| ACHROMAT | • achromat n. (Optics) A lens that imparts little color; a lens that is achromatic. • ACHROMAT n. a light transmitting lens. |
| AIRCOACH | • aircoach n. (Aviation) An airliner offering relatively cheap but cramped passenger flights. • AIRCOACH n. the cheaper accommodation in commercial aircraft. |
| ALACHLOR | • alachlor n. A particular chloroacetanilide herbicide. • ALACHLOR n. a type of herbicide. |
| APPROACH | • approach v. (Intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh. • approach v. (Intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot. • approach v. (Transitive, intransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone… |
| ARCHAEON | • archaeon n. Prokaryotic organism; member of the domain Archaea. • ARCHAEON n. a single celled organism like bacterium. |
| CATAPHOR | • cataphor n. (Medicine) Semicoma. • cataphor n. (Medicine) Somnolence marked by periods of partial consciousness. • CATAPHOR n. (Greek) the use of an expression which refers to or stands for a later word or group of words, also CATAPHORA. |
| CHARANGO | • charango n. A small guitar-like stringed instrument with five courses of eighteen to fifteen strings, originating… • CHARANGO n. a small South American ten-stringed instrument, made from the shell of an armadillo. |
| CHARCOAL | • charcoal n. (Countable, uncountable) impure carbon obtained by destructive distillation of wood or other organic… • charcoal n. (Countable) A stick of black carbon material used for drawing. • charcoal n. (Countable) A drawing made with charcoal. |
| CORANACH | • coranach n. Alternative form of coronach. • CORANACH n. (Gaelic) a lamentation for the dead; a dirge, also CORONACH. |
| GUACHARO | • guacharo n. A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis caripensis or Steatornis steatornis); the oilbird. • GUACHARO n. (Spanish) a nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad, aka oilbird. |
| HUARACHO | • huaracho n. Alternative form of huarache (“Mexican sandal”). • HUARACHO n. (Spanish) a flat-heeled sandal, also GUARACHA, GUARACHE, GUARACHI, HUARACHE. |
| PARACHOR | • parachor n. (Dated, chemistry) A poorly-characterised quantity derived from the molecular weight of a liquid and… • PARACHOR n. a mathematical constant relating to surface tension. |
| RACAHOUT | • racahout n. A Middle Eastern dish made from acorns. • RACAHOUT n. (Arabic) acorn meal, used by the Arabs as a substitute for chocolate, and also as a beverage for invalids, also RACCAHOUT. |
| THORACAL | • thoracal adj. Thoracic. • THORACAL adj. relating to a thorax. |
| TRACHOMA | • trachoma n. (Medicine) An infectious disease of the eyelid caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. • Trachoma prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – spectral orchids. • TRACHOMA n. an eye-disease, a chronic form of conjunctivitis. |