AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
aeronautics: the science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aerial navigation; ballooning.
aerophyte: a plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving its nourishment from it; an air plant or epiphyte.
aeroplane: a flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.
aeroscope: an apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air.
aerostatical: of or pertaining to aerostatics; pneumatic.-aeronautic; as, an aerostatic voyage.
aerostatics: the science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids, or that of bodies sustained in them. hence it includes aeronautics.
aerostation: aerial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.-the science of weighing air; aerostatics.
aeruginous: of the nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper.
aerugo: the rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris.
aesculapian: pertaining to aesculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal.
aesthesodic: conveying sensory or afferent impulses; -- said of nerves.
aesthetical: of or pertaining to aesthetics; versed in aesthetics; as, aesthetic studies, emotions, ideas, persons, etc.
aestheticism: the doctrine of aesthetics; aesthetic principles; devotion to the beautiful in nature and art.
aestivate: to spend the summer.-to pass the summer in a state of torpor.
aestivation: the state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.-the arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration.
aethogen: a compound of nitrogen and boro/, which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.
aethrioscope: an instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. it is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded.
aetiology: the science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things.-the assignment of a cause.
afar: at, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; i saw him afar off.
affability: the quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.
affable: easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.-gracious; mild; benign.
affair: that which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. "at the head of affairs." junius.-any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.-an action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.-action; endeavor.-a material object (vaguely designated).
affect: to act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.-to influence or move, as the feelings or passions; to touch.-to love; to regard with affection.-to show a fondness for; to like to use or practice; to choose; hence, to frequent habitually.-to dispose or incline.-to aim at; to aspire; to covet.-to tend to by affinity or disposition.-to make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume; as, to affect ignorance.-to assign; to appoint.-affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.
affectation: an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.-a striving after.-fondness; affection.
affected: of affect-regarded with affection; beloved.-inclined; disposed; attached.-given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.-assumed artificially; not natural.-made up of terms involving different powers of the unknown quantity; adfected; as, an affected equation.
affectedly: in an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.-lovingly; with tender care.
affecting: of affect-moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight.-affected; given to false show.
affection: the act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.-an attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.-bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.-a settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl.  formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.-prejudice; bias.-disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.-the lively representation of any emotion.-affectation.-passion; violent emotion.
affectional: of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.
affectionate: having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.-kindly inclined; zealous.-proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.-strongly inclined; -- with to.
affective: tending to affect; affecting.-pertaining to or exciting emotion; affectional; emotional.
affeer: to confirm; to assure.-to assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum.
afferent: bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.
affiance: plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.-trust; reliance; faith; confidence.-to betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.-to assure by promise.
affidavit: a sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate.
affiliate: to adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.-to fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.-to connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.-to attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; -- followed by to or with.-to connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.
affiliation: adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.-the establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.-connection in the way of descent.
affinity: relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradistinction to consanguinity, or relationship by blood; -- followed by with, to, or between.-kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages.-companionship; acquaintance.-that attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.-a relation between species or highe/ groups dependent on resemblance in the whole plan of structure, and indicating community of origin.-a superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.
affirm: to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.-to assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; -- opposed to deny.-to declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. see affirmation, 4.-to declare or assert positively.-to make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.
affirmable: capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.
affirmance: confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.-a strong declaration; affirmation.
affirmant: one who affirms or asserts.-one who affirms, instead of taking an oath.
affirmation: confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.-the act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.-that which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.-a solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.
affirmative: confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.-that affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.-positive; dogmatic.-expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.-positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.-that which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative.-a word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
affirmatively: in an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.
affix: to subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.-to fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically.-to attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blame to any one.-to fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground.-that which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.
affixture: the act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment.
afflatus: a breath or blast of wind.-a divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration.
afflict: to strike or cast down; to overthrow.-to inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental distress; to trouble grievously; to torment.-to make low or humble.-afflicted.
afflicting: of afflict-grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- af*flict"ing*ly, adv.
affliction: the cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.-the state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.
affluence: a flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx.-an abundant supply, as of thought, words, feelings, etc.; profusion; also, abundance of property; wealth.
affluent: flowing to; flowing abundantly.-abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches.-a stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.
afflux: a flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head.
afforcement: a fortress; a fortification for defense.-a reenforcement; a strengthening.
afford: to give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue; as, grapes afford wine; olives afford oil; the earth affords fruit; the sea affords an abundant supply of fish.-to give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish; as, a good life affords consolation in old age.-to offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, a affords his goods cheaper than b; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity.-to incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; -- with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough.
afforest: to convert into a forest; as, to afforest a tract of country.
affray: to startle from quiet; to alarm.-to frighten; to scare; to frighten away.-the act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack.-alarm; terror; fright.-a tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray.-the fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
affreightment: the act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
affright: to impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm.-affrighted.-sudden and great fear; terror. it expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror.-the act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread.
affront: to front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.-to face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.-to offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.-an encounter either friendly or hostile.-contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.-an offense to one's self-respect; shame.
affusion: the act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism.-the act of pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a part of the body, as a remedy in disease.
affy: to confide (one's self to, or in); to trust.-to betroth or espouse; to affiance.-to bind in faith.-to trust or confide.
afghan: of or pertaining to afghanistan.-a native of afghanistan.-a kind of worsted blanket or wrap.
afloat: borne on the water; floating; on board ship.-moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.-unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat.
afore: before.-in the fore part of a vessel.-before (in all its senses).-before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass.
aforehand: beforehand; in anticipation.-prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to behindhand.
aforethought: premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder.-premeditation.
afreet: same as afrit.-a powerful evil jinnee, demon, or monstrous giant.
african: of or pertaining to africa.-a native of africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an african race.
africander: one born in africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. also, and now commonly in southern africa, a native born of european settlers.
africanism: a word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to africa or africans.
after: next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.-hinder; nearer the rear.-to ward the stern of the ship; -- applied to any object in the rear part of a vessel; as the after cabin, after hatchway.-behind in place; as, men in line one after another.-below in rank; next to in order.-later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. it often precedes a clause. formerly that was interposed between it and the clause.-subsequent to and in consequence of; as, after what you have said, i shall be careful.-subsequent to and notwithstanding; as, after all our advice, you took that course.-moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of.-denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to; as, to look after workmen; to inquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness.-in imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after rubens; the boy takes after his father.-according to; in accordance with; in conformity with the nature of; as, he acted after his kind.-according to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.-subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.
after damp: an irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. see carbonic acid.
after-dinner: the time just after dinner.-following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap.
after-image: the impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.
after-note: one of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.
after-sails: the sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.
afterbirth: the placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.
afterclap: an unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.
afterguard: the seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails.
aftermath: a second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen.
afterpains: the pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.
afterpiece: a piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.-the heel of a rudder.
again: in return, back; as, bring us word again.-another time; once more; anew.-once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, half as much again.-in any other place.-on the other hand.-moreover; besides; further.-alt. of agains
against: abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.-from an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.-in opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race against time.-by of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when.
agallochum: a soft, resinous wood (aquilaria agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. it is called also agalwood and aloes wood. the name is also given to some other species.
agalmatolite: a soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. it is probably a variety of pinite.
agama: a genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.
agami: a south american bird (psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. its body is about the size of the pheasant. see trumpeter.
agamic: produced without sexual union; as, agamic or unfertilized eggs.-not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.
agamogenesis: reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.
agape: gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention.-the love feast of the primitive christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.
agar-agar: a fucus or seaweed much used in the east for soups and jellies; ceylon moss (gracilaria lichenoides).
agaric: a fungus of the genus agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example.-an old name for several species of polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.
agate: on the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.-a semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.-a kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in england called ruby.-a diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.-a tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
agave: a genus of plants (order amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (a. americana), wrongly called aloe. it is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. the fermented juice is the pulque of the mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. a strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.
age: the whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.-that part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?-the latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.-one of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.-mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is of age.-the time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion.-a particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of pericles.-a great period in the history of the earth.-a century; the period of one hundred years.-the people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation.-a long time.-to grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged.-to cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us.
aged: of age-old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak.-belonging to old age.-having a certain age; at the age of; having lived; as, a man aged forty years.
agency: the faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.-the office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.-the place of business of am agent.
agendum: something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book.-a church service; a ritual or liturgy. [in this sense, usually agenda.]
agent: acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.-one who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.-one who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.-an active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect; as, a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent.
ageratum: a genus of plants, one species of which (a. mexicanum) has lavender-blue flowers in dense clusters.
agglomerate: to wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.-to collect in a mass.-alt. of agglomerated-a collection or mass.-a mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate.
agglomerated: of agglomerate-collected into a ball, heap, or mass.-collected into a rounded head of flowers.
agglomeration: the act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.-state of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
agglutinant: uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion.-any viscous substance which causes bodies or parts to adhere.