| 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. |
| ACROAMATIC | • acroamatic adj. Esoteric, abstruse; (in particular) taught orally to select students and not disseminated. • acroamatic adj. (Education) Based on lectures or exposition by monologue. • ACROAMATIC adj. abstruse, esoteric, also ACROAMATICAL. |
| BACTEREMIC | • bacteremic adj. (Pathology) Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia (having bacteria in the blood). • BACTEREMIC adj. having bacteria in the blood, also BACTERAEMIC. |
| CERAMICIST | • ceramicist n. A person who makes ceramics, such as pottery. • CERAMICIST n. one who works with ceramics. |
| CHEMIATRIC | • chemiatric adj. Relating to chemiatry; iatrochemical. • CHEMIATRIC adj. healing by the use of chemicals. |
| 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. |
| DECAMETRIC | • decametric adj. Of, relating to, or measured using a decameter/decametre; especially of electromagnetic radiation having… • DECAMETRIC adj. of or like a decametre, also DEKAMETRIC. |
| DEMOCRATIC | • democratic adj. Pertaining to democracy; constructed upon or in line with the principle of government chosen by the people. • democratic adj. Exhibiting social equality; egalitarian. • democratic adj. (US, politics) Alternative letter-case form of Democratic (“of, pertaining to, or supporting the Democratic… |
| 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. |
| IMBROCCATA | • imbroccata n. (Obsolete) A hit or thrust. • IMBROCCATA n. (Italian) a downward pass or thrust in fencing. |
| MACROCYTIC | • macrocytic adj. Of or pertaining to macrocytes. • MACROCYTIC adj. relating to a macrocyte. |
| MESOCRATIC | • mesocratic adj. Relating to mesocracy, or rule by the middle class. • mesocratic adj. (Mineralogy) Neither leucocratic nor melanocratic; having a more or less even mixture of light and dark constituents. • mesocratic n. (Ecology) The second stage of interglacial forest development (Early-Temperate), characterized by a… |
| MOBOCRATIC | • mobocratic adj. Of or pertaining to mobocracy. • MOBOCRATIC adj. relating to mobocracy, government by mobs or crowds, also MOBOCRATICAL. |
| MONOCRATIC | • monocratic adj. Synonym of autocratic. • MONOCRATIC adj. autocratic. |
| PRACTICUMS | • practicums n. Plural of practicum. • PRACTICUM n. (Latin) a course of practical work undertaken to implement academic studies. |
| TIMOCRATIC | • timocratic adj. Belonging to, or constituted by, timocracy. • TIMOCRATIC adj. relating to timocracy, also TIMOCRATICAL. |
| TRAGICOMIC | • tragicomic adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling tragicomedy; having both tragic and comic aspects. • TRAGICOMIC adj. part tragic, part comic, also TRAGICOMICAL. |