Definition of umbra

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Umbra (n.) The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra..

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Encumberment :: Encumberment (n.) Encumbrance.
Unclog :: Unclog (v. t.) To disencumber of a clog, or of difficulties and obstructions; to free from encumbrances; to set at liberty..
Obumbrant :: Obumbrant (a.) Overhanging; as, obumbrant feathers..
Umbrine :: Umbrine (n.) See Umbra, 2..
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) A faint representation; an adumbration.
Talipot :: Talipot (n.) A beautiful tropical palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast. It has a trunk sixty or seventy feet high, bearing a crown of gigantic fan-shaped leaves which are used as umbrellas and as fans in ceremonial processions, and, when cut into strips, as a substitute for writing paper..
Penumbra :: Penumbra (n.) An incomplete or partial shadow.
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
Excrescence :: Excrescence (n.) An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant..
Adumbrative :: Adumbrative (a.) Faintly representing; typical.
Umbrageous :: Umbrageous (a.) Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage..
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.
Umbrageous :: Umbrageous (a.) Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure..
Umbrae :: Umbrae (pl. ) of Umbr.
Incommodity :: Incommodity (n.) Inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage; encumbrance.
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment..
Umbriferous :: Umbriferous (a.) Casting or making a shade; umbrageous.
Illuminati :: Illuminati (v. t.) Members of a sect which sprung up in Spain about the year 1575. Their principal doctrine was, that, by means of prayer, they had attained to so perfect a state as to have no need of ordinances, sacraments, good works, etc.; -- called also Alumbrados, Perfectibilists, etc..
Umbrate :: Umbrate (v. t.) To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow.
Obumbrate :: Obumbrate (v. t.) To shade; to darken; to cloud.
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