Granule \Gran"ule\ (gr[a^]n"[-u]l), n. [L. granulum, dim. of
   granum grain: cf. F. granule. See Grain a kernel.]
   A little grain; a small particle; a pellet.
   [1913 Webster]

	

	granule
    n 1: a tiny grain

	

	57 Moby Thesaurus words for "granule":
   ace, atom, bit, breccia, dab, debris, detritus, dole, dot, dram,
   dribble, driblet, dwarf, farthing, fleck, flyspeck, fragment,
   gobbet, grain, granulet, gravel, grit, groat, hair, handful, iota,
   jot, little, little bit, minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, modicum,
   molecule, mote, nutshell, ounce, particle, pebble, pinch, pittance,
   point, sand, scruple, shingle, smidgen, smitch, speck, spoonful,
   spot, thimbleful, tiny bit, tittle, trifling amount, trivia,
   whit