Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 7 compound words that contain bulbs. The most common are listed below. Open bulbs in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- light bulbsplural of light bulb: An evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament which is heated by electrical resistance to produce light.
- Edison bulbsplural of Edison bulb: a type of lightbulb that mimics the appearance of bulbs and filaments and light produced by early light bulbs of Edison General Electric during the introductory period of electric lighting
- bus bulbsplural of bus bulb: an arrangement by which a sidewalk is extended outwards for a bus stop
- dim bulbsplural of dim bulb: A person who is slow-witted or stupid.
- hair bulbsplural of hair bulb: The end of the hair follicle under the skin, in which there are cells that grow hair
- hot bulbsplural of hot bulb: An internal combustion engine in which the fuel is ignited by hot, compressed gas rather than a spark
- lamp bulbsplural of lamp bulb: A light bulb.
- wet bulbsplural of wet bulb: Relating to wet-bulb temperature measurements.
- curb bulbsplural of curb bulb: Synonym of bulb-out (“a traffic calming measure that widens the sidewalk for a short distance”)
- tulip bulbsplural of tulip bulb: A specialized underground stem that stores food and contains the components of a tulip plant.
- urethral bulbsplural of urethral bulb: The enlarged proximal part of the corpus spongiosum.
Compound words 7
- lightbulbsplural of lightbulb: An evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament which is heated by electrical resistance to produce light.
- flashbulbsplural of flashbulb: A glass bulb that made a single bright flash for illumination during a photograph.
- dimbulbsplural of dimbulb: A person who is slow-witted or stupid.
- endbulbsplural of endbulb: One of the bulb-like bodies in which some sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and mucous membranes.
- hemibulbsplural of hemibulb: Either half of the olfactory bulb
- Mandelbulbsplural of Mandelbulb: A three-dimensional analogue of the Mandelbrot set.
- pseudobulbsplural of pseudobulb: A storage organ in orchids, derived from the part of a stem between two leaf nodes.