Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Orbicular.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- adj. spherical or circular; orbicular
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. That which is orbiculate; especially, a solid the vertical section of which is oval, and the horizontal section circular.
- adj. Made, or being, in the form of orb; having a circular, or nearly circular, or a spheroidal, outline.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. circular or nearly circular
Etymologies
- From Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus. (Wiktionary)
- Latin orbiculātus, from orbiculus, diminutive of orbis, circle, disk. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Pericarp woody, dehiscent at the tip by 2-4 valves; contains 1-4 seeds, slightly orbiculate, coriaceous.”
“Calyx 4 imbricated sepals, orbiculate, slightly pubescent.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘orbiculate’.
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see ulater, alligator
Discombobulate-enkindled 'ulate' words.
discombobulate, undulate, perambulate, ululate, tabulate, postulate, particulate, articulate, inarticulate, populate, manipulate, capitulate and 95 more...
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Circular
Adjectives meaning circular
circinate, orbicular, rotund, cyclic, arrondi, globose, orbiculate, annular, spherical, spheroid, globular, cricoid
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Something I -ate
Words in which the "-ate" suffix is used to mean "having," "resembling," "-like."
roseate, acaudate, lyrate, pinnate, acerate, falcate, pedunculate, petiolate, oblate, tessellate, spatulate, fimbriate and 158 more...
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Panvocalics
Panvocalics are words that contain all the vowels. Listed here are "euvocalics": words that have each of the five vowels only once. (These are also a kind of supervocalic.) Words that also have a "...
subcontinental, unoriental, ultraviolet, tourmaline, sequoia, jacqueminot, milquetoast, xenosaurid, thunderation, adenovirus, accoutering, absolutive and 2777 more...
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hober's Words
anglosphere, wiki, slither, cylon, satchel, faustian, ragamuffin, frak, salient, fervid, tartan, snowclone and 299 more...
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OMG's list
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acronym, kapot, vegetarian buffal..., wowwee, pomegranate, orbiculate, exsibilation, obsolete, aestival, catastrophy, arf
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nova_division's Words
apotheosis, prelapsarian, malachite, oubliette, hypergolic, misfeasance, comestibles, callipygian, facetiae, pediculosis, terpsichorean, schadenfreude and 57 more...
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