Crossword-Solution: REACTION 8 letters, 51 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

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Word Word Type Definition
Reaction n. Any action in resisting other action or force; counter
tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.
Reaction n. 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.
Reaction n. 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.
Reaction n. The force which a body subjected to the action of a force
from another body exerts upon the latter body in the opposite
direction.
Reaction n. Backward tendency or movement after revolution, reform,
or great progress in any direction.

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REACTION anagram ACTIONER, CREATION

We have 51 clues for the answer “REACTION”

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Ace intro (anag) 1 answer
Backlash, for example 1 answer
Big stink, e.g. 1 answer
Button on a Facebook post 1 answer
Change in a beaker, e.g. 1 answer
Change in a lab 1 answer
Chem lab event 1 answer
Chemical change, or rhenium + actinium + titanium + oxygen + nitrogen? 1 answer
Counter tendency. 1 answer
Double take, for one 1 answer
Double-take, e.g. 1 answer
Feedback, for example 1 answer
Response to stimulus 1 answer
Response triggered by a stimulus 1 answer
Spit take, e.g. 1 answer
Stimulus aftermath 1 answer
a provoked responce 1 answer
a provoked response 1 answer
doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like 1 answer
Provoked response 2 answers
Chemical process. 2 answers
responsory 2 answers
chemical change 2 answers
Response to a stimulus 3 answers
Knee jerk, e.g. 3 answers
IRRITABILITY to changes/stimuli in the inner/outer environment and the ability to react to them 4 answers
expressionism 4 answers
responsiveness 4 answers
Double take? 7 answers
Sudden movement 10 answers
retaliation 11 answers
reflex 12 answers
sentiment 14 answers
measure for measure 22 answers
Response 24 answers
skillfulness 26 answers
Backfire 27 answers
Back Talk 28 answers
Acknowledgment 32 answers
Backsliding 39 answers
Emotion 43 answers
Backlash 44 answers
Rebound 47 answers
repercussion 48 answers
Sensation 53 answers
Impression 55 answers
DECISION ___ 59 answers
Result 64 answers
Opposer 72 answers
Practice 75 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TREAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with REACTION (5)

The fact that four centuries had neither proved it to be founded on a mistake, inspired any hatred of its purpose, nor given rise to any reaction that had battered it down, invested this simple grey effort of old minds with a repose, if not a grandeur, which a too curious reflection was apt to disturb in its ecclesiastical and military compeers.
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1992
The digestive processes and their reaction upon the nervous system sap our strength and colour our minds.
The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells 1992
Other OS groups at Honeywell began referring to it as `God's Chosen Operating System', allegedly in reaction to the GCOS crowd's uninformed and snotty attitude about the superiority of their product.
The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 Various 1992
The question of how people will tag the text is in large part a function of their reaction to what SPERBERG-McQUEEN termed the issue of reproducibility.
LOC Workshop on Electronic Texts Library of Congress 1993
Besides articulating the Negro's emotional reaction to prejudice and discrimination, the Negro Renaissance depicted other aspects of the Afro-American culture.
The Black Experience in America Norman Coombs 2008

Quotes with REACTION (3)

A complete stranger has the capacity to alter the life of another irrevocably. This domino effect has the capacity to change the course of an entire world. That is what life is; a chain reaction of individuals colliding with others and influencing their lives without realizing it. A decision that seems miniscule to you, may be monumental to the fate of the world.
J.D. Stroube Caged by Damnation
The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.
Sigmund Freud Sexuality and the Psychology of Love
A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes.
Wade Boggs
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Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 20 times in crossword archives (1961–2025).