globule
globule
Definition
glob·ule (gläb′yo̵ol)
globule
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- paint: The edges of the work have a distinctive sculptural quality and are punctuated with sporadically placed pirouetting globules of paint.
- water: I smiled to myself: not an eye, you silly sod, just globules of water dripping beneath the surface.
- quicksilver: And the said boy is referred to as " a globule of quicksilver " .
- phlegm: Kids throw themselves against each other and huge globules of phlegm hurtle toward the stage.
- mercury: They slide around the mind like a globule of mercury, casting flashes of light in all sorts of different directions.
- sweat: His eyes were wide and unseeing, and great spherical globules of sweat were forming on his brow.
Converse of object
- form: The extra hardness caused the droplets to form spherical globules.
- contain: Each female can produce up to half a million tiny eggs, each containing a globule of oil that makes the egg buoyant.
- produce: The process they use to skim it produces very small fat globules, which are more dangerous than proper fat.
- have: The milk of the Red Poll is higher in protein and has smaller fat globules than other breeds such as the Fresian.
- shine: The rest of the litharge was absorbed in the porous cupel, leaving a shining globule of metallic silver about 99.95 % pure.
- show: The resin globules shown on Figure ( 6 ) have linear dimensions which vary from 2 microns to about 13 microns.
Adjective modifier
- protoplasmal: I can trace my family back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.
- primordial: I can trace my family back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.
- atomic: I can trace my family back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.
- fat: Often round fat globules can be seen within an egg.
- small: The process they use to skim it produces very small fat globules, which are more dangerous than proper fat.
- tiny: Goat's milk forms into much easier, small lumps and human milk into tiny little globules.
Browse dictionary entries near globule
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