Crossword-Solution: UMBRA 5 letters, 50 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

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Word Word Type Definition
Umbra n. 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.
Umbra n. The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot.
Umbra n. The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called
penumbra.
Umbra n. 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.

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UMBRA anagram BRUMA, BURMA, RUMBA

We have 50 clues for the answer “UMBRA”

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Shaded region 1 answer
Darkest region of a sunspot 1 answer
Eclipse shadow 1 answer
Eclipse-viewing area 1 answer
Eclipse-viewing spot 1 answer
Full shadow 1 answer
Place to see a total eclipse 1 answer
Planet's shadow 1 answer
Planetary shadow 1 answer
Region of shadow 1 answer
SHADE (L) 1 answer
Shaded area, to astronomers 1 answer
Darkest part of a shadow 1 answer
Shadow during an eclipse 1 answer
Shadow of an eclipse 1 answer
Shadowy apparition 1 answer
Spectral image 1 answer
Sunspot center 1 answer
Total eclipse setting 1 answer
Vestige or fish 1 answer
Where the sun doesn't shine 1 answer
shadow Planetary path 1 answer
the darkest part of a shadow 1 answer
Burma (anag) 1 answer
Dark part of a sunspot 1 answer
Dark area in an eclipse 1 answer
Completely dark area of a shadow cast by the moon 1 answer
Complete shadow 1 answer
Celestial shadow 1 answer
Blackest part of a shadow 1 answer
Astronomer's shadow. 1 answer
Area of total shadow 1 answer
Area of full shadow 1 answer
A parasol provides it 1 answer
SUNSPOT center/centre 2 answers
Eclipse feature 2 answers
Dark spot 2 answers
Eclipse phenomenon 4 answers
SHADED area 4 answers
sunspot 5 answers
DARK SHADOW 10 answers
AREA DARK 10 answers
ASTRONOMICAL shadow 10 answers
A REGION OF COMPLETE SHADOW RESULTING FROM TOTAL OBSTRUCTION OF LIGHT 11 answers
DARK area 12 answers
ADUMBRATION 14 answers
Phantom 25 answers
Apparition 31 answers
Shadow 47 answers
Shade 78 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with UMBRA (5)

Box 286, Belize City); telephone [501] 77161 through 77163 _#_Flag: blue with a narrow red stripe along the top and the bottom edges; centered is a large white disk bearing the coat of arms; the coat of arms features a shield flanked by two workers in front of a mahogany tree with the related motto SUB UMBRA FLOREO (I Flourish in the Shade) on a scroll at the bottom, all encircled by a green garland _*_Economy _#_Overview: The economy is based primarily on agriculture and merchandising.
The 1991 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency. 1992
Will any man suppose it worth the gaining? XI PULVIS ET UMBRA WE look for some reward of our endeavours and are disappointed; not success, not happiness, not even peace of conscience, crowns our ineffectual efforts to do well.
Across the Plains Robert Louis Stevenson 1996
Dum Phaetontea formica vagatur in umbra, Implicuit tenuem succina gutta feram, Dignum tantorum pretium tulit illa laborum: Credibile est ipsam sic voluisse mori.
Lucasta Richard Lovelace 1996
Above the door the master of the house had inserted a tablet of white marble, on which, in letters of gold, were read the words, “Aurea mediocritas.” Above the sun-dial, affixed to one panel of the facade, he had also caused to be inscribed this sapient maxim: “Umbra mea vita, sic!” The former window-sills had recently been superceded by sills of red Languedoc marble, found in a marble shop.
The Lesser Bourgeoisie Honore de Balzac 1999
Give time enough, and all which yonder depths contain might pass through this insatiable throat, leaving only a few ashes and the memory of a flickering shade,--pulvis et umbra.
Oldport Days Thomas Wentworth Higginson 2000

Quotes with UMBRA (3)

Pulvis et umbra sumus. It's a line from Horace. 'We are dust and shadows'. Appropriate, don't you think?" Will said. "It's not a long life, killing demons; one tends to die young, and then they burn your body - dust to dust, in the literal sense. And then we vanish into the shadows of history, nary a mark on the page of a mundane book to remind the world that once we existed at all.
Cassandra Clare Clockwork Angel
I believe in good and evil," said Jem. "And I believe the soul is eternal. But I don't believe in the fiery pit, the pitchforks, or endless torment. I do not believe you can threaten people into goodness." Tessa looked at will. "What about you? What do you believe?" Pulvis et umbra sumus," said Will, not looking at her as he spoke. "I believe we are dust and shadows. What else is there?
Cassandra Clare Clockwork Angel
Gormenghast. Withdrawn and ruinous it broods in umbra: the immemorial masonry: the towers, the tracts. Is all corroding? No. Through an avenue of spires a zephyr floats; a bird whistles; a freshet beats away from a choked river. Deep in a fist of stone a doll's hand wriggles, warm rebellious on the frozen palm. A shadow shifts its length. A spider stirs... And darkness winds between the characters.- Gormenghast
Mervyn Peake
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Slate, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 109 times in crossword archives (1963–2024).