AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
cap: a covering for the head-one usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys-one of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants-one used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.-the top, or uppermost part; the chief.-a respectful uncovering of the head.-the whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.-anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use-the uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate.-something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament.-a collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope.-a percussion cap. see under percussion.-the removable cover of a journal box.-a portion of a spherical or other convex surface.-a large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap.-to cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.-to deprive of cap.-to complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.-to salute by removing the cap.-to match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs.-to uncover the head respectfully.
capability: the quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.-capacity of being used or improved.
capable: possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault.-possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of nice investigations.-possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will.-capacious; large; comprehensive.
capableness: the quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.
capacious: having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor.-able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal.
capaciousness: the quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc.
capacity: the power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.-the power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of undestanding or feeling.-ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing.-outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.-legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right; competency.
caparison: an ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.-gay or rich clothing.-to cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse.-to aborn with rich dress; to dress.
caparro: a large south american monkey (lagothrix humboldtii), with prehensile tail.
cape: a piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.-to head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south.-a sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. see cloak.-to gape.
capel: alt. of caple-a composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.
capelin: a small marine fish (mallotus villosus) of the family salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of greenland, iceland, newfoundland, and alaska. it is used as a bait for the cod.
capellet: a swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down.
caper: to leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.-a frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.-a vessel formerly used by the dutch, privateer.-the pungent grayish green flower bud of the european and oriental caper (capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.-a plant of the genus capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree.
caperberry: the small olive-shaped berry of the european and oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment.-the currantlike fruit of the african and arabian caper (capparis sodado).
capercally: a species of grouse (tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern europe and formerly in scotland; -- called also cock of the woods.
caperclaw: to treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse.
capias: a writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias.
capillaceous: having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. see capillary.
capillaire: a sirup prepared from the maiden-hair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties.-any simple sirup flavored with orange flowers.
capillament: a filament.-any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves.
capillarity: the quality or condition of being capillary.-the peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction.
capillary: resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.-pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action.-a tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.-a minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.
capital: of or pertaining to the head.-having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.-first in importance; chief; principal.-chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, washington and paris are capital cities.-of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.-the head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. it consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. see these terms, and column.-the seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.-money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. see capital stock, under capital, a.-that portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.-anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.-an imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.-a chapter, or section, of a book.-see capital letter, under capital, a.
capitalist: one who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business.
capitalize: to convert into capital, or to use as capital.-to compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.)-to print in capital letters, or with an initial capital.
capitally: in a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally.-in a capital manner; excellently.
capitate: headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.-having the flowers gathered into a head.
capitatim: of so much per head; as, a capitatim tax; a capitatim grant.
capitation: a numbering of heads or individuals.-a tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax.
capitellate: having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula.
capitibranchiata: a division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. see tubicola.
capitol: the temple of jupiter, at rome, on the mona capitolinus, where the senate met.-the edifice at washington occupied by the congress of the united states; also, the building in which the legislature of state holds its sessions; a statehouse.
capitular: an act passed in a chapter.-a member of a chapter.-the head or prominent part.-of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.-growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.-pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular process of a vertebra, the process which articulates with the capitulum of a rib.
capitulary: a capitular.-the body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council.-a collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the frankish kings, in chapters or sections.-relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular.
capitulate: to settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree.-to surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.-to surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions.
capitulation: a reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.-the act of capitulating or surrendering to an emeny upon stipulated terms.-the instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
capitulum: a thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. a capitulum may be either globular or flat.-a knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [see illust. of artiodactyla.]
capling: the cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel.
capnomor: a limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from beech tar.
capoc: a sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun, used in the east indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc.
capoch: a hood; especially, the hood attached to the gown of a monk.-to cover with, or as with, a hood; hence, to hoodwink or blind.
capon: a castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table.-to castrate; to make a capon of.
caponiere: a work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.
capot: a winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. it counts for forty points.-to win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet.
cappadine: a floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.
cappeline: a hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb.
capper: one whose business is to make or sell caps.-a by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [slang, u. s.].-an instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.
caprice: an abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.-see capriccio.
capricious: governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.
capricorn: the tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about december 21. see tropic.-a southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.
caprid: of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus capra, is the type.
caprification: the practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects.
caprifoliaceous: of, pertaining to, or resembling, the honeysuckle family of plants (caprifoliacae.
capriole: a leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.-a leap or caper, as in dancing.-to perform a capriole.
capsaicin: a colorless crystalline substance extracted from the capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.
capsheaf: the top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing.
capsicum: a genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or cayenne pepper of commerce.
capsize: to upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.-an upset or overturn.
capsquare: a metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place.
capstan: a vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. it is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. it is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.
capstone: a fossil echinus of the genus cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.
capsulary: of or pertaining to a capsule; having the nature of a capsule; hollow and fibrous.
capsule: a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.-a small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.-a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.-a small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.-a membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. also, a capsulelike organ.-a metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle.-a small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
captain: a head, or chief officer-the military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service.-an officer in the united states navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.-by courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain.-the master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.-one in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.-the foreman of a body of workmen.-a person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team.-a military leader; a warrior.-to act as captain of; to lead.-chief; superior.
captainship: the condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander.-military skill; as, to show good captainship.
captation: a courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction.
caption: a caviling; a sophism.-the act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.-that part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed.-the heading of a chapter, section, or page.
captious: apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.-fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.
captivate: to take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.-to acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, cleopatra captivated antony; the orator captivated all hearts.-taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.
captivating: of captivate-having power to captivate or charm; fascinating; as, captivating smiles.
captive: a prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.-one charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.-made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement.-subdued by love; charmed; captivated.-of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours.-to take prisoner; to capture.
captivity: the state of being a captive or a prisoner.-a state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage.
capture: the act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.-the securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.-the thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey.-to seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.
capuchin: a franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by matteo di baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of st. francis.-a garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.-a long-tailed south american monkey (cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai.-other species of cabus, as c. fatuellus (the brown or horned capucine.), c. albifrons (the cararara), and c. apella.-a variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
caput: the head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.-the top or superior part of a thing.-the council or ruling body of the university of cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
capybara: a large south american rodent (hydrochaerus capybara) living on the margins of lakes and rivers. it is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. it somewhat resembles the guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.
car: a small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.-a vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad.-a chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity.-the stars also called charles's wain, the great bear, or the dipper.-the cage of a lift or elevator.-the basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.-a floating perforated box for living fish.
carabid: of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus carbus or family carabidae.-one of the carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles.
carabus: a genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. they devour many injurious insects.
caracal: a lynx (felis, or lynx, caracal.) it is a native of africa and asia. its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.
caracara: a south american bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. the caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.
carack: a kind of large ship formerly used by the spaniards and portuguese in the east india trade; a galleon.
caracole: a half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.-a staircase in a spiral form.-to move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel.
caracoly: an alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made.
caracora: a light vessel or proa used by the people of borneo, etc., and by the dutch in the east indies.
carambola: an east indian tree (averrhoa carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also coromandel gooseberry.
caramel: burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. it is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.-a kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.
carangoid: belonging to the carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, american bluefish, and the pilot fish.
caranx: a genus of fishes, common on the atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel.
carapace: the thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.
carapato: a south american tick of the genus amblyomma. there are several species, very troublesome to man and beast.
carat: the weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.-a twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.
caravan: a company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in asia or africa.-a large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts.-a covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van.
caravansary: a kind of inn, in the east, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court.
caravel: a name given to several kinds of vessels.-the caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage.-a portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.-a small fishing boat used on the french coast.-a turkish man-of-war.
caraway: a biennial plant of the parsley family (carum carui). the seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. they are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative.-a cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
carbamine: an isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. the carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor.
carbanil: a mobile liquid, co.n.c6h5, of pungent odor. it is the phenyl salt of isocyanic acid.
carbazol: a white crystallized substance, c12h8nh, derived from aniline and other amines.
carbide: a binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.
carbimide: the technical name for isocyanic acid. see under isocyanic.
carbine: a short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry.
carbinol: methyl alcohol, ch3oh; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type.
carbohydrate: one of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, c6h12o6.
carbolic: pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol). see phenol.
carbon: an elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. atomic weight 11.97. symbol c. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. in its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. when united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. compare diamond, and graphite.
carbonade: alt. of carbonado-to cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil.-to cut or hack, as in fighting.