13-letter words containing act
- high-wire act — a circus trick in which the performer walks across a high wire
- homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hyperactivate — (biology) To cause or undergo hyperactivation.
- hyperactively — In a hyperactive manner.
- hyperactivity — the condition of being hyperactive.
- hyperdactylia — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hypergalactia — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hyperreactive — Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus.
- impact crater — crater (def 2).
- impact wrench — an electric or pneumatic power wrench with interchangeable toolhead attachments, used for installing and removing nuts, bolts, and screws.
- impactfulness — The quality of being impactful.
- impracticable — not practicable; incapable of being put into practice with the available means: an impracticable plan.
- impracticably — In an impracticable way.
- impractically — In an impractical manner.
- in the act of — while committing: crime, transgression
- interactional — reciprocal action, effect, or influence.
- interactively — acting one upon or with the other.
- interactivity — The quality of being interactive.
- intergalactic — of, existing, or occurring in the space between galaxies: The science-fiction movie was about an intergalactic war.
- intragalactic — existing or occurring within a single galaxy.
- lactobacillus — any long, slender, rod-shaped, anaerobic bacterium of the genus Lactobacillus, that produces large amounts of lactic acid in the fermentation of carbohydrates, especially in milk.
- lactoglobulin — A protein or mixture of similar proteins occurring in milk, obtained after the removal of casein and precipitated in a salt solution.
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- land contract — a contract for the purchase and sale of land.
- lethal factor — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- liver extract — an extract of mammalian liver, especially hog or beef, for treating pernicious anemia.
- manufactories — Plural form of manufactory.
- manufacturers — Plural form of manufacturer.
- manufacturing — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- method acting — film, theater: acting approach
- mole fraction — the ratio of the number of moles of a given component of a mixture to the total number of moles of all the components.
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- movie actress — a female who acts in films or movies
- multifactoral — Involving multiple factors.
- mycobacterial — (medicine) Of or pertaining to mycobacteria.
- mycobacterium — A bacterium of a group that includes the causative agents of leprosy and tuberculosis.
- nitrobacteria — Plural form of nitrobacterium.
- nonactionable — furnishing ground for a lawsuit.
- nonattractive — Not attractive.
- nonpracticing — not currently practicing one's profession, religion, etc.: a nonpracticing physician.
- nonpractising — of or relating to a person who no longer observes or pursues his or her religious faith
- nonretractile — capable of being drawn back or in, as the head of a tortoise; exhibiting the power of retraction.
- olfactologist — a medical specialist in the sense of smell
- olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
- olfactometric — Of or pertaining to olfactometry.
- open fracture — compound fracture.
- out of action — If someone or something is out of action, they are injured or damaged and cannot work or be used.
- over-abstract — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.