Synonyms of the word globule


GLOBULEBALL - GLOBE - ORB

globule

  • n. A small round particle of substance; a drop.

ball

  • n. A solid or hollow sphere, or part thereof.
  • n. (sports) The use of a round or ellipsoidal object.
  • n. (mildly vulgar, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
  • n. (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used…
  • n. (farriery, historical) A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
  • v. (transitive) To form or wind into a ball.
  • v. (metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
  • v. (transitive, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse with.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather…
  • v. (slang, usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
  • v. (nonstandard, slang) To play basketball.
  • interj. (Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player. This…
  • n. A formal dance.
  • n. (informal) A very enjoyable time.

globe

  • n. Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object.
  • n. The planet Earth.
  • n. A spherical model of Earth or any planet.
  • n. (dated or Australia, South Africa) A light bulb.
  • n. A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
  • n. (slang, chiefly plural) A woman's breasts..
  • v. To become spherical.

orb

  • n. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
  • n. One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and…
  • n. A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body;…
  • n. (rare) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.
  • n. (poetic) The eye, as luminous and spherical.
  • n. (poetic) A revolving circular body; a wheel.
  • n. (rare) A sphere of action.
  • n. A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal power.
  • n. A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography.
  • n. (military) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.
  • v. (poetic) to form into an orb or circle.
  • v. (poetic, transitive) to encircle; to surround; to enclose.
  • v. (poetic, intransitive) to become round like an orb.
  • n. (architecture) A blank window or panel.

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