Vocabulary : Umbo to Umbrage

Umbo : The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike. ;; A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the larvae of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear. ;; One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.
Umbonate : Alt. of Umbonated
Umbonated : Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss.
Umbones : of Umbo
Umbos : of Umbo

Umbra : The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra. ;; The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot. ;; The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra. ;; 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.
Umbraculiferous : Bearing something like an open umbrella.
Umbraculiform : 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.
Umbrae : of Umbra
Umbrage : Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage. ;; Shadowy resemblance; shadow. ;; The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment.

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