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Look up: Amber

  1. amber
    Fossilization where the organism is entrapped in resin and preserved whole.
    Found on http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gl

  2. Amber
    Amber is a yellowish, fossilized tree resin (from conifers) that sometimes contains bits of trapped matter.
    Found on http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subject

  3. Amber
    Amber is fossilised resin.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. Amber
    Amber is a township in Mason County Michigan, USA. Amber is a town in Grady County Oklahoma, USA.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  5. amber
    [adj] - a medium to dark brownish yellow color 2. [n] - a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin 3. [n] - a deep yellow color
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. amber
    Amber (sucinum), the fossilised resin of an extinct species of pine, was one of the most prized gemstones of early Europe. The richest deposits in the world were found along the coast of the Baltic Sea. Roman traders reached the Baltic in the 1st century AD and for 150 years amber was carried southward on the Amber Road to Aquileia in northern Ital…
    Found on http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/temetfutue/gl

  7. Amber
    A liquid from trees that has been fossilised over time to become hard. It has been used to make small items, such as beads. A major source of amber is the Baltic. It has been used in the region since the Bronze Age - beads from Simonside and Old Bewick, (both Northumberland) - onwards, especially in the Anglo-Saxon period. It was thought to bring g…
    Found on http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k

  8. Amber
    (language) 1. A functional programming language which adds CSP-like concurrency, multiple inheritance and persistence to ML and generalises its type system. It is similar to Galileo. Programs must be written in two type faces, roman and italics! It has both static types and dynamic types. There is an implementation for Macintosh. ['Amber', L. Ca…
    Found on http://foldoc.org/

  9. Amber
    a fossilised resin which generally ranges in colour from yellow to deep orange Category: Chemistry • colour of a wine resembling that of amber Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  10. amber
    Soft, fossilised resin from a prehistoric variety of pine tree, ranging in colour from pale yellow and honey to a redish-brown, brown, red, and almost black. Sea Amber mainly occurs along the southern shores of the Baltic sea, especially near Lithuania, although it is also found on the coasts of eastern England and the Netherlands; pit amber is min …
    Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary

  11. Amber
    Am'ber noun [ Middle English aumbre , French ambre , Spanish ámbar , and with the Arabic article, alámbar , from Arabic 'anbar ambergris.] 1. (Min.) 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, bea …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/66

  12. Amber
    Am'ber adjective 1. Consisting of amber; made of amber. ' Amber bracelets.' Shak. 2. Resembling amber, especially in color; amber- colored. 'The amber morn.' Tennyson.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/67

  13. Amber
    Am'ber transitive verb [ past participle & p. adjective Ambered .] 1. To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine. 2. To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/67

  14. amber
    1. <chemical> 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. ... 2. Amber colour, or anything amber-co …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?a

  15. amber
    brownish-yellow adjective of a medium to dark brownish yellow color
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. amber
    gold noun a deep yellow color; `an amber light illuminated the room`; `he admired the gold of her hair`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. amber
    noun a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. Amber
    `Amber` is the name for fossil resin or tree sap that is appreciated for its colour. It is used for the manufacture of ornamental objects and jewellery. Although not mineralized, it is sometimes considered a gemstone. Most of the world's amber is in the range of 30-90 million years old. Semi-fossilized resin or sub-fossil amber is called copal. The presence of insects in amber was noticed by the Romans and led them to the (correct) theory that a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber

  19. AMBER
    `AMBER` (an acronym for `Assisted Model Building and Energy Refinement`) is a family of force fields for molecular dynamics of biomolecules originally developed by the late Peter Kollman's group at the University of California, San Francisco. `AMBER` is also the name for the molecular dynamics simulation package that implements these force fields. It is maintained by an active collaboration between David Case at The Scripps Research Institute, To...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMBER

  20. Amber
    • (n.) Amber color, or anything amber-colored; a clear light yellow; as, the amber of the sky. • (n.) Ambergris. • (v. t.) To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly. • (n.) The balsam, liquidambar. • (a.) Consisting of amber; made of amber. • (a.) Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored. • (v. t.) To s...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  21. amber
    fossil tree resin that has achieved a stable state through loss of volatile constituents and chemical change after burial in the ground. Amber has ... [5 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/57

  22. Amber
    Amber is a Arabic girl name. The meaning of the name is `yellow-brown, precious jewel ` Where is it used? The name Amber is mainly used In English.How do they say it elsewhere? Ambra ( In Italian) Ambre ( In French) Amber appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 146. The name reached the top-100 16 times. 1990 was a `top year` for the
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Amb

  23. AMBER
    Acronym for advanced multiple-beam equalization radiography.
    Found on http://www.stedmans.com/section.cfm/45

  24. Amber
    Derived from Arabic, amber is a fossilized resin, reddish-yellow in colour and more or less transparant. It has been used from ancient times to make trinkets and jewellery.
    Found on http://www.arca.net/postcard/gourl.asp?U

  25. amber
    1. a deep yellow color
    2. a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry

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