| ball1 |
a spherical or nearly spherical body . [1/7 definitions] |
| ball-and-socket joint |
a skeletal joint in which the ball-shaped end of a bone, often part of a limb, fits into and rotates quite freely within the hollow, spherical socket of another bone. [1/2 definitions] |
| bathyscaph |
a small, self-contained deep-sea research submarine with a spherical observation chamber mounted under the hull. |
| bathysphere |
a spherical diving chamber used for studying deep-sea life. |
| bead |
a small, spherical object or quantity, such as a drop of liquid or a gas bubble. [1/8 definitions] |
| bubble |
an approximately spherical volume of gas bounded by a liquid or a solid. [1/7 definitions] |
| core |
the center of any spherical object. [1/4 definitions] |
| diameter |
the width of any approximately circular, spherical, or cylindrical object. [1/3 definitions] |
| fireball |
any very hot, luminous spherical object, esp. an extremely bright meteor. [1/4 definitions] |
| flail |
a medieval weapon of similar design but with heavy, often spherical and barbed weights instead of the short bar. [1/6 definitions] |
| fullerene |
any of a class of carbon molecules having a roughly spherical or tubular shape. |
| global |
in the shape of a globe; spherical. [1/3 definitions] |
| globe |
a round or spherical object, esp. a ball on which there is a map of the earth. [2/6 definitions] |
| globefish |
any of various fishes that have or are capable of assuming a spherical, globular shape, such as the ocean sunfish and the puffer. |
| globular |
in the shape of a globe or globule; spherical. [1/3 definitions] |
| globule |
a very small drop, ball, or spherical mass. |
| gulfweed |
any of a variety of brown seaweeds found in the Gulf Stream and Caribbean, bearing spherical air bladders. |
| jawbreaker |
a usu. spherical piece of very hard candy for sucking. [1/2 definitions] |
| mimosa |
any of a number of usu. tropical trees, shrubs, or herbs that bear clusters of small flowers arranged in spherical heads, and have leaves that are sensitive to light or touch. |
| nonspherical |
combined form of spherical. |
| nucleolus |
a small spherical body in the nucleus of a cell, consisting of protein and RNA. |