dichroism | (noun) pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits two different colors when viewed from two different directions | - |
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dichromacy | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromasy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia, dichromia |
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dichromasy | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromacy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia, dichromia |
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dichromat | (noun) a person with any of the various forms of dichromacy | - |
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dichromate | (noun) a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid | Synonyms: bichromate |
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dichromatic | (adjective) of or relating to dichromatism | - |
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(adjective) having two colors | Synonyms: bichrome, bicolor, bicolored, bicolour, bicoloured |
dichromatism | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromacy, dichromasy, dichromatopsia, dichromia |
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dichromatopsia | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromacy, dichromasy, dichromatism, dichromia |
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dichromia | (noun) a deficiency of color vision in which the person can match any given hue by mixing only two other wavelengths of light (as opposed to the three wavelengths needed by people with normal color vision) | Synonyms: dichromacy, dichromasy, dichromatism, dichromatopsia |
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euchre | (noun) a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand | Synonyms: five hundred |
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festschrift | (noun) a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar | - |
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fluorochrome | (noun) any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens | - |
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geosynchronous | (adjective) of or having an orbit with a fixed period of 24 hours (although the position in the orbit may not be fixed with respect to the earth) | - |
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glottochronological | (adjective) pertaining to the study of the evolution of languages from a common source | - |
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glottochronology | (noun) the determination of how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language | - |
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hematochrome | (noun) a reddish coloring material found in some algae | - |
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hemochromatosis | (noun) pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues; characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints | Synonyms: bronzed diabetes, iron-storage disease, iron overload |
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hitchrack | (noun) a fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying | Synonyms: hitching bar |
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homochromatic | (adjective) (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) having only one wavelength | Synonyms: monochromatic |
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isochronal | (adjective) equal in duration or interval | Synonyms: isochronous |
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isochrone | (noun) an isogram connecting points at which something occurs or arrives at the same time | - |
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isochronism | (noun) the property of occuring regularly at equal time intervals, of maintaining a constant period or interval, despite variations in other measurable factors in the same system. | - |
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isochronous | (adjective) equal in duration or interval | Synonyms: isochronal |
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lachrymal | (adjective) of or relating to tears | Synonyms: lacrimal |
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(adjective) relating to or located near the organ that produces tears | Synonyms: lacrimal |
lachrymation | (noun) shedding tears | Synonyms: lacrimation, tearing, watering |
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lachrymator | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lacrimator, tear gas, teargas |
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lachrymatory | (adjective) relating to or prompting tears | Synonyms: lacrimatory |
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lachrymose | (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, dolourous, tearful, weeping |
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lunchroom | (noun) a restaurant (in a facility) where lunch can be purchased | - |
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monochromacy | (noun) complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness | Synonyms: monochromasy, monochromatic vision, monochromatism, monochromia |
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monochromasy | (noun) complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness | Synonyms: monochromacy, monochromatic vision, monochromatism, monochromia |
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monochromat | (noun) a person who is completely color-blind | - |
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monochromatic | (adjective) (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) having only one wavelength | Synonyms: homochromatic |
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(adjective) of or relating to monochromatism | - |
(adjective) having or appearing to have only one color | Synonyms: monochrome, monochromic, monochromous |
monochromatism | (noun) complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness | Synonyms: monochromacy, monochromasy, monochromatic vision, monochromia |
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monochrome | (adjective) having or appearing to have only one color | Synonyms: monochromatic, monochromic, monochromous |
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(noun) a black-and-white photograph or slide | Synonyms: black and white |
(noun) painting done in a range of tones of a single color | - |
monochromia | (noun) complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness | Synonyms: monochromacy, monochromasy, monochromatic vision, monochromatism |
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monochromic | (adjective) having or appearing to have only one color | Synonyms: monochromatic, monochrome, monochromous |
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monochromous | (adjective) having or appearing to have only one color | Synonyms: monochromatic, monochrome, monochromic |
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nonchristian | (adjective) not believing in Christ | Synonyms: christless |
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nonsynchronous | (adjective) not occurring together | Synonyms: unsynchronised, unsynchronized, unsynchronous |
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ochre | (adjective) of a moderate orange-yellow color | Synonyms: ocher |
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(noun) a moderate yellow-orange to orange color | Synonyms: ocher |
(noun) any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment | Synonyms: ocher |
ochronosis | (noun) an accumulation of dark pigment in cartilage and other connective tissue; usually a symptom of alkaptonuria or phenol poisoning | - |
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phaeochromocytoma | (noun) a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension | Synonyms: pheochromocytoma |
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pheochromocytoma | (noun) a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension | Synonyms: phaeochromocytoma |
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pleochroic | (adjective) of or relating to or having pleochroism | - |
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pleochroism | (noun) the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions | - |
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polychromatic | (adjective) (of light or other electromagnetic radiation) composed of more than one wavelength | - |
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(adjective) having or exhibiting many colors | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromic |
polychrome | (adjective) having or exhibiting many colors | Synonyms: polychromatic, polychromic |
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(noun) a piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors | - |
(verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychromise, polychromize |
polychromic | (adjective) having or exhibiting many colors | Synonyms: polychromatic, polychrome |
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polychromise | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromize |
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polychromize | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromise |
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psychrometer | (noun) a hygrometer consisting of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer; their difference indicates the dryness of the surrounding air | - |
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pulchritude | (noun) physical beauty (especially of a woman) | - |
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pulchritudinous | (adjective) used of persons only; having great physical beauty | - |
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rhodochrosite | (noun) a mineral consisting of manganese carbonate; a source of manganese | - |
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schrod | (noun) young Atlantic cod or haddock especially one split and boned for cooking | Synonyms: scrod |
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(noun) flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled | Synonyms: scrod |
sepulchral | (adjective) of or relating to a sepulchre | - |
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(adjective) suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial | Synonyms: funereal |
(adjective) gruesomely indicative of death or the dead | Synonyms: charnel, ghastly |
sepulchre | (noun) a chamber that is used as a grave | Synonyms: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulture |
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stereochromy | (noun) a process of mural painting in which the pigment is fixed by a series of reactions between the lime, fluosilicic acid, and water glass. | - |
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synchro | (noun) a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized | Synonyms: selsyn |
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synchrocyclotron | (noun) cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field | - |
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synchroflash | (noun) a device used in photography to synchronize the peak of a flash with the opening of the camera shutter | - |
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synchromesh | (noun) an automotive system for shifting gears in which the gears revolve at the same speed and so shift smoothly | - |
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synchronal | (adjective) occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase | Synonyms: synchronic, synchronous |
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synchroneity | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
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synchronic | (adjective) concerned with phenomena (especially language) at a particular period without considering historical antecedents | - |
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(adjective) occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase | Synonyms: synchronal, synchronous |
(adjective) (of taxa) occurring in the same period of geological time | - |
synchronicity | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
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synchronisation | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronization, synchronizing |
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(noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronising, synchronization, synchronizing |
(noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
synchronise | (verb) make synchronous and adjust in time or manner | Synonyms: sync, synchronize |
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(verb) operate simultaneously | Synonyms: synchronize |
(verb) cause to indicate the same time or rate | Synonyms: synchronize |
(verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporise, contemporize, synchronize |
(verb) make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action | Synonyms: synchronize |
(verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporise, contemporize, synchronize |
synchronised | (adjective) operating in unison | Synonyms: synchronized |
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synchroniser | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchronizer, synchronoscope, synchroscope |
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synchronising | (noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing |
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synchronism | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronization, synchronizing, synchrony |
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synchronization | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronizing |
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(noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronising, synchronizing |
(noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronizing, synchrony |
synchronize | (verb) make synchronous and adjust in time or manner | Synonyms: sync, synchronise |
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(verb) operate simultaneously | Synonyms: synchronise |
(verb) cause to indicate the same time or rate | Synonyms: synchronise |
(verb) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | Synonyms: contemporise, contemporize, synchronise |
(verb) make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action | Synonyms: synchronise |
(verb) happen at the same time | Synonyms: contemporise, contemporize, synchronise |
synchronized | (adjective) operating in unison | Synonyms: synchronised |
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synchronizer | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchroniser, synchronoscope, synchroscope |
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synchronizing | (noun) coordinating by causing to indicate the same time | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronization |
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(noun) an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | Synonyms: synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization |
(noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchrony |
synchronoscope | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchroniser, synchronizer, synchroscope |
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synchronous | (adjective) occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phase | Synonyms: synchronal, synchronic |
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(adjective) (digital communication) pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions | - |
synchronously | (adverb) in synchrony; in a synchronous manner | - |
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synchrony | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | Synonyms: synchroneity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronism, synchronization, synchronizing |
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synchroscope | (noun) an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | Synonyms: synchroniser, synchronizer, synchronoscope |
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synchrotron | (noun) cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency | - |
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trichroism | (noun) pleochroism of a crystal so that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions | - |
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trichromacy | (noun) the normal ability to see colors | Synonyms: chromatic vision, color vision |
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trichromatic | (adjective) having or involving three colors | Synonyms: trichrome, tricolor |
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trichrome | (adjective) having or involving three colors | Synonyms: trichromatic, tricolor |
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unchristian | (adjective) not of a Christian faith | - |
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unchristianly | (adjective) not becoming to or like a Christian | Synonyms: unchristlike |
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unchristlike | (adjective) not becoming to or like a Christian | Synonyms: unchristianly |
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unsynchronised | (adjective) not occurring together | Synonyms: nonsynchronous, unsynchronized, unsynchronous |
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unsynchronized | (adjective) not occurring together | Synonyms: nonsynchronous, unsynchronised, unsynchronous |
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unsynchronous | (adjective) not occurring together | Synonyms: nonsynchronous, unsynchronised, unsynchronized |
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