Adambulacral :: Adambulacral (a.) Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish..

Air Chamber :: Air chamber () A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant..

Air Chamber :: Air chamber () A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.

Alhambra :: Alhambra (n.) The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.

Alhambraic :: Alhambraic (a.) Alt. of Alhambresqu.

Alhambresque :: Alhambresque (a.) Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture..

Amb- :: Amb- () Alt. of Ambi.

Ambages :: Ambages (n. pl.) A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.

Ambaginous :: Ambaginous (a.) Ambagious.

Ambagious :: Ambagious (a.) Circumlocutory; circuitous.

Ambagitory :: Ambagitory (a.) Ambagious.

Ambassade :: Ambassade (ambassade.) Alt. of Embassad.

Ambassador :: Ambassador (n.) Alt. of Embassado.

Ambassadorial :: Ambassadorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an ambassador.

Ambassadorship :: Ambassadorship (n.) The state, office, or functions of an ambassador..

Ambassadress :: Ambassadress (n.) A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador..

Ambassage :: Ambassage (n.) Same as Embassage.

Ambassy :: Ambassy (n.) See Embassy, the usual spelling..

Amber :: Amber (n.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric..

Amber :: Amber (n.) Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky..

Amber :: Amber (n.) Ambergris.

Amber :: Amber (n.) The balsam, liquidambar..

Amber :: Amber (a.) Consisting of amber; made of amber.

Amber :: Amber (a.) Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored..

Amber :: Amber (v. t.) To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine..

Amber :: Amber (v. t.) To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly..

Amber Fish :: Amber fish () A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis..

Amber Room :: Amber room () A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans..

Amber Seed :: Amber seed () Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed..

Amber Tree :: Amber tree () A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor..

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