nebule /nebˈūl/ noun

Wavy moulding

nebˈulé /-lā/ or nebˈuly adjective (heraldry)

Wavy

nebuˈlium noun

An element formerly assumed in order to explain certain lines in the spectra of gaseous nebulae, lines now known to be due to states of oxygen, and also nitrogen, not possible under earthly conditions

nebulīzāˈtion or nebulīsāˈtion noun

nebˈulize or nebˈulise transitive verb

To reduce to spray

nebˈulīzer or nebˈulīser noun

1. A device with a mouthpiece or face mask through which a drug is administered as a fine mist
2. An atomizer

nebulosˈity noun

nebˈulous adjective

1. Hazy, vague, formless (lit and figurative)
2. Cloudlike
3. Like, of the nature of, or surrounded by a nebula

nebˈulously adverb

nebˈulousness noun

nebuly see nebulé above

nebular hypothesis or nebular theory noun

The theory of Pierre-Simon Laplace that the solar system was formed by the contraction and breaking up of a rotating nebula