ovoid
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Like islands in an ocean, white ovoid outlines appeared amid the background puddle of stain—vaults.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 6, 2024
The pavilion consisted of a series of exhibitions — including a puppet-style show about data processing — nested underneath a 90-foot tall ovoid theater known as the Information Machine.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023
According to Fuller, the car’s ovoid lines allowed it to achieve 40 miles to the gallon and 120 miles per hour, although that was debatable.
From Slate • Aug. 2, 2022
When small and ovoid, it really does look like an egg, or an egg wearing a little green hat, which is the calyx.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2021
Pacific Northwest Indian artists carved beautiful masks, boxes, bas-reliefs, and totem poles within the dictates of an elaborate aesthetic system based on an ovoid shape that has no name in European languages.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing ovoid
Vocabulary Video Contest (2013) - List 2
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2014 Vocabulary Video Contest (M-Z)
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The Sword of Summer
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