achromic, achromous
(adjective) having no color
Source: WordNet® 3.1
achromic (comparative more achromic, superlative most achromic)
(science) Uncoloured; not pigmented; lacking in colour.
The OED regards this word as obsolete, but modern usage shows a return of this synonym for achromatic in the fields of medicine and chemistry.
Source: Wiktionary
A*chro"mic, a. [Gr. colorless; priv. + color.]
Definition: Free from color; colorless; as, in Physiol. Chem., the achromic point of a starch solution acted upon by an amylolytic enzyme is the point at which it fails to give any color with iodine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
