Definition of halo

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Halo (n.) An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object..

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Cachalot :: Cachalot (n.) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale..
Omphalopter :: Omphalopter (n.) Alt. of Omphalopti.
Cephalon :: Cephalon (n.) The head.
Infundibulum :: Infundibulum (n.) The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda.
Myelencephalon :: Myelencephalon (n.) The metencephalon.
Cephalopode :: Cephalopode (n.) One of the Cephalopoda.
Rhinencephalic :: Rhinencephalic (a.) Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon.
-ate :: -ate () In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulphate from sulphuric acid, nitrate from nitric acid, etc. It is also used in the case of certain basic salts..
Diencephalon :: Diencephalon (n.) The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon.
Omphalomancy :: Omphalomancy (n.) Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have..
Hydrocephalous :: Hydrocephalous (a.) Having hydrocephalus.
Thalamocoele :: Thalamocoele (n.) The cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third ventricle.
Brachyura :: Brachyura (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix..
Halometer :: Halometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the forms and angles of salts and crystals; a goniometer.
Midbrain :: Midbrain (n.) The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.
Brachycephalous :: Brachycephalous (a.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.
Octocerata :: Octocerata (n.pl.) A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda..
Ammonite :: Ammonite (n.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis..
Scallion :: Scallion (n.) A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot..
Platycephalous :: Platycephalous (a.) Broad-headed.
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