sphero-, spher-, -sphere-

1. The lithosphere or the solid, outer layer of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
2. The geosphere or the combination of the earth’s lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.

1. That component of the biosphere comprising the soil and soil organisms.
2. That shell or layer of the earth in which soil-forming processes occur.

1. The outermost visible layer, or surface, of the sun.

The layer of the sun that corresponds to the solar surface viewed in white light or the region from which light escapes from the sun into space.

2. The intensely bright gaseous outer layer of a star, especially the sun.

Sunspots and faculae are both features of the photosphere. The faculae are groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the photosphere.

A circular star map drawn for a given latitude, having a rotating mask that shows which constellations are visible at any time and date in the year.

Hemichordata (primitive worm-like animals) that up to now are only known as planktonic larvae in the form of transparent ciliated spheres.

The sphere or realm of consciousness.

The zone of a layer of the earth below the lithosphere, consisting partly of magma.

A reference to the layer of the earth below the lithosphere, consisting partly of magma.

A minute sphere composed of rhabdoliths.