Ambassadorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an ambassador.
Ambassadorship (n.) The state, office, or functions of an ambassador.
Ambassadress (n.) A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador.
Ambassage (n.) Same as Embassage.
Ambassy (n.) See Embassy, the usual spelling.
Amber (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.
Amber (n.) Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky.
Amber (n.) Ambergris.
Amber (n.) The balsam, liquidambar.
Amber (a.) Consisting of amber; made of amber.
Amber (a.) Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored.
Ambered (p. p. & p. a.) of Amber
Amber (v. t.) To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine.
Amber (v. t.) To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
Amber fish () A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis.)
Ambergrease (n.) See Ambergris.
Ambergris (n.) A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212¡ Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery.
Amber room () A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans.
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.
Amber tree () A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.
Ambes-as (n.) Ambs-ace.
Ambidexter (a.) Using both hands with equal ease.
Ambidexter (n.) A person who uses both hands with equal facility.
Ambidexter (n.) A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes.
Ambidexter (n.) A juror who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict.
Ambidexterity (n.) The quality of being ambidextrous; the faculty of using both hands with equal facility.
Ambidexterity (n.) Versatility; general readiness; as, ambidexterity of argumentation.
Ambidexterity (n.) Double-dealing.
Ambidexterity (n.) A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict.
Ambidextral (a.) Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side.
Ambidextrous (a.) Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease.
Ambidextrous (a.) Practicing or siding with both parties.
Ambidextrously (adv.) In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly.
Ambidextrousness (n.) The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity.
Ambient (a.) Encompassing on all sides; circumfused; investing.
Ambient (n.) Something that surrounds or invests; as, air . . . being a perpetual ambient.
Ambigenous (a.) Of two kinds.
Ambigenous (a.) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.
Ambigu (n.) An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time.
Ambiguities (pl. ) of Ambiguity
Ambiguity (n.) The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression.
Ambiguous (a.) Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.
Ambiguously (adv.) In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.
Ambiguousness (n.) Ambiguity.
Ambilevous (a.) Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; -- opposed to ambidexter.
Ambiloquy (n.) Doubtful or ambiguous language.
Ambiparous (a.) Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers and leaves; -- applied to a bud.
Ambit (n.) Circuit or compass.
Ambition (n.) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
Ambition (n.) An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something.
Ambition (v. t.) To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
Ambitionist (n.) One excessively ambitious.
Ambitionless (a.) Devoid of ambition.
Ambitious (a.) Possessing, or controlled by, ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
Ambitious (a.) Strongly desirous; -- followed by of or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
Ambitious (a.) Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring; as, an ambitious style.
Ambitiously (adv.) In an ambitious manner.
Ambitiousness (n.) The quality of being ambitious; ambition; pretentiousness.
Ambitus (n.) The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell.
Ambitus (n.) A canvassing for votes.
Ambled (imp. & p. p.) of Amble
Ambling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amble
Amble (v. i.) To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider.
Amble (v. i.) To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks.
Amble (n.) A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other side.
Amble (n.) A movement like the amble of a horse.
Ambler (n.) A horse or a person that ambles.
Amblingly (adv.) With an ambling gait.
Amblotic (a.) Tending to cause abortion.
Amblygon (n.) An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle.
Amblygonal (a.) Obtuse-angled.
Amblyopia (n.) Alt. of Amblyopy
Amblyopy (n.) Weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of the interior of the eye; the first degree of amaurosis.
Amblyopic (a.) Of or pertaining to amblyopy.
Amblypoda (n. pl.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.
Ambos (pl. ) of Ambo
Ambo (n.) A large pulpit or reading desk, in the early Christian churches.
Ambon (n.) Same as Ambo.
Amboyna wood () A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc.
Ambreate (n.) A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical.
Ambreic (a.) Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.
Ambrein (n.) A fragrant substance which is the chief constituent of ambergris.
Ambrite (n.) A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand.
Ambrose (n.) A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3.
Ambrosia (n.) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.
Ambrosia (n.) An unguent of the gods.
Ambrosia (n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.
Ambrosia (n.) Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.
Ambrosiac (a.) Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
Ambrosial (a.) Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious.
Ambrosial (a.) Divinely excellent or beautiful.
Ambrosially (adv.) After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully.
Ambrosian (a.) Ambrosial.
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.
Ambrosin (n.) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.
Ambrotype (n.) A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.
Ambries (pl. ) of Ambry
Ambry (n.) In churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc.
Ambry (n.) A store closet, as a pantry, cupboard, etc.
Ambry (n.) Almonry.