"strange noises were coming from the wooded umbra beyond our campfire",
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"When the moon passes through the darkest part of the Earth's shadow, called the umbra , it's known as a total lunar eclipse, the space agency said. \u2014 Megan Marples And Ashley Strickland, CNN , 13 May 2022",
"The excitement will begin at precisely 10:27 p.m. when the first hint of the Earth\u2019s darker shadow, called the umbra , appears on the disc of the moon. \u2014 Dean Regas, The Enquirer , 10 May 2022",
"As the moon exits Earth\u2019s umbra , the red color fades. \u2014 Leigh Morgan, al , 15 May 2022",
"The penumbral eclipse, when the moon is completely immersed in the penumbral cone of the Earth without touching the umbra , the inner part of Earth's shadow, is expected to begin Sunday just after 9:30 p.m. ET, according to NASA. \u2014 Julia Jacobo, ABC News , 12 May 2022",
"The ending, until next time The eclipse will end when the Earth\u2019s umbra finally leaves the lunar surface at 1:55 a.m. on the morning of May 16, and the moon will return to its full brilliance. \u2014 Dean Regas, The Enquirer , 10 May 2022",
"The moon will leave the umbra at 12:56 a.m. on Monday. \u2014 Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al , 8 May 2022",
"For East Coast observers, the partial eclipse begins shortly after 2 a.m., reaching its peak a couple of minutes after 4 a.m, with the moon's face largely masked by the umbra , the darkest part of Earth's shadow. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 18 Nov. 2021",
"The maximum state of this lunar eclipse will hit when the Moon is in the Earth\u2019s umbra . \u2014 Joshua Hawkins, BGR , 17 Nov. 2021"
"The two fantasy writers engaged in what came closest to conflict on the Amplify stage when Adeyemi (playfully) took umbrage to Chainani\u2019s disdain for the binary hero/villain characterizations in Disney\u2019s animated classics. \u2014 Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter , 25 June 2022",
"Instead of laughing along and enjoying the national shout-out, the usually easy-going Schwindel took umbrage last week when asked about Colbert\u2019s remark. \u2014 Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune , 21 June 2022",
"In its memo, the Library Advisory Board also took umbrage with the administration\u2019s decision to close the system\u2019s flagship Loussac Library on Sundays beginning in May, a change that was announced earlier this year. \u2014 Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News , 3 June 2022",
"Bosque\u2019s developer, Preston Jones, takes umbrage with the efforts to discredit him and the project. \u2014 New York Times , 12 May 2022",
"The investors took particular umbrage at comments by the world\u2019s richest person during a TED event this week in Vancouver. \u2014 Dana Hull, Fortune , 16 Apr. 2022",
"The village priest, the Rev. Edward J. Lambe, seemed to take umbrage at the generosity of the Baltimoreans across the sea, reported Sterne. \u2014 Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com , 17 Mar. 2022",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin umbraticum , neuter of umbraticus of shade, from umbratus , past participle of umbrare to shade, from umbra shade, shadow; akin to Lithuanian unksm\u0117 shadow":""
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"The store sells Indian, Asian, and Middle Eastern foods under the umbrella of international cuisine.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Whatever the reason, guests can find relaxing experiences inside and out, starting by laying out by the pool (or the hotel's private beach) under a striped umbrella overlooking the lake. \u2014 Rachel King, Fortune , 2 July 2022",
"To apply similar codes to its forthcoming resort, the company will continue to work with architectural firm ACPV Architects and its founders Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel, who\u2019ve designed all of the other properties under the Bulgari umbrella . \u2014 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report , 1 July 2022",
"The 3DLite umbrella stroller is a good choice for everyday errands and travel, especially given the affordable price tag. \u2014 Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
"There\u2019s a patio umbrella to shade you from the beating sun, and also a space heater to warm you up once the temperature drops at night. \u2014 Elise Taylor, Vogue , 30 June 2022",
"On hot days when the sun is beating down, a patio umbrella comes in handy. \u2014 Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com , 29 June 2022",
"But the Blue Dogs\u2019 share of the space under that umbrella is shrinking. \u2014 New York Times , 29 June 2022",
"Ratification in allied parliaments is likely to take up to a year, but once it is done, Finland and Sweden will be covered by NATO\u2019s Article 5 collective defense clause, putting them under the United States\u2019 protective nuclear umbrella . \u2014 Sabine Siebold And Robin Emmott, The Christian Science Monitor , 29 June 2022",
"There's also a center hole for a market umbrella hidden underneath a small wooden disk. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 29 June 2022"
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"\u02cc\u0259m-\u02c8bre-l\u0259",
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"Tree species brought to the site by the Chicago Region Trees Initiative included American hornbeam, American plum, hackberry, shagbark hickory, chinkapin oak, shingle oak, wahoo and umbrella tree magnolia, according to officials. \u2014 Kaitlin Edquist, chicagotribune.com , 29 Sep. 2020",
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": a perennial sedge ( Cyperus alternifolius ) of Madagascar that has large terminal whorls of slender leaves and is often grown as an ornamental":[]
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"Prone to becoming weak and leggy when light-deprived, umbrella plants will appreciate bright but indirect light. \u2014 Lennie Larkin, Sunset , 22 Jan. 2018"
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": any of several South and Central American birds of the genus Cephalopterus (as C. ornatus ) that are about the size of a jackdaw and in the male are entirely black with a radiating crest curving forward over the head and a long feathered lappet depending from the breast":[]
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": a South American tree ( Phytolacca dioica ) that has large dark leaves and is cultivated in southern Europe":[]
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"umbra modification (influenced by Latin umbra shade) of Tupi umbu":""
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": a South American timber tree ( Torresia cearensis ) of the family Leguminosae that yields a yellow wood used for furniture":[]
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"The baby boy was discovered unclothed with its umbilical cord attached on the shore of Methodist Beach, southeast of Minneapolis, on the afternoon of Dec. 7, 2003, according to a criminal complaint. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 9 May 2022",
"In early December, the sanctuary took in a one-day-old rhino calf \u2014 who rescuers discovered with her umbilical cord still attached \u2014 and named her Daisy. \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 3 Jan. 2022",
"Smith, her father Roy and other members of her family joined her at the horse corral on the Navajo Nation where Smith\u2019s umbilical cord was buried the day she was born. \u2014 Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune , 18 Dec. 2021",
"Police said the baby, whose umbilical cord was still attached, was just a few hours old. \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 14 Dec. 2021",
"The girl was found wrapped in a towel, also with the umbilical cord attached, off the shore of the City of Red Wing, west of where the baby boy was found, according to the criminal complaint. \u2014 Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY , 9 May 2022",
"Before birth, a fetus is supplied oxygen-rich blood from the mother via the umbilical cord . \u2014 Serena Coady, SELF , 28 Apr. 2022",
"When her daughter was delivered, the umbilical cord was wrapped around the neck; the baby died several months later from complications caused by severe brain damage. \u2014 Shlomo Kramer, WSJ , 4 Feb. 2022",
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": a racemose inflorescence typical of the carrot family in which the pedicels arise from about the same point to form a flat or rounded flower cluster \u2014 see inflorescence illustration":[]
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"\u02c8\u0259m-b\u0259l"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Come July or early August, the plant is covered by zillions of tiny white flowers arranged in umbrella-like affairs called umbels . \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Clumps of Huachuca water umbel , an endangered plant with slender leaves, grow in wetlands by the river \u2014 one of more than 600 species of plants found along the San Pedro. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Closer investigation showed them to be black swallowtail butterfly larvae, also known as parsley worms, which feed on the foliage of umbels \u2014 plants in the carrot/parsley/dill/fennel family with short flower stalks that spread from a common point. \u2014 Sally Mccabe, Philly.com , 15 June 2018",
"Cow parsley got a pass because of its irresistible floating clouds of umbels , but we were instructed to cut its numbers in half. \u2014 Amy Merrick, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2018",
"Its white flowers bloom in June or July and form an umbel pattern marked by several small blooms spreading out from a single point. \u2014 Donna Vickroy, Daily Southtown , 28 July 2017"
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"New Latin umbella , from Latin, umbrella \u2014 more at umbrella":""
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"1597, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-063808"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
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": of, relating to, or used at the navel":[],
": of or relating to the central region of the abdomen":[],
": being a necessary or nurturing link or connection":[
"the town's umbilical rail line"
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": umbilical cord sense 2":[]
},
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"British also \u02cc\u0259m-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b-k\u0259l",
"\u02cc\u0259m-\u02c8bi-li-k\u0259l",
"\u02cc\u0259m-\u02c8bil-i-k\u0259l also \u02cc\u0259m-b\u0259-\u02c8l\u012b-k\u0259l"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"The test didn\u2019t go 100% smoothly, with a new hydrogen leak detected on an umbilical running from the mobile launcher to the core stage. \u2014 Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel , 23 June 2022",
"In studies with Olympic athletes and treadmill tests to exhaustion, researchers have occasionally seen brief dips in fetal heart rate and reductions in umbilical blood flow. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 15 May 2021",
"The youngest still has an umbilical stump attached. \u2014 chicagotribune.com , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The youngest still has an umbilical stump attached. \u2014 Mystslav Chernov And Evgeniy Maloletka, USA TODAY , 16 Mar. 2022",
"That includes a simulated umbilical release and retract test inside the VAB. \u2014 Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com , 27 Apr. 2021",
"Generally, antibodies were detectable in the blood of parents and umbilical cords among all those who were fully vaccinated, regardless of vaccination timing, according to the study published Dec. 28 in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology. \u2014 al , 4 Jan. 2022",
"Trantor suffers its 9/11 moment when terrorists attack the Star Bridge, a colossal spire that serves as its umbilical connection to the larger galaxy; its fall destroys a swath of the densely populated planet. \u2014 Julian Lucas, The New Yorker , 1 Nov. 2021",
"Four days later came a video record of the descent\u2014the umbilical slither of a cable and, at one end, the pop of the parachute, resplendent in red and white. \u2014 Anthony Lan, The New Yorker , 16 July 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The shots of the fuel and data umbilicals pulling away from the vehicle turned out fantastic. \u2014 Trevor Mahlmann, Ars Technica , 25 Aug. 2019",
"The layout of the umbilicals and headroom given yield to really great composition. \u2014 Trevor Mahlmann, Ars Technica , 25 Aug. 2019",
"The shuttle, by delivering the chemicals that aid the flow of oil and gas directly to the well, takes those complications out of the mix, meaning oil companies can run longer umbilicals and manage more wells from a single platform. \u2014 Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle , 20 Feb. 2018"
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"first_known_use":{
"1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective",
"1774, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-071348"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": the anterior part of the longitudinal fissure on the undersurface of the liver that lodges the umbilical vein in the fetus":[]
},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-111426"
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"umb":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
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"umbilicus":[]
},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-125144"
},
"umbeled":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": bearing or producing umbels : umbellate":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-133356"
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"type":[
"combining form"
],
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": umbel : umbellate":[
"umbell oid",
"umbelli form"
]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin umbella parasol, umbrella":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-141213"
},
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": bearing, consisting of, or arranged in umbels":[],
": resembling an umbel in form":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259m-\u02c8be-l\u0259t",
"\u02c8\u0259m-b\u0259-\u02ccl\u0101t"
],
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
"1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142835"
},
"umbellet":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": umbellule":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259mb\u0259l\u0259\u0307t"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"umbell- + -et":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-144420"
},
"umbellic acid":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an acid C 6 H 3 (OH) 2 CH=CHCO 2 H formed as a yellow powder by hydrolysis of umbelliferone; 2,4-dihydroxy-cinnamic acid":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"umbellic from umbell- (in umbelliferone ) + -ic":""
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-154655"
},
"umbella":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": umbel":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259m\u02c8bel\u0259"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, parasol, umbrella":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-161519"
},
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"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a plant of the carrot family":[]
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"\u02cc\u0259m-\u02c8be-l\u0259-f\u0259r"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Umbelliferae , group name, feminine plural of umbellifer bearing umbels":""
"Jeannine is the common variety of Allium moly, another umbelliferous and lower growing allium, but with bright yellow flowers on 10-inch stems in late spring. \u2014 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post , 20 Sep. 2021"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1662, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-170135"
},
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"type":[
"plural noun"
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": a large order of chiefly herbaceous dicotyledonous plants that have umbels or corymbs of small uniovulate flowers with epigynous stamens and 1 to 5 carpels followed by fruits which are drupes or cremocarps and that include several economically important plants (as the carrot and parsnip) \u2014 see cornaceae , umbelliferae":[]
": a racemose inflorescence typical of the carrot family in which the pedicels arise from about the same point to form a flat or rounded flower cluster \u2014 see inflorescence illustration":[]
},
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"\u02c8\u0259m-b\u0259l"
],
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Come July or early August, the plant is covered by zillions of tiny white flowers arranged in umbrella-like affairs called umbels . \u2014 Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal , 17 Apr. 2020",
"Clumps of Huachuca water umbel , an endangered plant with slender leaves, grow in wetlands by the river \u2014 one of more than 600 species of plants found along the San Pedro. \u2014 AZCentral.com , 5 Dec. 2019",
"Closer investigation showed them to be black swallowtail butterfly larvae, also known as parsley worms, which feed on the foliage of umbels \u2014 plants in the carrot/parsley/dill/fennel family with short flower stalks that spread from a common point. \u2014 Sally Mccabe, Philly.com , 15 June 2018",
"Cow parsley got a pass because of its irresistible floating clouds of umbels , but we were instructed to cut its numbers in half. \u2014 Amy Merrick, WSJ , 26 Apr. 2018",
"Its white flowers bloom in June or July and form an umbel pattern marked by several small blooms spreading out from a single point. \u2014 Donna Vickroy, Daily Southtown , 28 July 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin umbella , from Latin, umbrella \u2014 more at umbrella":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1597, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-172455"
},
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"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": by means of or as if by means of an umbilical cord : intimately":[
"embryos nourished umbilically",
"umbilically tied to \u2026 complex, tentative liberalism",
"\u2014 H. J. Bresler"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-k(\u0259)l\u0113",
"-li"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-180732"
},
"Umbilicaria":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small genus related to Lecanora and composed of foliose umbilicate lichens that are used especially in folk medicine as a purgative \u2014 see rock tripe":[]
"The tech staff informed us that we would be connected to this digital umbilicus for the duration of our employment. \u2014 Jeremy Miller, Harper's Magazine , 26 Oct. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin \u2014 more at navel":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1799, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-224126"
},
"umbilroot":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": showy lady's-slipper":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from Middle English umble humble, low-growing + root":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-230230"
},
"umbellulone":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an unsaturated oily compound C 10 H 14 O that is derived from the leaves of California laurel and is a ketonic derivative of thujene":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259m\u02c8bely\u0259\u02ccl\u014dn"
],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary umbellul- (from New Latin Umbellularia , genus of dicotyledonous trees, from umbellula \u2014diminutive of umbella umbel\u2014 + -aria ) + -one":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-231710"
},
"umble pie":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": humble pie sense 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u0259mb\u0259l-"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"umbles":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-232147"
},
"Umberto":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"name of 2 kings of Italy: I 1844\u20131900 Duke of Savoy (reigned 1878\u20131900); II 1904\u20131983 Prince of Piedmont ; Count of Sarre (reigned 1946)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02cc)\u0259m-\u02c8ber-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-232222"
},
"Umbellula":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus (the type of the family Umbellulidae) of deep-sea alcyonarians consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps at the summit of a long slender stem that stands upright in the mud and is supported by a bulbous base":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cc\u0259m\u02c8bely\u0259l\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, diminutive of umbella umbel":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-232247"
},
"umbles":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the edible viscera of an animal (such as a deer or hog)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259m-b\u0259lz"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, alteration of noumbles , from Old French nombles loins, alteration of lumbles , from Latin lumbuli , diminutive of lumbi , plural of lumbus loin \u2014 more at loin":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-235123"
},
"umber":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a moderate to dark yellowish brown":[],
": a moderate brown":[],
": a brown earth that is darker in color than ocher and sienna because of its content of manganese and iron oxides and is highly valued as a permanent pigment either in the raw or burnt state":[],
": to darken with or as if with umber":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259m-b\u0259r"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Governor Sarhadi, a spare-looking man with a gray beard, wore a black turban and a short umber shawl, called a patou. \u2014 Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker , 21 Feb. 2022",
"And two similar shades, a pinkish umber and warm copper, are both in stock at Amazon. \u2014 Jessica Leigh Mattern, PEOPLE.com , 10 Sep. 2021",
"Her skin was a shade or two darker than Nella's chestnut complexion, falling somewhere between hickory and umber . \u2014 Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire , 1 June 2021",
"Burlap and Barrel\u2019s version, which is made from a particular variety of tomato grown along the coastline of the Aegean Sea in Turkey and dried in the sun, on the other hand, is an orangey- umber color, with a saltier, tangier taste. \u2014 Sarah Jampel, Bon App\u00e9tit , 12 Apr. 2021",
"The brown pigment umber (obtained from a dark brown clay) is caused by the combination of two color molecules: iron oxides (which have a rusty red-brown color) and manganese oxides (which add a darker black-brown color). \u2014 Science Buddies, Scientific American , 14 May 2015",
"Ultramarine and burnt umber combine into a distinctly sweet and mysterious black. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Feb. 2020",
"But in Texas the umber of murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults per 100,000 people is still higher than the national average. \u2014 Laura Garcia, ExpressNews.com , 11 Dec. 2019",
"Made of amethyst, bone, faience, glass, turquoise, and umber , and including phallic amulets, scarabs, a woman, a dancing satyr, and a head of Dionysus, they are thought to be the treasure box of a sorceress. \u2014 Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from obsolete English, shade, color, from Middle English ombre, umbre shade, shadow, from Anglo-French, from Latin umbra \u2014 more at umbrage":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"1568, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Noun",
"1802, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"1610, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-011723"
},
"umbo":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the boss of a shield":[],
": a rounded elevation: such as":[],
": an inward projection of the tympanic membrane of the ear":[],
": one of the lateral prominences just above the hinge of a bivalve shell":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259m-(\u02cc)b\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin; akin to Latin umbilicus \u2014 more at navel":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1721, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-015758"
},
"umbolateral":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of, relating to, or located at the sides of the umbo of a bivalve shell":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u0259mb\u014d+"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"umbo + lateral":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-033428"
},
"umbone":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": pistil , style":[],
": umbo sense 3":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259m\u02ccb\u014dn"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin umbon-, umbo boss of a shield, projection, knob":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-033548"
},
"umbonic":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": umbonal":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6\u0259m\u00a6b\u00e4nik"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin umbon-, umbo + English -ic or -ial":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-035748"
},
"umbonal":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the boss of a shield":[],
": a rounded elevation: such as":[],
": an inward projection of the tympanic membrane of the ear":[],
": one of the lateral prominences just above the hinge of a bivalve shell":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u0259m-(\u02cc)b\u014d"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin; akin to Latin umbilicus \u2014 more at navel":""
