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13-letter words starting with a

  • acquisitional — relating to the act of acquisition
  • acquisitively — In an acquisitive manner; for the purpose of acquisition.
  • acrimoniously — caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.: an acrimonious answer; an acrimonious dispute.
  • acrobatically — In an acrobatic manner.
  • acronymically — in an acronymic manner
  • acrylaldehyde — acrolein.
  • acrylic color — a color or paint made by mixing pigments in a solution of acrylic resin
  • acrylic ester — any of a series of esters derived from the acrylic acids.
  • acrylic fiber — any of a group of synthetic polymeric fibers composed at least 85 percent by weight of acrylonitrile units and made into fabrics
  • acrylic fibre — a textile fibre, such as Orlon or Acrilan, produced from acrylonitrile
  • acrylic resin — any of a group of polymers or copolymers of acrylic acid, its esters, or amides, used as synthetic rubbers, textiles, paints, adhesives, and as plastics such as Perspex
  • acrylonitrile — a colourless liquid that is miscible with water and has toxic fumes: used in the manufacture of acrylic fibres and resins, rubber, and thermoplastics. Formula: CH2:CHCN
  • acrylyl group — the univalent group C 3 H 3 O−, derived from acrylic acid.
  • act one's age — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
  • acting career — a person's career as an actor
  • actinobiology — the branch of biology concerned with the effects of radiation on living organisms
  • actinomorphic — (esp of a flower) having radial symmetry, as buttercups
  • actinomycetes — Plural form of actinomycete.
  • actinomycosis — a fungal disease of cattle and of cats and dogs, sometimes transmitted to humans esp by bites, characterized by a swelling of the affected part, most often the jaw or lungs
  • actinotherapy — radiotherapy, especially using ultraviolet rays.
  • actinouranium — the isotope of uranium that has a mass number of 235
  • action figure — a small figure of a character from a film, television programme, comic book etc, designed as a toy and often collected by enthusiasts
  • action replay — An action replay is a repeated showing, usually in slow motion, of an event that has just been on television.
  • action-packed — full of activities, events and excitement
  • actionability — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
  • active centre — the region in an enzyme molecule in which the reactive groups that participate in its action are juxtaposed
  • active filter — An active filter is any filter using an op amp.
  • active galaxy — a galaxy that emits usually large amounts of energy from a very compact central source, such as Seyfert galaxies, radio galaxies, and quasars
  • active matrix — a liquid crystal display in which each pixel is individually controlled to provide a sharp image at a wide viewing angle; it is used in laptop and notebook computers
  • active object — (programming)   An object each instance of which has its own thread running as well as its own copies of the object's instance variables.
  • active optics — a system to compensate for any deformation caused by gravity in the surface accuracy and alignment of the mirrors of an astronomical telescope by means of actuators that control the movable mirror supports
  • active reason — an activity of intellect, embodying universal truth, potentially present in the mind of every individual, and when present, forming the only immortal part of the individual.
  • active safety — the practice of taking measures to avoid accidents, as opposed to merely reducing their consequences
  • active-matrix — of or relating to a high-resolution liquid-crystal display (LCD) with high contrast, the most common type of flat-panel display.
  • actor-manager — a leading actor who produces and usually stars in his or her own productions: Sir Henry Irving was one of the first actor-managers.
  • actualisation — Alternative spelling of actualization.
  • actualization — the act or process of actualizing.
  • acupuncturist — An acupuncturist is a person who performs acupuncture.
  • acute disease — disease that progresses rapidly
  • acylcarnitine — (organic chemistry) Any ester of carnitine and a carboxylic acid (especially a fatty acid).
  • ad referendum — subject to agreement by others and finalization of details
  • adam's bridge — a chain of shoals in the Gulf of Mannar between NW Sri Lanka and SE India; ownership divided between Sri Lanka and India. 30 miles (48 km) long.
  • adam's-needle — a North American liliaceous plant, Yucca filamentosa, that has a tall woody stem, stiff pointed leaves, and large clusters of white flowers arranged in spikes. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant
  • adaptableness — The state or quality of being adaptable; adaptability.
  • adder's-mouth — any of various orchids of the genus Malaxis that occur in all parts of the world except Australia and New Zealand and have small usually greenish flowers
  • addictiveness — producing or tending to cause addiction: an addictive drug.
  • additionality — (in Britain) the principle that money raised by the National Lottery should only be spent on projects that would not otherwise be funded by government spending
  • additive-free — (of food) not containing any chemical additives
  • address space — (operating system, architecture)   The range of addresses which a processor or process can access, or at which a device can be accessed. The term may refer to either physical address or virtual address. The size of a processor's address space depends on the width of the processor's address bus and address registers. Each device, such as a memory integrated circuit, will have its own local address space which starts at zero. This will be mapped to a range of addresses which starts at some base address in the processor's address space. Similarly, each process will have its own address space, which may be all or a part of the processor's address space. In a multitasking system this may depend on where in memory the process happens to have been loaded. For a process to be able to run at any address it must consist of position-independent code. Alternatively, each process may see the same local address space, with the memory management unit mapping this to the process's own part of the processor's address space.
  • addressograph — a machine for addressing envelopes, etc
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