| aspheric | (adjective) varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape | Synonyms: aspherical |
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| aspherical | (adjective) varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape | Synonyms: aspheric |
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| asthenosphere | (noun) the lower layer of the crust | - |
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| atmosphere | (noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing | Synonyms: air, aura |
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| (noun) the mass of air surrounding the Earth | Synonyms: air |
| (noun) the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body | - |
| (noun) a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade | Synonyms: atm, standard atmosphere, standard pressure |
| (noun) the weather or climate at some place | Synonyms: atmospheric state |
| (noun) a particular environment or surrounding influence | Synonyms: ambiance, ambience |
| atmospheric | (adjective) relating to or located in the atmosphere | Synonyms: atmospherical |
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| atmospherical | (adjective) relating to or located in the atmosphere | Synonyms: atmospheric |
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| atmospherics | (noun) a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference | Synonyms: atmospheric static, static |
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| bathysphere | (noun) spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration | - |
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| biosphere | (noun) the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist | - |
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| blaspheme | (verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: curse, cuss, imprecate, swear |
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| (verb) speak of in an irreverent or impious manner | - |
| blasphemer | (noun) a person who speaks disrespectfully of sacred things | - |
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| blasphemous | (adjective) characterized by profanity or cursing | Synonyms: blue, profane |
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| (adjective) grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred | Synonyms: profane, sacrilegious |
| blasphemously | (adverb) in a blasphemous manner | - |
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| blasphemy | (noun) blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | Synonyms: desecration, profanation, sacrilege |
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| (noun) blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred) | - |
| blastosphere | (noun) early stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs | Synonyms: blastula |
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| blastospheric | (adjective) of or relating to a blastula | Synonyms: blastular |
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| chromosphere | (noun) a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun | - |
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| dysphemism | (noun) an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one | - |
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| dysphemistic | (adjective) of or the nature of dysphemism | - |
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| exosphere | (noun) the outermost atmospheric layer | - |
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| geosphere | (noun) the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle | Synonyms: lithosphere |
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| heliosphere | (noun) the region inside the heliopause containing the sun and solar system | - |
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| hemisphere | (noun) either half of the cerebrum | Synonyms: cerebral hemisphere |
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| (noun) half of the terrestrial globe | - |
| (noun) half of a sphere | - |
| hemispheric | (adjective) of or relating to the cerebral hemispheres | - |
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| hemispherical | (adjective) of or relating to or being a hemisphere | - |
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| hydrosphere | (noun) the watery layer of the earth's surface; includes water vapor | - |
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| ionosphere | (noun) the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons | - |
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| lithosphere | (noun) the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle | Synonyms: geosphere |
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| magnetosphere | (noun) the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar magnetic field | - |
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| mesosphere | (noun) the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere | - |
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| nonspherical | (adjective) not spherical | - |
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| oosphere | (noun) a gamete; used especially of lower plants | - |
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| ozonosphere | (noun) a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun | Synonyms: ozone layer |
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| photosphere | (noun) the intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun) | - |
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| sphecoid | (noun) any of various solitary wasps | Synonyms: sphecoid wasp |
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| sphenion | (noun) the anterior tip of the parietal bone | - |
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| sphenoid | (noun) butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull | Synonyms: os sphenoidale, sphenoid bone |
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| sphere | (noun) any spherically shaped artifact | - |
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| (noun) a particular aspect of life or activity | Synonyms: sector |
| (noun) the geographical area in which one nation is very influential | Synonyms: sphere of influence |
| (noun) the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | Synonyms: celestial sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin |
| (noun) a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) | - |
| (noun) a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center | - |
| (noun) a particular environment or walk of life | Synonyms: area, arena, domain, field, orbit |
| spheric | (adjective) having the shape of a sphere or ball | Synonyms: ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spherical |
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| spherical | (adjective) of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere | - |
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| (adjective) having the shape of a sphere or ball | Synonyms: ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric |
| spherically | (adverb) in a spherical manner | - |
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| sphericalness | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional object | Synonyms: globosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness, sphericity |
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| sphericity | (noun) the roundness of a 3-dimensional object | Synonyms: globosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness, sphericalness |
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| spherocyte | (noun) an abnormal spherical red blood cell | - |
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| spheroid | (noun) a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes | Synonyms: ellipsoid of revolution |
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| spheroidal | (adjective) having the nature or shape of an ellipsoid | Synonyms: ellipsoid, ellipsoidal |
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| spherometer | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring the curvature of a surface | - |
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| spherule | (noun) a small sphere | - |
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| stratosphere | (noun) the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere | - |
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| thermosphere | (noun) the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere | - |
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| troposphere | (noun) the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude) | - |
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