Syn. -- To accomplish; effect; fulfill; complete; execute; perform; realize; obtain. See Accomplish.
A*chieve"ment (-ment), n. [Cf. F. achèvement, E. Hatchment.] 1. The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the achievement of his object.
2. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor, boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat.
[The exploits] of the ancient saints . . . do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes.
Barrow.
The highest achievements of the human intellect.
Macaulay.
3. (Her.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally applied to the funeral shield commonly called hatchment. Cussans.
A*chiev"er (&?;), n. One who achieves; a winner.
Ach`il*le"an (&?;), a. Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.
A*chil"les' ten"don (&?;), n. [L. Achillis tendo.] (Anat.) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx.
A*chi"lous (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a priv. + &?; lip.] (Bot.) Without a lip.
Ach"ing (&?;), a. That aches; continuously painful. See Ache. -- Ach"ing*ly, adv.
The aching heart, the aching head.
Longfellow.
||A`chi*o"te (&?;), n. [Sp. achiote, fr. Indian achiotl.] Seeds of the annotto tree; also, the coloring matter, annotto.
A*chlam"y*date (&?;), a. [Gr. 'a priv. + &?;. &?;. a short cloak.] (Zoöl.) Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods.
Ach`la*myd"e*ous (&?;), a. (Bot.) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.
||A*cho"li*a (&?;), n. [NL., from Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?; bile.] (Med.) Deficiency or want of bile.
Ach"o*lous (&?;), a. (Med.) Lacking bile.
Ach`ro*mat"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; colorless; 'a priv. + &?;, &?;, color: cf. F. achromatique.] 1. (Opt.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.