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17-letter words containing action

  • acrosome reaction — the release of enzymes from the acrosome when a spermatozoon encounters the ovum, allowing fusion with the ovum in the sexual reproductive process
  • addition reaction — a reaction in which part of a compound is added to one end of a double or triple bond, while the rest adds to the other end, converting it, respectively, to a single or double bond.
  • armature reaction — a change in the magnetic field of a dynamo caused by the magnetic field induced by the current flowing through the armature.
  • attraction sphere — centrosphere (sense 1)
  • chemical reaction — a process that involves changes in the structure and energy content of atoms, molecules, or ions but not their nuclei
  • compound fraction — complex fraction
  • contraction joint — a joint between two parts of a structure, designed to compensate for the contraction to which either part may be subject.
  • counterattraction — a rival attraction
  • disruptive action — action performed by protestors, workers, etc that causes the disruption of a service
  • double refraction — the separation of a ray of light into two unequally refracted, plane-polarized rays of orthogonal polarizations, occurring in crystals in which the velocity of light rays is not the same in all directions.
  • fractionalization — Separation into parts by fractionalizing.
  • give satisfaction — to satisfy
  • government action — intervention by a government, esp to influence financial markets
  • grignard reaction — the reaction of a Grignard reagent with any of the numerous types of compounds with which it can combine, as alcohols, acids, aldehydes, ketones, or esters: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
  • improper fraction — a fraction having the numerator greater than the denominator.
  • industrial action — job action.
  • law of refraction — the principle that for a ray, radar pulse, or the like, that is incident on the interface of two media, the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction is equal to the ratio of the velocity of the ray in the first medium to the velocity in the second medium and the incident ray, refracted ray, and normal to the surface at the point of incidence all lie in the same plane.
  • missing in action — If a member of the armed forces is missing in action, they have not returned from a battle, their body has not been found, and they are not thought to have been captured.
  • self-satisfaction — a usually smug satisfaction with oneself, one's achievements, etc.
  • transitory action — an action that can be brought in any country regardless of where it originated
  • vacuum extraction — applying suction to a baby's head during birth to help it emerge
  • x-ray diffraction — diffraction of x-rays by the regularly spaced atoms of a crystal, useful for determining the arrangement of the atoms.

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