All English words - page 59

Meanings of Acholias:

noun

Absent or reduced secretion of bile. in early use also: any of several diseases (supposedly) characterized by this, especially cholera and coeliac disease (now disused).

Meanings of Acholic:

adjective

Characterized by or affected with acholia; (of faeces) containing no bile.

Meanings of Acholuria:

noun

Absence of bile pigments in the urine in certain types of jaundice, especially that associated with chronic haemolytic anaemias. in early use also: a disorder giving rise to this, specifically hereditary spherocytosis (now historical).

Meanings of Acholuric:

adjective

Of types of jaundice: characterized by acholuria.

Meanings of Achomawi:

noun

A member of any of the nine bands of a north american indian people living along the pit river in northern california.

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating the achumawi or their language.

Meanings of Achondrite:

noun

A stony meteorite containing no small mineral granules (chondrules).

Usage examples:

Stones are divided into two main subcategories: chondrites and achondrites.

Meanings of Achondroplasia:

noun

A hereditary condition in which the growth of long bones by ossification of cartilage is retarded, resulting in very short limbs and sometimes a face which is small in relation to the skull.

Meanings of Achondroplastic:

adjective

Relating to or affected by the hereditary condition achondroplasia.

Usage examples:

Achondroplastic dwarfism

Meanings of Achoo:

verb

To make the sound ‘achoo’; to sneeze.

exclamation

Representing the sound of a sneeze.

noun

An exclamation of ‘achoo’; a sneeze.

Meanings of Achroite:

noun

A colourless variety of tourmaline.

Meanings of Achromat:

noun

A lens that transmits light without separating it into constituent colours.

Usage examples:

Quartz-sapphire and quartz-lanthanum fluoride achromats provide better performance.

Meanings of Achromatic:

adjective

Relating to, using, or denoting lenses that transmit light without separating it into constituent colours.

Usage examples:

Achromatic microscopes

Meanings of Achromatin:

noun

The nuclear material in a eukaryotic cell which does not readily stain with basic dies. opposed to chromatin.

Meanings of Achromatise:

verb

To make (something, especially a lens) achromatic.

Meanings of Achromatization:

noun

The action or process of achromatizing something, especially a lens in order to reduce or eliminate chromatic aberration.

Meanings of Achromatize:

verb

To make (something, especially a lens) achromatic.

Meanings of Achromatized:

adjective

Made achromatic.

Meanings of Achromatizing:

verb

To make (something, especially a lens) achromatic.

Meanings of Achromatopsia:

noun

Inability to distinguish between some or (usually) all colours; absence, severe impairment, or loss of colour vision; colour blindness, especially monochromatism.

Meanings of Achromatopsy:

noun

Inability to distinguish between some or (usually) all colours; absence, severe impairment, or loss of colour vision; colour blindness, especially monochromatism.

Meanings of Achromatous:

adjective

Colourless, lacking coloration.

Meanings of Achromats:

noun

A lens that transmits light without separating it into constituent colours.

Usage examples:

Quartz-sapphire and quartz-lanthanum fluoride achromats provide better performance.

Meanings of Achromic:

adjective

Having no colour except black, white, or shades of grey.

Usage examples:

An achromic area of skin

Meanings of Achromous:

adjective

Uncoloured; colourless.

Meanings of Achronical:

adjective

Of the rising or setting of a celestial object: occurring at or just after sunset. also in extended use. compare "cosmical", "heliacal".