Definition of globular

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of globular is as below...

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

Lern More About Globular

Boll :: Boll (n.) The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form..
Mucor :: Mucor (n.) A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold.
Globulous :: Globulous (a.) Globular; spherical; orbicular.
Globular :: Globular (a.) Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms..
Globiferous :: Globiferous (a.) Having a round or globular tip.
Ganglion :: Ganglion (n.) A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew..
Globefish :: Globefish (n.) A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon..
Volvox :: Volvox (n.) A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule..
Morula :: Morula (n.) The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its development; -- called also mulberry mass, segmentation sphere, and blastosphere. See Segmentation..
Durion :: Durion (n.) The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts..
Globose :: Globose (a.) Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical..
Celeriac :: Celeriac (n.) Turnip-rooted celery, a from of celery with a large globular root, which is used for food..
Moorball :: Moorball (n.) A fresh-water alga (Cladophora Aegagropila) which forms a globular mass.
Vacuole :: Vacuole (n.) A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm..
Sphere :: Sphere (n.) Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth..
Interglobular :: Interglobular (a.) Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine..
Gutwort :: Gutwort (n.) A plant, Globularia Alypum, a violent purgative, found in Africa..
Buttonbush :: Buttonbush (n.) A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.
Globosely :: Globosely (adv.) In a globular manner; globularly.
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us