| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| umbel | noun | A kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. It is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule. |
| umber | noun | A brown or reddish pigment used in both oil and water colors, obtained from certain natural clays variously colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. It is commonly heated or burned before being used, and is then called burnt umber; when not heated, it is called raw umber. See Burnt umber, below., An umbrere., See Grayling, 1., An African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons. It is dull dusky brown, and has a large occipital crest. Called also umbrette, umbre, and umber bird., Of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky., To color with umber; to shade or darken; as, to umber over one’s face. |
| umbos | plural | of Umbo |
| umbra | noun | The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun’s disk; — used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra., The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot., The fainter part of a sun spot; — now more commonly called penumbra., Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; — called also ombre, and umbrine. |
| umbre | noun | See Umber. |