ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk
(noun) a compact mass; “a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
In the biological sense, proposed by Bevil R. Conway and Doris Y. Tsao, by analogy with the cytochrome-oxidase "blobs" of V1, an earlier stage in the hierarchical elaboration of colour.
glob (plural globs)
A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
(programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.
(biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.
glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)
To stick in globs or lumps.
(programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob.
• Blog, blog
Source: Wiktionary
11 May 2025
(noun) a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
