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Traditional English :: umbles
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umblical.html - n.pl. the edible offal of deer etc. (cf. humble pie). [ME var. of NUMBLES] |
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Traditional English :: umbel
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umblical.html - n. Bot. a flower-cluster in which stalks nearly equal in length spring from a common centre and form a flat or curved surface, as in parsley. umbellar adj. umbellate adj. umbellule adj. [obs. F umbelle or L umbella sunshade, dimin. of UMBRA] |
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Traditional English :: umbellifer
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umblical.html - n. any plant of the family Umbelliferae bearing umbels, including parsley and parsnip. umbelliferous adj. [obs. F umbellif re f. L (as UMBEL, - fer bearing)] |
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Traditional English :: umber
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umblical.html - n. & adj. --n. 1 a natural pigment like ochre but darker and browner.
2 the colour of this. --adj. 1 of this colour.
2 dark, dusky. [F (terre d') ombre or It. (terra di) ombra = shadow (earth), f. L UMBRA or Umbra fem. of Umber Umbrian] |
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Traditional English :: umbilical
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umblical.html - adj. 1 of, situated near, or affecting the navel. 2 centrally placed. umbilical cord 1 a flexible cordlike structure attaching a foetus to the placenta.
2 Astronaut. a supply cable linking a missile to its launcher, or an astronaut in space to a spacecraft. [obs. F umbilical or f. UMBILICUS] |
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Traditional English :: umbilicate
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umblical.html - adj.
1 shaped like a navel.
2 having an umbilicus. |
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