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▸ noun: (anatomy) An upper or crownlike portion of certain parts of the body.
▸ noun: A region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.
▸ noun: The external (supragingival) portion of the tooth, covered by enamel; the crown.
▸ noun: The circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males.
▸ noun: (architecture) The large, flat, projecting member of a cornice which crowns the entablature, situated above the bed moulding and below the cymatium.
▸ noun: (astronomy)
▸ noun: The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.
▸ noun: (also geology) An oval-shaped astrogeological feature, present on both the planet Venus and Uranus's moon Miranda, probably formed by upwellings of warm material below the surface.
▸ noun: (by extension) Any luminous or crownlike ring around an object or person.
▸ noun: (biology) Any appendage of an organism that resembles a crown or corona (sense 4.1).
▸ noun: (botany) A ring or set of appendages of adaxial tissue arising from the corolla or the outer edge of the stamens, present in some plants (Narcissus, Passiflora, etc.); a paraperigonium.
▸ noun: (zoology)
▸ noun: An annular ciliated organ on the head of rotifers, used for locomotion and sweeping food into the mouth.
▸ noun: The main body of the test of an echinoid, consisting of ambulacral and interambulacral areas.
▸ noun: The crown of a crinoid, consisting of a cuplike central body (theca) and a set of arms.
▸ noun: (virology) A fringe of large, bulbous surface projections on coronaviruses, formed by viral spike peplomers, creating an appearance reminiscent of the solar corona.
▸ noun: (electricity) A luminous appearance caused by corona discharge, often seen as a bluish glow in the air adjacent to pointed metal conductors carrying high voltages.
▸ noun: (meteorology) A circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object, especially the Sun or the Moon, attributable to an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of its light by small water droplets or tiny ice crystals.
▸ noun: (mineralogy) A mineral zone, consisting of one or more minerals, which surrounds another mineral or lies at the interface of two minerals, typically in a radial arrangement; a reaction rim.
▸ noun: (pathology) A manifestation of secondary syphilis, consisting of papular lesions along the hairline, often bordering the scalp in the manner of a crown.
▸ noun: (Ancient Rome, historical) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
▸ verb: (transitive, rare) To surround with a luminous or crownlike ring like the solar corona.
▸ noun: (informal, also attributively) A coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2.
▸ noun: (informal, also attributively) A disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19.
▸ noun: (poetry) A series of sonnets linked together such that the last word of each is the first word of the next.
▸ noun: A long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end.
▸ noun: A place in the United States:
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama.
▸ noun: A city in Riverside County, California.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Carlton County, Minnesota.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri.
▸ noun: A village in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
▸ noun: A neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City, New York.
▸ noun: A town in Roberts County, South Dakota.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Tipton County, Tennessee, on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi.
▸ noun: A surname from Spanish.
▸ noun: A female given name.
▸ noun: A male given name.
▸ noun: A pale lager beer produced by Mexican brewery Grupo Modelo, commonly served with a wedge of lime or lemon in the neck of the bottle.
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a coronavirus, especially SARS-CoV-2”) [A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.]
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a disease caused by a coronavirus, especially COVID-19”) [A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.]
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of corona (“a long, straight-sided cigar with a blunt, rounded end”) [A large, round, pendent chandelier, with spikes around its upper rim to hold candles or lamps, usually hung from the roof of a church.]
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aureole,
corposant,
corona discharge,
electric glow,
chandelier,
torchiere,
coronal,
crownet,
circlet,
cupola,
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