achromasia | (noun) unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | Synonyms: lividity, lividness, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness |
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achromatic | (adjective) having no hue | Synonyms: neutral |
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achromaticity | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness |
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achromatin | (noun) the part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by stains or dyes | - |
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achromatinic | (adjective) (of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains | - |
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achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
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achromatism | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromaticity, colorlessness, colourlessness |
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achromatize | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatise |
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achromatous | (adjective) having little or inadequate color | - |
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achromia | (noun) an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells | - |
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achromic | (adjective) having no color | Synonyms: achromous |
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achromous | (adjective) having no color | Synonyms: achromic |
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allochronic | (adjective) (of taxa) occurring in different geologic times | - |
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anachronic | (adjective) chronologically misplaced | Synonyms: anachronistic, anachronous |
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anachronism | (noun) an artifact that belongs to another time | - |
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(noun) a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age | - |
(noun) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred | Synonyms: misdating, mistiming |
anachronistic | (adjective) chronologically misplaced | Synonyms: anachronic, anachronous |
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anachronistically | (adverb) in an anachronistic manner | - |
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anachronous | (adjective) chronologically misplaced | Synonyms: anachronic, anachronistic |
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apochromatic | (adjective) corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration | - |
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asynchronism | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronization, desynchronizing |
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asynchronous | (adjective) not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase | - |
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(adjective) (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself | - |
asynchrony | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, desynchronisation, desynchronization, desynchronizing |
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bichromate | (noun) a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid | Synonyms: dichromate |
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bichromated | (adjective) treated or combined with bichromate | - |
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bichrome | (adjective) having two colors | Synonyms: bicolor, bicolored, bicolour, bicoloured, dichromatic |
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brachistochrone | (noun) a curve between two points along which a body can move under gravity in a shorter time than for any other curve. | - |
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catachresis | (noun) strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') | - |
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catachrestic | (adjective) constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis | Synonyms: catachrestical |
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catachrestical | (adjective) constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis | Synonyms: catachrestic |
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chrestomathy | (noun) a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language | - |
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chrism | (noun) a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam | Synonyms: chrisom, holy oil, sacramental oil |
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chrisom | (noun) a consecrated ointment consisting of a mixture of oil and balsam | Synonyms: chrism, holy oil, sacramental oil |
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christ | (noun) any expected deliverer | Synonyms: messiah |
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christella | (noun) any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds | - |
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christen | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptise, baptize |
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christening | (noun) giving a Christian name at baptism | - |
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christian | (adjective) following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ | - |
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christianly | (adjective) becoming to or like a Christian | - |
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christless | (adjective) not believing in Christ | Synonyms: nonchristian |
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christlike | (adjective) resembling or showing the spirit of Christ | Synonyms: christly |
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christly | (adjective) resembling or showing the spirit of Christ | Synonyms: christlike |
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chroma | (noun) chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue | Synonyms: intensity, saturation, vividness |
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chromaesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromesthesia |
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chromate | (noun) any salt or ester of chromic acid | - |
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chromatic | (adjective) being or having or characterized by hue | - |
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(adjective) based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones | - |
(adjective) able to refract light without spectral color separation | - |
chromatically | (adverb) with respect to color | - |
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chromaticity | (noun) the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength | Synonyms: hue |
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chromatid | (noun) one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis | - |
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chromatin | (noun) the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes | Synonyms: chromatin granule |
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chromatinic | (adjective) (of substance of a cell nucleus) readily colored by stains | - |
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chromatism | (noun) abnormal pigmentation | - |
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(noun) hallucinatory perception of colored lights | - |
chromatogram | (noun) the recording (column or paper strip) on which the constituents of a mixture are adsorbed in chromatography | - |
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chromatograph | (noun) equipment that enables a sophisticated separation, e.g. gas chromatographic or liquid chromatographic separation. | - |
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chromatographic | (adjective) of or relating to chromatography | Synonyms: chromatographical |
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chromatographical | (adjective) of or relating to chromatography | Synonyms: chromatographic |
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chromatographically | (adverb) by means of a chromatographic process | - |
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chromatography | (noun) a process used for separating mixtures by virtue of differences in absorbency | - |
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chrome | (noun) another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments | - |
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(verb) treat with a chromium compound | - |
(verb) plate with chromium | Synonyms: chromium-plate |
chromesthesia | (noun) a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations | Synonyms: chromaesthesia |
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chromite | (noun) a brownish-black mineral; the major source of chromium | - |
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chromium | (noun) a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing | Synonyms: atomic number 24, Cr |
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chromoblastomycosis | (noun) a fungal infection characterized by itchy warty nodules on the skin | - |
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chromogen | (noun) a compound that can be converted to a pigment | - |
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chromolithograph | (noun) a print made by chromolithography. | - |
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chromolithography | (noun) single- or multi-color lithography | - |
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chromophore | (noun) the chemical group that gives color to a molecule | - |
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chromoplast | (noun) plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids | - |
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chromosomal | (adjective) of or relating to a chromosome | - |
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chromosome | (noun) a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order | - |
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chromosphere | (noun) a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun | - |
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chronic | (adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering | - |
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(adjective) persisting for a long time | Synonyms: continuing |
(adjective) habitual | Synonyms: inveterate |
chronically | (adverb) in a slowly developing and long lasting manner | - |
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(adverb) in a habitual and longstanding manner | Synonyms: inveterate |
chronicle | (noun) a record or narrative description of past events | Synonyms: account, history, story |
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(verb) record in chronological order; make a historical record | - |
chronicler | (noun) someone who writes chronicles | - |
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chronograph | (noun) an accurate timer for recording time | - |
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chronological | (adjective) relating to or arranged according to temporal order | - |
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chronologically | (adverb) with respect to chronology | - |
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chronologise | (verb) establish the order in time of something | Synonyms: chronologize |
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chronologize | (verb) establish the order in time of something | Synonyms: chronologise |
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chronology | (noun) the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events | - |
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(noun) a record of events in the order of their occurrence | - |
(noun) an arrangement of events in time | - |
chronometer | (noun) an accurate clock (especially used in navigation) | - |
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chronoscope | (noun) an instrument for accurate measurements of small intervals of time | - |
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chrysalis | (noun) pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon | - |
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chrysanthemum | (noun) any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated | - |
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(noun) the flower of a chrysanthemum plant | - |
chrysarobin | (noun) a bitter yellow powder used to treat skin diseases | Synonyms: araroba, Goa powder |
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chrysoberyl | (noun) a rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in crystal form; used as a gemstone | - |
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chrysolite | (noun) a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone | - |
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chrysomelid | (noun) brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems | Synonyms: leaf beetle |
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chrysopid | (noun) pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae | Synonyms: green lacewing, stink fly |
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chrysoprase | (noun) a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone | - |
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chrysotherapy | (noun) the use of chemicals containing gold for treating diseases (such as rheumatoid arthritis) | - |
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chrysotile | (noun) a grey or green fibrous mineral; an important source of commercial asbestos | - |
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cytochrome | (noun) (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration) | - |
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desynchronisation | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronizing |
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desynchronise | (verb) cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: desynchronize |
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desynchronization | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronizing |
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desynchronize | (verb) cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: desynchronise |
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desynchronizing | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronization |
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diachronic | (adjective) used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it changes through time | Synonyms: historical |
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diachrony | (noun) the study of linguistic change | Synonyms: diachronic linguistics, historical linguistics |
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