| autofocus | (noun) an optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically | - |
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| crocus | (noun) any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated | - |
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| diplodocus | (noun) a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America | - |
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| focus | (noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system | - |
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| (noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea | - |
| (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focusing, focussing |
| (noun) a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section | - |
| (noun) a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges | Synonyms: focal point |
| (noun) a central point or locus of an infection in an organism | Synonyms: focal point, nidus |
| (noun) special emphasis attached to something | Synonyms: stress |
| (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focalize |
| (verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, sharpen |
| (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, centre, concentrate, pore, rivet |
| (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize |
| (verb) cause to converge on or toward a central point | - |
| locus | (noun) the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions | - |
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| (noun) the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | Synonyms: locale, venue |
| (noun) the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome | - |
| refocus | (verb) put again into focus or focus more sharply | - |
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| (verb) focus anew | - |
| (verb) focus once again | - |