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Umbrageous :: Umbrageous (a.) Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure..

Umbratic :: Umbratic (a.) Alt. of Umbratica.

Umbra :: 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..

Umbriferous :: Umbriferous (a.) Casting or making a shade; umbrageous.

Cumbrance :: Cumbrance (n.) Encumbrance.

Incumbrancer :: Incumbrancer (n.) One who holds an incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate..

Obumbration :: Obumbration (n.) Act of darkening or obscuring.

Ostracism :: Ostracism (n.) Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage..

Incubus :: Incubus (n.) Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.

Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To overshadow; to shade.

Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth..

Encumbrancer :: Encumbrancer (n.) Same as Incumbrancer.

Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..

Umbrageous :: Umbrageous (a.) Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage..

Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..

Obesity :: Obesity (n.) The state or quality of being obese; incumbrance of flesh.

Penumbra :: Penumbra (n.) The part of a picture where the shade imperceptibly blends with the light.

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..

Umbrageous :: Umbrageous (a.) Feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take, umbrage; suspicious..

Umbratile :: Umbratile (a.) Umbratic.

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