Boost your vocab and unleash your potential!

Recently viewed words:
Definitions of ultraviolet light
Definition that contains ultraviolet light
  • tanning process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light
  • sunscreen a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn
  • sunblock a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn
  • fluorite a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine
  • sunray a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp
  • fluorspar a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine
  • sun blocker a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn
  • eprom (computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data
  • sun-ray a ray of artificial ultraviolet light from a sunray lamp
  • xeroderma pigmentosum a rare genetic condition characterized by an eruption of exposed skin occurring in childhood and photosensitivity with severe sunburn; inherited as a recessive autosomal trait in which DNA repair processes are defective so they are more likely to chromosome breaks and cancers when exposed to ultraviolet light
My lists:
Recently viewed words: