Eyeball: alternatives and connections

An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which stea…

A scale of the sun's declination for each day of the year, drawn across the torrid zone on an artificial terrestrial globe.

Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe.

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London.

A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to ma…

A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.

A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball w…

The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.

A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the oth…

A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with…

A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans t…

An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass g…

In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with…

A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition,…

The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, includin…

A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or anoth…

A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught…