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| Anne Sullivan |
a U.S. educator who pioneered techniques for teaching the blind, deaf-blind, and visually impaired through her work with Helen Keller (b.1866--d.1936). |
| clarity |
the state or quality of being visually clear as of impurities. [1/2 definitions] |
| filmic |
suitable for filming; visually interesting. [1/2 definitions] |
| picturesque |
visually pleasing, enchanting, or unusual; suggestive of a picture or painting. [1/2 definitions] |
| portray |
to depict visually or verbally; make a portrait of. [1/2 definitions] |
| proctoscope |
an instrument used to examine visually the interior of the rectum. |
| Rutherford atom |
the atom regarded as visually analogous to the solar system, with electrons revolving around a nucleus. |
| showy |
visually striking. [1/2 definitions] |
| sightly |
visually pleasing; attractive. |
| sight word |
in vocabulary learning, a word, usually short and basic, that a reader recognizes visually, without having to decode it phonetically or otherwise. "The," "we," "their," and "have" are typical sight words. |
| take in |
to experience with one's senses, esp. visually or auditorily [1/5 definitions] |
| trackwalker |
a person who visually inspects railroad tracks as an assigned task. |
| view |
to see; perceive visually. [1/7 definitions] |
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