English dictionary: words starting with ac

Meanings of Ac:

prefix

Variant spelling of ad- assimilated before c, k, and q (as in accept, acquit, and acquiesce ).

suffix

Forming adjectives which are often also (or only) used as nouns, such as maniac.

abbreviation

Alternating current.

Usage examples:

The ac supply

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 89, a radioactive metallic element of the actinide series. it is rare in nature, occurring as an impurity in uranium ores.

The chemical element actinium.

Meanings of Acacetin:

noun

Any of five acetates of glycerol, which are thick oily liquids used as solvents and plasticizers; specifically = monoacetin . compare also "diacetin", "triacetin".

Meanings of Acacia:

noun

A tree or shrub of warm climates which bears spikes or clusters of yellow or white flowers and is typically thorny.

Usage examples:

That is where you've got grazing land largely, and it appears that the woody vegetation, trees, euc…

Meanings of Acacian:

noun

A follower of the arian christological doctrines of acacius, a 4th-cent. bishop of caesarea.

adjective

Of, relating to, or associated with acacius, a 4th-cent. arian bishop of caesarea, or his doctrines.

Meanings of Acacias:

noun

A tree or shrub of warm climates which bears spikes or clusters of yellow or white flowers and is typically thorny.

Usage examples:

That is where you've got grazing land largely, and it appears that the woody vegetation, trees, euc…

Meanings of Acacin:

noun

Gum arabic.

Meanings of Acacine:

noun

Gum arabic.

Meanings of Academe:

noun

The academic environment or community; academia.

Usage examples:

Bridging the gap between industry and academe

Meanings of Academia:

noun

The environment or community concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship.

Usage examples:

He spent his working life in academia

Meanings of Academian:

noun

A member of an academy; an academician or (now less commonly) academic.

Meanings of Academic:

adjective

Relating to education and scholarship.

Usage examples:

Academic achievement

noun

A teacher or scholar in a university or other institute of higher education.

Usage examples:

The eu offers grants to academics for research on approved projects

Meanings of Academical:

adjective

Relating to a college or university.

Usage examples:

The academical year

noun

Formal university attire.

Usage examples:

The procession was robed in academicals

Meanings of Academically:

adverb

In a way that relates to education and scholarship.

Usage examples:

Applicants must excel academically

Meanings of Academicals:

noun

Formal university attire.

Usage examples:

The procession was robed in academicals

adjective

Relating to a college or university.

Usage examples:

The academical year

Meanings of Academician:

noun

A member of an academy, especially the royal academy of arts or the académie française.

Usage examples:

He is an academician of the russian academy of sciences and a member of the presidential council on…

Meanings of Academicians:

noun

A member of an academy, especially the royal academy of arts or the académie française.

Usage examples:

He is an academician of the russian academy of sciences and a member of the presidential council on…

Meanings of Academicism:

noun

Adherence to formal or conventional rules and traditions in art or literature.

Usage examples:

The opposition between academicism and creative authenticity

Meanings of Academics:

noun

A teacher or scholar in a university or other institute of higher education.

Usage examples:

The eu offers grants to academics for research on approved projects

adjective

Relating to education and scholarship.

Usage examples:

Academic achievement

Meanings of Academies:

noun

A place of study or training in a special field.

Usage examples:

A police academy

Meanings of Academise:

verb

To bring under the influence or control of an academy.

Meanings of Academism:

noun

Adherence to formal or conventional rules and traditions in art or literature.

Usage examples:

The opposition between academicism and creative authenticity

Meanings of Academite:

noun

Also with lower-case initial. a member of any of various academies; especially a member of the royal naval academy, at portsmouth (now historical).

Meanings of Academize:

verb

To bring under the influence or control of an academy.

Meanings of Academized:

verb

To bring under the influence or control of an academy.

Meanings of Academizing:

verb

To bring under the influence or control of an academy.