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Definitions of 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. ²
n. - The central dark portion, or nucleus, of a sun spot. ²
n. - The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra. ²
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. ²

The word "umbra" uses 5 letters: A B M R U.

Direct anagrams of umbra:
  rumba

Words formed by adding one letter before or after umbra (in bold), or to abmru in any order:
e -   umbrae   h -   rhumba   i -   barium   l -   brumal   labrum   lumbar   umbral   s -   rumbas   sambur   umbras   t -   tambur  

Shorter words found within umbra:
ab   am   amu   ar   arb   arm   arum   ba   bam   bar   barm   bra   bum   bur   bura   ma   mar   mu   mura   ram   rub   rum   um   urb  

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