English dictionary: words starting with omb

noun

A trick-taking card game for three people using a pack of forty cards, popular in europe in the 17th–18th centuries.

Usage examples:

He presents belinda at her toilet, a game of ombre, the snipping of the lock while belinda sips her…

adjective

Having tones of colour that shade into each other, graduating from light to dark.

Usage examples:

A blue and white ombré silk shift

noun

A small umbrella-like canopy held over the host when it is carried in procession.

noun

A small umbrella-like canopy held over the host when it is carried in procession.

noun

Something providing shelter from the rain; specifically an umbrella.

noun

An ombrophilous plant.

adjective

Of a plant: able to withstand prolonged rainfall.

noun

The property or state of being ombrophilous.

adjective

Of a plant: intolerant to prolonged rainfall.

noun

An official appointed to investigate individuals' complaints against a company or organization, especially a public authority.

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These failures in human communication feature in many of the complaints investigated by the ombudsm…

noun

The office or position of ombudsman; the duties or function of an ombudsman.

noun

An official appointed to investigate individuals' complaints against a company or organization, especially a public authority.

Usage examples:

These failures in human communication feature in many of the complaints investigated by the ombudsm…

noun

A person acting as an ombudsman (used as a neutral alternative).

Usage examples:

A past-president and longtime member recently suggested to me that the association needs an officia…