AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
ascription: the act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed.
ascus: a small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.
aseptic: not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.-an aseptic substance.
asexual: having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. see fission and gemmation.
ash: a genus of trees of the olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the european ash (fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (f. americana).-the tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.-sing. of ashes.-to strew or sprinkle with ashes.
ash wednesday: the first day of lent; -- so called from a custom in the roman catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.
ashamed: affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety.
ashantee: a native or an inhabitant of ashantee in western africa.-of or pertaining to ashantee.
ashen: of or pertaining to the ash tree.-consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.-obs. pl. for ashes.
ashes: the earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.-specifically: the remains of the human body when burnt, or when "returned to dust" by natural decay.-the color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
ashler: hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone.-in the united states especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick.
ashlering: the act of bedding ashlar in mortar.-ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.-the short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. see ashlar, 2.
ashore: on shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.
ashtoreth: the principal female divinity of the phoenicians, as baal was the principal male divinity.
ashy: pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes.-ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale.
asiarch: one of the chiefs or pontiffs of the roman province of asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites.
asiatic: of or pertaining to asia or to its inhabitants.-a native, or one of the people, of asia.
aside: on, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.-out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts.-so as to be heard by others; privately.-something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.
asilus: a genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including the bee killer and robber fly.
asinine: of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy.
asiphonate: destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells.-an asiphonate mollusk.
asiphonida: a group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks.
ask: to request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.-to require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?-to interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.-to invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.-to publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons.-to request or petition; -- usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.-to make inquiry, or seek by request; -- sometimes followed by after.-a water newt.
askant: sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.
asker: one who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.-an ask; a water newt.
askew: awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.
asking: of ask-the act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.-the publishing of banns.
aslake: to mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.
aslant: toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.-in a slanting direction over; athwart.
asleep: in a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.-in the sleep of the grave; dead.-numbed, and, usually, tingling.
aslope: slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.
asmonean: of or pertaining to the patriotic jewish family to which the maccabees belonged; maccabean; as, the asmonean dynasty.-one of the asmonean family.  the asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the jews from 168 to 35 b. c.
asp: same as aspen.-a small, hooded, poisonous serpent of egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. it is the naja haje. the name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to vipera aspis of southern europe. see haje.-one of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the populus tremula, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air.
aspalathus: a thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.-a genus of plants of the natural order leguminosae. the species are chiefly natives of the cape of good hope.
asparagine: a white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, c4h8n2o3+h2o, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus.  it is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine.
asparaginous: pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables.
asparagus: a genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order liliaceae, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers. specifically: the asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated in gardens.-the young and tender shoots of a. officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known article of food.
aspartic: pertaining to, or derived, asparagine; as, aspartic acid.
aspect: the act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.-look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.-appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.-position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.-prospect; outlook.-the situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.-the influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.-to behold; to look at.
aspen: alt. of asp-of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.
asper: rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.-the rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h/s, "rh`twr, pronounced hra"t/r.-a turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
asperges: the service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.-the brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
aspergilliform: resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma.
aspergillum: the brush used in the roman catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.-see wateringpot shell.
asperity: roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.-roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.-roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.-moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.-sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
asperse: to sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything, or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.-to bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name; to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his writings; to asperse a man's character.
aspersed: of asperse-having an indefinite number of small charges scattered or strewed over the surface.-bespattered; slandered; calumniated.
aspersion: a sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.-the spreading of calumniations reports or charges which tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with foul water; calumny.
aspersorium: the stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in roman catholic churches.-a brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
asphalt: alt. of asphaltum-to cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets.
asphaltic: pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous.
asphaltum: mineral pitch, jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. it is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. it occurs on the surface and shores of the dead sea, which is therefore called asphaltites, or the asphaltic lake. it is found also in many parts of asia, europe, and america. see bitumen.-a composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc.
asphodel: a general name for a plant of the genus asphodelus. the asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.
asphyxial: of or relating to asphyxia; as, asphyxial phenomena.
asphyxiate: to bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [used commonly in the past pple.]
asphyxiation: the act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.
asphyxy: apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable gases.
aspic: the venomous asp.-a piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.-a european species of lavender (lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. see spike.-a savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc.
aspidobranchia: a group of gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets.
aspirant: aspiring.-one who aspires; one who eagerly seeks some high position or object of attainment.
aspirate: to pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.-a sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.-a mark of aspiration (/) used in greek; the asper, or rough breathing.-an elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.-alt. of aspirated
aspiration: the act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.-the act of breathing; a breath; an inspiration.-the act of aspiring of a ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire.
aspirator: an apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction.-an instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of blood.
aspire: to desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality.-to rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.-to aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to.-aspiration.
asquint: with the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint.
ass: a quadruped of the genus equus (e. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. the tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. there are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.-a dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt.
assail: to attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.-to encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.-to attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.
assailant: assailing; attacking.-one who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer.
assamar: the peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown.
assamese: of or pertaining to assam, a province of british india, or to its inhabitants.-a native or natives of assam.
assart: the act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.-a piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.-to grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.
assassin: one who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.-to assassinate.
assassinate: to kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.-to assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.-an assassination, murder, or murderous assault.-an assassin.
assault: a violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.-a violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.-an apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. if the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery.-to make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.-to attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration.
assay: trial; attempt; essay.-examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.-trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.-tested purity or value.-the act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.-the alloy or metal to be assayed.-to try; to attempt; to apply.-to affect.-to try tasting, as food or drink.-to subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.-to attempt, try, or endeavor.
assayer: one who assays. specifically: one who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.
assaying: of assay-the act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.
asse: a small foxlike animal (vulpes cama) of south africa, valued for its fur.
assegai: a spear used by tribes in south africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.-same as assagai.
assemblage: the act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.-a collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas.
assemble: to collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.-to meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate.-to liken; to compare.
assembly: a company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment.-a collection of inanimate objects.-a beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
assent: to admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.-the act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence.
assentation: insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.
assert: to affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.-to maintain; to defend.-to maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.
assertion: the act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.-maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.
assertor: one who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter.
assertorial: asserting that a thing is; -- opposed to problematical and apodeictical.
assess: to value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.-to apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment.-to determine and impose a tax or fine upon (a person, community, estate, or income); to tax; as, the club assessed each member twenty-five cents.-to fix or determine the rate or amount of.
assessment: the act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.-a valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be levied on the property; as, an assessment of property or an assessment on property.-the specific sum levied or assessed.-an apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in england termed a "call").
assessor: one appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate with his special knowledge of the subject to be decided; as legal assessors, nautical assessors.-one who sits by another, as next in dignity, or as an assistant and adviser; an associate in office.-one appointed to assess persons or property for the purpose of taxation.
assets: property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend.-effects of an insolvent debtor or bankrupt, applicable to the payment of debts.-the entire property of all sorts, belonging to a person, a corporation, or an estate; as, the assets of a merchant or a trading association; -- opposed to liabilities.
asseveration: the act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration.
assibilation: change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch.
assidean: one of a body of devoted jews who opposed the hellenistic jews, and supported the asmoneans.
assident: usually attending a disease, but not always; as, assident signs, or symptoms.
assiduity: constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence.-studied and persevering attention to a person; -- usually in the plural.
assiduous: constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting.-performed with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent; as, assiduous labor.
assientist: a shareholder of the assiento company; one of the parties to the assiento contract.
assiento: a contract or convention between spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the spanish dominions in america, esp. the contract made with great britain in 1713.
assign: to appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.-to fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial.-to transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors.-a thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.-a person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.
assignable: capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated; as, an assignable note or bill; an assignable reason; an assignable quantity.
assignat: one of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of france (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state.
assignation: the act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.-an appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense.-a making over by transfer of title; assignment.
assignee: a person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an assignee of a bankrupt. see assignment (c).   an assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor.-in england, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors.
assignment: an allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.-a transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.-the writing by which an interest is transferred.-the transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors.
assignor: an assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as, the assignor of a debt or other chose in action.
assimilable: that may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated.
assimilate: to bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.-to liken; to compa/e.-to appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.-to become similar or like something else.-to change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.-to be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others.
assimilation: the act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.-the conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals.