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meteorological rocket
Science; General science
A small rocket system used for extending observations of the atmosphere above feasible limits for balloon-borne and telemetering instruments. Synoptic exploration of the ...
suctoria
Science; General science
A small specialized subclass of the protozoan class Ciliatea whose members were long considered entirely separate from the “true” ciliates. The sole order of this subclass is ...
hamamelidae
Science; General science
A small subclass of the class Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons) in the division Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae), the flowering plants, consisting of 11 orders (Trochodendrales, ...
tea
Science; General science
A small tree (in cultivation, constant pruning makes it a shrub 3–4 ft or 0.9–1.2 m tall); a preparation of its leaves dried and cured by various processes; and a beverage made ...
mystacocarida
Science; General science
A small, aberrant subclass of Crustacea within the class Maxillopoda. These animals are cryptic meiobenthos (small benthic animals ranging in size between macrofauna and ...
globule
Science; General science
A small, opaque nebula seen in silhouette against a rich star field or a bright nebula. Globules were first cataloged in the 1920s. In 1947, B. J. Bok called attention to ...
petrolatum
Science; General science
A smooth, semisolid blend of mineral oil with waxes crystallized from the residual type of petroleum lubricating oil. The wax molecules contain 30–70 carbon atoms and are straight ...
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