Practical

Definition: Practical

Practical

Adjective

1. Concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very practical person"; "the idea had no practical application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese"; "woodworking is a practical art".

2. Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics".

3. Being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin".

4. Having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "practical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Practical \Prac"ti*cal\, adjective. [Latin expression practicus active, Greek fit for doing or performing, practical, active, from to do, work, effect: compare to the French expression pratique, formerly also practique. Compare to Pragmatic, Practice.]. (references)

Fine Arts

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Practical

Agency

Adjective: operative, efficient, efficacious, practical, effectual.

Amusement

Play; game, game at romps; gambol, romp, prank, antic, rig, lark, spree, skylarking, vagary, monkey trick, gambade, fredaine, escapade, echappee, bout, espieglerie; practical joke; (ridicule).

Conduct

Adjective: conducting; Verb: strategical, businesslike, practical, executive.

Deception

Delusion, gullery; juggling, jugglery; slight of hand, legerdemain; prestigiation, prestidigitation; magic; conjuring, conjuration; hocus-pocus, escamoterie, jockeyship; trickery, coggery, chicanery; supercherie, cozenage, circumvention, ingannation, collusion; treachery; practical joke.

Decoy, waylay, lure, beguile, delude, inveigle; entrap, intrap, ensnare; nick, springe; set a trap, lay a trap, lay a snare for; bait the hook, forelay, spread the toils, lime; trapan, trepan; kidnap; let in, hook in; nousle, nousel; blind a trail; enmesh, immesh; shanghai; catch, catch in a trap; sniggle, entangle, illaqueate, hocus, escamoter, practice on one's credulity; hum, humbug; gammon, stuff up, sell; play a trick upon one, play a practical joke upon one, put something over on one, put one over on; balk, trip up, throw a tub to a whale; fool to the top of one's bent, send on a fool's errand; make game, make a fool of, make an April fool of, make an ass of; trifle with, cajole, flatter; come over; (influence); gild the pill, make things pleasant, divert, put a good face upon; dissemble.

Disrespect

Vilipendency, vilification, contumely, affront, dishonor, insult, indignity, outrage, discourtesy; practical joking; scurrility, scoffing, sibilance, hissing, sibilation; irrision; derision; mockery; irony; (ridicule); sarcasm.

Have in derision; hold in derision; deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle, gleek, gird, flout, fleer; roast, turn into ridicule; burlesque; laugh to scorn; (contempt); smoke; fool; make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; play a practical joke; lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout; mob.

Humorist

Noun: humorist, wag, wit, reparteeist, epigrammatist, punster; bel esprit, life of the party; wit-snapper, wit-cracker, wit-worm; joker, jester, Joe Miller, drole de corps, gaillard, spark; bon diable; practical joker.

Knowledge

Erudition, learning, lore, scholarship, reading, letters; literature; book madness; book learning, bookishness; bibliomania, bibliolatry; information, general information; store of knowledge; education; (teaching); culture, menticulture, attainments; acquirements, acquisitions; accomplishments; proficiency; practical knowledge; (skill); liberal education; dilettantism; rudiments; (beginning).

Remedy

Doctor, physician, surgeon; general practitioner, specialist; medical attendant, apothecary, druggist; leech; osteopath, osteopathist; optometrist, ophthalmologist; internist, oncologist, gastroenterologist; epidemiologist, public health specialist; dermatologist; podiatrist; witch doctor, shaman, faith healer, quack, exorcist; Aesculapius, Hippocrates, Galen; accoucheur, accoucheuse, midwife, oculist, aurist; operator; nurse, registered nurse, practical nurse, monthly nurse, sister; nurse's aide, candystriper; dresser; bonesetter; pharmaceutist, pharmacist, druggist, chemist, pharmacopolist.

Ridicule

Buffoonery; (fun); practical joke; horseplay.

Skill

Accomplishment, acquirement, attainment; art, science; technicality, technology; practical knowledge, technical knowledge.

Crosswords: Practical

Don't know why. Think it's very practical, actually (Four Weddings and a Funeral; writing credit: Richard Curtis)

Well, I guess it was a pretty funny practical joke (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

It's not practical to take more (Man of La Mancha; writing credit: Dale Wasserman)

Now they're practical. (Romancing the Stone; writing credit: Diane Thomas.)

Willow's not very good with the practical strategizing, except when she's evil (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Logical, responsible, practical. (The Logical Song; performing artist: Supertramp)

Practical Yolk (1966)

A Pastry Cook's Practical Jokes (1905)

TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes (1984)

The Practical Book Review (1983)

Practical Experience (1976)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Treating Chemically Dependent Families: A Practical Systems Approach for Professionals (Professional Series) (reference)

• The Chemist's Companion: A Handbook of Practical Data, Techniques, and References (reference)

• Analytical Chemistry in a GMP Environment: A Practical Guide (reference)

• Practical Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Part II (reference)

• Chemistry and the Chemical Industry: A Practical Guide for Non-Chemists (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• European Lobbyists Practical Guide (reference)

• Fred Trosts Practical Sportsman (reference)

• Nclex Program Reports - Practical Nurse (reference)

• Ohio Licensed Practical Nurse Newsletter (reference)

• Practical Archivist (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Y2K: Practical Solutions for Home Preparedness (reference)

• Practical Magic (Collector's Edition) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Meditation - A Practical Survival Kit For The '90s: 4 Healing Meditations (reference)

• Practical Magic: Music From The Motion Picture [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• CCIE PRACTICAL STUDIES (reference)

• Practical Standards for Visual Basic (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Pictured here is a large group of adults and children sitting around a swimming pool. They are members of a national group called the Candlelighters, which gives emotional support and practical advice to parents, patients and siblings of cancer victims. This group is in Las Vegas, Nevada and is one of more than 100 nationwide. The Candlelighters headquarters is in Washington, DC. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Plate VII -- Tropical and Polar Air Currents. Contrast this view to some of the early TIROS imagery in the Space collection. In: The Weather Book : A Manual of Practical Meteorology, by Rear Admiral Robert Fitzroy . Published in 1863. Call Number QC861 .F54 1863. He was the commanding officer of H. M. S. BEAGLE when Charles Darwin made his famous studies. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Title page showing of practical geometry and surveying manual showing Pythagoras , Archimedes, a 3-4-5 triangle, numerous drafting and surveying instruments. In: "Geometriae practicae novae et auctae tractatus I[-IV] ..." by Schwenter, Daniel, 1585-1636. Published posthumously in 1641. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Figure 19. Color measuring tube of Julien Thoulet, designed about 1903 to facilitate the use of Forel's color scale. It was only a little more practical than the original form. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Dairy cows (Holsteins) being cooled by sprayers during hot summer to maintain milk production. Using practical cooling methods for maximum milk production--contented, cool, cows give more milk. Eastern Louisiana. Credit: Bob Nichols.

Entrance foyer, first floor, from south. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, June 1984. (Reproduction Number: HABS, ARK,26-HOSP,1-D-17) Praised by its original owner as "the most practical, complete, and luxurious bathhouse in the world," the Fordyce Bathhouse in Hot Springs stands today as a reminder of the international health-spa craze of the first half of the twentieth century. People from all over the world flocked to the Fordyce and the other bathhouses on "Bathhouse Row" in Hot Springs in the hope that the many natural springs in the area would help cure their illnesses. Visitors at the Fordyce bought their bath tickets in this foyer before proceeding to the dressing rooms and then to the baths. Today, the Fordyce Bathhouse is the Visitor Center at Hot Springs National Park. Credit: Library of Congress.

Practical Instruction In Personality Study & Flight Surgeon Duties On The FlyingField : School Of Aviation Medicine. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

School of Practical Nursing. : Home Economics Class. / Parkway Photographers. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The "Ostend doctrine" Practical Democrats carrying out the principle. Credit: Library of Congress.

Practical illustration of the Fugitive Slave Law. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It would be giving to the legislature a practical and real omnipotence, with the same breath which professes to restrict their powers within narrow limits. (reference)

Future history resolves itself, in their eyes, into the propaganda and the practical carrying out of their social plans. (reference)

Officers who have previously belonged to any formations whatever of the Army, and who are not retained in the units allowed to be maintained, must not take part in any military exercise whether theoretical or practical, and will not be under any military obligations whatever. (reference)

I have, however, a definite and practical proposal to make for action. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The absolute should be practical.

You don't know how lucky you are not to have one. Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable

I loved to sound him on the various reforms of the day, and he never failed to look at them in the most simple and practical light

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

A Practical Guide to a Healthy PregnancyU. (references)

Answering the questions of who should be screened and when presents us with a practical dilemma. (references)

Identification of microfilariae by microscopic examination is the most practical diagnostic procedure. (references)

Business

Strategic alliances are also a practical method to capture market share. (references)

This would enable students to have practical exposure during the academic period. (references)

There is also need for these programs to have a practical, hands-on application component. (references)

Children

Nigeria

The Constitution calls for the Government, "when practical," to provide free, compulsory, and universal primary education; however, despite the President's commitment to compulsory education, compulsory primary education rarely was provided. (references)

India

Although the act provides equal rights to all persons with disabilities, advocacy organizations admit that its practical effects so far have been minimal in part due to a clause that makes the implementation of programs dependent on the "economic capacity" of the Government. (references)

Australia

Similarly, the six states and two territories investigate complaints of neglect or child abuse and institute practical measures aimed at protecting the child when such complaints prove founded. (references)

Civil Liberties

Tajikistan

While the official reason given to justify registration is to ensure that religious groups act in accordance with the law, the practical purpose is to ensure that they do not become overly political. (references)

Tonga

The law allows government officials to bring defamation suits, and suits by such officials and other individuals against media outlets for allowing interviewees to voice allegedly defamatory remarks may have the practical effect of limiting freedom of speech. (references)

Malaysia

The Government discouraged, and in practical terms forbade, the circulation in the peninsular region of the country of Malay-language translations of the Bible and distribution of Christian tapes and printed materials in Malay. (references)

Discrimination

South Africa

Legal recourse is available to those who believe that they have been discriminated against; however, entrenched attitudes and practices, as well as limited resources, limit the practical effect of these protections. (references)

Economic History

Indonesia

Under terms of its Contract of Work, Freeport Indonesia must allow local Indonesian suppliers to bid on all contracts, and the company follows a practice of attempting to increase procurements from Indonesia within the practical limitations of its selection criteria. (references)

Indonesia

As a practical matter a local joint venture partner is often essential for success in this market, for the same reason that an activist Indonesian agent or distributor has advantages over a foreign trade representative office. (references)

Human Rights

Georgia

Observers commented that although judges were better educated, they are hindered by lack of practical experience. (references)

Guatemala

The program is designed to provide training to students and much needed practical support to the courts, prosecutors, and public defender's offices. (references)

Minorities

Estonia

The President's Roundtable continued to work toward finding practical solutions to the problems of noncitizens. (references)

Political Economy

TUNISIA

The most significant barriers to trade with Tunisia are the small size of the market and the legal and practical limitations to regional trade with other North African countries. (references)

PORTUGAL

Nevertheless, as a practical matter, foreign firms bidding on EU-funded projects have found that having an EU or Portuguese partner enhances their prospects. (references)

GREECE

In practical effect, the decree constitutes a step back from deregulation of the industry. (references)

Political Rights

Malaysia

However, de facto campaigning began long before the elections, and there is little evidence that the short official campaign period had much practical effect. (references)

Iceland

The latest elections to the Althingi (unicameral Parliament) were held in May 1999. The percentage of women in government and politics does not correspond to their percentage of the population, but no legal or practical impediments hinder their participation. (references)

Guatemala

There are no legal restrictions, and few practical ones, on the participation of women in the political process; however, the percentage of women in government and politics does not correspond to their percentage of the population. (references)

Trade

Syria

Again, U.S. commercial financing is not a practical way to do business with Syrian firms because foreign exchange impediments make it impossible to guarantee a loan or credit facility for a Syrian beneficiary. (references)

Azerbaijan

From a practical point of view, U.S. suppliers should label instructions in Azeri, Turkish, or Russian to provide consumers with product information. (references)

Philippines

When it is not practical or possible to conform to the previous requirement, an alternative method shall be to print or stamp the required information on the outer-edge portion of the fabric roll or fold and, in addition, to attach tags at the beginning and end of the roll or folds. (references)

Travel

Sri Lanka

Comprehensive practical information for Americans living in Colombo can be found in the "Colombo Handbook" published by the North American Women's Association of Sri Lanka and available in bookstores in Colombo. (references)

Australia

Dual-voltage devices are more practical. (references)

Women

Ukraine

State-run hot lines, shelters, and other practical support for victims of abuse are few in number. (references)

Worker Rights

Guinea

The Labor Code contains provisions of a general nature regarding occupational safety and health, but the Government has not elaborated a set of practical workplace health and safety standards. (references)

Cyprus

The legislated minimum wage in the government-controlled area, which is reviewed every year, is approximately $420 (280 Cyprus pounds) per month for shop assistants, practical nurses, clerks, hairdressers, and nursery assistants. (references)

Italy

For most practical purposes, EU directives on health and safety also have been incorporated into the law. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "practical": a practical joke ♦ for all practical purposes ♦ International Practical Temperature Scale of 1948 ♦ International Practical Temperature Scale of 1968 ♦ licensed practical nurse ♦ play a practical joke on smb. ♦ practical lamp ♦ practical application ♦ practical capacity ♦ practical chemistry ♦ practical control ♦ practical engineering ♦ practical exam ♦ practical experience ♦ practical joke ♦ practical joker ♦ practical knowledge ♦ practical lesson ♦ practical lighting ♦ practical man ♦ practical mechanics ♦ practical mind ♦ practical nurse ♦ practical politics ♦ practical rate of fire ♦ practical subject ♦ practical system ♦ practical training ♦ practical training period ♦ practical trick ♦ teacher in a practical subject ♦ usual practical unit. Additional references.

Beginning with "practical": practical-based, practical-critical, practical-minded.

Ending with "practical": non-practical.

Containing "practical": out-of-the-practical-swim.

Afrikaans

prakties. (various references)

Albanian

praktik (businesslike, commodious, down to earth, handy, hardheaded, matter of fact, pragmatic, usable), i volitshëm (convenient, expedient, handy, propitious), i vërtetë (actual, authentic, bona fide, downright, effective, faithful, flesh and blood, genuine, objective, perfect, positive, proper, pucka, real, right, substantial, true, truthful, uncoined, unfailing, unfeigned, veracious, veritable, virtual), i përdorshëm (available, expendable, handy, practicable, purposive, usable), faktik (factual). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فعلي (active, actual, de facto, effective, effectual, factual, intrinsic, intrinsical, verbal), ‏عملي (active, businesslike, doable, earthy, feasible, functional, handy, matter of fact, monetary, positive, virtual, workable), ‏إجرائي (ministerial, procedural). (various references)

Bulgarian 

фактически (actual, actually, as a matter of fact, de facto, factual, factually, in fact, morally, practically, really, substantial, virtual, virtually), практически изпит, практически (practically), практичен човек (hardhead), практичен (applicable, applied, careful, down to earth, hardheaded, pragmatic, sensible, unromantic, working, worldly wise). (various references)

Chinese 

落實 (to carry out, to implement, workable), 踏實 , 实�"�, 實�"� (functional, pragmatic), 切實 (conscientiously, earnestly, feasible, realistic). (various references)

Czech

praktický (businesslike, convenient, down to earth, hands-on, handy, hard-headed, realistic, workaday), výkonný (efficient, executive, oiled), skuteèný (actual, effective, existent, existing, genuine, great, historical, intrinsic, intrinsical, real, true, very, virtual), úèinný (active, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, operative, telling). (various references)

Danish

virkelig (actual, factual, real), praktisk. (various references)

Dutch

praktisch. (various references)

Esperanto

praktika, reala (actual, real). (various references)

Faeroese

veruligur (actual, real), lagaligur (gentle, mild), hentur, gegniligur, í verki. (various references)

Farsi 

کابردی , عملی (Operable, Operative, Practicable, Workable), اهل عمل , بکارخور (Commodious). (various references)

Finnish

todellinen (actual, real, true, veritable), käytännöllinen (handy). (various references)

French

pratique (practice, practise), praticable (practicable), réel, maniable, épreuve pratique. (various references)

Frisian

praktysk. (various references)

German

praktisch (applicatory, convenient, expedient, functional, hands-on, handy, in effect, in practice, practically, serviceable, useful, virtually), brauchbar (convenient, decent, practicable, reasonable, serviceable, usable, usably, useful, viable, workable). (various references)

Greek 

πρακτικόσ (businesslike, operable, operatable, pragmatic, pragmatical, workable, workaday), πρακτικός, χρήσιμοσ (helpful, serviceable, usable, useful). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעשי (achievable, businesslike, down to earth, feasible, sensible, workable), שמושי (functional, handy, serviceable, useful), פרקטי, עסקי (businesslike, pragmatic), ע� י� י (actual, businesslike, forthright, matter of course, objective, pertinent, relevant), בר בצוע (achievable, attainable, feasible, practicable, workable). (various references)

Hungarian

tapasztalati (empiric, empirical, experimental), gyakorlati (functional, practicable, pragmatic, pragmatical, probationary). (various references)

Icelandic

raunverulegur (actual, real). (various references)

Indonesian

praktis. (various references)

Italian

reale (actual, actually, concrete, effective, factual, live, objective, real, really, royal, royally, true). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

現実性 (feasible, realistic), 事務的 (businesslike), プッシュプル増幅器 (placard, plaza, plug, plug compatible, plywood, PO, practice, pragmatism, Prague, Pravda, price, price leadership, pride, primal, primary, primary care, primary health care, prime rate, prime time, priori, priority, privacy, private, private brand, private offering, private room, prize money, Puccini, pudding, push lock, push-button phone, pushing, push-pull amplifier, put), 技�"的　 (technical), 技�"的 (technical), 即物的 (matter-of-fact, realistic, utilitarian), 実際的 , 実際　 (actual condition, status quo), 実際 (actual condition, status quo), 実践的 , 実�"�的 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎじゅつてき (technical), プラクティカル , そくぶつてき (matter-of-fact, realistic, utilitarian), �'�"じつせい (feasible, realistic), じつようてき, じっさいてき, じっさい (actual condition, status quo), じっせ�"てき, じむてき (businesslike). (various references)

Korean 

실� � (Actual, Pragmatic, Virtuality). (various references)

Manx

yn-obbree, jeantagh (doer, fabricator, maker, manufacturer, performer, producer). (various references)

Norwegian

praktisk (handy). (various references)

Papiamen

práktiko. (various references)

Pig Latin

acticalpray.(various references)

Polish

praktyczny, rzeczywisty (actual, real), realny (actual, real). (various references)

Portuguese

prático (adept, convenient, down-to-earth, matter-of-fact, operative, pilot, practitioner, realistic, skilled), real (absolute, actual, factual, incarnate, kingly, pence, penny, positive, practicable, real, regal, royal, sterling, tangible, true, unfeigned, veritable, very, visual). (various references)

Romanian

practic (actually, applied, business-like, canny, commodious, experienced, hard-headed, matter of fact, practically, pragmatic, purposeful, serviceable, sound, useful, virtually, worldly). (various references)

Russian 

практический (appl applied, down-to-earth, economic, hands-on). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

praktičan (hardheaded, working), realan (real, unimaginative). (various references)

Spanish

práctico (as a matter of fact, businesslike, cannie, coast pilot, conjurer, down to earth, earthy, experienced, handy, handy man, hard-headed, pilot, pragmatic, pragmatical). (various references)

Swedish

praktisk (applied, handy, sensible, useful, utilitarian, utility, working). (various references)

Turkish

pratik (applied, businesslike, convenient, experience, handy, practice, praxis, rough and ready), uygulanbilir, uygulamalı (applied, operative), objektif (clinical, even handed, object glass, objective), nesnel, kullanışlı (all purpose, available, convenient, flowing, functional, general purpose, handy, manageable, operable, practicable, purposive, serviceable, useful), iş bitirici (fixer), gerçekçi (down to earth, exact, hard-headed, literal, matter of fact, realist, realistic), elverişli (adequate, auspicious, convenient, favourable, opportune, practicable, propitious, prosperous, streamlined, sufficient, suitable, susceptible), el ile yapılan, becerikli (adept, adroit, agile, capable, clever, deft, designing, dexterous, dextrous, efficient, facile, gifted, handsome, ingenious, knowing, light-handed, neat, nimble-fingered, performing, pushful, pushing, ready, resourceful, shifty, skilful, skilled, skillful, skilly, slick, smart, versatile, wise), amelí. (various references)

Ukrainian

справжній (active, actual, authentic, factual, genuine, honest, intrinsic, intrinsical, natural, operative, original, pukka, real, sheer, simon-pure, sincere, true, true born, unadulterated, undoubted, unfeigned, veridic, veridical, veritable, very), спритний (adroit, agile, alert, arch, artful, canny, cunning, deft, dexterous, dodgy, fly, handy, light fingered, light-handed, natty, nifty, nimble, nimble footed, nimble-fingered, pert, politic, shuffling, slick, tactical, whipping, wide awake, zippy), реальний (existent, real, realist, realistic, realizable, substantive, tangible), недипломований, зручний (accessible, accommodative, carriageable, comfortable, comfy, convenient, cosy, couth, easeful, easy, likely), практичний (applicative, applied, canny, economic, hard bitten, hard-wearing, pragmatic, pragmatical, usable), діловитий. (various references)

Vietnamese 

trên thực tế trò đùa ác ý, trò chơi khăm (hoax, prank), thiết thực đang thực h� nh, thực tiễn (practically), thực dụng; có ích, có ích lợi thực tế, đang l� m, đang h� nh nghề thực tế. (various references)

praktikos. (various references)

utile, utilem, utiles, utilia, utilior, utiliora, utilis, utilium. (various references)

practicus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "practical": practicalities, practicality, practically, practicalness, practicalnesses, practicals. (additional references)

Words ending with "practical": impractical, nonpractical, ultrapractical, unpractical. (additional references)

Words containing "practical": impracticalities, impracticality, impractically. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Practical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: parctical, partical, Practica, practicall, practicals, practicle, Practico, practiucal, Praktica, pratica, pratical, Pratincola, prattica, ractical. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: apractic.

-2 letters: caltrap, capital, partial, practic.

-3 letters: alcaic, apical, arctic, atrial, calcar, calpac, capita, capric, carpal, cicala, citral, lactic, lariat, latria, picara, racial, rictal.

-4 letters: acari, altar, apart, artal, atria, atrip, cacti, carat, carpi, circa, clapt, clipt, craal, laari, pical, pilar, plait, plica, ratal, riata, talar, tapir, tiara, tical, trail, triac, trial.

-5 letters: acta, airt.

+1 letter: practicals.

+2 letters: impractical, malpractice, parallactic, practicable, practicably, practically, unpractical.

+3 letters: archetypical, malpractices, nonpractical, paratactical, practicality.

+4 letters: cryptanalytic, impracticable, impracticably, impractically, plantocracies, practicalness.

+5 letters: cartographical, impracticality, paratactically, pharmaceutical, practicability, practicalities, ultrapractical.