7-letter words containing act
- factive — (of a verb, adjective, or noun phrase) presupposing the truth of an embedded sentence that serves as complement, as realize in I didn't realize that he had left, which presupposes that it is true that he had left.
- factoid — an insignificant or trivial fact.
- factors — one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- factory — a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
- factual — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- factums — Plural form of factum.
- facture — the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- fractal — a geometrical or physical structure having an irregular or fragmented shape at all scales of measurement between a greatest and smallest scale such that certain mathematical or physical properties of the structure, as the perimeter of a curve or the flow rate in a porous medium, behave as if the dimensions of the structure (fractal dimensions) are greater than the spatial dimensions.
- fracted — broken; having a part displaced.
- fracton — A collective quantized vibration on a substrate with a fractal structure; the fractal analogue of a phonon.
- fractur — Fraktur (def 2).
- fractus — containing small, individual elements that have a ragged appearance.
- geofact — a rock, bone, shell, or the like that has been modified by natural processes to appear to look like an artifact.
- impacts — Plural form of impact.
- in fact — something that actually exists; reality; truth: Your fears have no basis in fact.
- inexact — not exact; not strictly precise or accurate.
- infract — to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- lactary — of, relating to, or of the nature of milk.
- lactase — an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
- lactate — to produce milk.
- lacteal — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky.
- lactone — any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lactose — Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- misacts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misact.
- nonfact — a thing that is not true or provable
- one-act — a short play consisting of one act.
- overact — (of an actor) act a role in an exaggerated manner.
- paction — an agreement or bargain
- pentact — a sponge spicule with five rays
- playact — to engage in make-believe.
- polyact — (of a sea creature) having many tentacles or limb-like protrusions
- practic — practical.
- reactor — a person or thing that reacts or undergoes reaction.
- reenact — to make into an act or statute: Congress has enacted a new tax law.
- refract — to subject to refraction.
- retract — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
- sex act — sexual intercourse; copulation.
- tactful — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- tactics — tactics (def 1).
- tactile — of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- taction — touch; contact.
- tactual — of or relating to the sense of touch.
- tea act — an act of the British Parliament (1773) that created a monopoly unfair to American tea merchants: the chief cause of the Boston Tea Party.
- tetract — a sponge spicule with four rays
- tractor — a powerful motor-driven vehicle with large, heavy treads, used for pulling farm machinery, other vehicles, etc.
- tractus — an anthem sung in some Roman Catholic masses
- unacted — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.