examples:
Weltkugel
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
Morgenstern
a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky
Jupiter
the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky
Mars
a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color
Merkur
the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
Neptun
a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants
Pluto
a small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun; it has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets
Polarstern
the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it
Saturn
a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
Sonne
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
Uranus
a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites
Morgenstern
the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'
types:
Kokon
silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs
Körper,
Physis
the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
solide Form
an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects
Kern,
Stein
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
Aas,
Kadaver
the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
Muschelschale
the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc or a brachiopod
Mumie
a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)
Chromosom
a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
Steinleiden
a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
Chondrit
a rock of meteoric origin containing chondrules
Komet,
Schweifstern
(astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit
Meteorit
(astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere
Planetoid
any of numerous small celestial bodies that move around the sun
Partikel,
Teilchen
a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions
Planet
(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
Stern
(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
Hut
a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
Myzelium,
Pilzgeflecht
the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae
Blütenboden
enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts