Spherule

  • 101orb — n 1. heavenly or celestial body, sun, star, planet, moon. 2. sphere, globe, orbit, ball, round, globoid; globule, spherule, spheroid, oval. 3. eye, Anat. orbit, eyeball, Sl. glim, Sl. peepers …

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  • 102pea — n 1. chickpea, garbanzo, black eyed pea, cow pea, snow pea. 2. bead, globule, spherule, spheroid, ball, shot, marble, pearl; pill, tablet, pellet, capsule, oval; drop, dew drop, tear …

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  • 103pearl — n 1. drop, droplet, dewdrop, tear; bead, globule, glob, capsule, spherule, oval; tooth, pellet. 2. jewel, bijou, precious stone, solitaire, brilliant; ornament, trinket. 3. prize, treasure, gem, pick, flower, cream, Fr. creme de la creme.… …

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  • 104pellet — n globule, spherule, spheroid, oval; pill, tablet, capsule; pea, bead, pearl, marble; stone, pebble; seed, grain, ball, bullet, shot; wad of paper, spit ball …

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  • 105round — adj 1. circular, cycloid, disklike, discoid; ring shaped, ringlike, ringed, hoop, hooplike, hooped, rotiform, annular; cylindrical, tubular; spherical, spheroidal, spheroid, spheric, spheral, spheroidic, ball shaped, globelike, globe shaped,… …

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  • 106sphere — n 1. globe, ball, orb, round, globoid; globule, spherule, spheroid, oval. 2. planet, moon, star, luminary, heavenly or celestial body, orb. 3. field, domain, realm, district; territory, province, bailiwick, bounds, department; environment,… …

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  • 107bead — [n] droplet, blob bean, bubble, dab, dot, driblet, drop, globule, grain, particle, pea, pellet, pill, shot, speck, spherule, stone; concept 436 …

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  • 108spheroid —   n. sphere like figure.    ♦ spheroidal,    ♦ spheroidic, a.    ♦ spherometer, n. instrument measuring curvature.    ♦ spherule, n. small sphere or spheroid …

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  • 109pearl — pearl1 [pʉrl] n. [ME perle < MFr < VL * perla, *perula, altered (? after L sphaerula,SPHERULE) < L perna, a sea mussel, lit., a ham: from the shape of its peduncle] 1. a smooth, hard, usually white or bluish gray body of varied but… …

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  • 110spherulite — [sfer′ə līt΄, sfer′yə līt΄, sfirə līt, sfiryə lāt΄] n. [ SPHERULE + ITE1] a rounded or spherical crystalline body found in some glassy volcanic rocks spherulitic [sfer′oolit′ik, sfer yoolit′ik, sfir′oolit′ik, sfir′yoolit′ik] adj …

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