English words for 'amber-coloured'
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- A yellow-orange colour.
- (uncountable) Hesitance to proceed, or limited approval to proceed; an amber light.
- A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
- (biology, genetics, biochemistry) The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
- (British, Australia) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.
- a deep yellow color
- a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
adj
- Having a color.
- Having prominent colors; colorful.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).
- Biased; pervasively (but potentially subtly) influenced in a particular way.
- (in combination) Having a particular color or kind of color.
- (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, sometimes capitalized) Belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian). (Under apartheid, used as a metadescription for mixed-race people and peoples such as the Cape Coloureds.)
- (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
- having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
- having skin rich in melanin pigments;
- favoring one person or side over another
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- A crimson or pink colour.
- A pattern for silk, with leaves and flowers in pink, blue, and gold.
- (UK, military, slang, historical) A member of the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot, an infantry regiment in the British Army, active from 1755 to 1881.
- A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
- A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.
- A corsage with low square neck.
- a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead
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- Initialism of oleoresin capsicum.
- Initialism of office conference.
- Officer of the Order of Canada.
- Initialism of office consultation.
- Initialism of organizing committee.
- (fandom slang) Initialism of original character.
- (computing) Initialism of overclock.
- (business) Initialism of organizational climate.
- Initialism of original content.
- (UK, roleplaying games) Initialism of out of character.
- (military) Officer Commanding.
- (television, film, media) Initialism of open captioning.
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- The appearance as to color.
- An act or process which applies color.
- Any substance used to give color.
- (graph theory) An assignment of a color to each vertex of a graph, usually such that no two vertices connected by an edge are given the same color.
- A disguise or discoloration.
- a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
- a digestible substance used to give color to food
- the act or process of changing the color of something
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- A color between orange and amber, like that of an orange peel.
- (manufacturing, uncountable) A surface defect in which sheet metal has a rough texture, similar to an orange peel, due to the metal grains being relatively large.
- An uneven surface resembling orange peel, especially cellulite or an imperfect finish on a spray-painted object such as a car.
- (countable, uncountable, literally) The skin of an orange, including the pith.
- (botany) A common name of a species of Clematis indigenous to eastern Eurasia, Clematis orientalis.
- strips of orange peel cooked in sugar and coated with sugar
- the rind of an orange
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- (of a colour) Both bright and saturated.
- Of surpassing excellence; magnificent.
- Highly intelligent.
- Shining brightly.
- (of a voice or sound) Having a sharp, clear tone.
- clear and sharp and ringing
- full of light; shining intensely
- having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
- characterized by grandeur
- having strong or striking color
- of surpassing excellence
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- brightly colored and showy
- offering fun and gaiety
- given to social pleasures often including dissipation
- homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
- bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- full of or showing high-spirited merriment
- (of an institution or group) Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
- (slang, derogatory) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid, burdensome, contemptible, generally bad.
- (strictly) Describing a homosexual man.
- (of an animal, by extension) Tending to partner or mate with other individuals of the same sex.
- (slang, with for) Homosexually in love with someone.
- (loosely, of appearance or behavior) Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more persons perceived to be of the same sex or gender as each other.
- (of a person) Possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
- (loosely, of a person, especially a man) Exhibiting appearance or behavior that accords with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- (slang, derogatory) Flamboyant or effeminate in behavior.
- (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
- (slang, humorous, with for) Infatuated with something, aligning with homosexual stereotypes.
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- A greenish dark blue color; the color of indigo dye.
- A blue-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
- An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).
- A purplish-blue color.
- deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
- a blue-violet color
- a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
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- An image composed of varying shades (grayscale) of two colors.
- The duochrome test, a test used by opticians to refine the correction of refractive error, in which the subject is asked to compare images presented with red and green backgrounds.
- A piece of pottery decorated in two colors.
- Fabric that shifts between two colors, depending on the angle of light, also, by extension, something made with such fabric.
- A fluorochrome that shows up in either of two colors, depending on the type of biological material it stains.
- A color scheme consisting of only two hues.
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- A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
- Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.
- The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
- A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
- (music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl.
- the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
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- To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
- To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
- (Internet, ambitransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
- shine with a sudden light
- criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium
- be in flames or aflame
noun
- A light brown to brownish orange colour.
- Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name).
- (alcoholic beverages) In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.
- Tawny owl.
- Tawny frogmouth.
- (specifically, heraldry) Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown”).
- (Somerset) The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
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- Having the colour of gold.
- (programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
- (academia) Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is immediately available for to read for free with no embargo period.
- Made of gold.
- Of a musical recording: having sold 500,000 copies.
- (of commercial services) Premium, superior.
- having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
- made from or covered with gold
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- (figuratively) Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
- (countable) A gold medal.
- (countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
- (uncountable) A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
- (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
- (countable or uncountable) A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
- (slang, in the plural) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.
- great wealth
- something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.
- a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
- a deep yellow color
- coins made of gold
symbol
verb
adj
verb
noun
noun
- A crimson or pink colour.
- A pattern for silk, with leaves and flowers in pink, blue, and gold.
- (UK, military, slang, historical) A member of the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot, an infantry regiment in the British Army, active from 1755 to 1881.
- A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
- A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.
- A corsage with low square neck.
- a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead
verb
noun
- The appearance as to color.
- An act or process which applies color.
- Any substance used to give color.
- (graph theory) An assignment of a color to each vertex of a graph, usually such that no two vertices connected by an edge are given the same color.
- A disguise or discoloration.
- a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
- a digestible substance used to give color to food
- the act or process of changing the color of something
adj
verb
noun
- A color between orange and amber, like that of an orange peel.
- (manufacturing, uncountable) A surface defect in which sheet metal has a rough texture, similar to an orange peel, due to the metal grains being relatively large.
- An uneven surface resembling orange peel, especially cellulite or an imperfect finish on a spray-painted object such as a car.
- (countable, uncountable, literally) The skin of an orange, including the pith.
- (botany) A common name of a species of Clematis indigenous to eastern Eurasia, Clematis orientalis.
- strips of orange peel cooked in sugar and coated with sugar
- the rind of an orange
noun
- A greenish dark blue color; the color of indigo dye.
- A blue-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
- An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).
- A purplish-blue color.
- deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
- a blue-violet color
- a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
adj
noun
- A brilliant reddish orange-gold fiery colour.
- Burning zeal, passion, imagination, excitement, or anger.
- The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
- A romantic partner or lover in a usually short-lived but passionate affair.
- (music, chiefly lutherie) The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the curl.
- the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
adj
verb
- To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardour.
- To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
- (Internet, ambitransitive) To post a destructively critical or abusive message (to somebody).
- shine with a sudden light
- criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium
- be in flames or aflame
noun
- A light brown to brownish orange colour.
- Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name).
- (alcoholic beverages) In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.
- Tawny owl.
- Tawny frogmouth.
- (specifically, heraldry) Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown”).
- (Somerset) The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).
adj
verb
adj
verb
noun
- A yellow-orange colour.
- (uncountable) Hesitance to proceed, or limited approval to proceed; an amber light.
- A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
- (biology, genetics, biochemistry) The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
- (British, Australia) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.
- a deep yellow color
- a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
verb
noun
adj
adv
noun
- An image composed of varying shades (grayscale) of two colors.
- The duochrome test, a test used by opticians to refine the correction of refractive error, in which the subject is asked to compare images presented with red and green backgrounds.
- A piece of pottery decorated in two colors.
- Fabric that shifts between two colors, depending on the angle of light, also, by extension, something made with such fabric.
- A fluorochrome that shows up in either of two colors, depending on the type of biological material it stains.
- A color scheme consisting of only two hues.
adj
verb
noun
- A yellow-orange colour.
- (uncountable) Hesitance to proceed, or limited approval to proceed; an amber light.
- A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
- (biology, genetics, biochemistry) The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
- (British, Australia) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop when safe to do so. See also yellow light.
- a deep yellow color
- a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry
adj
- Having a color.
- Having prominent colors; colorful.
- (chiefly historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).
- Biased; pervasively (but potentially subtly) influenced in a particular way.
- (in combination) Having a particular color or kind of color.
- (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, sometimes capitalized) Belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian). (Under apartheid, used as a metadescription for mixed-race people and peoples such as the Cape Coloureds.)
- (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
- having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
- having skin rich in melanin pigments;
- favoring one person or side over another
noun
verb
adj
name
noun
- Initialism of oleoresin capsicum.
- Initialism of office conference.
- Officer of the Order of Canada.
- Initialism of office consultation.
- Initialism of organizing committee.
- (fandom slang) Initialism of original character.
- (computing) Initialism of overclock.
- (business) Initialism of organizational climate.
- Initialism of original content.
- (UK, roleplaying games) Initialism of out of character.
- (military) Officer Commanding.
- (television, film, media) Initialism of open captioning.
adj
noun
verb
adj
- (of a colour) Both bright and saturated.
- Of surpassing excellence; magnificent.
- Highly intelligent.
- Shining brightly.
- (of a voice or sound) Having a sharp, clear tone.
- clear and sharp and ringing
- full of light; shining intensely
- having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
- characterized by grandeur
- having strong or striking color
- of surpassing excellence
noun
verb
adj
noun
verb
adj
- brightly colored and showy
- offering fun and gaiety
- given to social pleasures often including dissipation
- homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
- bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
- full of or showing high-spirited merriment
- (of an institution or group) Intended for gay people, especially gay men.
- (slang, derogatory) Used to express dislike: lame, uncool, stupid, burdensome, contemptible, generally bad.
- (strictly) Describing a homosexual man.
- (of an animal, by extension) Tending to partner or mate with other individuals of the same sex.
- (slang, with for) Homosexually in love with someone.
- (loosely, of appearance or behavior) Being in accordance with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two or more persons perceived to be of the same sex or gender as each other.
- (of a person) Possessing sexual and/or romantic attraction towards people one perceives to be the same sex or gender as oneself.
- (loosely, of a person, especially a man) Exhibiting appearance or behavior that accords with stereotypes of gay people, especially gay men.
- (colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- (slang, derogatory) Flamboyant or effeminate in behavior.
- (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
- (slang, humorous, with for) Infatuated with something, aligning with homosexual stereotypes.
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adv
verb
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- An image composed of varying shades (grayscale) of two colors.
- The duochrome test, a test used by opticians to refine the correction of refractive error, in which the subject is asked to compare images presented with red and green backgrounds.
- A piece of pottery decorated in two colors.
- Fabric that shifts between two colors, depending on the angle of light, also, by extension, something made with such fabric.
- A fluorochrome that shows up in either of two colors, depending on the type of biological material it stains.
- A color scheme consisting of only two hues.
adj
noun
noun
- The appearance as to color.
- An act or process which applies color.
- Any substance used to give color.
- (graph theory) An assignment of a color to each vertex of a graph, usually such that no two vertices connected by an edge are given the same color.
- A disguise or discoloration.
- a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
- a digestible substance used to give color to food
- the act or process of changing the color of something
adj
verb
adj
- Having the colour of gold.
- (programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
- (academia) Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is immediately available for to read for free with no embargo period.
- Made of gold.
- Of a musical recording: having sold 500,000 copies.
- (of commercial services) Premium, superior.
- having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
- made from or covered with gold
adv
noun
- (figuratively) Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
- (countable) A gold medal.
- (countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
- (uncountable) A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
- (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
- (countable or uncountable) A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
- (slang, in the plural) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.
- great wealth
- something likened to the metal in brightness or preciousness or superiority etc.
- a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia
- a deep yellow color
- coins made of gold
symbol
verb
adj
verb
noun
noun
- A light brown to brownish orange colour.
- Something of a light brown or brownish orange colour (particularly if it has the word tawny in its name).
- (alcoholic beverages) In full tawny port: a sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks.
- Tawny owl.
- Tawny frogmouth.
- (specifically, heraldry) Synonym of tenné (“a rarely-used tincture of orange or bright brown”).
- (Somerset) The common bullfinch or Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula).