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.
Lagernoun
A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
Lagerverb
To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.
Lagernoun
Lager beer.
Lagernoun
a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
Lagernoun
a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September
Lager
Lager is beer which has been brewed and conditioned at low temperature. Lagers can be pale, amber, or dark.