Definition of umbra

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Umbra (n.) The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot..

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Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out..
Obesity :: Obesity (n.) The state or quality of being obese; incumbrance of flesh.
Umbra :: Umbra (n.) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.
Adumbrant :: Adumbrant (a.) Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth..
Penumbra :: Penumbra (n.) The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light..
Umbratile :: Umbratile (a.) Umbratic.
Disencumber :: Disencumber (v. t.) To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden..
Fan Palm :: Fan palm () Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts..
Encumbrance :: Encumbrance (n.) Same as Incumbrance.
Umbratic :: Umbratic (a.) Alt. of Umbratica.
Umbraculiferous :: Umbraculiferous (a.) Bearing something like an open umbrella.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type..
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage..
Encumbrancer :: Encumbrancer (n.) Same as Incumbrancer.
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To overshadow; to shade.
Obumbration :: Obumbration (n.) Act of darkening or obscuring.
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth..
Umbra :: Umbra (n.) Any one of several species of sciaenoid food fishes of the genus Umbrina, especially the Mediterranean species (U. cirrhosa), which is highly esteemed as a market fish; -- called also ombre, and umbrine..
Unembarrassed :: Unembarrassed (a.) Free from pecuniary difficulties or encumbrances; as, he and his property are unembarrassed..
Inumbrate :: Inumbrate (v. t.) To shade; to darken.
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