| amber | (adjective) of a medium to dark brownish yellow color | Synonyms: brownish-yellow, yellow-brown |
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| (noun) a deep yellow color | Synonyms: gold |
| (noun) a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry | - |
| amberbell | (noun) eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors | Synonyms: Erythronium americanum, trout lily, yellow adder's tongue |
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| amberfish | (noun) any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes | Synonyms: amberjack |
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| ambergris | (noun) waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume | - |
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| amberjack | (noun) any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes | Synonyms: amberfish |
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| antechamber | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby, vestibule |
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| bedchamber | (noun) a room used primarily for sleeping | Synonyms: bedroom, chamber, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room |
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| camber | (noun) the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top | - |
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| (noun) a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force | Synonyms: bank, cant |
| (noun) a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road) | - |
| (verb) curve upward in the middle | - |
| chamber | (noun) a natural or artificial enclosed space | - |
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| (noun) a room used primarily for sleeping | Synonyms: bedchamber, bedroom, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room |
| (noun) a room where a judge transacts business | - |
| (noun) an enclosed volume in the body | - |
| (noun) a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly | - |
| (verb) place in a chamber | - |
| chambered | (adjective) having compartmental chambers | - |
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| chamberlain | (noun) the treasurer of a municipal corporation | - |
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| (noun) an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman | - |
| chambermaid | (noun) a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels) | Synonyms: fille de chambre |
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| chamberpot | (noun) a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom | Synonyms: potty, thunder mug |
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| clamber | (noun) an awkward climb | - |
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| (verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | Synonyms: scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle |
| enjambement | (noun) the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause | Synonyms: enjambment |
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| flambe | (verb) pour liquor over and ignite (a dish) | - |
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| flambeau | (noun) a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night) | - |
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| frambesia | (noun) an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions | Synonyms: framboesia, yaws |
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| jambeau | (noun) armor plate that protects legs below the knee | Synonyms: greave |
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| jamberry | (noun) annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: Mexican husk tomato, Physalis ixocarpa, tomatillo |
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| (noun) Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes | Synonyms: miltomate, Physalis philadelphica, purple ground cherry, tomatillo |
| lambency | (noun) an appearance of reflected light | Synonyms: gleam, gleaming, glow |
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| lambent | (adjective) softly bright or radiant | Synonyms: aglow, lucent, luminous |
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| lambert | (noun) a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter | Synonyms: L |
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| streambed | (noun) a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream | Synonyms: creek bed |
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