English words starting with amb - page 1

Meanings of Amberiferous:

adjective

Designating a rock or sedimentary deposit containing amber.

Meanings of Amberina:

noun

A type of art glass, originally and chiefly manufactured in the united states in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, having a characteristic two-tone colour, shading from deep red at the top of the piece of glassware to pale amber at the bottom. also (and in earliest use) more fully "amberina glass".

Meanings of Amberite:

noun

Any of a number of explosive powders based on nitrocellulose, used chiefly in shotgun cartridges.

Meanings of Amberjack:

noun

A large marine game fish which occurs in inshore tropical and subtropical waters of the atlantic and south pacific.

Usage examples:

In this scenario, salmon, cod, amberjack, red snapper, and other fish are raised in the cages and a…

Meanings of Amberjacks:

noun

A large marine game fish which occurs in inshore tropical and subtropical waters of the atlantic and south pacific.

Usage examples:

In this scenario, salmon, cod, amberjack, red snapper, and other fish are raised in the cages and a…

Meanings of Amberoid:

noun

A material formed by joining small pieces of amber and other resins together by means of pressure and heat.

adjective

Made from, consisting of, or including ambroid; (of jewellery or an ornament) set with one or more pieces of ambroid.

Meanings of Amberoids:

noun

A material formed by joining small pieces of amber and other resins together by means of pressure and heat.

adjective

Made from, consisting of, or including ambroid; (of jewellery or an ornament) set with one or more pieces of ambroid.

Meanings of Amberous:

adjective

Resembling amber in colour; (translucent) yellowish-brown or golden.

Meanings of Ambers:

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.

Meanings of Ambery:

adjective

Resembling amber in colour; (translucent) yellowish-brown or golden.

Meanings of Ambiance:

noun

The character and atmosphere of a place.

Usage examples:

The relaxed ambience of the cocktail lounge is popular with guests

Meanings of Ambiances:

noun

The character and atmosphere of a place.

Usage examples:

The relaxed ambience of the cocktail lounge is popular with guests

Meanings of Ambicolorate:

adjective

(of a flatfish) pigmented on both sides of the body instead of on the upper side only.

Meanings of Ambicoloration:

noun

The condition (in a flatfish) of being pigmented on both sides of the body instead of on the upper side only.

Meanings of Ambidexter:

noun

A person who has two contradictory or incompatible roles; a double-dealer; a deceitful or hypocritical person.

adjective

Double-dealing, deceitful, hypocritical; specifically (of a juror or lawyer) that corruptly takes fees or bribes from both sides in a legal case.

Meanings of Ambidexterity:

noun

Ability to use the right and left hands equally well; the quality of being ambidextrous.

Usage examples:

He credits his ambidexterity to all the broken arms he suffered as a child

Meanings of Ambidextral:

adjective

Able to use the right and left hands equally well; characterized by this ability; ambidextrous.

Meanings of Ambidextrous:

adjective

Able to use the right and left hands equally well.

Usage examples:

Few of us are naturally ambidextrous

Meanings of Ambience:

noun

The character and atmosphere of a place.

Usage examples:

The relaxed ambience of the cocktail lounge is popular with guests

Meanings of Ambiences:

noun

The character and atmosphere of a place.

Usage examples:

The relaxed ambience of the cocktail lounge is popular with guests

Meanings of Ambiens:

noun

In certain birds: a muscle in the upper leg that is connected by tendons to a muscle that bends the toes, such that bending of the legs on perching causes the toes to grip the perch. more fully "ambiens muscle".

Meanings of Ambient:

adjective

Relating to the immediate surroundings of something.

Usage examples:

The liquid is stored at below ambient temperature

Meanings of Ambier:

noun

Tobacco juice; the saliva when chewing tobacco.

Meanings of Ambigu:

noun

A meal or banquet at which many different dishes are served together; specifically one at which different courses are served simultaneously. sometimes more widely: a mixture of things not usually combined.

Meanings of Ambiguities:

noun

The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

Usage examples:

We can detect no ambiguity in this section of the act