Bulb (n.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid. |
Bulb (n.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots |
Bulb (n.) An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. |
Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb |
Flat (superl.) Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions |
Flat (superl.) Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground |
Flat (superl.) Wanting relief |
Flat (superl.) Tasteless |
Flat (superl.) Unanimated |
Flat (superl.) Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings |
Flat (superl.) Clear |
Flat (superl.) Below the true pitch |
Flat (superl.) Not sharp or shrill |
Flat (superl.) Sonant |
Flat (adv.) In a flat manner |
Flat (adv.) Without allowance for accrued interest. |
Flat (n.) A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences |
Flat (n.) A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide |
Flat (n.) Something broad and flat in form |
Flat (n.) A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught. |
Flat (n.) A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned. |
Flat (n.) A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides |
Flat (n.) A platform on wheel, upon which emblematic designs, etc., are carried in processions. |
Flat (n.) The flat part, or side, of anything |
Flat (n.) A floor, loft, or story in a building |
Flat (n.) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein |
Flat (n.) A dull fellow |
Flat (n.) A character [/] before a note, indicating a tone which is a half step or semitone lower. |
Flat (n.) A homaloid space or extension. |
Flat (v. t.) To make flat |
Flat (v. t.) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless |
Flat (v. t.) To depress in tone, as a musical note |
Flat (v. i.) To become flat, or flattened |
Flat (v. i.) To fall form the pitch. |
Flat-bottomed (a.) Having an even lower surface or bottom |
Flat-cap (n.) A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere |
Flat foot () A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground |
Flat-footed (a.) Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep. |
Flat-footed (a.) Firm-footed |
Flat-headed (a.) Having a head with a flattened top |
Pseudo-bulb (n.) An aerial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants. |
apartment flat | a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house |
B-flat clarinet licorice stick | the ordinary clarinet with a middle range |
bulb | a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end), the bulb of a syringe |
cloth cap flat cap | a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak |
cold-water flat | an apartment without modern conveniences |
coulisse wing flat | a flat situated in the wings |
dry-bulb thermometer | an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb, used to measure the air temperature |
flash photoflash flash lamp flashgun flashbulb flash bulb | a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph |
flat | scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas, part of a stage setting |
flat flat tire | a deflated pneumatic tire |
flat | a shallow box in which seedlings are started |
flat arch straight arch | an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados |
flat bench | a bench on which a weightlifter lies to do exercises |
flatcar flatbed flat | freight car without permanent sides or roof |
flat coat ground primer priming primer coat priming coat undercoat | the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface |
flat file | a file with two flat surfaces |
flat panel display FPD | a type of video display that is thin and flat, commonly used in laptop computers |
flat tip screwdriver | a screwdriver with a flat wedge-shaped tip that fits into a slot in the head of a screw |
flatwork flat wash | ironing that can be done mechanically |
light bulb lightbulb bulb incandescent lamp electric light electric-light bulb | electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity |
railroad flat | an apartment whose rooms are all in a line with doors between them |
reef knot flat knot | a square knot used in a reef line |
sheet flat solid | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width |
wet-bulb thermometer | a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin, used in a psychrometer to measure humidity |
bulb | a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ |
bulbar conjunctiva conjunctival layer of bulb tunica conjunctiva bulbi | the part of the conjunctiva covering the anterior face of the sclera and the surface epithelium of the cornea |
artery of the penis bulb arteria bulbi penis | a branch of the internal pudendal artery of males that supplies the bulb of the penis |
artery of the vestibule bulb arteria bulbi vestibuli | a branch of the internal pudendal artery in females that supplies the bulb of the vestibule |
olfactory bulb | one of two enlargements at the terminus of the olfactory nerve at the base of the brain just above the nasal cavities |
medulla oblongata medulla bulb | lower or hindmost part of the brain, continuous with spinal cord, (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata), the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning |
flat | a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named |
double flat | a musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones |
flat bone | part of the sirloin next to the wedge bone |
mud flat | a tract of low muddy land near an estuary, covered at high tide and exposed at low tide |
alluvial flat alluvial plain | a flat resulting from repeated deposits of alluvial material by running water |
flat | a level tract of land, the salt flats of Utah |
salt flat salt plain | a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water |
flat-topped white aster | a variety of aster |
flat pea narrow-leaved everlasting pea Lathyrus sylvestris | European perennial with mottled flowers of purple and pink, sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure |
flat pea Platylobium formosum | evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings, Australia and Tasmania |
common flat pea native holly Playlobium obtusangulum | low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods |
Italian parsley flat-leaf parsley Petroselinum crispum neapolitanum | a variety of parsley having flat leaves |
bulb | a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure |
bulb | anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop |
die pall become flat | lose sparkle or bouquet, wine and beer can pall |
hedgehop flat-hat | fly very close to the ground |
fall through fall flat founder flop | fail utterly, collapse, The project foundered |
flat | commercially inactive, flat sales for the month, prices remained flat, a flat market |
bellyless flat-bellied | lacking a prominent belly |
flat mat matt matte matted | not reflecting light, not glossy, flat wall paint, a photograph with a matte finish |