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nebula
noun
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A medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer.
Roget 353:
bubble,
foam,
froth,
head,
spume,
lather,
suds,
spray,
surf,
yeast,
barm†,
spindrift.
cloud,
vapor,
fog,
mist,
haze,
steam,
geyser;
scud,
messenger,
rack,
nimbus;
cumulus,
woolpack†,
cirrus,
stratus;
cirrostratus,
cumulostratus;
cirrocumulus;
mackerel sky,
mare's tale,
dirty sky;
curl cloud;
frost smoke;
thunderhead.
[Science of clouds]
nephelognosy†;
nephograph†,
nephology†.
effervescence,
fermentation;
bubbling
etc.
v..
nebula;
cloudliness
etc.
(opacity)
426†;
nebulosity
etc.
(dimness)
422.
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An immense cloud of gas (mainly hydrogen) and dust in interstellar space.
Dutch: nevelvlek, nevel, melkweg, melkwegstelsel
Polish: mgławica
4 nebula
pathology A faint cloudy spot on the cornea.
Moby thesaurus: Black Magellanic Cloud, Crab Nebula, Gegenschein, bright diffuse nebula, coalsack, counterglow, dark cloud, dark nebula, diffuse nebula, dust cloud, gaseous nebula, nebula of Lyra, nebular hypothesis, nebulosity, nebulous stars, planetary nebula, ring nebula, the Coalsack, zodiacal light.
nebulae
noun
Roget 318:
world,
creation,
nature,
universe;
earth,
globe,
wide world;
cosmos;
kosmos†;
terraqueous globe†,
sphere;
macrocosm,
megacosm†;
music of the spheres.
heavens,
sky,
welkin†,
empyrean;
starry cope,
starry heaven,
starry host;
firmament;
Midgard;
supersensible regions†;
varuna;
vault of heaven,
canopy of heaven;
celestial spaces.
heavenly bodies,
stars,
asteroids;
nebulae;
galaxy,
milky way,
galactic circle,
via lactea [Lat.],
ame no kawa [Jap.].
sun,
orb of day,
Apollo†,
Phoebus;
photosphere,
chromosphere;
solar system;
planet,
planetoid;
comet;
satellite,
moon,
orb of night,
Diana,
silver-footed queen;
aerolite†,
meteor;
planetary ring;
falling star,
shooting star;
meteorite,
uranolite†.
constellation,
zodiac,
signs of the zodiac,
Charles's wain,
Big Dipper,
Little Dipper,
Great Bear,
Southern Cross,
Orion's belt,
Cassiopea's chair,
Pleiades.
colures†,
equator,
ecliptic,
orbit.
[Science of heavenly bodies]
astronomy;
uranography,
uranology†;
cosmology,
cosmography†,
cosmogony;
eidouranion†,
orrery;
geodesy
etc.
(measurement)
466;
star gazing,
star gazer†;
astronomer;
observatory;
planetarium.
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