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Globule

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

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Ball 76% 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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Globe 76% connected

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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Orb 76% connected

A blank window or panel.

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Bubble 76% connected

A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river.

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Aberration noun · 78% connection

The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of su…

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Antiparticle noun · 78% connection

a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and…

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Atom noun · 78% connection

An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.

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Cocci noun · 78% connection

any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria

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Coccus noun · 78% connection

any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria

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Convex adjective · 78% connection

Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line w…

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Cosmosphere noun · 78% connection

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…

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Drop noun · 78% connection

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured po…

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Dust noun · 78% connection

A single particle of earth or other matter.

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Earth noun · 78% connection

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

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Elementary particle noun · 78% connection

(physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter

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Flake noun · 78% connection

A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash.

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Fundamental particle noun · 78% connection

(physics) a particle that is less complex than an atom; regarded as constituents of all matter

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Globated adjective · 78% connection

Having the form of a globe; spherical.

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Globose adjective · 78% connection

Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical.

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Globular adjective · 78% connection

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

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Grain noun · 78% connection

Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, o…

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Granule noun · 78% connection

A little grain a small particle; a pellet.

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