13-letter words containing acti
- fractionalize — Divide (someone or something) into separate groups or parts.
- fractionating — Present participle of fractionate.
- fractionation — the act or process of fractionating.
- fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- galactic halo — a spheroidal aggregation of globular clusters, individual stars, dust, and gas that surrounds the Galaxy
- galactic pole — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.
- galactic year — the duration of a complete rotation of the Milky Way, approximately 200 million years.
- hexactinellid — a type of sponge characterized by their (usually) six siliceous spicules or rays
- hyperactivate — (biology) To cause or undergo hyperactivation.
- hyperactively — In a hyperactive manner.
- hyperactivity — the condition of being hyperactive.
- hypergalactia — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hyperreactive — Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus.
- 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.
- 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.
- liquefactions — Plural form of liquefaction.
- 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.
- 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.
- out of action — If someone or something is out of action, they are injured or damaged and cannot work or be used.
- over-reactive — tending to react.
- photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
- police action — a relatively localized military action undertaken by regular armed forces, without a formal declaration of war, against guerrillas, insurgents, or other forces held to be violating international peace and order.
- post-actinide — transactinide
- practical art — an art or craft, as woodworking or needlework, that serves a utilitarian purpose.
- practicalness — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- practice exam — an informal examination taken as a preparation for an actual or formal examination
- practice game — any informal game (of sports, chess, etc) played as preparation for a real game
- proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- protoactinium — protactinium.
- radioactinium — the radioactive isotope of thorium having a mass number 227 and a half-life of 18.8 days. Symbol: RdAc, Th 227.
- radioactivate — to make (a substance) radioactive.
- radioactivity — the phenomenon, exhibited by and being a property of certain elements, of spontaneously emitting radiation resulting from changes in the nuclei of atoms of the element.
- re-activation — to render active again; revive.
- reaction rate — The reaction rate is the speed at which a reaction happens, measured by the speed at which the feed is consumed or the speed at which the product is formed.
- reaction time — the interval between stimulation and response.
- reactionarism — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reflex-action — Physiology. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- rising action — a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.