Reaction is valid Scrabble Word

Is reaction a scrabble word?
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8 letters word
10 points in Scrabble
12 points in WWF

Definitions for REACTION in dictionary:

NOUN:

the act of reacting
something done, felt, or thought in response to a situation or event
an adverse physiological response to a substance that has been breathed in, ingested, or touched
a mode of thinking or behaving that is deliberately different from previous modes of thought and behaviour
opposition to political or social progress or reform
a chemical process in which substances act mutually on each other and are changed into different substances, or one substance changes into other substances
an analogous transformation of atomic nuclei or other particles
a force exerted in opposition to an applied force
physical or emotional response to a stimulus
Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.

The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity, resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these agents, with the production of new compounds or the manifestation of distinctive characters. See Blowpipe reaction, Flame reaction, under Blowpipe, and Flame.
An action induced by vital resistance to some other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.
The force which a body subjected to the action of a force from another body exerts upon the latter body in the opposite direction.
Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform, or great progress in any direction.
(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others
an idea evoked by some experience
a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
(mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body
a response that reveals a person\'s feelings or attitude
extreme conservatism in political or social matters
doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don\'t like
a person's ability to respond physically and mentally to external stimuli

Words related to REACTION

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Words that contain REACTION

reactions11 abreaction14 reactional12 abreactions15 reactionary16 reactionism15 reactionist13 overreaction17 reactionisms16 reactionists14 overreactions18 photoreaction20 reactionaries15 reactionarism17 reactionarist15 underreaction16 immunoreaction20 photoreactions21 reactionarisms18 reactionarists16 reactionaryism21 underreactions17 counterreaction19 immunoreactions21 reactionaryisms22 counterreactions20

How to use REACTION in a sentence

It had ever been the mark of their talk that the oldest allusions in it required but a little dismissal and reaction to come out again, sounding for the hour as new.
We have lately watched, in the literature of our own day, a somewhat similar reaction against sentimental pictures of country-life.
It may be of the nature of a reaction against certain canons of taste too long blindly followed.
Austin seems to have a sort of Marie-Antoinette reaction towards a somewhat painfully achieved simplicity.
Temperature has a marked influence upon the rapidity and continuity of the reaction.
In the meantime the spirit of reaction, to use a modern phrase, began to set in.
We have seen that an anti-English reaction followed the deaths of Malcolm and Margaret.
And it soon appeared that these types of reaction, as it seems proper to call them, would have to be considered in any determination of the mean reaction time.
But there was hardly time to execute these measures, so rapid was the reaction.
Now that excitement and suspense were over, and there was nothing that called for activity, Desmond felt the natural reaction from the strain he had undergone.

It would be like her to undergo such a reaction of feeling, and to express it, not in words, but by taking up their relation as if there had been no break in it.
After the many sad and trying duties of our calling, father, we need some one like Vallie Fairleigh to call forth a reaction of the mind.
When the theological reaction followed, they fell into disuse and neglect, and their final ruin followed when it was found cheaper to pull them down than keep them in repair.
In France, the reaction against a like state of things brought the church to the verge of destruction, and led the masses to infidelity and materialism.
It has been very interesting to note the reaction of American methods upon those previously in vogue in neighbouring colonies.
There has been a reaction against bounty legislation of recent years.
Tone must be placed spontaneously, with reaction and reflection.
His pathetic reaction was strange although undoubtedly provoked.
What has happened? The simple physical fact of reaction under too sudden an exposure to heat after exposure to cold.
But this weakness was followed by a fierce reaction.

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