Words Containing ACT
Explore a range of words that include the letter ACT, showcasing the diversity and richness of the English language. Enhance your vocabulary with interesting and unique terms featuring ACT.
3 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | 5 | pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind | He acted the idiot |
4 letter words
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| fact | 9 | a concept whose truth can be proved | scientific hypotheses are not facts |
| acts | 6 | a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome | - |
| pact | 8 | a written agreement between two states or sovereigns | - |
| tact | 6 | consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense | - |
| acta | 6 | - | - |
5 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| actor | 7 | a person who acts and gets things done | he's a principal actor in this affair |
| exact | 14 | claim as due or just | - |
| react | 7 | show a response or a reaction to something | - |
| tract | 7 | a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain | - |
| actin | 7 | one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form | - |
| enact | 7 | order by virtue of superior authority; decree | the legislature enacted this law in 1985 |
| cacti | 9 | - | - |
| acton | 7 | - | - |
| facta | 10 | - | - |
| pacta | 9 | - | - |
| pacts | 9 | - | - |
| tacts | 7 | - | - |
| acted | 8 | - | - |
| coact | 9 | act together, as of organisms | - |
| bract | 9 | a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence | - |
| diact | 8 | - | - |
| fract | 10 | - | - |
| facts | 10 | - | - |
| epact | 9 | - | - |
6 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| action | 8 | a military engagement | he saw action in Korea |
| acting | 9 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - |
| actual | 8 | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something | her actual motive |
| impact | 12 | the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat | - |
| active | 11 | engaged in or ready for military or naval operations | on active duty |
| intact | 8 | (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken | she was intact, virginal |
| factor | 11 | a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission | - |
| tactic | 10 | a plan for attaining a particular goal | - |
| cactus | 10 | any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines | - |
| lactic | 10 | of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey) | lactic acid |
| factum | 13 | - | - |
| actant | 8 | - | - |
| actins | 8 | - | - |
| actons | 8 | - | - |
| actors | 8 | - | - |
| acture | 8 | - | - |
| coacts | 10 | - | - |
| caract | 10 | - | - |
| bracts | 10 | - | - |
| dactyl | 12 | a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates | - |
| gedact | 10 | - | - |
| fracts | 11 | - | - |
| fracti | 11 | - | - |
| factis | 11 | - | - |
| epacts | 10 | - | - |
| exacts | 15 | - | - |
| exacta | 15 | a bet that you can pick the first and second finishers in the right order | - |
| enacts | 8 | - | - |
| didact | 10 | - | - |
| hexact | 18 | - | - |
| olfact | 11 | - | - |
| outact | 8 | - | - |
| monact | 10 | - | - |
| misact | 10 | - | - |
| lactam | 10 | - | - |
| triact | 8 | - | - |
| tracts | 8 | - | - |
| unfact | 11 | - | - |
| subact | 10 | - | - |
| stacte | 8 | (Old Testament) one of several sweet-smelling spices used in incense | - |
| pactum | 12 | - | - |
| redact | 9 | formulate in a particular style or language | - |
| reacts | 8 | - | - |
| preact | 10 | - | - |
| diacts | 9 | - | - |
7 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| exactly | 19 | indicating exactness or preciseness | he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do |
| contact | 11 | a person who is in a position to give you special assistance | he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor |
| factory | 15 | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing | - |
| actress | 9 | a female actor | - |
| attract | 9 | be attractive to | The beautiful garden attracted many people |
| tractor | 9 | a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans | - |
| extract | 16 | obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | - |
| tactics | 11 | a plan for attaining a particular goal | - |
| reactor | 9 | (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements | - |
| compact | 15 | briefly giving the gist of something | a compact style is brief and pithy |
| faction | 12 | a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue | - |
| lactose | 9 | a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk | cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose |
| retract | 9 | use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) | - |
| factual | 12 | existing in act or fact | - |
| tactful | 12 | showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people | a tactful way of correcting someone |
| tactile | 9 | of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch | a tactile reflex |
| reenact | 9 | act out; represent or perform as if in a play | She reenacted what had happened earlier that day |
| overact | 12 | exaggerate one's acting | - |
| fractal | 12 | (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry | - |
| detract | 10 | take away a part from; diminish | His bad manners detract from his good character |
| lactate | 9 | give suck to | - |
| factoid | 13 | a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item | - |
| refract | 12 | determine the refracting power of (a lens) | - |
| inexact | 16 | not exact | - |
| actuary | 12 | someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums) | - |
| lactase | 9 | any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose | - |
| actinic | 11 | relating to or exhibiting actinism | - |
| actinia | 9 | any sea anemone or related animal | - |
| actings | 10 | - | - |
| actinal | 9 | (of radiate organisms) located on the surface or end on which the mouth is situated | - |
| actants | 9 | - | - |
| actable | 11 | capable of being acted; suitable for the stage | an actable scene |
| actinon | 9 | any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 | - |
| actures | 9 | - | - |
| actuate | 9 | give an incentive for action | - |
| actuals | 9 | - | - |
| actorly | 12 | - | - |
| actives | 12 | - | - |
| actions | 9 | - | - |
| abactor | 11 | - | - |
| abreact | 11 | discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization | - |
| coactor | 11 | - | - |
| coacted | 12 | - | - |
| coenact | 11 | - | - |
| exactor | 16 | - | - |
| exacter | 16 | - | - |
| exacted | 17 | - | - |
| exactas | 16 | - | - |
| factful | 15 | - | - |
| factice | 14 | - | - |
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8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| actually | 13 | in actual fact | to be nominally but not actually independent |
| practice | 14 | translating an idea into action | a hard theory to put into practice |
| contract | 12 | become smaller or draw together | - |
| reaction | 10 | (chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water |
| activity | 16 | an organic process that takes place in the body | respiratory activity |
| distract | 11 | draw someone's attention away from something | The thief distracted the bystanders |
| practise | 12 | learn by repetition | - |
| activate | 13 | put in motion or move to act | - |
| bacteria | 12 | (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants | - |
| tactical | 12 | of or pertaining to tactic or tactics | a tactical error |
| abstract | 12 | not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | a large abstract painting |
| fracture | 13 | breaking of hard tissue such as bone | it was a nasty fracture |
| galactic | 13 | inconceivably large | - |
| fraction | 13 | perform a division | - |
| activist | 13 | advocating or engaged in activism | - |
| artifact | 13 | a man-made object taken as a whole | - |
| interact | 10 | act together or towards others or with others | He should interact more with his colleagues |
| actively | 16 | in an active manner | he participated actively in the war |
| subtract | 12 | make a subtraction | subtract this amount from my paycheck |
| traction | 10 | the friction between a body and the surface on which it moves (as between an automobile tire and the road) | - |
| reactive | 13 | reacting to a stimulus | the skin of old persons is less reactive than that of younger persons |
| inactive | 13 | lacking in energy or will | - |
| impacted | 15 | wedged or packed in together | an impacted tooth |
| activism | 15 | a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal | - |
| cataract | 12 | a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice | - |
| exacting | 18 | requiring precise accuracy | an exacting job |
| artefact | 13 | a man-made object taken as a whole | - |
| tactless | 10 | lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others | in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age |
| inaction | 10 | the state of being inactive | - |
| transact | 10 | conduct business | transact with foreign governments |
| didactic | 14 | instructive (especially excessively) | - |
| exaction | 17 | act of demanding or levying by force or authority | exaction of tribute |
| cactuses | 12 | - | - |
| actuator | 10 | a mechanism that puts something into automatic action | - |
| actuated | 11 | moved to action | a man actuated by unworthy desired |
| triactor | 10 | - | - |
| postfact | 15 | - | - |
| lactitol | 10 | - | - |
| abactors | 12 | - | - |
| abreacts | 12 | - | - |
| carracts | 12 | - | - |
| diactine | 11 | - | - |
| didactyl | 15 | - | - |
| diffract | 17 | undergo diffraction | laser light diffracts electrons |
| detracts | 11 | - | - |
| dactylus | 14 | - | - |
| dactylic | 16 | of or consisting of dactyls | dactylic meter |
| dactylar | 14 | - | - |
| contacts | 12 | - | - |
| compacts | 16 | - | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| character | 16 | a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability | requests for character references are all too often answered evasively |
| practical | 15 | guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory | completely practical in his approach to business |
| activated | 15 | (of e.g. a molecule) made reactive or more reactive | - |
| practiced | 16 | skillful after much practice | - |
| fractured | 15 | - | - |
| practised | 14 | skillful after much practice | - |
| overreact | 14 | show an exaggerated response to something | Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy |
| actuality | 14 | the state of actually existing objectively | a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality |
| proactive | 16 | descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently | proactive inhibition |
| olfactory | 17 | of or relating to olfaction | - |
| bacterial | 13 | relating to or caused by bacteria | bacterial infection |
| enactment | 13 | the passing of a law by a legislative body | - |
| extractor | 18 | an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension | - |
| climactic | 17 | consisting of or causing a climax | a climactic development |
| bacterium | 15 | (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants | - |
| tesseract | 11 | the four-dimensional analogue of a cube | - |
| retracted | 12 | drawn back and in | a cat with retracted claws |
| fractious | 14 | stubbornly resistant to authority or control | a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness |
| retractor | 11 | surgical instrument that holds back the edges of a surgical incision | - |
| tactician | 13 | a person who is skilled at planning tactics | - |
| factorial | 14 | the product of all the integers up to and including a given integer | 1, 2, 6, 24, and 120 are factorials |
| tactfully | 17 | showing tact or tactfulness; in a tactful manner | he stepped tactfully in to prevent trouble |
| lactating | 12 | producing or secreting milk | lactating cows |
| impactful | 18 | - | - |
| activator | 14 | (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription | - |
| factoring | 15 | (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression | - |
| factional | 14 | - | - |
| actuarial | 11 | of or relating to the work of an actuary | - |
| attractor | 11 | (physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system | - |
| factually | 17 | as a fact or based on fact | they learn much, factually, about the problems of retirement and provision for old age, and, psychologically, in the sharing of their thoughts on retirement |
| lactation | 11 | feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast | - |
| syntactic | 16 | of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax | the syntactic rules of a language |
| actuation | 11 | the act of propelling | - |
| prolactin | 13 | gonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary; in females it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation after parturition | - |
| practicum | 17 | - | - |
| backacter | 19 | - | - |
| actorlier | 11 | - | - |
| galactico | 14 | - | - |
| diactines | 12 | - | - |
| unactives | 14 | - | - |
| unactived | 15 | - | - |
| triactors | 11 | - | - |
| phylactic | 21 | - | - |
| lactulose | 11 | - | - |
| lactivist | 14 | - | - |
| lactivism | 16 | - | - |
| lactitols | 11 | - | - |
| actuators | 11 | - | - |
| actuating | 12 | causing motion or action or change | - |
| actuaries | 11 | - | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| attractive | 15 | having power to arouse interest | an attractive opportunity |
| practicing | 17 | - | - |
| distracted | 14 | having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety | - |
| attraction | 12 | the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts | her personality held a strange attraction for him |
| contractor | 14 | the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps | - |
| contracted | 15 | reduced in size or pulled together | the contracted pupils of her eyes |
| extraction | 19 | properties attributable to your ancestry | - |
| benefactor | 17 | a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) | - |
| activation | 15 | the activity of causing to have energy and be active | - |
| activating | 16 | causing motion or action or change | - |
| deactivate | 16 | make inactive | they deactivated the file |
| infraction | 15 | a crime less serious than a felony | - |
| fractional | 15 | constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety | a fractional share of the vote |
| reactivate | 15 | activate (an old file) anew | - |
| counteract | 14 | oppose or check by a counteraction | - |
| tactically | 17 | with regard to tactics | the tactically useful province is still firmly in the rebels' hands |
| overacting | 16 | poor acting by a ham actor | - |
| retraction | 12 | a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion | - |
| overactive | 18 | more active than normal | - |
| protracted | 15 | relatively long in duration; tediously protracted | protracted negotiations |
| inactivity | 18 | a disposition to remain inactive or inert | - |
| fracturing | 16 | - | - |
| refractory | 18 | not responding to treatment | a refractory case of acne |
| abstracted | 15 | lost in thought; showing preoccupation | - |
| refraction | 15 | the amount by which a propagating wave is bent | - |
| protractor | 14 | drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles | - |
| actionable | 14 | affording grounds for legal action | slander is an actionable offense |
| abstractly | 17 | in abstract terms | - |
| stalactite | 12 | a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave | - |
| factitious | 15 | not produced by natural forces | brokers created a factitious demand for stocks |
| playacting | 18 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - |
| malefactor | 17 | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime | - |
| refractive | 18 | of or relating to or capable of refraction | the refractive characteristics of the eye |
| abreaction | 14 | (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions | - |
| attractant | 12 | - | - |
| exactitude | 20 | the quality of being exact | a man of great exactitude |
| activewear | 18 | attire worn for sport or for casual wear | - |
| diffracted | 20 | - | - |
| didactical | 16 | instructive (especially excessively) | - |
| diactinism | 15 | - | - |
| detractory | 16 | - | - |
| detractors | 13 | - | - |
| detractive | 16 | causing to decrease in importance or value | detractive influences on the volume of investment |
| detraction | 13 | a petty disparagement | - |
| detracting | 14 | - | - |
| galactosyl | 16 | - | - |
| galactoses | 13 | - | - |
| fracturers | 15 | - | - |
| fractioned | 16 | - | - |
| fractality | 18 | - | - |
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