Definition of umbra

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of umbra is as below...

Umbra (n.) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.

Lern More About Umbra

Clear :: Clear (v. i.) To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free..
Umbraculiform :: Umbraculiform (a.) Having the form of anything that serves to shade, as a tree top, an umbrella, and the like; specifically (Bot.), having the form of an umbrella; umbrella-shaped..
Incommodity :: Incommodity (n.) Inconvenience; trouble; annoyance; disadvantage; encumbrance.
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..
Meagre :: Meagre (n.) A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S. aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish..
Encumbrance :: Encumbrance (n.) That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance..
Umbrageous :: Umbrageous (a.) Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage..
Umbra :: Umbra (n.) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.
Umbrose :: Umbrose (a.) Shady; umbrageous.
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.
Adumbrant :: Adumbrant (a.) Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth..
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..
Cumbrance :: Cumbrance (n.) Encumbrance.
Umbratic :: Umbratic (a.) Alt. of Umbratica.
Umbrageous :: Umbrageous (a.) Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..
Adumbrative :: Adumbrative (a.) Faintly representing; typical.
Umbrine :: Umbrine (n.) See Umbra, 2..
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..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us