Definition of halo

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Halo (n.) A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions..

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Myelencephalous :: Myelencephalous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Myelencephala.
Aureole :: Aureole (n.) A halo, actual or figurative..
Microcephalous :: Microcephalous (a.) Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to megacephalic.
Teetee :: Teetee (n.) A diving petrel of Australia (Halodroma wrinatrix).
Mesaticephalous :: Mesaticephalous (a.) Mesaticephalic.
Macrocephalous :: Macrocephalous (a.) Having a large head.
Mollusca :: Mollusca (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or m
Ammonitoidea :: Ammonitoidea (n. pl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.
En- :: En- () A prefix from Gr. / in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. See In-..
Macrencephalic :: Macrencephalic (a.) Alt. of Macrencephalou.
Cephalotrocha :: Cephalotrocha (n.) A kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head.
Spirulate :: Spirula (n.) A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact..
Halo :: Halo (n.) A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.
Aureole :: Aureole (n.) The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence..
Chalon :: Chalon (n.) A bed blanket.
Omphaloptic :: Omphaloptic (n.) An optical glass that is convex on both sides.
Paraselene :: Paraselene (n.) A mock moon; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion.
Mesencephalon :: Mesencephalon (n.) The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See Brain.
Acanthocephalous :: Acanthocephalous (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala..
Rhinencephala :: Rhinencephala (pl. ) of Rhinencephalo.
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