| 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. |
| ARCHAICISM | • archaicism n. (Linguistics) Alternative form of archaism. • ARCHAICISM n. an archaic expression. |
| CAUCHEMARS | • cauchemars n. Plural of cauchemar. • CAUCHEMAR n. (French) a nightmare. |
| CHECKMARKS | • checkmarks n. Plural of checkmark. • check␣marks n. Plural of check mark. • CHECKMARK v. to mark items on a list with a checkmark. |
| CHEMIATRIC | • chemiatric adj. Relating to chemiatry; iatrochemical. • CHEMIATRIC adj. healing by the use of chemicals. |
| CHIMERICAL | • chimerical adj. Of or pertaining to a chimera. • chimerical adj. Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense). • chimerical adj. Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful. |
| CHIROMANCY | • chiromancy n. Synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another’s hand. • CHIROMANCY n. divination by means of palmistry, also CHEIROMANCY. |
| CHORIAMBIC | • choriambic adj. Of or relating to a choriamb. • choriambic n. A choriamb. • CHORIAMBIC n. a metrical foot comprising a trochee and an iambus, also CHORIAMB, CHORIAMBUS. |
| CHROMATICS | • chromatics n. (Music) Chromatic harmonies or notes. • chromatics n. (Optics) The science of colours; the branch of optics that deals with the properties of colours. • CHROMATICS n. the science of colors; that part of optics which treats of the properties of colors. |
| CIBACHROME | • Cibachrome n. A reproduction of a film transparency on photopaper, made using a dye-destruction positive-to-positive… • CIBACHROME n. a type of colour print made directly form a colour transparency. |
| COCHAIRMAN | • cochairman n. A joint chairman. • COCHAIRMAN n. one who shares a chairmanship. |
| COCHAIRMEN | • cochairmen n. Plural of cochairman. • COCHAIRMAN n. one who shares a chairmanship. |
| COMANCHERO | • Comanchero n. (Historical) A Hispanic trader of New Mexico who made a living by trading with the nomadic plains tribes… • COMANCHERO n. (Spanish) in the 19th century, a person who traded with the Plains Indians. |
| CROSSMATCH | • crossmatch v. (Pathology) To test whether the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible. • crossmatch n. (Pathology) A test of whether the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible. |
| EMPHRACTIC | • emphractic adj. (Medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin. • EMPHRACTIC adj. blocking the pores of the skin. • EMPHRACTIC n. a substance that stops the pores of the skin. |
| HOMOCERCAL | • homocercal adj. (Ichthyology) Describing the symmetric tail of a fish that has two lobes extending from the end of the… • HOMOCERCAL adj. of fishes, having the upper and lower lobes of the tailfin alike. |
| MEGACHURCH | • megachurch n. A church with an atypically large congregation. • mega-church n. Alternative spelling of megachurch. • MEGACHURCH n. a church, usually Protestant, with a very large congregation, typically housed in a complex offering sophisticated multimedia presentations and a range of secular facilities and services. |
| MOTORCOACH | • motorcoach n. A motorised bus, or coach. • motorcoach n. Alternative form of motor coach (a rail vehicle). • motor-coach n. (Rail transport) Alternative form of motor coach. |
| SACCHARUMS | • saccharums n. Plural of saccharum. • SACCHARUM n. a genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane. |
| 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. |