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Ambassadors of the United States
Ambassadors of the United States head US diplomatic missions, appointed by the President with Senate consent. Career Foreign Service officers historically hold about 70 percent of posts; political appointees, about 30 percent, rising sharply since 2025.
Ambassadors of Ukraine to the United Kingdom
Ambassadors of Ukraine to the United Kingdom head Ukraine's London embassy at 60 Holland Park; former commanders Volodymyr Khandogiy, Natalia Galibarenko, and since 2024 General Valerii Zaluzhnyi have held the post.
Ambassadors of Yugoslavia
The ambassadors of Yugoslavia were the heads of diplomatic missions posted abroad by the socialist Yugoslav state from 1945 to its 1992 dissolution, with 791 individuals serving.
Ambataka Thera
Ambataka Thera is an arahant elder of the Buddha's time in the Theravada tradition, whose Apadana legend tells how he gave a hog-plum to a previous Buddha.
Ambati Rayudu (అంబాటి తిరుపతి రాయుడు)
Ambati Rayudu (అంబాటి తిరుపతి రాయుడు), born 1985, Indian right-handed middle-order batsman; 41 ODIs for India 2013-2019, six IPL titles with Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, 4,348 IPL runs.
Ambato
Ambato (San Juan Bautista de Ambato), capital of Tungurahua province in central Ecuador, an Andean city repeatedly rebuilt after earthquakes, notably in 1949, and home to the Fiesta de la Fruta y de las Flores, declared intangible cultural heritage in 2005.
Ambatovy
Ambatovy is a large nickel and cobalt mining and refining operation in eastern Madagascar, the largest-ever foreign investment in the country at over $8 billion.
Ambaṭṭha
Ambaṭṭha (Sanskrit Ambāṣṭha) was a brahmin youth and pupil of Pokkharasāti, the title character of the Ambaṭṭha Sutta (DN 3), where he questions the Buddha's lineage.
Ambattur
Ambattur, a Chennai neighbourhood and former municipality in Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu; now Greater Chennai Corporation Zone VII (wards 79-93), 466,205 people in 2011, home to the 1,167-acre Ambattur Industrial Estate and Ambattur Lake.
Ambazonia
Ambazonia is the name separatists give to a proposed state covering Cameroon's English-speaking North West and South West regions, the former British Southern Cameroons. Unrecognized, it became the banner of an armed conflict declared in 2017 that has killed over 6,000 people.
Ambedkar family
The Ambedkar family (आंबेडकर कुटुंब) is the Indian sociopolitical family of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Constitution drafter; Mahar origins at Ambadawe, Sakpal surname, wives Ramabai and Savita, and descendants Prakash Ambedkar (VBA) active in politics.
Ambedkar Jayanti
Ambedkar Jayanti (Bhim Jayanti, Equality Day), observed 14 April, marks the birth of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (1891–1956), Constitution architect. First celebrated publicly in Pune in 1928 by Janardan Ranpise; a national public holiday since 2021.
Ambedkar Memorial Park
Ambedkar Memorial Park, popularly known as Ambedkar Park, is a public park and memorial in Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, India, built to honor B. R. Ambedkar and other social reformers.
Ambedkarite literature
Ambedkarite literature is Indian writing, chiefly by Dalit authors and strongest in Marathi, founded on B. R. Ambedkar's critique of caste and his program of social transformation.
Ambenonium
Ambenonium (Mysuran, Mytelase) is a quaternary ammonium, reversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor introduced in 1955 for myasthenia gravis; longer-acting and more potent than neostigmine, now a second-line option for pyridostigmine-intolerant patients.
Amber
Amber, sometimes called resinite, is fossilized tree resin hardened over millions of years, prized as an ornament and for preserving insects, spiders, and plants in lifelike detail.
Amber (Autechre album)
Amber is Autechre's second album (Warp, WARP25, 7 November 1994), 11 tracks, 1h14, their most ambient record; peaked at UK No. 81; followed Incunabula and preceded Tri Repetae.
Amber (color)
Amber is a warm golden color between yellow and orange, named after fossil tree resin, first recorded as a color name in 1500, and commonly specified as hex #FFBF00.
Amber (Dutch singer)
Amber is Dutch singer Marie-Claire Cremers (born 1969), a Euro-dance and house vocalist; her hits "This Is Your Night" (1996) and "Sexual (Li Da Di)" (1999) distinguish her from other artists named Amber.
Amber alert
An AMBER Alert, from America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response, is a U.S. child-abduction alert system begun in 1996 in Dallas-Fort Worth after the murder of Amber Hagerman; it uses broadcast and wireless emergency alerts under DOJ coordination.
Amber Alert (film)
Amber Alert (2024) is an American thriller directed by Kerry Bellessa, a remake of his 2012 found-footage film, starring Hayden Panettiere and Tyler James Williams as strangers who chase a car matching a child-abduction alert; released by Lionsgate September 27, 2024.
Amber Anderson
Amber Anderson, British actress and pianist born 1992 in Somerset, raised in the Scottish Highlands; known for Jane Fairfax in Emma. (2020), Ciara Porter in Strike, and Lady Diana Mitford in Peaky Blinders series 6; distinct from the American actress Ambre Anderson.
Amber Benson
Amber Benson (Amber Nicole Benson, born 1977, Birmingham, Alabama) is an American actress, writer, and director, known as Tara Maclay on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and author of the Calliope Reaper-Jones and Echo Park Coven novels.
Amber Brown
Amber Brown is a 2022 Apple TV+ kids and family comedy-drama created by Bonnie Hunt, based on Paula Danziger's book series, starring Carsyn Rose and Sarah Drew; one 10-episode season, canceled in 2023.
Amber Chardae Robinson
Amber Chardae Robinson (born 1989) is an American actress, Prairie View A&M and Columbia MFA graduate, known for Virginia in Apple TV+'s Palm Royale and roles in Stuber, Judas and the Black Messiah, and Moving On.
Amber court
The Amber court (आमेर का दरबार) was the court of the Kachhwaha Rajput rulers of Amber, centered on the Raja's council, his nobility, and the fort at Amber.
Amber English
Amber English (born 1989, Colorado Springs) is an American skeet shooter and Army Reserve first lieutenant who won women's skeet gold at Tokyo 2020 with an Olympic-record 56, the second U.S. woman to do so.
AMBER experiment
AMBER (Apparatus for Meson and Baryon Experimental Research) is a CERN particle physics experiment at the Super Proton Synchrotron studying the internal structure of hadrons.
AMBER ff14SB
AMBER ff14SB is a fixed-charge biomolecular force field for protein molecular dynamics simulations, published in 2015 by James Maier and colleagues at Stony Brook University as a successor to ff99SB.
AMBER force field
The AMBER force field is a family of empirical potential energy functions and parameter sets for molecular dynamics simulations of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids.