| APOCHROMATIC | • apochromatic adj. (Optics) Corrected for both chromatic aberration and spherical aberration. • APOCHROMATIC adj. free from chromatic and spherical aberration. |
| CAPROLACTAMS | • caprolactams n. Plural of caprolactam. • CAPROLACTAM n. a white crystalline cyclic amide used esp. in making one type of nylon. |
| COMPATRIOTIC | • compatriotic adj. Of or relating to compatriots. • COMPATRIOTIC adj. of or like a compatriot. |
| COMPORTANCES | • comportances n. Plural of comportance. • COMPORTANCE n. (Spenser) comportment. |
| MALPRACTICES | • malpractices n. Plural of malpractice. • MALPRACTICE n. an evil or improper practice; professional misconduct. |
| MICROPLASTIC | • microplastic n. Small particles of plastic (typically less than 5 mm) produced by the degradation of plastic products… • microplastic adj. Exhibiting microplasticity. • MICROPLASTIC n. very small particles of plastic debris persisting as waste material in the environment following the breakdown of rubbish. |
| PANCHROMATIC | • panchromatic adj. (Photography, of black and white film) sensitive to all visible colours. • panchromatic adj. (Digital imaging) sensitive to a wide range of wavelengths of light, typically most of the visible spectrum. • PANCHROMATIC adj. of photographic film, sensitive to all colours. |
| PHARMACEUTIC | • pharmaceutic adj. Pharmaceutical. • PHARMACEUTIC adj. relating to the knowledge or art of preparing medicines, also PHARMACEUTICAL. |
| PRACTICALISM | • practicalism n. A system of government where all major policy decisions are voted upon directly by the people, or where… • PRACTICALISM n. devotion to what is practical. |
| PREECLAMPTIC | • preeclamptic adj. Of or pertaining to preeclampsia. • preeclamptic adj. Before eclampsia. • preeclamptic n. An individual who has preeclampsia. |
| RECEPTACULUM | • receptaculum n. (Anatomy) A receptacle. • RECEPTACULUM n. (Latin) a receptacle. |
| RECOMPACTING | • recompacting v. Present participle of recompact. • RECOMPACT v. to compact or join anew. |
| ULTRACOMPACT | • ultracompact adj. Extremely compact; of utmost compactness. • ULTRACOMPACT adj. extremely compact. |