11-letter words starting with act
- act curtain — Theater. a curtain for closing the proscenium opening between acts or scenes.
- act warning — notification from the manager advising the performers of the amount of time left before they must appear onstage.
- acting area — the part of a stage used by the actors: Confine the acting area for this scene to downstage.
- actinic ray — a ray of light of short wavelengths, as ultraviolet or violet, that produces photochemical effects.
- actinically — In an actinic manner.
- actinodrome — (of a leaf) palmately veined.
- actinograph — a recording actinometer
- actinometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of radiation, esp of the sun's rays
- actinometry — The measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation.
- actinomyces — a genus of bacteria that causes disease in humans and improves soil ecology
- actinomycin — any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from bacteria of the genus Streptomyces, used in treating some cancers; the most commonly used is dactinomycin (actinomycin D)
- actinostele — (botany) A type of protostele, in which the core of vascular tissue in the stem extends outward in lobes.
- action film — a film with a fast-moving plot, usually containing scenes of violence
- action hero — the hero in an action film
- action line — a telephone line maintained by a newspaper, television station, or other medium to provide the public a ready means of expressing complaints or obtaining information about matters of vital interest.
- action plan — a statement of the steps that need to be taken to achieve a particular goal or objective
- action shot — a still photograph that shows someone or something in motion
- action verb — a verb, as run, think, or soothe, that expresses something that a person, animal, object, or process in nature can do, as in Close the door! or The storm is flooding many houses along the coast, rather than expressing a state of being. Compare copula (def 2), stative.
- activations — Plural form of activation.
- active dbms — (database) A conventional or passive DBMS combined with a means of event detection and condition monitoring. Event handling is often rule-based, as with an expert system.
- active duty — Active duty means the same as active service.
- active list — a list of officers available for full duty
- active mass — the effective concentration of a substance.
- active site — the part of an enzyme that interacts with the substrate during catalysis.
- actor-proof — (of a role or script) effective even if poorly acted.
- actual cost — the cost of a product based on incurred costs of material and labor required in its production.
- actualising — Present participle of actualise.
- actualistic — the doctrine that all reality is animate or in motion.
- actualities — Plural form of actuality.
- actualizing — Present participle of actualize.
- actuarially — in an actuarial manner
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