AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
coalescence: the act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion.
coalescent: growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting.
coalfish: the pollock; -- called also, coalsey, colemie, colmey, coal whiting, etc. see pollock.-the beshow or candlefish of alaska.-the cobia.
coalition: the act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms.-a combination, for temporary purposes, of persons, parties, or states, having different interests.
coalmouse: a small species of titmouse, with a black head; the coletit.
coaltit: a small european titmouse (parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse.
coaly: pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.
coamings: raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges.
coaptation: the adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.
coarctate: to press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely.-to restrain; to confine.-pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction.
coarctation: confinement to a narrow space.-pressure; that which presses.-a stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice.
coarse: large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.-not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.
coarse-grained: having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.
coarsely: in a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.
coarsen: to make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character.
coarseness: the quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language.
coast: the side of a thing.-the exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border.-the seashore, or land near it.-to draw or keep near; to approach.-to sail by or near the shore.-to sail from port to port in the same country.-to slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.-to draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.-to sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.-to conduct along a coast or river bank.
coaster: a vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.-one who sails near the shore.
coasting: of coast-sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast.-a sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade.-sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.
coat: an outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.-a petticoat.-the habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.-an external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.-a layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.-same as coat of arms. see below.-a coat card. see below.-to cover with a coat or outer garment.-to cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.
coati: a mammal of tropical america of the genus nasua, allied to the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose.
coating: of coat-a coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.-cloth for coats; as, an assortment of coatings.
coax: to persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe.-a simpleton; a dupe.
cob: the top or head of anything.-a leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person.-the axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow.-a spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.-a young herring.-a fish; -- also called miller's thumb.-a short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle.-a sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull (larus marinus).-a lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.-a cobnut; as, kentish cobs. see cobnut.-clay mixed with straw.-a punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.-a spanish coin formerly current in ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d.-to strike-to break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions.-to punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like.
cobaea: a genus of climbing plants, native of mexico and south america. c. scandens is a conservatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers.
cobalt: a tough, lustrous, reddish white metal of the iron group, not easily fusible, and somewhat magnetic. atomic weight 59.1. symbol co.-a commercial name of a crude arsenic used as fly poison.
cobaltic: pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as, cobaltic oxide.
cobaltite: a mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt.
cobaltous: pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said esp. of cobalt compounds in which the metal has its lower valence.
cobbing: of cob-haughty; purse-proud. see cob, n., 2.
cobble: a fishing boat. see coble.-a cobblestone.-cob coal. see under cob.-to make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes.-to make clumsily.-to pave with cobblestones.
cobbler: a mender of shoes.-a clumsy workman.-a beverage. see sherry cobbler, under sherry.
cobblestone: a large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.
cobelligerent: carrying on war in conjunction with another power.-a nation or state that carries on war in connection with another.
cobia: an oceanic fish of large size (elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.
coble: a flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. it was originally used on the stormy coast of yorkshire, england.
cobnut: a large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.-a game played by children with nuts.
cobra de capello: the hooded snake (naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting india.naja --
cobweb: the network spread by a spider to catch its prey.-a snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary.-that which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish.-the european spotted flycatcher.
cobwebby: abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb.
cobwork: built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater.
coca: the dried leaf of a south american shrub (erythroxylon coca). in med., called erythroxylon.
cocagne: an imaginary country of idleness and luxury.-the land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to london and its suburbs.
cocaine: a powerful alkaloid, c17h21no4, obtained from the leaves of coca. it is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain.
cocciferous: bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferous trees or plants.
coccinella: a genus of small beetles of many species. they and their larvae feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great benefit to man. also called ladybirds and ladybugs.
coccobacterium: one of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter.
coccolith: one of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud.
coccosphere: a small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into coccoliths.
coccosteus: an extinct genus of devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles.
cocculus indicus: the fruit or berry of the anamirta cocculus, a climbing plant of the east indies. it is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant.
coccus: one of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.-a genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (coccus cacti).-a form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.
coccygeal: of or pertaining to the coccyx; as, the coccygeal vertebrae.
coccyx: the end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. it is composed of several vertebrae more or less consolidated.
cochin fowl: a large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from cochin china (anam).
cochineal: a dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the coccus cacti, an insect native in mexico, central america, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. opuntia cochinellifera.
cochineal fig: a plant of central and southern america, of the cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.
cochlea: an appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. see ear.
cock: the male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.-a vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.-a chief man; a leader or master.-the crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.-a faucet or valve.-the style of gnomon of a dial.-the indicator of a balance.-the bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.-to set erect; to turn up.-to shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.-to set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.-to turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation.-to strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing.-the act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.-the notch of an arrow or crossbow.-the hammer in the lock of a firearm.-to draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.-to draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.-a small concial pile of hay.-to put into cocks or heaps, as hay.-a small boat.-a corruption or disguise of the word god, used in oaths.
cock-a-hoop: boastful; defiant; exulting. also used adverbially.
cockade: a badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in england as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer.
cockal: a game played with sheep's bones instead of dice-the bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone.
cockaleekie: a favorite soup in scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes.
cockateel: an australian parrot (calopsitta novae-hollandiae); -- so called from its note.
cockatoo: a bird of the parrot family, of the subfamily cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. there are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (plictolophus, / cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (p. galeritus), etc. the palm or great black cockatoo of australia is microglossus aterrimus.
cockatrice: a fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. see basilisk.-a representation of this serpent. it has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.-a venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified.-any venomous or deadly thing.
cockbill: to tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning.
cockchafer: a beetle of the genus melolontha (esp. m. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also may bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.
cocker: to treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.-one given to cockfighting.-a small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.-a rustic high shoe or half-boots.
cocket: pert; saucy.-a customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shipper as a warrant that his goods have been duly entered and have paid duty.-an office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered.-a measure for bread.
cockeye: a squinting eye.-the socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.
cockfighting: the act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.-addicted to cockfighting.
cockhead: the rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.
cockhorse: a child's rocking-horse.-a high or tall horse.-lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.-lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart.
cockle: a bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus cardium, especially c. edule, used in europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.-a cockleshell.-the mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the cornish miners.-the fire chamber of a furnace.-a hop-drying kiln; an oast.-the dome of a heating furnace.-to cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.-a plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (luchnis githage).-the lotium, or darnel.
cocklebur: a coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus xanthium; -- called also clotbur.
cockled: of cockle-inclosed in a shell.-wrinkled; puckered.
cockleshell: one of the shells or valves of a cockle.-a light boat.
cockney: an effeminate person; a spoilt child.-a native or resident of the city of london; -- used contemptuously.-of or relating to, or like, cockneys.
cockpit: a pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.-the privy council room at westminster; -- so called because built on the site of the cockpit of whitehall palace.-that part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement.-in yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin.
cockscomb: see coxcomb.-a plant (celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. also the pedicularis, or lousewort, the rhinanthus crista-galli, and the onobrychis crista-galli.
cockshead: a leguminous herb (onobrychis caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.
cockshy: a game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at live cocks.-an object at which stones are flung.
cockspur: a variety of crataegus, or hawthorn (c. crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also cockspur thorn.
cockswain: the steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.
cocktail: a beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened.-a horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins.-a mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.-a species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
cockup: a large, highly esteemed, edible fish of india (lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.
cocoa: alt. of cocoa palm-a preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells.
cocoa palm: a palm tree producing the cocoanut (cocos nucifera). it grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. the trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree.
cocoanut: the large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. it yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil.
cocobolas: a very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the west india islands. it is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles.
cocoon: an oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. it is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. from these the silk of commerce is prepared.-the case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa.-the case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs.-the egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms.
cocoonery: a building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.
coction: act of boiling.-digestion.-the change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination.
cod: a husk; a pod; as, a peascod.-a small bag or pouch.-the scrotum.-a pillow or cushion.-an important edible fish (gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of europe and america. it is especially abundant and large on the grand bank of newfoundland. it is salted and dried in large quantities.
coddle: to parboil, or soften by boiling.-to treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.
code: a body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.-any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals.
codeine: one of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, c18h21no3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also codeia.
codetta: a short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda.
codex: a book; a manuscript.-a collection or digest of laws; a code.-an ancient manuscript of the sacred scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the new testament.-a collection of canons.
codger: a miser or mean person.-a singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation.
codling: an apple fit to stew or coddle.-an immature apple.-a young cod; also, a hake.
codpiece: a part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous.
coefficient: cooperating; acting together to produce an effect.-that which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.-a number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x.-a number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction.
coehorn: a small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.
coelenterata: a comprehensive group of invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the anthozoa, hydrozoa, and ctenophora. the name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. the group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.
coelenterate: belonging to the coelentera.-one of the coelentera.
coelodont: having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards.-one of a group of lizards having hollow teeth.
coelospermous: hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed.
coendoo: the brazilian porcupine (cercolades, / sphingurus, prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile tail.
coenenchyma: the common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. it may be soft or more or less ossified. see coral.
coenesthesis: common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separate organs, as the eye and ear. it is supposed to depend on the ganglionic system.
coenoecium: the common tissue which unites the various zooids of a bryozoan.
coenogamy: the state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies.
coenosarc: the common soft tissue which unites the polyps of a compound hydroid. see hydroidea.
coenurus: the larval stage of a tapeworm (taenia coenurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid.
coequal: being on an equality in rank or power.-one who is on an equality with another.
coerce: to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.-to compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate.-to compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience.
coercion: the act or process of coercing.-the application to another of either physical or moral force. when the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. when the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to act convulsively. at the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of submission under force. "coactus volui" (i consented under compulsion) is the condition of mind which, when there is volition forced by coercion, annuls the result of such coercion.
coerulignone: a bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. it is regarded as a complex quinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret.
coeval: of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.-one of the same age; a contemporary.
coextend: to extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree.
coextensive: equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive.
coffee: the "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus coffea, growing in abyssinia, arabia, persia, and other warm regions of asia and africa, and also in tropical america.-the coffee tree.-the beverage made from the roasted and ground berry.
coffeehouse: a house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation.
coffeepot: a covered pot in which coffee is prepared, or is brought upon the table for drinking.
coffer: a casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.-fig.: treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.-a panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.-a trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.-the chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.-to put into a coffer.-to secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering.-to form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.
cofferdam: a water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.
coffin: the case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.-a basket.-a casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.-a conical paper bag, used by grocers.-the hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.-to inclose in, or as in, a coffin.