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Definition & Synonyms
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• Ambury
- (n.) A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.
- (n.) A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.
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• Amber
- (n.) Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
- (n.) Ambergris.
- (v. t.) To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
- (n.) The balsam, liquidambar.
- (a.) Consisting of amber; made of amber.
- (a.) Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.
- (v. t.) To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
- (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.
Synonyms:
Gold,
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• Ambi-
- () A prefix meaning about, around; -- used in words derived from the Latin.
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• Ambitionless
- (a.) Devoid of ambition.
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• Ambary hemp
- () A valuable East Indian fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus), or its fiber, which is used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; -- called also brown Indian hemp.
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• 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.
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• Ambidextrous
- (a.) Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease.
- (a.) Practicing or siding with both parties.
Synonyms:
Deceitful, Double-faced, Double-tongued, Janus-faced, Two-handed,
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• Ambitious
- (a.) Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
- (a.) Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
- (a.) Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.
Synonyms:
Challenging,
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• Ambrosian
- (a.) Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose.
- (a.) Ambrosial.
Synonyms:
Ambrosial, Nectarous,
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• Ambrosin
- (n.) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.
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