Air cell () A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only. |
Air cell () A receptacle of air in various parts of the system |
Cell (n.) A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent |
Cell (n.) A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent. |
Cell (n.) Any small cavity, or hollow place. |
Cell (n.) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof. |
Cell (n.) Same as Cella. |
Cell (n.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery. |
Cell (n.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed. |
Cell (v. t.) To place or inclose in a cell. |
Merry-go-round (n.) Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement |
Purkinje's cells () Large ganglion cells forming a layer near the surface of the cerebellum. |
Quarter round () An ovolo. |
Round (v. i. & t.) To whisper. |
Round (a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center |
Round (a.) Having the form of a cylinder |
Round (a.) Having a curved outline or form |
Round (a.) Full |
Round (a.) Not inconsiderable |
Round (a.) Uttered or emitted with a full tone |
Round (a.) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape |
Round (a.) Outspoken |
Round (a.) Full and smoothly expanded |
Round (a.) Complete and consistent |
Round (n.) Anything round, as a circle, a globe, a ring. "The golden round" [the crown]. |
Round (n.) A series of changes or events ending where it began |
Round (n.) A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated in a circle. |
Round (n.) A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated. |
Round (n.) A circular dance. |
Round (n.) That which goes round a whole circle or company |
Round (n.) Rotation, as in office |
Round (n.) The step of a ladder |
Round (n.) A course ending where it began |
Round (n.) A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe |
Round (n.) A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once. |
Round (n.) Ammunition for discharging a piece or pieces once |
Round (n.) A short vocal piece, resembling a catch in which three or four voices follow each other round in a species of canon in the unison. |
Round (n.) The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules |
Round (n.) A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole. |
Round (n.) A vessel filled, as for drinking. |
Round (n.) An assembly |
Round (n.) See Roundtop. |
Round (n.) Same as Round of beef, below. |
Round (adv.) On all sides |
Round (adv.) Circularly |
Round (adv.) In circumference |
Round (adv.) From one side or party to another |
Round (adv.) By or in a circuit |
Round (adv.) Through a circle, as of friends or houses. |
Round (adv.) Roundly |
cell | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals |
round trip | a trip to some place and back again |
round daily round | the usual activities in your day, the doctor made his rounds |
round of golf round | the activity of playing holes of golf, a round of golf takes about hours |
round dance round dancing | a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement |
round dance ring dance | a folk dance, dancers form a circle |
somatic cell nuclear transplantation somatic cell nuclear transfer SCNT nuclear transplantation | moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another |
round-thelock patrol | a continuous nonstop patrol |
cell-mediated immune response | an immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells |
round | (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order), the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning, the postman's rounds, we enjoyed our round of the local bars |
flame cell | organ of excretion in flatworms |
flagellated cell | any cell or oneelled organism equipped with a flagellum |
choanocyte collar cell | any of the flagellated cells in sponges having a collar of cytoplasm around the flagellum, they maintain a flow of water through the body |
quahog quahaug hard-shell clam hard clam round clam Venus mercenaria Mercenaria mercenaria | an edible American clam, the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians |
round-tailed muskrat Florida water rat Neofiber alleni | of Florida wetlands |
round whitefish Menominee whitefish Prosopium cylindraceum | a whitefish with a bronze back, of northern North America and Siberia |
round scad cigarfish quiaquia Decapterus punctatus | small fusiform fish of western Atlantic |
arena theater theater in the round | a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage |
bullpen detention cell detention centre | a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily |
cannonball cannon ball round shot | a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon |
cell electric cell | a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction |
cell jail cell prison cell | a room where a prisoner is kept |
cell cubicle | small room in which a monk or nun lives |
cell | any small compartment, the cells of a honeycomb |
cellular telephone cellular phone cellphone cell mobile phone | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own shortange transmitter receiver |
circle round | any circular or rotating mechanism, the machine punched out metal circles |
circus tent big top round top top | a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance, he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent, they had the big top up in less than an hour |
Clark cell Clark standard cell | a form of voltaic cell once used as a standard for electromotive force |
dry cell | a small Leclanche cell containing no free liquid, the electrolyte is a paste and the negative zinc pole forms the container of the cell, used in flashlights, portable radios, etc. |
electrolytic cell | a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the breakdown of water into hydrogen and oxygen) |
fuel cell | cell that produces electricity by oxidation of fuel (hydrogen and oxygen or zinc and air), often used in electric cars |
holding cell | a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial |
Kerr cell | optical device consisting of a transparent cell with two electrodes between two polarizing media, passes light only if the two planes of polarization are parallel, used as a high-speed shutter or to modulate a laser beam |
Leclanche cell | voltaic cell that produces approximately . volts |
mercury cell | a primary cell consisting of a zinc anode and a cathode of mercury oxide and an electrolyte of potassium hydroxide |
ovolo thumb quarter round | a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse |
photoelectric cell photoconductive cell photocell electric eye magic eye | a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations |
round unit of ammunition one shot | a charge of ammunition for a single shot |
round arch | an arch formed in a continuous curve, characteristic of Roman architecture |
round-bottom flask | a spherical flask with a narrow neck |
round file | a file with a circular cross section, used to file the inside of holes |
Round Table King Arthur's Round Table | (legend) the circular table for King Arthur and his knights |
rung round stave | a crosspiece between the legs of a chair |
selenium cell | a photoelectric cell that uses a strip of selenium |
solar cell photovoltaic cell | a cell that converts solar energy into electrical energy |
standard cell | a primary cell used as a standard of electromotive force |
storage cell secondary cell | a cell that can be recharged |
voltaic cell galvanic cell primary cell | an electric cell that generates an electromotive force by an irreversible conversion of chemical to electrical energy, cannot be recharged |
Weston cell cadmium cell | a standard voltaic cell (trademark Weston) |
wet cell | a primary voltaic cell having a liquid electrolyte |