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. |
ACHROMATIN | • achromatin n. (Biology) Tissue that is not stained by fluid dyes. • ACHROMATIN n. tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes. |
APOCHROMAT | • apochromat n. (Optics) A kind of lens corrected for chromatic and spherical aberration. • APOCHROMAT n. an apochromatic lens or instrument. |
ATHEROMATA | • atheromata n. Plural of atheroma. • ATHEROMA n. a fatty deposit in the lining of the arteries. |
CAMPHORATE | • camphorate n. (Chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid. • camphorate v. (Transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor. • camphorate adj. Camphoric. |
EARTHWOMAN | • earthwoman n. Alternative form of Earthwoman. • Earthwoman n. (Usually science fiction) A female inhabitant of Earth. • EARTHWOMAN n. a female inhabitant of the earth. |
MACHINATOR | • machinator n. One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer. • MACHINATOR n. one who machinates; a plotter. |
MARATHONER | • marathoner n. Someone who participates in a marathon or other long-distance races. • MARATHONER n. one who takes part in a marathon. |
MATCHBOARD | • matchboard n. (Carpentry) A type of wooden board that connects with others using a tongue and groove system. • matchboard n. (Sand casting) A thin piece of material (such as wood, plaster, or metal) that forms and aligns the… • MATCHBOARD n. one of a number of boards with a tongue cut along one edge and a groove in the opposite edge, fitted one into the next to make a wall-facing, etc. |
MATRIOSHKA | • matrioshka n. Alternative form of matryoshka. • MATRIOSHKA n. (Russian) a Russian doll, also MATROYSHKA, MATRYOSHKA. |
MATROYSHKA | • MATROYSHKA n. (Russian) a hollow wooden doll, also MATRIOSHKA, MATRYOSHKA. |
MATRYOSHKA | • matryoshka n. One of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next. • MATRYOSHKA n. (Russian) a hollow wooden doll, also MATRIOSHKA, MATROYSHKA. |
METATHORAX | • metathorax n. (Entomology) The hindmost of the three sections of the thorax of an insect, carrying the posterior pair… • METATHORAX n. the last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. |
TACHOGRAMS | • tachograms n. Plural of tachogram. • TACHOGRAM n. a record made by a tachograph, an instrument for recording speed of rotation. |
TAUROMACHY | • tauromachy n. Bullfighting (in classical times). • TAUROMACHY n. the art of bullfighting. |