semiglobular

[sem-ee-glob-yuh-ler, sem-ahy-]

sem·i·glob·u·lar

[sem-ee-glob-yuh-ler, sem-ahy-]
adjective
possessing the form of half a globe; hemispheric.

Origin:
1715–25; semi- + globular

sem·i·glob·u·lar·ly, adverb
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Semiglobular has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
given to using long words.
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