nebula
neb.u.la \'neb-y*-l*\ \-.le-, -.li-\ \-l*r\ n or nebulas or neb.u.lae [NL, fr. L, mist, cloud; akin to OHG nebul fog, Gk nephele-, ] pl nephos cloud 1: a slight cloudy opacity of the cornea 2a: any of many immense bodies of highly rarefied gas or dust in interstell ar space 2b: GALAXY; specif : a galaxy outside the Milky Way galaxy - neb.u.lar aj