Globe :: Globe (n.) A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square..

Globe :: Globe (v. t.) To gather or form into a globe.

Globe-shaped :: Globe-shaped (a.) Shaped like a globe.

Globed :: Globed (imp. & p. p.) of Glob.

Globefish :: Globefish (n.) A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to a more or less globular form. Called also porcupine fish, and sea hedgehog. See Diodon..

Globeflower :: Globeflower (n.) A plant of the genus Trollius (T. Europaeus), found in the mountainous parts of Europe, and producing handsome globe-shaped flowers..

Globeflower :: Globeflower (n.) The American plant Trollius laxus.

Globiferous :: Globiferous (a.) Having a round or globular tip.

Globigerin/ :: Globigerin/ (pl. ) of Globigerin.

Globigerina :: Globigerina (n.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera..

Globing :: Globing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glob.

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

Globosely :: Globosely (adv.) In a globular manner; globularly.

Globosity :: Globosity (n.) Sphericity.

Globous :: Globous (a.) Spherical.

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

Globularity :: Globularity (n.) The state of being globular; globosity; sphericity.

Globularly :: Globularly (adv.) Spherically.

Globularness :: Globularness (n.) Sphericity; globosity.

Globule :: Globule (n.) A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form..

Globule :: Globule (n.) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc..

Globule :: Globule (n.) A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.

Globulet :: Globulet (n.) A little globule.

Globuliferous :: Globuliferous (a.) Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the rock..

Globulimeter :: Globulimeter (n.) An instrument for measuring the number of red blood corpuscles in the blood.

Globulin :: Globulin (n.) An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with haematin to form haemoglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions..

Globulite :: Globulite (n.) A rudimentary form of crystallite, spherical in shape..

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

Globy :: Globy (a.) Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular..

Haematoglobulin :: Haematoglobulin (n.) Same as Hematoglobin.

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