Ambrettolide
a colorless liquid, c 16 h 28 o 2 , having a strong musky odor, used as a fixative in the manufacture of perfume.
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also called armarium. ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept. chiefly british dialect. a storeroom, closet, or pantry. obsolete. any of various types of closet or cupboard with doors and shelves. historical examples there is a double early english […]
- Ambroid
. noun a variant of amberoid
- Ambrose channel
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. noun any of various small beetles of the genera anisandrus, xyleborus, etc, that bore tunnels into solid wood, feeding on fungi growing in the tunnels: family scolytidae (bark beetles)
- Ambrosian chant
the liturgical chant, established by saint ambrose, characterized by ornamented, often antiphonal, singing. historical examples the “ambrosian chant” was the antiphonal plain-song arranged and systematized to statelier effect in choral symphony. the story of the hymns and tunes theron brown and hezekiah b-tterworth he introduced the ambrosian chant, a mode of singing more monotonous than […]