Definition of umbo

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Umbo (n.) The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike..

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Nelumbo :: Nelumbo (n.) A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, N. speciosa..
Gombo :: Gombo (n.) See Gumbo.
Okra :: Okra (n.) An annual plant (Abelmoschus, / Hibiscus, esculentus), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo..
Umbones :: Umbones (pl. ) of Umb.
Rumbo :: Rumbo (n.) Grog.
Plumbic :: Plumbic (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with plumbous compounds; as, plumbic oxide..
Lumbosacral :: Lumbosacral (n.) Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacral nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over the sacrum..
Yoncopin :: Yoncopin (n.) A local name in parts of the Mississippi Valley for the American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).
Umbos :: Umbos (pl. ) of Umb.
Umbonated :: Umbonated (a.) Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss..
Nates :: Nates (n. pl.) The umbones of a bivalve shell.
Umbo :: Umbo (n.) A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the larvae of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear..
Plumbous :: Plumbous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with plumbic compounds..
Gumboil :: Gumboil (n.) A small suppurting inflamed spot on the gum.
Caparro :: Caparro (n.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail..
Bumboat :: Bumboat (n.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore..
Mumbo Jumbo :: Mumbo Jumbo () An object of superstitious homage and fear.
Umbo :: Umbo (n.) One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.
Zumbooruk :: Zumbooruk (n.) A small cannon supported by a swiveled rest on the back of a camel, whence it is fired, -- used in the East..
Subumbrella :: Subumbonal (a.) Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell.
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