AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
center: a point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place.-the middle or central portion of anything.-a principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction.-the earth.-those members of a legislative assembly (as in france) who support the existing government. they sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, see right, and left.-a temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.-one of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.-a conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.-alt. of centre-alt. of centre
centesimation: the infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.
centigrade: consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts.-of or pertaining to the centigrade thermometer; as, 10¡ centigrade (or 10¡ c.).
centigramme: the hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. see gram.
centilitre: the hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce.
centime: the hundredth part of a franc; a small french copper coin and money of account.
centimetre: the hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. see meter.
centinody: a weed with a stem of many joints (illecebrum verticillatum); also, the polygonum aviculare or knotgrass.
centiped: a species of the myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet.
centistere: the hundredth part of a stere, equal to .353 cubic feet.
centner: a weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts.-the commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds.
cento: a literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.
centonism: the composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos.
central: relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points.-alt. of centrale
centrale: the central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. in the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular.
centralism: the state or condition of being central; the combination of several parts into one whole; centralization.-the system by which power is centralized, as in a government.
centralization: the act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.
centralize: to draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control.
centre: to be placed in a center; to be central.-to be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center.-to place or fix in the center or on a central point.-to collect to a point; to concentrate.-to form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.-see center.
centrebit: an instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. see bit, n., 3.
centreboard: a movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. it is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the united states
centrepiece: an ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.
centrifugal: tending, or causing, to recede from the center.-expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.-having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.-a centrifugal machine.
centripetal: tending, or causing, to approach the center.-expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit.-having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos.-progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone.
centriscoid: allied to, or resembling, the genus centriscus, of which the bellows fish is an example.
centrode: in two figures having relative motion, one of the two curves which are the loci of the instantaneous center.
centroid: the center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies.
centrolecithal: having the food yolk placed at the center of the ovum, segmentation being either regular or unequal.
centrolinead: an instrument for drawing lines through a point, or lines converging to a center.
centrolineal: converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.
centrosome: a peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. it is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized.
centumvir: one of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
centumviral: of or pertaining to the centumviri, or to a centumvir.
centumvirate: the office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri.
centuriate: pertaining to, or divided into, centuries or hundreds.-to divide into hundreds.
centurion: a military officer who commanded a minor division of the roman army; a captain of a century.
centurist: an historian who distinguishes time by centuries, esp. one of those who wrote the "magdeburg centuries." see under century.
century: a hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things.-a period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago.-a division of the roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers.-one of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. it was commanded by a centurion.
cephalad: forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.
cephalalgic: relating to, or affected with, headache.-a remedy for the headache.
cephalaspis: a genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or devonian formation. the head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points.
cephalata: a large division of mollusca, including all except the bivalves; -- so called because the head is distinctly developed. see illustration in appendix.
cephalic: of or pertaining to the head. see the note under anterior.-a medicine for headache, or other disorder in the head.
cephalization: domination of the head in animal life as expressed in the physical structure; localization of important organs or parts in or near the head, in animal development.
cephalo: a combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod.
cephalomere: one of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods.
cephaloptera: one of the generic names of the gigantic ray (manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. it is common on the coasts of south carolina, florida, and farther south. some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton.
cephalostyle: the anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania.
cephalothorax: the anterior portion of any one of the arachnida and higher crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax.
cephalotomy: dissection or opening of the head.-craniotomy; -- usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw.
cephalotripsy: the act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery.
cephalotrocha: a kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head.
cephalous: having a head; -- applied chiefly to the cephalata, a division of mollusks.
cepheus: a northern constellation near the pole. its head, which is in the milky way, is marked by a triangle formed by three stars of the fourth magnitude. see cassiopeia.
ceramic: of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.
ceramics: the art of making things of baked clay; as pottery, tiles, etc.-work formed of clay in whole or in part, and baked; as, vases, urns, etc.
cerargyrite: native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. it may be cut by a knife, like lead or horn (hence called horn silver).
cerasin: a white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; -- called also meta-arabinic acid.-a gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also bassorin, tragacanthin, etc.
cerasinous: pertaining to, or containing, cerasin.-of a cherry color.
cerastes: a genus of poisonous african serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.
cerate: an unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
ceratobranchia: a group of nudibranchiate mollusca having on the back papilliform or branched organs serving as gills.
ceratobranchial: pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epibranchial in a branchial arch.-a ceratobranchial bone, or cartilage.
ceratodus: a genus of ganoid fishes, of the order dipnoi, first known as mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in australian rivers. they have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. in australia they are called salmon and baramunda. see dipnoi, and archipterygium.
ceratohyal: pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch.-a ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid.
ceratosaurus: a carnivorous american jurassic dinosaur allied to the european megalosaurus. the animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. see illustration in appendix.
ceratospongiae: an order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. it includes all the commercial sponges.
ceraunoscope: an instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning.
cerberus: a monster, in the shape of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, hence: any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly.-a genus of east indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.
cercaria: the larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.
cercarian: of, like, or pertaining to, the cercariae.-one of the cercariae.
cercopod: one of the jointed antenniform appendages of the posterior somites of certain insects.
cere: the soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. see beak.-to wax; to cover or close with wax.
cereal: of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.-any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.
cerealin: a nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid.
cerebellum: the large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. it controls combined muscular action. see brain.
cerebral: of or pertaining to the cerebrum.-one of a class of lingual consonants in the east indian languages. see lingual, n.
cerebralism: the doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only.
cerebrifugal: applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.
cerebrin: a nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. it is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.
cerebripetal: applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.
cerebro-spinal: of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
cerebropathy: a hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also brain fag.
cerebroscopy: examination of the brain for the diagnosis of disease; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by examination of the interior of the eye (as with an ophthalmoscope).
cerebrose: a sugarlike body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.
cerebrum: the anterior, and in man the larger, division of the brain; the seat of the reasoning faculties and the will. see brain.
cerecloth: a cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter.
cerement: a cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a dead body when embalmed.-any shroud or wrapping for the dead.
ceremonial: relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.-observant of forms; ceremonious. [in this sense ceremonious is now preferred.]-a system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form.-the order for rites and forms in the roman catholic church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions.
ceremonious: consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [in this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]-according to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious.
ceremony: ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies.-behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority.-a ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc.-a sign or prodigy; a portent.
ceres: the daughter of saturn and ops or rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage.-the first discovered asteroid.
ceresin: a white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax.
cereus: a genus of plants of the cactus family. they are natives of america, from california to chili.
cerin: a waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.-a variety of the mineral allanite.
cerinthian: one of an ancient religious sect, so called from cerinthus, a jew, who attempted to unite the doctrines of christ with the opinions of the jews and gnostics.
ceriph: one of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters.
cerise: cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.
cerite: a gastropod shell belonging to the family cerithiidae; -- so called from its hornlike form.-a mineral of a brownish of cherry-red color, commonly massive. it is a hydrous silicate of cerium and allied metals.
cerium: a rare metallic element, occurring in the minerals cerite, allanite, monazite, etc.  symbol ce.  atomic weight 141.5. it resembles iron in color and luster, but is soft, and both malleable and ductile. it tarnishes readily in the air.
cernuous: inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; -- said of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss.
cero: a large and valuable fish of the mackerel family, of the genus scomberomorus.  two species are found in the west indies and less commonly on the atlantic coast of the united states, -- the common cero (scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (s. regalis).
cerography: the art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.-a method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
cerolite: a hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color.
ceroma: the unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient romans.-that part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves.-the cere of birds.
ceroon: a bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.
ceroplastic: relating to the art of modeling in wax.-modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure.
cerosin: a waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminae.
cerotene: a white waxy solid obtained from chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin.
cerotic: pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol.
cerotin: a white crystalline substance, c27h55.oh, obtained from chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol.
cerris: a species of oak (quercus cerris) native in the orient and southern europe; -- called also bitter oak and turkey oak.
certain: assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.-determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.-not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.-actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.-unfailing; infallible.-fixed or stated; regular; determinate.-not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.-certainty.-a certain number or quantity.-certainly.
certainty: the quality, state, or condition, of being certain.-a fact or truth unquestionable established.-clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity.
certificate: a written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.-a written declaration legally authenticated.-to verify or vouch for by certificate.-to furnish with a certificate; as, to certificate the captain of a vessel; a certificated teacher.
certify: to give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.-to give certain information of; to make certain, as a fact; to verify.-to testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal.
certiorari: a writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irregularities may be corrected. it is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court.
cerumen: the yellow, waxlike secretion from the glands of the external ear; the earwax.
ceruminous: pertaining to, or secreting, cerumen; as, the ceruminous glands.
ceruse: white lead, used as a pigment. see white lead, under white.-a cosmetic containing white lead.-the native carbonate of lead.
cerussite: native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.
cervix: the neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. see illust. of bird.
ceryl: a radical, c27h55 supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from chinese wax, beeswax, etc.
cespitine: an oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing various members of the pyridine series.
cespitose: having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots.
cespitous: pertaining to, consisting, of resembling, turf; turfy.
cess: a rate or tax.-bound; measure.-to rate; to tax; to assess.-to cease; to neglect.
cessation: a ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war.
cessavit: a writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.
cesser: a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years.
cession: a yielding to physical force.-concession; compliance.-a yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding.-the giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.-the voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.
cessor: one who neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. see cessavit.-an assessor.
cesspipe: a pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink or cesspool.
cesspool: a cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth.
cestoidea: a class of parasitic worms (platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. the body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. they have neither mouth nor intestine. see tapeworm.
cestraciont: a shark of the genus cestracion, and of related genera. the posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. most of the species are extinct. the port jackson shark and a similar one found in california are living examples.-pertaining to, or characteristic of, the genus cestracion.
cestus: a girdle; particularly that of aphrodite (or venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.-a genus of ctenophora. the typical species (cestus veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form.-a covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron.
cetacea: an order of marine mammals, including the whales. like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. the anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. there are two living suborders:
cetene: an oily hydrocarbon, c16h32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.
cetraric: pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, iceland moss (cetaria islandica).
cetrarin: a white substance extracted from the lichen, iceland moss (cetraria islandica). it consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.
cetyl: a radical, c16h33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived from spermaceti.
ceylanite: a dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. it is also called pleonaste.
ceylonese: of or pertaining to ceylon.-a native or natives of ceylon.
chablis: a white wine made near chablis, a town in france.-a white wine resembling chablis{1}, but made elsewhere, as in california.