ACHROMATIC | • achromatic adj. (Optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion. • achromatic adj. Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion. • achromatic adj. (Biology) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue. |
ACRONYCHAL | • acronychal adj. Alternative form of acronycal. • acronychal adj. Alternative form of acronical. • ACRONYCHAL adj. occurring at nightfall or sunset (esp. of the rising or setting of stars), also ACRONIC, ACRONICAL, ACRONYCAL. |
AIRCOACHES | • aircoaches n. Plural of aircoach. • AIRCOACH n. the cheaper accommodation in commercial aircraft. |
ANACHRONIC | • anachronic adj. Not in the correct date order. Chronologically incorrect. • ANACHRONIC adj. out of (chronological) order; out of date, also ANACHRONICAL. |
ARCHDEACON | • archdeacon n. (Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop… • ARCHDEACON n. a clergyman having the duty of assisting a diocesan bishop in ceremonial functions or administrative work. |
CACOGRAPHY | • cacography n. Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect. • cacography n. Poor or illegible handwriting. • CACOGRAPHY n. bad handwriting (the antithesis of calligraphy) or orthography. |
CARBACHOLS | • carbachols n. Plural of carbachol. • CARBACHOL n. a synthetic drug used to disperse fluids, e.g. urine, retained in the body. |
CATAPHORIC | • cataphoric adj. Of or relating to cataphora. • CATAPHORIC adj. relating to a cataphora, a rhetorical term. |
CHARCOALED | • charcoaled v. Simple past tense and past participle of charcoal. • charcoaled adj. Cooked over charcoal. • CHARCOAL v. to draw or blacken with charcoal. |
COCHAIRMAN | • cochairman n. A joint chairman. • COCHAIRMAN n. one who shares a chairmanship. |
HAGIOCRACY | • hagiocracy n. Government by a priesthood; hierarchy. • HAGIOCRACY n. government by holy persons, also HAGIARCHY. |
RACCAHOUTS | • RACCAHOUT n. (Arabic) acorn meal, used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids, also RACAHOUT. |
SACCHAROID | • saccharoid adj. (Mineralogy) Having a texture like granulated sugar. • saccharoid n. (Biochemistry) A polysaccharide that resembles a sugar, often insoluble and not sweet. • SACCHAROID adj. like loaf sugar in texture, also SACCHAROIDAL. |
SACCHAROSE | • saccharose n. (Biochemistry) sugar, especially sucrose. • SACCHAROSE n. any carbohydrate, esp. cane sugar. |
SCARAMOUCH | • Scaramouch prop.n. Alternative form of Scaramouche. • SCARAMOUCH n. a bragging cowardly buffoon, also SCARAMOUCHE. • SCARAMOUCH v. to behave like a rascal or cowardly fool. |