*umbo*

n. (Med.) See Calumba. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also gombo. ] 1. A soup thickened with the mucilaginous pods of the okra; okra soup. Especially, A thick stew made with chicken (chicken gumbo), or seafood (seafood gumbo), thickened with okra or file, and also containing greens and often hot spices; it is particularly popular in Louisiana. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The okra plant or its pods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A small suppurating inflamed spot on the gum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tropical American tree (Bursera simaruba) yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes.
Syn. -- Bursera simaruba. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ From the name Jumbo, given to a very large elephant exhibited as part of P. T. Barnum's circus in 1882. ] Very large. [ PJC ]

n. Any object which is a very large example of its class. [ PJC ]

n. A large commercial jet airplane, usually having a passenger capacity of over 300 in normal use; also called widebody airplane. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) A bird of Madagascar (Leptosomus discolor), the only living type of a family allied to the rollers. It has a pair of loral plumes. The male is glossy green above, with metallic reflections; the female is spotted with brown and black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lumbus loin + E. sacral. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacral nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over the sacrum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perh. fr. the native name of an African god. ] 1. Among the Mandingos of the western Sudan, a bugbear by means of which the women are terrified and disciplined by societies of the men, one of whom assumes a masquerade for the purpose; hence, loosely, any Negro idol, fetish, or bugaboo. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

The miserable Mumbo Jumbo they paraded. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An object of superstitious homage and fear. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Incomprehensible or senseless language, usually intended to avoid answering plainly, confuse a listener, or obscure an issue. [ PJC ]

4. Language so arcane or obscure as to be unintelligible to the listener. [ PJC ]

‖prop. n. [ Ceylonese word. ] (Bot.) A genus of great water lilies. The North American species is Nelumbo lutea, the Asiatic is the sacred lotus, Nelumbo speciosa. [ Written also Nelumbium. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Plumbum. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, lead; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with plumbic compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Grog. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) Same as Rombowline. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Umbones E. Umbos [ L. ] 1. The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) One of the lateral prominences just above the hinge of a bivalve shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ NL. umbonatus. See Umbo. ] Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss. [ 1913 Webster ]