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Hemisphere :: Hemisphere (n.) Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture..

Volvox :: Volvox (n.) A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water, the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest species is Volvox globator, often called globe animalcule..

Terraqueous :: Terraqueous (a.) Consisting of land and water; as, the earth is a terraqueous globe..

Pecten :: Pecten (n.) A vascular pigmented membrane projecting into the vitreous humor within the globe of the eye in birds, and in many reptiles and fishes; -- also called marsupium..

Lithogenesy :: Lithogenesy (n.) The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composing the globe.

Equable :: Equable (a.) Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe..

Roundness :: Roundness (n.) The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc..

Globe :: Globe (n.) The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article.

Parallel :: Parallel (n.) One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude; also, the corresponding line on a globe or map..

World :: World (n.) In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world..

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

Hemisphere :: Hemisphere (n.) A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center..

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

Ecliptic :: Ecliptic (a.) A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23¡ 28' with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems..

Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits..

#NAME? :: -ose () A suffix denoting full of, containing, having the qualities of, like; as in verbose, full of words; pilose, hairy; globose, like a globe..

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..

Terrestrial :: Terrestrial (a.) Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe..

Sea :: Sea (n.) The ocean; the whole body of the salt water which covers a large part of the globe.

Orthodromics :: Orthodromics (n.) The art of sailing in a direct course, or on the arc of a great circle, which is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of the globe; great-circle sailing; orthodromy..

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