(n) a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges, Syn. mesophyron

glabellar

(adj) of or relating to the glabella

isabella

(n) the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504), Syn. Isabella I, Queen Isabella, Isabella the Catholic

gardner

(n) United States collector and patron of art who built a museum in Boston to house her collection and opened it to the public in 1903 (1840-1924), Syn. Isabella Stewart Gardner

smooth woodsia

(n) rock-inhabiting fern of Arctic and subarctic Europe to eastern Asia, Syn. Woodsia glabella

umbrella fern

(n) large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia, Syn. fan fern, Sticherus flabellatus, Gleichenia flabellata

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Biflabellate

a. [ Pref. bi- + flabellate. ] (Zool.) Flabellate on both sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fabella

‖n.; pl. Fabellae [ NL., dim. of L. faba a bean. ] (Anat.) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flabellate

a. [ L. flabellatus, p. p. of flabellare to fan, fr. flabellum. See Flabbel. ] (Bot.) Flabelliform. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flabellation

n. The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glabella

‖n.; pl. Glabellæ [ NL., fr. L. glabellus hairless, fr. glaber bald. ] (Anat.) The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon. -- Gla*bel"lar a. [1913 Webster]

Isabella color

{ n., . [ Said to be named from the Spanish princess Isabella, daughter of king Philip II., in allusion to the color assumed by her shift, which she wore without change from 1601 to 1604, in consequence of a vow made by her. ] A brownish yellow color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Isabella grape

(Bot.) A favorite sweet American grape of a purple color. See Fox grape, under Fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

Isabella moth

(Zool.) A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densely covered with hairs, which are black at each end of the body, and red in the middle part. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sabella

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. sabulum gravel. ] (Zool.) A genus of tubicolous annelids having a circle of plumose gills around the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

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