Globule

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small spherical mass, especially a small drop of liquid.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small round particle of substance; a drop.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.
  • n. A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.
  • n. A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A little globe or sphere; a small or minute body of matter of a spherical form.
  • n. Specifically— In anatomy and physics, a blood-disk or -corpuscle, or a lymph-corpuscle.
  • n. In botany, the antheridium of Characeæ.
  • n. In homeopathic med., a minute pill consisting of sugar of milk combined with the active principle of some drug.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small globe or ball
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ball    orb    globe   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    bubble   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sphere    spherule    globelet    drop    bulb    bead    pill    pellet    button    bullet   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bichloride    fusibility    calx    tympanic    gramme    exudation    kilogramme    glob    blob    sublimate