11-letter words containing act
- nonabstract — Not abstract.
- nonactivist — One who is not an activist.
- noncontract — Not of, pertaining to, or operating under a contract.
- nondidactic — not didactic, or lacking a message
- nongalactic — Not galactic.
- nonreactive — tending to react.
- nontactical — Not tactical.
- not exactly — not at all; by no means
- olfactology — the medical science which studies the sense of smell
- olfactories — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- olfactorily — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- opening act — the first act at a concert, etc, esp before a main act
- overreacted — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- p.p. factor — nicotinic acid or its amide, nicotinamide, being the vitamin-B-complex members that serve to prevent pellagra.
- pachydactyl — with thick digits
- parallactic — the apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the position of the observer.
- pentactinal — of or relating to a pentact
- pentadactyl — having five digits on each hand or foot.
- phonotactic — of or relating to phonotactics: Phonotactic constraints in English prevent the occurrence of the consonant clusters (sr) and (dl) at the beginning of words.
- photoactive — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- phototactic — movement of an organism toward or away from a source of light.
- phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
- play-acting — Play-acting is behaviour where someone pretends to have attitudes or feelings that they do not really have.
- polyactinal — possessing many rays
- polydactyly — the condition of being polydactyl.
- practicable — capable of being done, effected, or put into practice, with the available means; feasible: a practicable solution.
- practically — in effect; virtually: It is practically useless to protest.
- precontract — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- privacy act — an act that protects a person against the unauthorized use of personal data by any government agency
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- proactivity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- protractile — capable of being protracted, lengthened, or protruded.
- protraction — the act of protracting; prolongation; extension.
- protractive — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
- pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
- pump-action — (of a shotgun or rifle) having an action that extracts the empty case, loads, and cocks the piece by means of a hand-operated lever that slides backward and forward; slide-action.
- radioactive — of, pertaining to, exhibiting, or caused by radioactivity.
- rarefaction — the act or process of rarefying.
- reactionary — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reactionism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reactionist — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reactivated — to render active again; revive.
- redactional — to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
- reenactment — the act of enacting.
- refactoring — (object-oriented, programming) Improving a computer program by reorganising its internal structure without altering its external behaviour. When software developers add new features to a program, the code degrades because the original program was not designed with the extra features in mind. This problem could be solved by either rewriting the existing code or working around the problems which arise when adding the new features. Redesigning a program is extra work, but not doing so would create a program which is more complicated than it needs to be. Refactoring is a collection of techniques which have been designed to provide an alternative to the two situations mentioned above. The techniques enable programmers to restructure code so that the design of a program is clearer. It also allows programmers to extract reusable components, streamline a program, and make additions to the program easier to implement. Refactoring is usually done by renaming methods, moving fields from one class to another, and moving code into a separate method. Although it is done using small and simple steps, refactoring a program will vastly improve its design and structure, making it easier to maintain and leading to more robust code.
- retractable — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
- retractible — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
- retroaction — action that is opposed or contrary to the preceding action.
- retroactive — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- risk factor — a condition, behavior, or other factor that increases risk: Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer; depression as a risk factor in suicide.