Cataract

Definition:

• (n.) A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.
• (n.) An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight.
• (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.

Compare cataract with other words:

cataract vs. torrent

cataract vs. deluge

cataract vs. lagoon

cataract vs. keratonyxis

cataract vs. keratome

cataract vs. sunbow

astigmatism vs. cataract

cataract vs. couching

cataract vs. lin

cascade vs. cataract

blindness vs. cataract

cataract vs. opacity

cataract vs. treat

cataract vs. disease

cataract vs. eye

cataract vs. downpour

cataract vs. waterfall

cataract vs. rapid

cataract vs. waterspout

cataract vs. glaucoma