nebula-, nebul- +
(Latin: mist, fog, cloud, smoke)
circumnebulous (adjective), more circumnebulous, most circumnebulous
Relating to an area in the sky that is full of clouds.
nebula (s), nebulae (pl), nebul. (abbreviation)
1. A cloudlike patch in the sky.
2. A region or cloud of interstellar dust and gas appearing variously as a hazy bright or dark patch.
3. A faint cloudy area or scar on the cornea of the eye.
4. Cloudiness in the urine.
5. Liquid prepared for use in any kind of atomizing sprayer; especially, a nebulizer.
2. A region or cloud of interstellar dust and gas appearing variously as a hazy bright or dark patch.
3. A faint cloudy area or scar on the cornea of the eye.
4. Cloudiness in the urine.
5. Liquid prepared for use in any kind of atomizing sprayer; especially, a nebulizer.
An abnormal apprehension of fog or clouds: People who tend to have nebulaphobia certainly do not want to wander through cemeteries when it is dark and very misty!
nebulate
To become cloudy or turbid.
nebulated
Clouded, dimmed.
nebule
A cloud; a mist or fog.
nebulium
Name of an unidentified chemical element.
nebulization
Spraying or vaporization.
nebulize, nebulizing, nebulized, nebulizes
To reduce a liquid to a fine spray for medical use; to vaporize.
nebulizer
1. A device, with a face mask attached, for administering a medicinal liquid in the form of a fine spray that is breathed in through the mouth and/or nose.
2. A device used to reduce liquid medication to extremely fine cloudlike particles; useful in delivering medication to deeper parts of the respiratory tract.
2. A device used to reduce liquid medication to extremely fine cloudlike particles; useful in delivering medication to deeper parts of the respiratory tract.
nebulose
1. Resembling a cloud or mist; inclined to be foggy or misty.
2. Cloudy, misty, indistinct.
3. Clouded; cloud-like in appearance.
2. Cloudy, misty, indistinct.
3. Clouded; cloud-like in appearance.
nebulosity
1. Nebulous or having an indistinctly luminous appearance; a faintly luminous patch or mass.
2. Nebulous state or form; matter in a nebulous condition.
3. Cloudiness; indistinctness.
2. Nebulous state or form; matter in a nebulous condition.
3. Cloudiness; indistinctness.
nebulosness
The condition of being nebulous; cloudiness, mistiness.
nebulous
1. Not clear, distinct, or definite; vague.
2. Clouded, cloudy, misty; resembling a cloud or clouds.
3. Hazy, vague, indistinct, formless.
4. In astronomy, a small cluster of indistinct stars, or a star that is surrounded by a luminous haze.
5. Resembling a nebula.
2. Clouded, cloudy, misty; resembling a cloud or clouds.
3. Hazy, vague, indistinct, formless.
4. In astronomy, a small cluster of indistinct stars, or a star that is surrounded by a luminous haze.
5. Resembling a nebula.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units dealing with "smoke, smoking": atmido-; capno; Capnomania & Fumimania, Pt. 1; Capnophobia & Fumiphobia, Pt. 1; fumi-; typho-.
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