Bulla

What do we mean by bulla?

A round seal affixed to a papal bull. noun

A large blister or vesicle. noun

An ornament in the form of a capsule or locket, in use among the ancient Romans, who adopted it from the Etruscans. noun

A seal attached to a document. noun

Any ornament of rounded form, especially if suspended, such as those which are attached by small chains to the Hungarian crown. noun

In pathology, a bleb or portion of epidermis raised by the extravasation of a transparent watery fluid, as in erysipelas, etc. noun

In anatomy, an inflated portion of the bony external meatus of the ear, forming a more or less well-marked prominence on each side at the base of the skull of many animals, usually constituted by a bulbous tympanic bone. Also called bulla ossea. See extract. noun

capitalized A genus of tectibranchiate (or pleurobranchiate) gastropods, to which very different limits have been assigned. noun

A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid. noun

The ovoid prominence below the opening of the ear in the skulls of many animals. noun

A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it. noun

A genus of marine shells. See Bubble shell. noun

A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion. noun

A clay envelope or hollow ball, typically with seal impressions or writing on its outside indicating its contents. noun

In ancient Rome, a kind of amulet or boss. noun

Later, handwritten document from the papal chancellery. noun

(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid noun

The round leaden seal affixed to a papal bull noun

A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion.

A clay envelope or hollow ball, typically with seal impressions or writing on its outside indicating its contents.

In ancient Rome, a kind of amulet or boss.

Later, a handwritten document from the papal chancellery.

The tympanic part of a temporal bone (having a bubble-like appearance)

Words that are spelled similarly to bulla:
bulla, bull, bulls, bully, bella, sulla, nulla, mulla, ulla, balla, bula, bulle, bolla, tulla, bulba, burla, billa, fulla, kulla, lulla, gulla, bulli, pulla, bulga, dulla, aulla, buala, bulma, bulia, buila, bull-, bulva.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word bulla:
bullae, tympanic, lamarck, regia, toga, amulet, locket, blister, fingerprint, bony, circadian, lump, sinus, bandit, affixed, papyrus, bubble, snail, felix, fiddle, seal, stamped, shire, donovan, antiquities, cake, gastropod, ear, cavity, anterior, jaw, skull, impression, bone, tunisia, charm, basal, posterior, mollusk, seals, photographer, imprint, worn, dairy, clement, sealed, clay, inscription, snails, photographic, papal, wore, pete, bull, greg, rounded, bearing, reads, cream, karl, abolished, impressed, evil, pope, gods, melbourne, phillips, foods, neck, adams, bears, belonging, creek, hearing, victoria, roman, document, attached, drums, archaeological, norman, diocese, victorian, sons, containing, narrow, killing, carl, rome, christ, category, jesus, electoral, shape, documents, ring, marine, eye, stages, species.

Words that rhyme with bulla:
mulla, bull a, full a, handful a, najibullah, pull a, scarpulla, turnbull a, wool a.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bulla:
tympanic, auditory, large, ethmoidal, emphysematous, ethmoid, subepidermal, small, golden, single, latin, hemorrhagic, audital, left, giant, right, leaden, ruptured, intact, frontal, central, osseous, flaccid, subpleural, intraepidermal, inflated, petrosal, filled, subepithelial, infected, prominent, umbilical, irregular, papal, apical, alisphenoid, bony, tense, ossified, shaped, prootic, distinct, walled, subcorneal, vis, multilocular, collapsed, superficial, unruptured, epidermal, pulmonary, ectotympanic, mastoid, eutherian, characteristic, huge, intraepithelial, acantholytic, lacrimal, enlarged, entotympanic, tracheal, oblong, solitary, suprabasal, otic, bulging, erysipelatous, broken, hollow, rounded, cartilaginous, pemphigus, 9-12, oval, epithelial, inscribed, cylindrical.

Consonant match to bulla:
bully, belie, below, bellow, billow, ballet, belly, bely, belay, bella, boiler, burly, bailey, baller, billy, bylaw, bola, bally, belli, bali, baler, bowler, ballou, bala, bailer, bullae, bailee, bela, buhler, burley, bello, bailie, bailor, by-law, beller, bolar, baillie, boulay, baloo, billie, bellew, burler, ballo, bawler, biller, baylor, beeler, boileau, belau, belee, booly, balla, baily, buller, belo, burleigh, bolla, belah, birley, boler, boller, bulli, ballow, baylee, boley, balogh, bouley, balli, by law, baila, bye law, bailly, baley, bye-law, bayley, bellah, bila, bowley, bayly, behler, bily, bealer, beiler, byler, belew, belleau, beli, bohler, biela, beula, balow, beehler, boehler, buelow, ballew, bouler, bahler, b le, b li, b lie.

Words that sound like bulla:
bulla, bully, bella, balla, bola, bala, bela, billa, bila, baila, bolla, bellah, beula, bhalla, bullae, biela, belah, balah, baalah, boyla, bulau, pulla, burleigh, birla, burla, below, belly, billy, ballet, bailey, bellow, bali, belie, billow, bally, bla, billie, belo, bolo, baily, beli, bello, belay, baylee, bely, bailee, baloo, ballo, bll, bayley, bolly, baley, balli, bily, billi, belli, ballou, bailie, boli, baillie, boley, belley, baylie, balu, balo, boulay, bowley, billo, ballow, bollo, bellew, bouley, balay, bayly, bili, bailly, bolu, booly, balogh, belew, boileau, belee, belleau, bellay, balai, blv, baali, bilu, bolli, bawley, belau, boulot, bailli, balao, bhilai, bhili, bili-, billye, bolye, bouleau.