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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Resembling an orb.

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Examples

  • Open House London More than 200,000 visitors are expected to tour more than 200 sites across London this year, including Norman Foster's orb-like City Hall on the Thames's South Bank.

    Open House 2011

  • For something more challenging, there is "Osmos," a meditative game where you control a kind of cellular organism whose aim is to grow by absorbing other orb-like objects.

    Unlock the iPhone's Magical Time-Killing Abilities 2011

  • In the 1980s, enterprising videogame players used to try to get through Nintendo's "Super Mario Brothers" without squishing the orb-like enemies encountered along the way—just to see if it could be done.

    Videogamers Embark on Nonkilling Spree Conor Dougherty 2012

  • GALLE, Sri Lanka — A nocturnal, forest-dwelling primate with orb-like eyes and short limbs was photographed in central Sri Lanka late last year after being feared extinct, researchers said Monday.

    Horton Plains Slender Loris Photographed For First Time 2010

  • Nearby are starbursts and an orb-like mandala that represent the heavens and the "wheel of life," respectively.

    Decoding Imagery in Oriental Rugs 2010

  • He said the critter's orb-like peepers and gangly limbs made it an easy sell to the general population.

    Horton Plains Slender Loris Photographed For First Time (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • AP GALLE, Sri Lanka — A nocturnal, forest-dwelling primate with orb-like eyes and short limbs was photographed in central Sri Lanka late last year after being feared extinct, researchers said Monday.

    Horton Plains Slender Loris Photographed For First Time (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • I am aware of the smartmeter in the US, but I was wondering if anyone has any other information of orb-like devices.

    Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Energy Orb - Hacking Your Perception 2007

  • I lack the patience to carefully examine a fan coral for pygmy seahorses no bigger than my little fingernail, but there's enough of the big and dramatic to keep me astonished: the orb-like shimmering jellyfish, the wrasses, turtles and mantas, the epaulette sharks that "walk" on their fins, the unworldly-appearing frogfish or the schools of silver barracuda.

    Dive Time 2009

  • Believing that the world is about to end, Helen and the others prepare for the worst, but to their surprise the gigantic orb-like object slows down once it hits the atmosphere and lands safely in the middle of Central Park.

    Movie Review: The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) 2008

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