9-letter words containing ic
- anaphoric — of or relating to anaphora
- anaplasic — Of or pertaining to anaplasia.
- anaptotic — (of languages) tending to become uninflected, in accordance with a theory that languages evolve from uninflected to inflected and back.
- anarthric — relating to anarthria
- andesitic — relating to, or containing, andesite
- anecdotic — anecdotal
- anelastic — relating to anelasticity
- angelical — of or belonging to angels: the angelic host.
- angelicas — Plural form of angelica.
- anglicise — (transitive) To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
- anglicism — a word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to the English language, esp as spoken in England
- anglicist — an expert in or student of English literature or language
- anglicize — If you anglicize something, you change it so that it resembles or becomes part of the English language or English culture.
- anhedonic — unable to feel or experience pleasure
- aniconism — the belief in not using or worshipping images of deities
- aniconist — a believer or follower of aniconism
- animatics — Plural form of animatic.
- animistic — the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls.
- ankylotic — Of or pertaining to ankylosis.
- anorectic — Also, anorectous. having no appetite.
- anorexics — Plural form of anorexic.
- antarctic — The Antarctic is the area around the South Pole.
- anthozoic — relating to anthozoans
- anthracic — relating to anthrax
- anthropic — of or relating to human beings
- anti-icer — a device fitted to an aircraft to prevent the formation of ice
- antically — in a ludicrous or grotesque manner
- anticaste — Lb sociology Opposing the social system of caste.
- antichain — (mathematics) A subset S of a partially ordered set P is an antichain if, for all x, y in S, x <= y => x = y I.e. no two different elements are related. ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \subseteq).
- antichild — Opposing children.
- antichlor — a substance used to remove chlorine from a material after bleaching or to neutralize the chlorine present
- anticivic — opposed to citizenship
- anticline — a formation of stratified rock raised up, by folding, into a broad arch so that the strata slope down on both sides from a common crest
- anticling — of a nature that prevents clothes from clinging
- anticodon — a three-base unit of genetic code contained in transfer RNA that corresponds to a codon region on messenger RNA, involved in genetic translation
- anticosti — an island of E Canada, in the Gulf of St Lawrence; part of Quebec. Area: 7881 sq km (3043 sq miles)
- anticrack — protecting a computer against unauthorized access
- anticrime — preventing or fighting crime
- antigenic — Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- antimanic — preventing, curing, or palliating the symptoms of mania.
- antimonic — of or containing antimony in the pentavalent state
- antimusic — any form of music intended to overthrow traditional conventions and expectations
- antinomic — opposition between one law, principle, rule, etc., and another.
- antistick — acting to prevent adhesion
- antitonic — (physiology) That reduces muscular or vascular tonus.
- antitoxic — of, containing, or acting as an antitoxin
- antonymic — having the opposite meaning, relating to antonyms
- apathetic — If you describe someone as apathetic, you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about doing anything.
- aperiodic — not periodic; not occurring at regular intervals
- aphanitic — of or resembling aphanite