Amber vs. Coral

Ambernoun

(obsolete) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.

Ambernoun

A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.

Ambernoun

A yellow-orange colour.

Ambernoun

(British) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.

Ambernoun

The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.

Amberadjective

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

Amberverb

To perfume or flavour with ambergris.

Amberverb

To preserve in amber.

Amberverb

To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.

Amberverb

To take on the yellow colour of amber.

Ambernoun

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.

Ambernoun

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

Ambernoun

Ambergris.

Ambernoun

The balsam, liquidambar.

Amberadjective

Consisting of amber; made of amber.

Amberadjective

Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.

Amberverb

To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.

Amberverb

To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.

Ambernoun

a deep yellow color;

Ambernoun

a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry

Amberadjective

a medium to dark brownish yellow color

Ambernoun

hard translucent fossilized resin originating from extinct coniferous trees of the Tertiary period, typically yellowish in colour. It has been used in jewellery since antiquity.

Ambernoun

a honey-yellow colour typical of amber

Ambernoun

a yellow light used as a cautionary signal between green for ‘go’ and red for ‘stop’

Amber

Amber is fossilized tree resin that has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects.

Coralnoun

(uncountable) A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps.

Coralnoun

(countable) A colony of marine polyps.

Coralnoun

(countable) A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral.

Coralnoun

The ovaries of a cooked lobster; so called from their colour.

Coralnoun

(historical) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.

Coraladjective

Made of coral.

Coraladjective

Having the yellowish pink colour of coral.

Coralnoun

The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa.

Coralnoun

The ovaries of a cooked lobster; - so called from their color.

Coralnoun

A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.

Coralnoun

a variable color averaging a deep pink

Coralnoun

the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry

Coralnoun

unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces

Coralnoun

marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs

Coraladjective

of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color

Coralnoun

a hard stony substance secreted by certain marine coelenterates as an external skeleton, typically forming large reefs in warm seas

Coralnoun

precious red coral, used in jewellery

Coralnoun

the pinkish-red colour of red coral

Coralnoun

a sedentary coelenterate of warm and tropical seas, with a calcareous, horny, or soft skeleton. Most corals are colonial and many rely on the presence of green algae in their tissues to obtain energy from sunlight.

Coralnoun

the unfertilized roe of a lobster or scallop, which is used as food and becomes reddish when cooked

Coral

Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps.