| anastigmat | (noun) compound lens or lens system designed to be free of astigmatism and able to form approximately point images | - |
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| anastigmatic | (adjective) not astigmatic | Synonyms: stigmatic |
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| (adjective) pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images) | Synonyms: stigmatic |
| astigmatic | (adjective) of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results in distorted images | - |
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| astigmatism | (noun) (optics) defect in an optical system in which light rays from a single point fail to converge in a single focal point | Synonyms: astigmia |
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| (noun) (ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people | Synonyms: astigmia |
| enigma | (noun) something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained | Synonyms: closed book, mystery, secret |
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| (noun) a difficult problem | Synonyms: brain-teaser, conundrum, riddle |
| enigmatic | (adjective) resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought | Synonyms: oracular |
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| (adjective) not clear to the understanding | Synonyms: enigmatical, puzzling |
| enigmatical | (adjective) not clear to the understanding | Synonyms: enigmatic, puzzling |
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| enigmatically | (adverb) in a cryptic manner | Synonyms: cryptically, mysteriously |
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| enigmaticness | (noun) Mysteriousness, complexity; the property of being puzzling or inexplicable. | - |
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| (noun) The quality of a person of puzzling, secretive or contradictory character. | - |
| paradigmatic | (adjective) of or relating to a typical example | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to a grammatical paradigm | - |
| (adjective) related as members of a substitution class | - |
| pigman | (noun) a herder or swine | Synonyms: swineherd |
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| rigmarole | (noun) a long and complicated and confusing procedure | Synonyms: rigamarole |
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| (noun) a set of confused and meaningless statements | Synonyms: rigamarole |
| sigma | (noun) the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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| stigma | (noun) a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease | - |
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| (noun) an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod | - |
| (noun) a symbol of disgrace or infamy | Synonyms: brand, mark, stain |
| (noun) the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil | - |
| stigmata | (noun) marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ | - |
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| stigmatic | (adjective) not astigmatic | Synonyms: anastigmatic |
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| (adjective) pertaining to a lens or lens system free of astigmatism (able to form point images) | Synonyms: anastigmatic |
| (adjective) pertaining to or resembling or having stigmata | - |
| (noun) a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ) | Synonyms: stigmatist |
| stigmatisation | (noun) the act of stigmatizing | Synonyms: branding, stigmatization |
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| stigmatise | (verb) mark with a stigma or stigmata | Synonyms: stigmatize |
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| (verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | Synonyms: brand, denounce, mark, stigmatize |
| stigmatism | (noun) normal eyesight | - |
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| (noun) (optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point | - |
| (noun) the condition of having or being marked by stigmata | - |
| stigmatist | (noun) a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ) | Synonyms: stigmatic |
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| stigmatization | (noun) the act of stigmatizing | Synonyms: branding, stigmatisation |
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| stigmatize | (verb) mark with a stigma or stigmata | Synonyms: stigmatise |
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| (verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful | Synonyms: brand, denounce, mark, stigmatise |
| wigmaker | (noun) someone who makes and sells wigs | - |
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