AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
aphthae: roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. they are commonly characteristic of thrush.
aphthong: a letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound.
aphthous: pertaining to, or caused by, aphthae; characterized by aphtae; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.
aphyllous: destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.
apiary: a place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.
apician: belonging to apicius, a notorious roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery.
apiece: each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece.
apis: a genus of insects of the order hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (apis mellifica) and other related species. see honeybee.
apish: having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. hence: apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
apishly: in an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.
aplacophora: a division of amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates.
aplanatic: having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens.
aplustre: an ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
aplysia: a genus of marine mollusks of the order tectibranchiata; the sea hare. some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. see illust. in appendix.
apneumona: an order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also apoda or apodes.
apo: a prefix from a greek preposition. it usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.
apocalypse: the revelation delivered to st. john, in the isle of patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the new testament.-anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure.
apocalyptical: of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the revelation of st. john; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation.
apocarpous: either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous.
apocopate: to cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.-alt. of apocopated
apocope: the cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.-a cutting off; abscission.
apocrisiarius: a delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at constantinople.
apocrypha: something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively.-specif.: certain writings which are received by some christians as an authentic part of the holy scriptures, but are rejected by others.
apocryphal: pertaining to the apocrypha.-not canonical. hence: of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
apocryphally: in an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.
apocryphalness: the quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.
apocyneous: belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (apocynum) is the type.
apocynin: a bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (apocynum cannabinum).
apoda: a group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs.-an order of amphibia without feet. see ophiomorpha.-a group of worms without appendages, as the leech.
apodal: without feet; footless.-destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.
apode: one of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.
apodeme: one of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many crustacea.
apodes: of apode-an order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels.-a group of holothurians destitute of suckers. see apneumona.
apodosis: the consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. thus, in the sentence, "though he slay me, yet will i trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.
apodyterium: the apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.
apogamy: the formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oospore.
apogean: connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.
apogee: that point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.-fig.: the farthest or highest point; culmination.
apollinarian: in honor of apollo; as, the apollinarian games.-a follower of apollinaris, bishop of laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of christ.
apollinaris water: an effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. it is obtained from a spring in apollinarisburg, near bonn.
apollo: a deity among the greeks and romans. he was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also phebus.
apollyon: the destroyer; -- a name used (rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the hebrew abaddon.
apologetical: defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay.
apologetics: that branch of theology which defends the holy scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.
apologist: one who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of christianity.
apologize: to make an apology or defense.-to make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.-to defend.
apologue: a story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable.
apology: something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, tertullian's apology for christianity.-an acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.-anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.-to offer an apology.
apomorphine: a crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. it is a powerful emetic.
aponeurosis: any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. they often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. see fascia.
apopemptic: sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns.
apophasis: a figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [for example, see mark antony's oration. shak., julius caesar, iii. 2.]
apophlegmatic: designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.-an apophlegmatic medicine.
apophlegmatism: the action of apophlegmatics.-an apophlegmatic.
apophthegm: see apothegm.-a short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.
apophyge: the small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape.
apophyllite: a mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. it is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.
apophysis: a marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.-an enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses.
apoplectic: alt. of apoplectical-one liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.
apoplectical: relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.
apoplexy: sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
aporia: a figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
aporosa: a group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to perforata.
aposiopesis: a figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "i declare to you that his conduct -- but i can not speak of that, here."
apostasy: an abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, julian's apostasy from christianity.
apostate: one who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade.-one who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.-pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.-to apostatize.
apostatize: to renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.
apostle: literally: one sent forth; a messenger. specifically: one of the twelve disciples of christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel.-the missionary who first plants the christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, dionysius of corinth is called the apostle of france, john eliot the apostle to the indians, theobald mathew the apostle of temperance.-a brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts.
apostolate: the dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship.-the dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.
apostolic: alt. of apostolical-a member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.
apostolical: pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.-according to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.-of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
apostrophe: a figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, milton's apostrophe to light at the beginning of the third book of "paradise lost."-the contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character ['] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call'd for called.-the mark ['] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne'er for never, can't for can not), and as a sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy's hat, boys' hats. in the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e.
apostrophize: to address by apostrophe.-to contract by omitting a letter or letters; also, to mark with an apostrophe (') or apostrophes.-to use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.
apotactite: one of a sect of ancient christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.
apotelesmatic: relating to the casting of horoscopes.-relating to an issue of fulfillment.
apothecium: the ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.
apothegmatical: pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
apothegmatize: to utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.
apothem: the perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.-a deposit formed in a liquid extract of a vegetable substance by exposure to the air.
apotheosis: the act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.-glorification; exaltation.
apotheosize: to exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.
apothesis: a place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.-a dressing room connected with a public bath.
apotome: the difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between ã2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.-the remaining part of a whole tone after a smaller semitone has been deducted from it; a major semitone.
appalachian: of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the united states, commonly called the allegheny mountains.
appall: to make pale; to blanch.-to weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight.-to depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.-to grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.-to lose flavor or become stale.-terror; dismay.
appanage: the portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.-a dependency; a dependent territory.-that which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment.
apparatus: of apparatus-things provided as means to some end.-hence: a full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.-a collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.
apparel: external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.-a small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments.-the furniture of a ship, as masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, etc.-to make or get (something) ready; to prepare.-to furnish with apparatus; to equip; to fit out.-to dress or clothe; to attire.-to dress with external ornaments; to cover with something ornamental; to deck; to embellish; as, trees appareled with flowers, or a garden with verdure.
apparency: appearance.-apparentness; state of being apparent.-the position of being heir apparent.
apparent: capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.-clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.-appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the apparent motion or diameter of the sun.-an heir apparent.
apparently: visibly.-plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.-seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.
apparition: the act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.-the thing appearing; a visible object; a form.-an unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.-the first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
apparitor: formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.-a messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.
appeach: to impeach; to accuse; to asperse; to inform against; to reproach.
appeal: to make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. we say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court.-to charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony.-to summon; to challenge.-to invoke.-to apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision.-to call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, i appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. hence: to call on one for aid; to make earnest request.-an application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reexamination or review.-the mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected.-the right of appeal.-an accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public.-an accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. see approvement.-a summons to answer to a charge.-a call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty.-resort to physical means; recourse.
appealable: capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable.-that may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter.
appear: to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.-to come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.-to stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.-to become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.-to seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.-appearance.
appearance: the act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.-a thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.-personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.-semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.-the act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.-probability; likelihood.-the coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.
appease: to make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to still; to pacify; to dispel (anger or hatred); as, to appease the tumult of the ocean, or of the passions; to appease hunger or thirst.
appeasement: the act of appeasing, or the state of being appeased; pacification.
appellant: relating to an appeal; appellate.-one who accuses another of felony or treason.-one who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal.-a challenger.-one who appealed to a general council against the bull unigenitus.-one who appeals or entreats.
appellate: pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals.-a person or prosecuted for a crime. [obs.] see appellee.
appellation: the act of appealing; appeal.-the act of calling by a name.-the word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.
appellative: pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.-common, as opposed to proper; denominative of a class.-a common name, in distinction from a proper name. a common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings, or for universal ideas. thus, tree is the name of all plants of a particular class; plant and vegetable are names of things that grow out of the earth. a proper name, on the other hand, stands for a single thing; as, rome, washington, lake erie.-an appellation or title; a descriptive name.
appellatively: after the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, hercules is sometimes used appellatively, that is, as a common name, to signify a strong man.
appellee: the defendant in an appeal; -- opposed to appellant.-the person who is appealed against, or accused of crime; -- opposed to appellor.
appellor: the person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes another for a crime.-one who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices.
append: to hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column.-to add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter.
appendage: something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.-a subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.
appendant: hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper.-appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.-anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.-a inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
appendicularia: a genus of small free-swimming tunicata, shaped somewhat like a tadpole, and remarkable for resemblances to the larvae of other tunicata. it is the type of the order copelata or larvalia. see illustration in appendix.
appendix: something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant.-any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished from supplement, which is intended to supply deficiencies and correct inaccuracies.
apperception: the mind's perception of itself as the subject or actor in its own states; perception that reflects upon itself; sometimes, intensified or energetic perception.
appertain: to belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.
appertinent: belonging; appertaining.-that which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.
appetence: a longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.
appetency: fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.-specifically: an instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism.-natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.
appetite: the desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.-desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.-any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.-tendency; appetency.-the thing desired.