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Embowl :: Embowl (v. t.) To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to.

Buttonbush :: Buttonbush (n.) A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.

Subglossal :: Subglobular (a.) Nearly globular.

Hives :: Hives (n.) An eruptive disease (Varicella globularis), allied to the chicken pox..

Interglobular :: Interglobular (a.) Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine..

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

Micrococcus :: Micrococcus (n.) A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus..

Capitulum :: Capitulum (n.) A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat..

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..

Globulous :: Globulous (a.) Globular; spherical; orbicular.

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

Sphere :: Sphere (n.) Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth..

Orbulina :: Orbulina (n.) A genus of minute living Foraminifera having a globular shell.

Dubber :: Dubber (n.) A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc..

Boll :: Boll (n.) The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form..

Fiorite :: Fiorite (n.) A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; -- so called from Fiora, in Ischia..

Moorball :: Moorball (n.) A fresh-water alga (Cladophora Aegagropila) which forms a globular mass.

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..

Parkeria :: Parkeria (n.) A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball..

Zymogene :: Zymogene (n.) One of a physiological group of globular bacteria which produces fermentations of diverse nature; -- distinguished from pathogene.

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