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Showing words for ACTON using the English dictionary

5 Letter Words for Acton

acton, canto, conta, cotan, octan

4 Letter Words for Acton

atoc, cant, caon, coat, cont, nato, nota, octa, onca, taco

3 Letter Words for Acton

act, anc, ant, can, cat, con, cot, ctn, cto, nat, nco, noa, not, oat, oca, oct, ona, ont, otc, tan, tao, toa, toc, ton

Definitions for Acton

[1] a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
[2] Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron , 1834–1902, English historian.
[3] a former municipal borough in SE England, now part of the London borough of Ealing: center of Puritanism at the time of Cromwell.
[4] a city in NE Massachusetts.
[5] a jacket or jerkin, originally of quilted cotton, worn under a coat of mail
[6] a leather jacket padded with mail
[7] a district of the London borough of Ealing
[8] John Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1st Baron. 1834–1902, English historian: a proponent of Christian liberal ethics and adviser of Gladstone
[9] his grandfather, Sir John Francis Edward. 1736–1811, European naval commander and statesman: admiral of Tuscany (1774–79) and Naples (1779 onwards) and chief minister of Naples (1779–1806)

Words nearby Acton

activist, activity, activize, acto, actomyosin, acton, actor, actor-manager, actor-proof, actoridae, actorish

Origin of Acton

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French aketoun, Old French a(u)queton < Old Spanish algodon < Spanish Arabic < Arabic al-quṭun the cotton

Word origin for Acton

C14: from Old French auqueton, probably ultimately from Arabic alqutun the cotton