Amber vs. Red

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.

Redadjective

Having red as its color.

Redadjective

(of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.

Redadjective

Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare of the spades or clubs suits

Redadjective

Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:

Redadjective

the U.S. Republican party

Redadjective

Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Redadjective

Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations

Redadjective

(astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.

Redadjective

(particle physics) Having a color charge of red.

Rednoun

Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters; the colour of blood, ripe strawberries, etc.

Rednoun

(countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; usually capitalized a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

Rednoun

One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.

Rednoun

Red wine.

Rednoun

A redshank.

Rednoun

An Amerind.

Rednoun

(slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.

Rednoun

(informal) A red light a traffic signal

Rednoun

red lemonade

Rednoun

(particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.

Rednoun

chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red")

Redverb

(archaic) rede

Red

imp. & p. p. of Read.

Redverb

To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; - generally with up; as, to red up a house.

Redadjective

Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part.

Rednoun

The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.

Rednoun

A red pigment.

Rednoun

An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a.

Rednoun

The menses.

Rednoun

the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

Rednoun

a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

Rednoun

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

Rednoun

the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue;

Redadjective

having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Redadjective

characterized by violence or bloodshed;

Redadjective

(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion;

Redadjective

red with or characterized by blood;

Red

Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres.