electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity | a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current |
a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end) | a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) |
a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ | the stalk of a stamen |
lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata) | a very slender natural or synthetic fiber |
a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure | |
anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop | |