bulb /bulb/

1. A subterranean bud with swollen leaf-bases in which reserve materials are stored
2. A flowering plant that grows from such
3. A protuberance or swelling
4. A bulb-shaped object
5. The medulla oblongata
6. A dilatation or expansion of a glass tube
7. A light bulb
8. A bulb-shaped rubber device for squeezing, as eg in an eye-dropper or bicycle horn

1. To form bulbs
2. To bulge out or swell

bulbˈar adjective

bulbed adjective

bulbifˈerous adjective

(of a plant) producing bulbs

bulbˈil or bulbˈel noun

A small bud that may grow into an independent plant

bulbosˈity noun

bulbˈous adjective

1. Bulging
2. Swollen

bulbˈously adverb

bulbˈousness noun

bulb fly noun

A hoverfly whose larvae attack bulbs

bulbourethral glands see Cowper's glands

bulb of percussion

A raised cone on a worked flint, marking where a blow was struck

• crankshafts
• crank-sided
• crank up
• cranky
• crannied
• crannies
• crannog
• crannogs
• cranny
• crannying
• cranreuch
• cranreuchs
• crans
• down at heel
• down-at-heel
• downbeat
• downbeats
• down-bed
• down-beds
• downbow
• downbows
• downburst
• downcast
• downcasts
• downcast-shaft