The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word EXPERIMENTS
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What does EXPERIMENTS mean?
EXPERIMENTS noun- A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy of something previously untried.
- Experience, practical familiarity with something.
- To conduct an experiment.
- To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.
- To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on.