Definition of amber

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Amber (n.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric..

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Clamber :: Clamber (v. i.) To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively..
Archchamberlain :: Archchamberlain (n.) A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England..
Camber :: Camber (v. t.) To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve..
Stockwork :: Stockwork (n.) A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories..
Amber :: Amber (a.) Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored..
Jorden :: Jorden (n.) A chamber pot.
Chibouk :: Chibouk (n.) A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay..
Chamberer :: Chamberer (n.) A civilian; a carpetmonger.
Lagenian :: Lagenian (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell..
Perilymph :: Perilymph (n.) The fluid which surrounds the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear, and separates it from the walls of the chambers in which the labyrinth lies..
Ambered :: Ambered (p. p. & p. a.) of Ambe.
Scramble :: Scramble (v. i.) To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks..
Cambering :: Cambering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cambe.
Polythalamia :: Polythalamia (n. pl.) A division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered shell.
Camber :: Camber (n.) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck)..
Pederero :: Pederero (n.) A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance.
Observatory :: Observatory (n.) A place, as an elevated chamber, from which a view may be observed or commanded..
Six-shooter :: Six-shooter (n.) A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver..
Chambered :: Chambered (imp. & p. p.) of Chambe.
Cubicular :: Cubicular (a.) Belonging to a chamber or bedroom.
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