8 Letter Words for Reaction
actioner, anerotic, anoretic, canotier, ceration, creation, reaction
7 Letter Words for Reaction
acetoin, aconite, anticor, antoeci, cantier, carotin, centiar, ceratin, cerotin, certain, cetonia, citrean, cointer, cortian, cortina, cortine, cotrine, cretion, crinate, enactor, erotica, nacrite, noticer, orcanet, otarine, rection, tacrine
6 Letter Words for Reaction
acerin, acetin, acoine, acrite, actine, action, aeonic, anetic, anteri, aortic, areito, aroint, atoner, atonic, atroce, canier, canter, cantor, caoine, carien, carnet, carone, carton, cation, cearin, centai, centra, centro, cinter, citron, coater, coatie, coiner, conite, conter, contra, corita, cornea, cornet, cortin, cranet, craton, creant, cretan, cretin, criant, crinet, cronet, cronie, crotin, earcon, enatic, entria, erotic, ionate, nectar, nerita, noetic, norate, norice, norite, notice, octane, octine, orante, orcein, orcine, oretic, orient, ornate, racine, racion, rancio, ratine, ration, recant, recoat, recoin, retain, retina, roncet, tanier, tanrec, tercia, tercio, tonier, trance, triace, tricae, tricon
5 Letter Words for Reaction
acier, acoin, acone, acorn, acron, actin, acton, actor, aeric, aeron, ancor, ancre, antic, antre, arent, ariot, arite, artic, atone, atren, cairn, cairo, caner, canoe, canto, caret, carne, carot, carte, cater, ceint, centi, cento, cerat, ceria, cerin, cetin, citer, coart, coate, coati, coner, conia, conta, conte, contr, coran, coria, corni, corta, cotan, craie, crain, crane, crate, crena, creta, crine, croat, crone, ecart, enact, encia, eniac, entia, erato, erica, inact, incor, incra, inert, inter, intra, intro, iortn, irate, irena, irone, nacre, narco, naric, necia, necro, nicer, niota, niter, nitro, noire, noria, norie, norit, noter, oaric, oaten, oater, ocean, ocrea, octan, oncer, oncet, oncia, ontic, orant, orate, orcin, racon, raine, rance, ratio, react, recit, recon, recti, recto, reina, retan, retia, retin, riant, roate, rocta, ronte, rotan, taino, tairn, tarie, tarin, taroc, tecon, tenai, tenia, tenio, tenor, terai, terna, ticer, tinca, tinea, toner, tonic, toran, toric, trace, train, triac, trica, trice, trina, trine, troca, troic, trona, tronc, trone
4 Letter Words for Reaction
acer, acne, acor, acre, aero, aine, aint, aion, aire, airn, airt, ance, anet, anre, ante, anti, arco, aren, aret, arni, arno, arte, atoc, cain, cair, cane, cant, caon, care, carn, cart, cate, cent, cera, cern, cero, cert, ceti, ciao, cine, cion, cira, cire, cite, cito, coat, coin, coir, coit, cone, coni, cont, cora, core, corn, cort, cote, cran, crin, crit, earn, econ, ecto, eira, ento, entr, eoan, erat, eria, eric, erin, etic, etna, eton, iare, icao, icer, icon, inca, incr, inro, inta, into, intr, iota, iran, iron, iter, nace, naio, naoi, narc, nare, nato, natr, near, neat, neti, nice, nito, noir, nore, nori, nota, note, octa, oeci, oint, onca, once, oner, orae, oran, orca, orna, otic, race, rain, rait, rane, rant, rate, rato, rean, rect, rein, reit, reno, rent, rice, rine, riot, rita, rite, roan, roin, roit, rone, ront, rota, rotc, rote, roti, tace, taco, taen, tain, tane, tare, tari, tarn, taro, tean, tear, teca, tera, tern, tiao, tiar, tice, tien, tier, tinc, tine, tire, toea, tone, torc, tore, tori, torn, trac, trie, trin, trio, trna, tron
3 Letter Words for Reaction
ace, act, aer, ain, air, ait, anc, ane, ant, aor, arc, are, arn, art, ate, cai, can, car, cat, cen, ceo, cer, cia, cie, cir, cit, con, cor, cot, cro, crt, cte, ctn, cto, ctr, ean, ear, eat, eco, ect, eir, enc, eon, era, ern, ert, eta, etc, iao, ice, inc, int, ion, ira, ire, ita, nae, nar, nat, nco, nea, nei, neo, net, nie, nit, noa, nor, not, oar, oat, oca, oct, oer, oie, ona, one, oni, ont, ora, orc, ore, ort, otc, rai, ran, rat, rct, rea, rec, rei, ria, rie, rin, rio, rit, rna, roc, roe, roi, ron, rot, rte, rti, tai, tan, tao, tar, tea, tec, ten, ter, tic, tie, tin, toa, toc, toe, toi, ton, tor, tra, tri
Definitions for Reaction
[1] a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
[2] movement in the direction of political conservatism or extreme rightism.
[3] action in response to some influence, event, etc.: the nation's reaction to the president's speech.
[4] Physiology . action in response to a stimulus, as of the system or of a nerve, muscle, etc.
[5] Medicine/Medical . the action caused by the resistance to another action. a return to the opposite physical condition, as after shock, exhaustion, or chill.
[6] Bacteriology , Immunology . the specific cellular response to foreign matter, as in testing for allergies.
[7] Chemistry . the reciprocal action of chemical agents upon each other; chemical change.
[8] Also called nuclear reaction. Physics . a process in which a nucleus that is bombarded by a photon, particle, or other nucleus, emits a nucleon, alpha particle, or the like, without a significant change in its atomic weight.
[9] Mechanics . the instantaneous response of a system to an applied force, manifested as the exertion of a force equal in magnitude but opposite in direction to the applied force.
[10] Commerce . a decline in the market after an advance in prices.
[11] a response to some foregoing action or stimulus
[12] the reciprocal action of two things acting together
[13] opposition to change, esp political change, or a desire to return to a former condition or system
[14] a response indicating a person's feelings or emotional attitude
[15] med any effect produced by the action of a drug, esp an adverse effect Compare side effect any effect produced by a substance (allergen) to which a person is allergic, the simultaneous equal and opposite force that acts on a body whenever it exerts a force on another body
[16] short for chemical reaction, nuclear reaction
[17] stock exchange a sharp fall in price interrupting a general rise
Words related to Reaction
return, feedback, attitude, reception, reply, answer, opinion, feeling, backlash, rejoinder, counteraction, backfire, receptivity, wisecrack, acknowledgment, repercussion, lip, take, reflex, kick
Words nearby Reaction
reaching jib, reacquire, react, reactance, reactant, reaction, reaction chamber, reaction engine, reaction formation, reaction of degeneration, reaction time
Origin of Reaction
1635–45; re- + action, modeled on react
Other words from Reaction
re·ac·tion·al , adjective
re·ac·tion·al·ly , adverb
an·ti·re·ac·tion , adjective, noun
coun·ter·re·ac·tion , noun
non·re·ac·tion , noun
su·per·re·ac·tion , noun
Synonyms for Reaction
answer, attitude, backlash, feedback, feeling, opinion, reception, reply, return, acknowledgment, backfire, boomerang, comeback, compensation, counteraction, counterbalance, counterpoise, echo, hit, kick, kickback, lip, rebound, receptivity, reciprocation, recoil, reflection, reflex, rejoinder, repercussion, retort, reverberation, revulsion, sass, take, vibes, wisecrack, back talk, double-take, knee-jerk, reagency, snappy comeback
