English dictionary: words starting with aur

noun

The distinctive atmosphere or quality that seems to surround and be generated by a person, thing, or place.

Usage examples:

The ceremony retains an aura of mystery

adjective

Relating to the ear or the sense of hearing.

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Information held in written, aural, or visual form

adverb

In a way that relates to hearing and the ears

Usage examples:

This remarkable production is visually as well as aurally appealing., sound waves can be detected a…

noun

The distinctive atmosphere or quality that seems to surround and be generated by a person, thing, or place.

Usage examples:

The ceremony retains an aura of mystery

noun

A circle of light or brightness surrounding something, especially as depicted in art around the head or body of a person represented as holy.

Usage examples:

Her hair framed her face in a golden aureole

noun

A circle of light or brightness surrounding something, especially as depicted in art around the head or body of a person represented as holy.

Usage examples:

Her hair framed her face in a golden aureole

noun

A structure resembling an ear or ear lobe.

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Grass leaves often have two auricles at the junction between the leaf sheath and the blade

noun

A structure resembling an ear or ear lobe.

Usage examples:

Grass leaves often have two auricles at the junction between the leaf sheath and the blade

noun

An alpine primula from which a wide range of flowering cultivars have been developed. it has leaves that supposedly resemble bears' ears.

Usage examples:

Included at the show will be displays of daffodils and tulips, auriculas and primulas, bonsai and a…

adjective

Relating to the ear or hearing.

Usage examples:

The catholic doctrine of the necessity of private auricular confession

Plural of auricularis specialized

noun

Any of the three muscles that are attached to the external part of the ear and help to move the scalp or the external part of the ear itself

noun

An alpine primula from which a wide range of flowering cultivars have been developed. it has leaves that supposedly resemble bears' ears.

Usage examples:

Included at the show will be displays of daffodils and tulips, auriculas and primulas, bonsai and a…

adjective

(of rocks or minerals) containing gold.

Usage examples:

Not all the quartz veins are auriferous

noun

A natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streamers of reddish or greenish light in the sky, especially near the northern or southern magnetic pole. the effect is caused by the interaction of charged particles from the sun with atoms in the upper atmosphere. in northern and southern regions it is respectively called aurora borealis or northern lights and aurora australis or southern lights.

Usage examples:

The hubble space telescope has spotted auroras near the poles of both saturn and jupiter.

proper noun

Goddess of the dawn.

adjective

Related to the light in the sky of an aurora (= a natural appearance of coloured light in the sky)

Usage examples:

An auroral display, the lights occur most often in areas known as auroral zones near the magnetic p…

noun

A natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streamers of reddish or greenish light in the sky, especially near the northern or southern magnetic pole. the effect is caused by the interaction of charged particles from the sun with atoms in the upper atmosphere. in northern and southern regions it is respectively called aurora borealis or northern lights and aurora australis or southern lights.

Usage examples:

The hubble space telescope has spotted auroras near the poles of both saturn and jupiter.

proper noun

Goddess of the dawn.