| ACTANT | • actant n. (Grammar) Any of the participants, such as the subject or object, in a grammatical clause. • ACTANT n. a noun phrase functioning as the agent of the main verb of a sentence. |
| ACTANTS | • actants n. Plural of actant. • ACTANT n. a noun phrase functioning as the agent of the main verb of a sentence. |
| REACTANT | • reactant n. (Chemistry) any of the participants present at the start of a chemical reaction. • REACTANT n. a substance taking part in a reaction. |
| REACTANTS | • reactants n. Plural of reactant. • REACTANT n. a substance taking part in a reaction. |
| ATTRACTANT | • attractant n. Anything that attracts, but especially a substance (such as a pheromone) that attracts insects or other animals. • ATTRACTANT n. a substance that attracts. |
| EXTRACTANT | • extractant n. A liquid used to extract a substance from another material. • EXTRACTANT n. a solvent used for extraction. |
| SURFACTANT | • surfactant n. (Chemistry) A surface-active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid;… • surfactant n. (Biochemistry) A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more… • SURFACTANT n. a substance which reduces surface tension. |
| ATTRACTANTS | • attractants n. Plural of attractant. • ATTRACTANT n. a substance that attracts. |
| EXTRACTANTS | • extractants n. Plural of extractant. • EXTRACTANT n. a solvent used for extraction. |
| INTERACTANT | • interactant n. One who interacts. • INTERACTANT n. one that interacts. |
| SURFACTANTS | • surfactants n. Plural of surfactant. • SURFACTANT n. a substance which reduces surface tension. |
| COSURFACTANT | • cosurfactant n. A surfactant acting in tandem with another surfactant to enhance its properties. • COSURFACTANT n. something that works in combination with a surfactant. |
| INTERACTANTS | • interactants n. Plural of interactant. • INTERACTANT n. one that interacts. |
| COSURFACTANTS | • cosurfactants n. Plural of cosurfactant. • COSURFACTANT n. something that works in combination with a surfactant. |
| CHEMOATTRACTANT | • chemoattractant n. A substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells. • CHEMOATTRACTANT n. a chemical which provokes a chemotactic movement of e.g. cells or bacteria towards its area of highest concentration. |