11-letter words containing act
- bacterially — In reference to bacteria.
- bactericide — a substance able to destroy bacteria
- bacteriemia — Bacteremia.
- bacteriocin — any protein-based toxin given off by bacteria to prevent the growth of related bacteria nearby
- bacteriosis — any bacterial disease
- bacteriuria — the presence of bacteria in the urine
- bacteroides — any of several rod-shaped, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Bacteroides, occurring in the alimentary and genitourinary tracts of humans and other mammals, certain species of which are pathogenic.
- benactyzine — a crystalline drug, C20H25NO3, used to make tranquilizers
- benefaction — the act of doing good, esp by giving a donation to charity
- benefactive — of or relating to a linguistic form, case, or semantic role that denotes the person or persons for whom an action is performed, as for his son in He opened the door for his son.
- benefactory — relating to a benefactor; beneficial
- benefactrix — benefactress.
- bioactivity — any effect on, interaction with, or response from living tissue.
- bolt-action — (of a rifle) equipped with a manually operated sliding bolt.
- bracteolate — having bractlets
- cactus moth — a moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, native to South America and introduced into Australia to control prickly pear cactus, on which the larvae feed.
- cactus pear — tuna2 .
- cactus wren — any American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of arid regions, especially C. brunneicapillus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- calefaction — the act of heating
- calefactive — producing heat
- calefactory — giving warmth
- caprolactam — a white crystalline cyclic imine used in the manufacture of nylon. Formula: C5H10NHCO
- catallactic — relating to exchange
- cataractous — of or relating to cataracts
- chain-react — to undergo a chain reaction
- charactered — Simple past tense and past participle of character.
- charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
- chemotactic — oriented movement toward or away from a chemical stimulus.
- child actor — an actor who is a child
- chin cactus — any of various globular cacti of the genus Gymnocalycium, native to South America, having white or pinkish flowers and a chinlike protrusion below each cluster of spines.
- cinefaction — (obsolete, rare) cineration; reduction to ashes.
- climacteric — a critical event or period
- compactable — Capable of being compacted.
- compactedly — in a compacted manner
- compactible — able to be made compact
- compactness — joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
- contact man — an intermediary or go-between
- contactable — able to be communicated with
- contactless — A contactless credit card or payment system uses technology that recognizes electronic data, and does not require the customer's signature or personal identification number.
- contractile — having the power to contract or to cause contraction
- contracting — an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing of something specified.
- contraction — When a woman who is about to give birth has contractions, she experiences a very strong, painful tightening of the muscles of her womb.
- contractive — having the power of contracting
- contractors — Plural form of contractor.
- contractual — A contractual arrangement or relationship involves a legal agreement between people.
- contracture — a disorder in which a skeletal muscle is permanently tightened (contracted), most often caused by spasm or paralysis of the antagonist muscle that maintains normal muscle tension
- corn factor — a person who deals in corn
- counteracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counteract.
- counterfact — a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”.
- crab cactus — Christmas cactus