a. Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; color + &unr_; sight. ] Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Ahromatic. ] Lacking, or deficient in, color; as, achromatous blood. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative. Massey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`galma, 'a`galmatos, image, statue + -lite: cf. F. agalmatolithe. ] (Min.) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Amatorious. ] Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; as, amatorial verses. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an amatorial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Amatory. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amatorius, fr. amare to love. ] Amatory. [ Obs. ] “Amatorious poem.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; as, amatory potions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Same as Angiospermous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. animare. ] One who, or that which, animates; an animater. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, approximates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'archai^os ancient + sto`ma mouth. ] (Biol.) Applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does not entirely close up. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Aromatic. [ Obs. ] Caxton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. asomatus, Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; body. ] Without a material body; incorporeal. Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_;, &unr_;, seed. ] (Bot.) Aspermous. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] Not possessing a mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Automata E. Automatons [ L. fr. Gr. &unr_;, neut. of &unr_; self-moving; &unr_; self + a root ma, man, to strive, think, cf. &unr_; to strive. See Mean, v. i. ] 1. Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

So great and admirable an automaton as the world. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

These living automata, human bodies. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A self-moving machine, or one which has its motive power within itself; -- applied chiefly to machines which appear to imitate spontaneously the motions of living beings, such as men, birds, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. automatus, Gr. &unr_;. See Automaton. ] Automatic. [ Obs. ] “Automatous organs.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ba`sis base + 'o`mma eye + fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in the science of foods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, food + -logy. ] The science of aliments. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to carcinoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. chrismatorium. ] A cruet or vessel in which chrism is kept. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, color + -genous. ] Producing color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the paper strip, column, gel, or TLC plate on which subsances have been separated by a process of chromatography{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

2. the record of the results of a process of chromatography{ 2 }, produced by an instrument which measures some property related to the concentration of substances over the course of a chromatographic process. The record may be printed, for example, on a piece of paper, showing the concentration of some substance as a function of time or volume; or it may be retained in a computer and displayed on a video display terminal. The analytical methods for determining which substances have moved to which point on the chromatogram are very varied, and the records of the results of a visualization techique, such as autoradiography, may itself be referred to as a chromatogram. [ PJC ]

n. a piece of equipment used to perform chromatography{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

adj. of or pertaining to chromatography. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, color + -graphy. ] 1. A treatise on colors [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) an analytical and preparative technique for separating substances by differences in their selective adsorption to solids, by passing a liquid over the solid, to which the substances to be separated have usually been adsorbed in a preliminary step. The major variations are column chromatography, in which the substances to be separated are adsorbed to a column with any of a wide variety of adsorbing solids in powdered or granulated form; paper chromatography, in which the solids are applied as a spot at one end of a strip of absorbent paper (such as filter paper), and the liquid is percolated through the paper by capillary action; and thin-layer chromatography (TLC), which is similar to paper chromatography, but the adsorbent material is, instead of paper, a thin layer of finely powdered material, such as cellulose or silica, on a backing of glass or plastic, called a TLC plate. A modern version of column chromatography is high-performance liquid chromatography, usually referred to as HPLC. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, color + -logy. ] A treatise on colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, color + fe`rein to bear. ] 1. (Zool.) A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) One of the granules of protoplasm, which in mass give color to the part of the plant containing them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, color + -scope. ] (Astron.) A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A chromosphere. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, motion + -graph. ] 1. an older name for a movie projector, a machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly (25 to 50 frames per second) and intermittently before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture projector; also, any of several other machines or devices producing moving pictorial effects. Other older names for the movie projector are animatograph, biograph, bioscope, electrograph, electroscope, kinematograph, kinetoscope, veriscope, vitagraph, vitascope, zoogyroscope, zoopraxiscope, etc.

The cinematograph, invented by Edison in 1894, is the result of the introduction of the flexible film into photography in place of glass. Encyc. Brit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A camera for taking chronophotographs for exhibition by the instrument described above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who takes motion pictures with a movie camera, especially one expert in the art. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. one who exhibits motion pictures; an operator of a motion picture projector; a projectionist. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

-- Cin`e*mat`o*graph"ic a. -- Cin`e*mat`o*graph"ic*al*ly adv. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ L. clamator, pl. clamatores, a bawler. ] (Zool.) A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Climate + -graphy. ] A description of climates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to climatology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in, or who studies, climatology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Climate + -logy: cf. F. climatologie. ] The science which treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Astron.) A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Optics) A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Coma lethargy. ] Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Comatose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who, or that which, confirms; a confirmer. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]