15-letter words containing act
- juice extractor — device: squeezes juice from fruit
- lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
- limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
- locutionary act — the act of uttering a sentence considered only as such
- massed practice — learning with no intervals or short intervals between successive bouts of learning
- microextraction — (chemistry) A technique used to extract small amounts of material from a mixture.
- mischaracterize — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- multiple factor — polygene.
- navigation acts — any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain.
- nitric bacteria — bacteria that convert nitrites to nitrates in the soil
- no-cut contract — a professional athlete's contract guaranteeing that he or she will remain on the team's roster for a specified time.
- non-contractual — of, relating to, or secured by a contract.
- non-manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- nuclear reactor — reactor (def 4).
- olfactory nerve — either one of the first pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct to the brain the impulses from the mucous membranes of the nose.
- olfactory tract — a long narrow triangular band of white tissue originating in the olfactory bulb and extending back to the point at which its fibres enter the base of the cerebrum
- out of practice — If you are out of practice at doing something, you have not had much experience of it recently, although you used to do it a lot or be quite good at it.
- over-extraction — an act or instance of extracting: the extraction of a molar.
- pamprodactylous — having all four toes directed forward, as in swifts and colies.
- photoactivation — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
- phototactically — in a phototactic manner
- pott's fracture — a fracture of the lower fibula and of the malleolus of the tibia, resulting in outward displacement of the foot.
- practical nurse — a person who has not graduated from an accredited school of nursing but whose vocation is caring for the sick.
- pre-contractual — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- premanufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- primary contact — a communication or relationship between people that is characterized by intimacy and personal familiarity.
- proper fraction — a fraction having the numerator less, or lower in degree, than the denominator.
- pyramidal tract — any of four tracts of descending motor fibers that extend in pairs down each side of the spinal column and function in voluntary movement.
- rat-tail cactus — a cactus, Aporocactus flagelliformis, of Mexico, having slim, cylindrical stems that are easily trained into strange designs, and crimson flowers.
- reaction engine — an engine that produces power as a reaction to the momentum given to gases ejected from it, as a rocket or jet engine.
- remuera tractor — a four-wheel drive vehicle
- round character — a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
- semiabstraction — a work of art whose subject matter is semi-abstract
- semimanufacture — a product which forms an intermediate stage in the manufacture of another, often more complex product
- side impact bar — A side impact bar is a long beam in a car door that is designed to protect passengers during a crash.
- simple fraction — a ratio of two integers.
- simple fracture — a fracture in which the bone does not pierce the skin.
- social contract — the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to regulate the relations among its members.
- space character — a keyed space in text or data
- stalactite work — (in Islamic architecture) intricate decorative corbeling in the form of brackets, squinches, and portions of pointed vaults.
- stalactitically — in a way that relates to, consists of, or is like stalactites
- star attraction — the main or most popular attraction, as of a tourist destination, etc
- stock character — a character in literature, theater, or film of a type quickly recognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring no development by the writer.
- straight-acting — (of a gay person) having the mannerisms of a heterosexual person: used esp by gay people of other gay people
- stress fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
- tactical voting — Tactical voting is the act of voting for a particular person or political party in order to prevent someone else from winning, rather than because you support that person or party.
- target practice — practice at hitting the target in a sport such as archery or shooting