| agammaglobulinemia | (noun) a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection | - |
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| ameloblast | (noun) a cell from which tooth enamel develops | - |
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| blob | (noun) an indistinct shapeless form | - |
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| clobber | (noun) informal terms for personal possessions | Synonyms: stuff |
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| colobus | (noun) arboreal monkey of western and central Africa with long silky fur and reduced thumbs | Synonyms: colobus monkey |
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| conglobation | (noun) an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass | Synonyms: conglomeration |
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| (noun) a rounded spherical form | Synonyms: conglomeration |
| cyclobenzaprine | (noun) muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury | Synonyms: Flexeril |
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| earlobe | (noun) the fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear | Synonyms: ear lobe |
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| gastrolobium | (noun) any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods | Synonyms: poison bush, poison pea |
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| glob | (noun) a compact mass | Synonyms: ball, chunk, clod, clump, lump |
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| globalisation | (noun) growth to a global or worldwide scale | Synonyms: globalization |
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| globalization | (noun) growth to a global or worldwide scale | Synonyms: globalisation |
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| globe | (noun) a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented | - |
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| (noun) the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | Synonyms: Earth, earth, world |
| (noun) an object with a spherical shape | Synonyms: ball, orb |
| globefish | (noun) any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain a potent nerve poison; closely related to spiny puffers | Synonyms: blowfish, puffer, pufferfish |
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| globeflower | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Trollius having globose yellow flowers | Synonyms: globe flower |
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| globetrotter | (noun) someone who travels widely and often | Synonyms: world traveler |
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| globigerina | (noun) marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny processes | - |
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| globin | (noun) a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells | Synonyms: haematohiston, hematohiston |
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| globosity | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional object | Synonyms: globularness, rotundity, rotundness, sphericalness, sphericity |
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| globularness | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional object | Synonyms: globosity, rotundity, rotundness, sphericalness, sphericity |
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| globule | (noun) a small globe or ball | - |
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| globulin | (noun) a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed | - |
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| haemoglobin | (noun) a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues | Synonyms: Hb, hemoglobin |
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| haemoglobinemia | (noun) presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma | Synonyms: hemoglobinemia |
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| haemoglobinopathy | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood | Synonyms: hemoglobinopathy |
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| haemoglobinuria | (noun) presence of hemoglobin in the urine | Synonyms: hemoglobinuria |
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| halobacter | (noun) halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats | Synonyms: halobacteria, halobacterium |
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| halobacteria | (noun) halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats | Synonyms: halobacter, halobacterium |
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| halobacterium | (noun) halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats | Synonyms: halobacter, halobacteria |
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| haptoglobin | (noun) a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds) | - |
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| hemoglobin | (noun) a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues | Synonyms: haemoglobin, Hb |
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| hemoglobinemia | (noun) presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma | Synonyms: haemoglobinemia |
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| hemoglobinopathy | (noun) a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood | Synonyms: haemoglobinopathy |
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| hemoglobinuria | (noun) presence of hemoglobin in the urine | Synonyms: haemoglobinuria |
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| hypogammaglobulinemia | (noun) an abnormally low concentration of gamma globulin in the blood and increased risk of infection | - |
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| immunoglobulin | (noun) a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response | Synonyms: Ig, immune gamma globulin, immune globulin, immune serum globulin |
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| kilobit | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 bits | Synonyms: kb, kbit |
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| kilobyte | (noun) a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes | Synonyms: K, kB, KB, KiB, kibibyte |
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| (noun) a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes | Synonyms: K, kB, KB |
| lactoglobulin | (noun) a globular protein found in milk. | - |
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| lob | (noun) the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc | - |
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| (noun) an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc | - |
| lobby | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, vestibule |
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| (noun) an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying | Synonyms: advocacy group, lobby group, pressure group, special-interest group, special interest, special interest group, third house |
| (noun) the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest | - |
| lobbyism | (noun) the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist | - |
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| lobbyist | (noun) someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer | - |
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| lobe | (noun) a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure | - |
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| (noun) (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part | - |
| (noun) the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern | - |
| (noun) (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided | - |
| lobectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain) | - |
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| lobefin | (noun) any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form | Synonyms: crossopterygian, lobe-finned fish |
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| lobelia | (noun) any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia | - |
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| loblolly | (noun) thick gruel | - |
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| lobotomy | (noun) surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes | Synonyms: frontal lobotomy, leucotomy, leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy |
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| lobscouse | (noun) a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors | Synonyms: lobscuse, scouse |
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| lobscuse | (noun) a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors | Synonyms: lobscouse, scouse |
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| lobster | (noun) any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a lobster | - |
| lobsterback | (noun) British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution) | Synonyms: redcoat |
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| lobsterman | (noun) a person whose occupation is catching lobsters | - |
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| lobularity | (noun) the property of having lobules | - |
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| lobule | (noun) a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe | - |
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| lobworm | (noun) marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait | Synonyms: lug, lugworm |
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| megaloblast | (noun) abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency | - |
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| myeloblast | (noun) a precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow | - |
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| myoglobin | (noun) a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed | - |
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| myoglobinuria | (noun) the presence of myoglobin in the urine | - |
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| oxyhaemoglobin | (noun) the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs | Synonyms: oxyhemoglobin |
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| oxyhemoglobin | (noun) the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs | Synonyms: oxyhaemoglobin |
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| slob | (noun) a coarse obnoxious person | Synonyms: pig, sloven, slovenly person |
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| slobber | (noun) saliva spilling from the mouth | Synonyms: dribble, drivel, drool |
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| slobberer | (noun) a person who dribbles | Synonyms: dribbler, driveller, drooler |
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| thyroglobulin | (noun) an iodine containing protein that is obtained from the thyroid gland and exhibits the general properties of the globulins | - |
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| trilobite | (noun) an extinct arthropod that was abundant in Paleozoic times; had an exoskeleton divided into three parts | - |
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