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Globe

A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.

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Narrower term 5

Bolus 76% connected

A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.

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Fireball 76% connected

A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works an…

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Globule 76% connected

A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.

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Pellet 76% connected

A little ball; as, a pellet of wax / paper.

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Spherule 76% connected

A little sphere or spherical body; as, quicksilver, when poured upon a plane, divides itself into a great number of minute spherules.

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Broader term 3

Model 76% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Simulation 76% connected

The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what…

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Sphere 76% connected

A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center.

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Conglobate 74% connected

Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers.

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Conglobate 74% connected

Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers.

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Globular 74% connected

Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms.

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Globular 74% connected

Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms.

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Ball 92% connected

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

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Orb 92% connected

A blank window or panel.

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