English words starting with amb

Meanings of Ambage:

noun

Evasive or misleading language; equivocation, verbal trickery or deception. also as a count noun: an example of this.

Meanings of Ambagiosity:

noun

Indirectness of language or writing; circumlocution.

Meanings of Ambagious:

adjective

Of language, writing, or thought: characterized by (verbose) indirectness; circumlocutory, roundabout; (formerly also) †deceptive (obsolete). also of a person: that uses such language.

Meanings of Ambagiously:

adverb

In a roundabout manner; circuitously, indirectly.

Meanings of Ambagiousness:

noun

The quality or fact of being circumlocutory; (verbose) indirectness or obscurity of language.

Meanings of Ambalam:

noun

In sri lanka: a simple building, typically pillared and mostly open-sided, used as a rest house or shelter for travellers, or (formerly) as a village meeting place.

Meanings of Amban:

noun

Under the rule of the qing dynasty in china: an imperial resident representing chinese authority in tibet, xinjiang, qinghai, or inner mongolia.

Meanings of Ambaree:

noun

A canopied howdah.

Meanings of Ambari:

noun

A canopied howdah.

Meanings of Ambary:

noun

A canopied howdah.

Meanings of Ambassade:

noun

The business or function of an ambassador; a political or diplomatic mission or negotiation. formerly frequently in "†in (also of) ambassade": in the role of ambassador; on a diplomatic mission (obsolete).

Meanings of Ambassador:

noun

An accredited diplomat sent by a state as its permanent representative in a foreign country.

Usage examples:

The french ambassador to portugal

Meanings of Ambassadorial:

adjective

Belonging or relating to an ambassador

Usage examples:

The ambassadorial car/residence, he achieved ambassadorial rank in 1958.

Meanings of Ambassadorially:

adverb

In an ambassadorial capacity, as an ambassador or representative.

Meanings of Ambassadors:

noun

An accredited diplomat sent by a state as its permanent representative in a foreign country.

Usage examples:

The french ambassador to portugal

Meanings of Ambassadress:

noun

A woman who is an accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a foreign country.

Usage examples:

They went to wales as ambassadors and ambassadresses of their city.

Meanings of Ambassage:

noun

The business or function of an ambassador.

Meanings of Ambassiate:

noun

The business or function of an ambassador; a political or diplomatic mission or negotiation. formerly frequently in "†in (also of) ambassade": in the role of ambassador; on a diplomatic mission (obsolete).

Meanings of Ambassy:

noun

A political or diplomatic mission or negotiation.

Meanings of Ambatch:

noun

A tropical african tree of the pea family, with light spongy timber that is used for rafts and floats.

Usage examples:

The ambatch float remained perfectly stationary upon the surface.

Meanings of Ambe:

noun

A device or apparatus used to reduce dislocations of the shoulder.

Meanings of Ambeer:

noun

Tobacco juice; the saliva when chewing tobacco.

Meanings of Amber:

noun

Hard translucent fossilized resin originating from extinct coniferous trees of the tertiary period, typically yellowish in colour. it has been used in jewellery since antiquity.

Usage examples:

Unfortunately, dinosaurs almost never get trapped in tree amber.

adjective

A hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin

Meanings of Amber nectar:

noun

An alcoholic drink of an amber colour. now usually: specifically beer, especially lager (sometimes specifically foster's lager; see note).

Meanings of Ambergris:

noun

A waxy substance that originates as a secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale, found floating in tropical seas and used in perfume manufacture.

Usage examples:

So, i got some sea salt, put it in a dish of blue glass, and anointed the dish with ambergris.