Vocabulary : Ambrite to Ambrotype

Ambrite : A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand.
Ambrose : A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See Ambrosia, 3.
Ambrosia : The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it. ;; An unguent of the gods. ;; A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell. ;; Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc. ;; The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidae believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows.
Ambrosia beetle : A bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia.
Ambrosiac : Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.

Ambrosial : Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious. ;; Divinely excellent or beautiful.
Ambrosially : After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully.
Ambrosian : Ambrosial. ;; Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose.
Ambrosin : An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.
Ambrotype : A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.

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