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S: (n) bulb (anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop)
S: (n) cone, conoid, cone shape (a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point)

S: (n) funnel, funnel shape (a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends)

S: (n) disk, disc, saucer (something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate) "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky"

S: (n) intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk (a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two))
S: (n) point, dot (a very small circular shape) "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"

S: (n) coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll (a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals))

S: (n) corolla ((botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth) "we cultivate the flower for its corolla"
S: (n) calyx ((botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and supporting the developing bud; usually green)

S: (n) hull (persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry)
S: (n) pappus (calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions)

S: (n) thistledown (pappus of a thistle consisting of silky featherlike hairs attached to the seed-like fruit of a thistle)

S: (n) whirl, swirl, vortex, convolution (the shape of something rotating rapidly)
S: (n) spheroid, ellipsoid of revolution (a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes) "it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid"
S: (n) sphere (a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center)
S: (n) sphere (a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses))

S: (n) crystal ball (a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers)
S: (n) mothball, camphor ball (a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing)
S: (n) time-ball (a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory)
S: (n) fireball (the luminous center of a nuclear explosion)
S: (n) fireball (a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning))
S: (n) globule (a small globe or ball)

S: (n) air bubble (a bubble of air)
S: (n) foam, froth (a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid) "the beer had a thick head of foam"

S: (n) shaving foam (toiletry consisting of a liquid preparation containing many small bubbles that soften the beard before shaving)
S: (n) head (the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container) "the beer had a large head of foam"
S: (n) lather (the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse))
S: (n) soapsuds, suds, lather (the froth produced by soaps or detergents)

S: (n) shaving cream, shaving soap (toiletry consisting of a preparation of soap and fatty acids that forms a rich lather for softening the beard before shaving)

S: (n) drop, bead, pearl (a shape that is spherical and small) "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"

S: (n) dewdrop (a drop of dew)
S: (n) teardrop (anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring))

S: (n) cylinder (a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line)

S: (n) brake drum, drum (a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes)
S: (n) shank (cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill)
S: (n) shank (cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head)
S: (n) shank, stem (cylinder forming a long narrow part of something)
S: (n) stalactite (a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave)
S: (n) stalagmite (a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave)
S: (n) barrel, drum (a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends)
S: (n) pipe, tube (a hollow cylindrical shape)

S: (n) torus, toroid (a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around an axis that does not intersect the circle)

S: (n) core, magnetic core ((computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories) "each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit"