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1. capillary
noun. ['ˈkæpəˌlɛri'] a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- capillaris (Latin)
- capillus (Latin)
Rhymes with Capillary Action
- dissatisfaction
- satisfaction
- liquefaction
- transaction
- subtraction
- extraction
- distraction
- contraction
- abstraction
- retraction
- infraction
- diffraction
- classaction
- telaction
- interaction
- exaction
- attraction
- traction
- reaction
- inaction
- fraction
- faction
Sentences with capillary-action
1. Noun Phrase
By "wicking" through capillary action, each fiber acts like a sponge to hold water.
2. Noun Phrase
The liquid moves up the paper by capillary action.
3. Noun Phrase
Instead, they use what is called capillary action.
4. Noun Phrase
The silver solder will melt and flow into and around the joint by capillary action generated by the heat.
2. capillary
adjective. ['ˈkæpəˌlɛri'] long and slender with a very small internal diameter.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- capillaris (Latin)
- capillus (Latin)
3. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] something done (usually as opposed to something said).
Synonyms
- choice
- civility
- taking
- prohibition
- reference
- vampirism
- selection
- achievement
- transgression
- pickings
- thing
- carrying into action
- accenting
- application
- bruxism
- human action
- stupefaction
- accomplishment
- alienation
- engagement
- act
- destabilisation
- saving
- destabilization
- execution
- change
- course
- fetch
- consultation
- swordplay
- aggression
- option
- arrival
- play
- pick
- reverence
- jump-start
- hostility
- course of action
- economy
- transfusion
- forbiddance
- interaction
- benignity
- playing
- politeness
- inhibition
- human activity
- resistance
- opposition
- accentuation
- kindness
- jumpstart
- deed
- performance
- carrying out
- res gestae
- employment
- beatification
Antonyms
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
4. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] a military engagement.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
5. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] the state of being active.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
6. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
Synonyms
- materialization
- sorption
- rigidifying
- pair creation
- natural action
- selection
- oxygenation
- extinction
- curing
- opacification
- dielectrolysis
- release
- softening
- magnetisation
- chemical change
- process
- pair production
- fossilization
- coagulation
- desorption
- distillation
- filtration
- materialisation
- magnetic induction
- natural selection
- stiffening
- chemical process
- stimulation
- antiredeposition
- concretion
- physical process
- diffusion
- set
- rigidification
- acidification
- geologic process
- inactivation
- chromatography
- drift
- demagnetization
- geological process
- curdling
- ion exchange
- synergy
- phase change
- leach
- phase transition
- natural process
- ecesis
- precession of the equinoxes
- decay
- centrifugation
- succession
- ionisation
- leaching
- transpiration
- state change
- survival of the fittest
- vitrification
- oscillation
- solidification
- soak
- soaking
- ionophoresis
- aeration
- effervescence
- condensation
- sericulture
- electrophoresis
- disintegration
- cataphoresis
- physical change
- scattering
- synergism
- nuclear reaction
- survival
- absorption
- soakage
- ecological succession
- fossilisation
- clotting
- source
- activity
- distillment
- magnetization
- hardening
- flocculation
- radiation
- formation
- chemical action
- temperature change
- establishment
- sink
- solidifying
- ionization
- transduction
- demagnetisation
- pair formation
- dissolution
- capture
- saltation
- flow
- feedback
- adiabatic process
- extraction
Antonyms
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
7. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism.
Synonyms
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
8. action
noun. ['ˈækʃən'] a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong.
Synonyms
Etymology
- accion (Middle English (1100-1500))
- action (Old French (842-ca. 1400))