AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
argon: a substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness.
argonaut: any one of the legendary greek heroes who sailed with jason, in the argo, in quest of the golden fleece.-a cephalopod of the genus argonauta.
argonauta: a genus of cephalopoda. the shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.
argot: a secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.
argue: to invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.-to contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; -- followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him.-to debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.-to prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning.-to persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion.-to blame; to accuse; to charge with.
argulus: a genus of copepod crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish louse. see branchiura.
argument: proof; evidence.-a reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.-a process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.-the subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.-matter for question; business in hand.-the quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.-the independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.-to make an argument; to argue.
argumentation: the act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true.-debate; discussion.
argumentative: consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.-adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the creator.-given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer.
argus: a fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by juno to guard io. his eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail.-one very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.-a genus of east indian pheasants. the common species (a. giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. the species a. grayi inhabits borneo.
argus shell: a species of shell (cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail.
arhythmous: see arrhizal, arrhizous, arrhythmic, arrhythmous.
arian: see aryan.-pertaining to arius, a presbyter of the church of alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of arius, who held christ to be inferior to god the father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings.-one who adheres to or believes the doctrines of arius.
arianize: to admit or accept the tenets of the arians; to become an arian.-to convert to arianism.
aridity: the state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.-fig.: want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.
ariel gazelle: a variety of the gazelle (antilope, / gazella, dorcas), found in arabia and adjacent countries.-a squirrel-like australian marsupial, a species of petaurus.-a beautiful brazilian toucan ramphastos ariel).
aries: the ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of march.-a constellation west of taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.-a battering-ram.
arietation: the act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram.-act of striking or conflicting.
aright: rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship god aright.
arillus: a exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. the mace of the nutmeg is also an aril.
arise: to come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.-to spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise.-to proceed; to issue; to spring.-rising.
aristate: having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned.-having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.
aristocracy: government by the best citizens.-a ruling body composed of the best citizens.-a form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.-the nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.
aristocrat: one of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble.-one who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person.-one who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern.
aristocratical: of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.-partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners.
aristotelian: of or pertaining to aristotle, the famous greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.).-a follower of aristotle; a peripatetic. see peripatetic.
aristotle's lantern: the five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.
arithmetic: the science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.-a book containing the principles of this science.
ark: a chest, or coffer.-the oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. in it moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. called also the ark of the covenant.-the large, chestlike vessel in which noah and his family were preserved during the deluge. gen. vi. hence: any place of refuge.-a large flatboat used on western american rivers to transport produce to market.
arm: the limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.-anything resembling an arm-the fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.-a limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.-a branch of a tree.-a slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.-the end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.-an inlet of water from the sea.-a support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.-fig.: power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.-a branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.-a weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.-to take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.-to furnish with arms or limbs.-to furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.-to cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.-fig.: to furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.-to provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.
armada: a fleet of armed ships; a squadron. specifically, the spanish fleet which was sent to assail england, a. d. 1558.
armadillo: any edentate animal if the family dasypidae, peculiar to america. the body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. the armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. when attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. their flesh is good food. there are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as texas. see peba, poyou, tatouay.-a genus of small isopod crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball.
armament: a body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.-all the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.-any equipment for resistance.
armature: armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.-a piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. in the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.-iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc.
armed: of arm-furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection.-furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.-having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey.
armenian: of or pertaining to armenia.-a native or one of the people of armenia; also, the language of the armenians.-an adherent of the armenian church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the greek church, in others to the roman catholic.
armet: a kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
armhole: the cavity under the shoulder; the armpit.-a hole for the arm in a garment.
armiger: formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. in later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. the term is now superseded by esquire.
armillary: pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles.
arming: of arm-the act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.-a piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom.-red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
arminian: of or pertaining to arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. see note under arminian, n.-one who holds the tenets of arminius, a dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609).
armistice: a cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce.
armlet: a small arm; as, an armlet of the sea.-an arm ring; a bracelet for the upper arm.-armor for the arm.
armor: defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.-steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery.
armor-plated: covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad.
armorer: one who makes or repairs armor or arms.-formerly, one who had care of the arms and armor of a knight, and who dressed him in armor.-one who has the care of arms and armor, cleans or repairs them, etc.
armorial: belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.
armorican: of or pertaining to the northwestern part of france (formerly called armorica, now bretagne or brittany), or to its people.-the language of the armoricans, a celtic dialect which has remained to the present times.-a native of armorica.
armory: a place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.-armor; defensive and offensive arms.-a manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords.-ensigns armorial; armorial bearings.-that branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor.
arms: instruments or weapons of offense or defense.-the deeds or exploits of war; military service or science.-anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon.-the ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son.-the legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.
army: a collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.-a body of persons organized for the advancement of a cause; as, the blue ribbon army.-a great number; a vast multitude; a host.
army worm: a lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. the common army worm of the northern united states is leucania unipuncta. the name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm.-the larva of a small two-winged fly (sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. see cotton worm, under cotton.
arnee: the wild buffalo of india (bos, or bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.
arnica: a genus of plants; also, the most important species (arnica montana), native of the mountains of europe, used in medicine as a narcotic and stimulant.
arnotto: a red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of america. it is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc.-same as annotto.
aroint: stand off, or begone.-to drive or scare off by some exclamation.
aroma: the quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.-fig.: the fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius.
aromatic: alt. of aromatical-a plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.
aromatical: pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam.
aromatize: to impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume.
aroph: a barbarous word used by the old chemists to designate various medical remedies.
around: in a circle; circularly; on every side; round.-in a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.-near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place.-on all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.-from one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner.
arouse: to excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.
arpeggio: the production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.
arpen: formerly, a measure of land in france, varying in different parts of the country. the arpent of paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an english acre. the woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, english.
arpentator: the anglicized form of the french arpenteur, a land surveyor.
arquebusade: the shot of an arquebus.-a distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds.
arquebuse: a sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. the musket was a later invention.
arrack: a name in the east indies and the indian islands for all ardent spirits. arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, molasses, and palm wine of the cocoanut tree or the date palm, etc.
arraign: to call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint.-to call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal.-arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns.-to appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin.
arraignment: the act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint.-a calling to an account to faults; accusation.
arrange: to put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.-to adjust or settle; to prepare; to determine; as, to arrange the preliminaries of an undertaking.
arrangement: the act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.-the manner or result of arranging; system of parts disposed in due order; regular and systematic classification; as, arrangement of one's dress; the linnaean arrangement of plants.-preparatory proceeding or measure; preparation; as, we have made arrangement for receiving company.-settlement; adjustment by agreement; as, the parties have made an arrangement between themselves concerning their disputes; a satisfactory arrangement.-the adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written.-a piece so adapted; a transcription; as, a pianoforte arrangement of beethoven's symphonies; an orchestral arrangement of a song, an opera, or the like.
arrant: notoriously or preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward.-thorough or downright, in a good sense.
arrantly: notoriously, in an ill sense; infamously; impudently; shamefully.
arras: tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures.-to furnish with an arras.
arrastre: a rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold.
arrasways: placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form.
array: order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array.-the whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers.-an imposing series of things.-dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel.-a ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.-the panel itself.-the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.-to place or dispose in order, as troops for battle; to marshal.-to deck or dress; to adorn with dress; to cloth to envelop; -- applied esp. to dress of a splendid kind.-to set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them man by man.
arrayer: one who arrays. in some early english statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered.
arrear: to or in the rear; behind; backwards.-that which is behind in payment, or which remains unpaid, though due; esp. a remainder, or balance which remains due when some part has been paid; arrearage; -- commonly used in the plural, as, arrears of rent, wages, or taxes.
arrearage: that which remains unpaid and overdue, after payment of a part; arrears.
arrenotokous: producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees.
arrentation: a letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.
arreptitious: snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained.
arrest: to stop; to check or hinder the motion or action of; as, to arrest the current of a river; to arrest the senses.-to take, seize, or apprehend by authority of law; as, to arrest one for debt, or for a crime.-to seize on and fix; to hold; to catch; as, to arrest the eyes or attention.-to rest or fasten; to fix; to concentrate.-to tarry; to rest.-the act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development.-the taking or apprehending of a person by authority of law; legal restraint; custody. also, a decree, mandate, or warrant.-any seizure by power, physical or moral.-a scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse; -- also named rat-tails.
arrestment: the arrest of a person, or the seizure of his effects; esp., a process by which money or movables in the possession of a third party are attached.-a stoppage or check.
arret: a judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign.-an arrest; a legal seizure.-same as aret.
arriere: "that which is behind"; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate.
arriere-ban: a proclamation, as of the french kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient france.
arris: the sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a doric column.
arrival: the act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.-the attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly unexpected.-the person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as, news brought by the last arrival.-an approach.
arrive: to come to the shore or bank. in present usage: to come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from.-to reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.-to come; said of time; as, the time arrived.-to happen or occur.-to bring to shore.-to reach; to come to.-arrival.
arroba: a spanish weight used in mexico and south america = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old portuguese weight, used in brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir.-a spanish liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons.
arrogance: the act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.
arrogant: making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons.-containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.
arrogate: to assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings.
arrogation: the act of arrogating, or making exorbitant claims; the act of taking more than one is justly entitled to.-adoption of a person of full age.
arrow: a missile weapon of offense, slender, pointed, and usually feathered and barbed, to be shot from a bow.
arrow grass: an herbaceous grasslike plant (triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.