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
- chromatographic — (analytical chemistry) Of or pertaining to chromatography.
- chromic acetate — a grayish-green, water-soluble powder, Cr(C 2 H 3 O 2) 3 ⋅H 2 O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing and printing textiles.
- chronic disease — long-term illness
- chronologically — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
- church slavonic — Old Church Slavonic, esp as preserved in the liturgical use of the Orthodox church
- cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
- cinemicrography — the making of a film through the lens of a microscope
- ciudad victoria — a city in E central Mexico, capital of Tamaulipas state. Pop: 285 000 (2005 est)
- classical greek — the form of Greek used in classical literature, especially the literary Attic Greek of the 5th and 4th centuries b.c.
- classical latin — the form of Latin used in classical literature, especially the literary Latin of the 1st century b.c. and the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d.
- classical logic — (logic) Non-intuitionistic logic.
- classical music — a style of music composed, esp at Vienna, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This period is marked by the establishment, esp by Haydn and Mozart, of sonata form
- classifications — Plural form of classification.
- claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
- clerical collar — a stiff white collar with no opening at the front that buttons at the back of the neck; the distinctive mark of the clergy in certain Churches
- climb indicator — an instrument that shows the rate of ascent or descent of an aircraft, operating on a differential pressure principle.
- clinically dead — having no respiration, no heartbeat, and with no contraction of the pupils when exposed to a strong light
- coenzymatically — from a coenzymatic point of view
- colonial office — a government body that was set up to oversee the affairs of the British Empire colonies
- colouristically — in a colouristic manner
- colposcopically — by means of a colposcope or colposcopy
- commodification — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
- communicability — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
- communicational — relating to or characterized by communication
- communicatively — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- communistically — In a communistic manner.