| ACHROMATINS | • achromatins n. Plural of achromatin. • ACHROMATIN n. tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes. |
| ACHROMATISE | • achromatise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of achromatize. • ACHROMATISE v. to make achromatic, also ACHROMATIZE. |
| ACHROMATISM | • achromatism n. (Optics) The state or quality of being achromatic; achromaticity. • achromatism n. The state of being free of colors, not emitting or separating into colors. • achromatism n. Achromatopia. |
| ACHROMATIZE | • achromatize v. (Transitive) To deprive of colour; to make achromatic. • achromatize v. (Transitive) To remove chromatic aberration from an optical system. • ACHROMATIZE v. to make achromatic, also ACHROMATISE. |
| ACHROMATOUS | • achromatous adj. Lacking normal colour; colourless. • ACHROMATOUS adj. having little or no colour. |
| ANACHRONISM | • anachronism n. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. • anachronism n. A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. • anachronism n. The aberrant projection of the present onto the past. |
| ANACHRONOUS | • anachronous adj. Anachronistic. • ANACHRONOUS adj. relating to anachronism. |
| CATACHRESES | • catachreses n. Plural of catachresis. • CATACHRESIS n. the misuse of words. |
| CATACHRESIS | • catachresis n. A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote. • catachresis n. (Rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly applied… • CATACHRESIS n. the misuse of words. |
| CIBACHROMES | • Cibachromes n. Plural of Cibachrome. • CIBACHROME n. a type of colour print made directly form a colour transparency. |
| DIACHRONIES | • diachronies n. Plural of diachrony. • DIACHRONY n. the historical development of a language etc. |
| DIACHRONISM | • DIACHRONISM n. the study of a subject, esp. a language, through its historical development. |
| DIACHRONOUS | • diachronous adj. (Geology) Varying in age from place to place. • diachronous adj. Alternative form of diachronic. • DIACHRONOUS adj. relating to the study of a language through its development. |
| HAEMACHROME | • haemachrome n. Hematin. • HAEMACHROME n. a blood pigment, such as haemoglobin, that carries oxygen, also HEMACHROME. |
| HEMACHROMES | • HEMACHROME n. a blood pigment, such as haemoglobin, that carries oxygen, also HAEMACHROME. |
| LACHRYMATOR | • lachrymator n. Any substance that causes tears, such as tear gas. • LACHRYMATOR n. a substance or gas causing tears, also LACRIMATOR, LACRYMATOR. |
| METACHROSES | • METACHROSIS n. the ability of animals to change colour. |
| METACHROSIS | • metachrosis n. (Zoology) The ability to change colour by the expansion and contraction of chromatophores. • METACHROSIS n. the ability of animals to change colour. |