AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
baguette: a small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.-one of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some infusoria after conjugation.
bagwig: a wig, in use in the 18th century, with the hair at the back of the head in a bag.
bagworm: one of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. one species (platoeceticus gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. see basket worm.
bahar: a weight used in certain parts of the east indies, varying considerably in different localities, the range being from 223 to 625 pounds.
bail: a bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.-to lade; to dip and throw; -- usually with out; as, to bail water out of a boat.-to dip or lade water from; -- often with out to express completeness; as, to bail a boat.-to deliver; to release.-to set free, or deliver from arrest, or out of custody, on the undertaking of some other person or persons that he or they will be responsible for the appearance, at a certain day and place, of the person bailed.-to deliver, as goods in trust, for some special object or purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of the bailee, or person intrusted; as, to bail cloth to a tailor to be made into a garment; to bail goods to a carrier.-custody; keeping.-the person or persons who procure the release of a prisoner from the custody of the officer, or from imprisonment, by becoming surely for his appearance in court.-the security given for the appearance of a prisoner in order to obtain his release from custody of the officer; as, the man is out on bail; to go bail for any one.-the arched handle of a kettle, pail, or similar vessel, usually movable.-a half hoop for supporting the cover of a carrier's wagon, awning of a boat, etc.-a line of palisades serving as an exterior defense.-the outer wall of a feudal castle. hence: the space inclosed by it; the outer court.-a certain limit within a forest.-a division for the stalls of an open stable.-the top or cross piece ( or either of the two cross pieces) of the wicket.
bail bond: a bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ.-special bail in court to abide the judgment.
bailable: having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons.-admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense.-that can be delivered in trust; as, bailable goods.
bailee: the person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust.
bailer: see bailor.-one who bails or lades.-a utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
bailey: the outer wall of a feudal castle.-the space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.-a prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the old bailey in london; the new bailey in manchester.
bailie: an officer in scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an english alderman.
bailiff: originally, a person put in charge of something especially, a chief officer, magistrate, or keeper, as of a county, town, hundred, or castle; one to whom power/ of custody or care are intrusted.-a sheriff's deputy, appointed to make arrests, collect fines, summon juries, etc.-an overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc.
bailiwick: the precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
bailment: the action of bailing a person accused.-a delivery of goods or money by one person to another in trust, for some special purpose, upon a contract, expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed.
bailpiece: a piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.
bain-marie: a vessel for holding hot water in which another vessel may be heated without scorching its contents; -- used for warming or preparing food or pharmaceutical preparations.
bairam: the name of two mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast.
bait: any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.-anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.-a portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.-a light or hasty luncheon.-to provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.-to give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses.-to furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.-to stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey.-to flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
baize: a coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.
bajocco: a small copper coin formerly current in the roman states, worth about a cent and a half.
bake: to prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples.-to dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.-to harden by cold.-to do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.-to be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.-the process, or result, of baking.
baker: one whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.-a portable oven in which baking is done.
baking: of bake-the act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold.-the quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread.
balaam: a paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of balaam's ass speaking.
balachong: a condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. it is much esteemed in china.
balaenoidea: a division of the cetacea, including the right whale and all other whales having the mouth fringed with baleen. see baleen.
balance: an apparatus for weighing.-act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.-equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.-the state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even adjustment; steadiness.-an equality between the sums total of the two sides of an account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; -- also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an account.-a balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. see balance wheel (in the vocabulary).-the constellation libra.-the seventh sign in the zodiac, called libra, which the sun enters at the equinox in september.-a movement in dancing. see balance, v. i., s.-to bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; to weigh in a balance.-to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling; as, to balance a plate on the end of a cane; to balance one's self on a tight rope.-to equal in number, weight, force, or proportion; to counterpoise, counterbalance, counteract, or neutralize.-to compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.-to settle and adjust, as an account; to make two accounts equal by paying the difference between them.-to make the sums of the debits and credits of an account equal; -- said of an item; as, this payment, or credit, balances the account.-to arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books.-to move toward, and then back from, reciprocally; as, to balance partners.-to contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass; as, to balance the boom mainsail.-to have equal weight on each side; to be in equipoise; as, the scales balance.-to fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate.-to move toward a person or couple, and then back.
balance wheel: a wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock; -- often called simply a balance.-a ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance).-a wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.
balancement: the act or result of balancing or adjusting; equipoise; even adjustment of forces.
balancer: one who balances, or uses a balance.-in diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing.
balancereef: the last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship.
balanoglossus: a peculiar marine worm. see enteropneusta, and tornaria.
balanoid: resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. see acornshell, and barnacle.
balas ruby: a variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. see spinel.
balaustine: the pomegranate tree (punica granatum). the bark of the root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally.
balcony: a platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.-a projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.
bald: destitute of the natural or common covering on the head or top, as of hair, feathers, foliage, trees, etc.; as, a bald head; a bald oak.-destitute of ornament; unadorned; bare; literal.-undisguised.-destitute of dignity or value; paltry; mean.-destitute of a beard or awn; as, bald wheat.-destitute of the natural covering.-marked with a white spot on the head; bald-faced.
bald eagle: the white-headed eagle (haliaeetus leucocephalus) of america. the young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head.
bald-faced: having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag.
baldachin: a rich brocade; baudekin.-a structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in st. peter's.-a portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession.
balder: the most beautiful and beloved of the gods; the  god of peace; the son of odin and freya.
balderdash: a worthless mixture, especially of liquors.-senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.-to mix or adulterate, as liquors.
baldness: the state or condition of being bald; as, baldness of the head; baldness of style.
baldpate: a baldheaded person.-the american widgeon (anas americana).-alt. of baldpated
baldrib: a piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat.
baldric: a broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any belt.
bale: a bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw / hay, etc., put up compactly for transportation.-to make up in a bale.-see bail, v. t., to lade.-misery; calamity; misfortune; sorrow.-evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury.
balearic: of or pertaining to the isles of majorca, minorca, ivica, etc., in the mediterranean sea, off the coast of valencia.
baleen: plates or blades of "whalebone," from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (balaenoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth.
baleful: full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.-full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad.
balistoid: like a fish of the genus balistes; of the family balistidae. see filefish.
balistraria: a narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged.
balk: a ridge of land left unplowed between furrows, or at the end of a field; a piece missed by the plow slipping aside.-a great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. the loft above was called "the balks."-one of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.-a hindrance or disappointment; a check.-a sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.-a deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball.-to leave or make balks in.-to leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.-to omit, miss, or overlook by chance.-to miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.-to disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to /hwart; as, to balk expectation.-to engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.-to stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.-to indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.
balker: one who, or that which balks.-a person who stands on a rock or eminence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer.
ball: any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.-a spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.-a general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. see baseball, and football.-any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.-a flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball.-a leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now superseded by the roller.-a roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.-a large pill, a form in which medicine is commonly given to horses; a bolus.-the globe or earth.-to gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.-to heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.-to form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.-a social assembly for the purpose of dancing.
ball-flower: an ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding.
ballad: a popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of chevy chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.-to make or sing ballads.-to make mention of in ballads.
ballade: a form of french versification, sometimes imitated in english, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy.
ballahou: a fast-sailing schooner, used in the bermudas and west indies.
ballast: any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing.-any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.-gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.-the larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.-fig.: that which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.-to steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.-to fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and solid.-to keep steady; to steady, morally.
ballastage: a toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.
ballet: an artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.-the company of persons who perform the ballet.-a light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the elizabethan madrigal composers.-a bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.
ballista: an ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles.
ballistic: of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.-pertaining to projection, or to a projectile.
balloon: a bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation.-a ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at st. paul's, in london.-a round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.-a bomb or shell.-a game played with a large inflated ball.-the outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.-to take up in, or as if in, a balloon.-to go up or voyage in a balloon.-to expand, or puff out, like a balloon.
balloon fish: a fish of the genus diodon or the genus tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. see globefish, and bur fish.
ballooning: the art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.-the process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales.
ballooning spider: a spider which has the habit of rising into the air. many kinds ( esp. species of lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.
ballot: originally, a ball used for secret voting. hence: any printed or written ticket used in voting.-the act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets.-the whole number of votes cast at an election, or in a given territory or electoral district.-to vote or decide by ballot; as, to ballot for a candidate.-to vote for or in opposition to.
ballotade: a leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.
balm: an aromatic plant of the genus melissa.-the resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.-any fragrant ointment.-anything that heals or that mitigates pain.-to anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. hence: to soothe; to mitigate.
balmoral: a long woolen petticoat, worn immediately under the dress.-a kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front.
balmy: having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild.-producing balm.-full of barm or froth; in a ferment.
balsam: a resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil.-a species of tree (abies balsamea).-an annual garden plant (impatiens balsamina) with beautiful flowers; balsamine.-anything that heals, soothes, or restores.-to treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; to render balsamic.
balsamation: the act of imparting balsamic properties.-the art or process of embalming.
balsamical: having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative.
baltic: of or pertaining to the sea which separates norway and sweden from jutland, denmark, and germany; situated on the baltic sea.
baltimore oriole: a common american bird (icterus galbula), named after lord baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin.
baluster: a small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the front of a gallery.  see balustrade.
balustrade: a row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
bam: an imposition; a cheat; a hoax.-to cheat; to wheedle.
bambino: a child or baby; esp., a representation in art of the infant christ wrapped in swaddling clothes.-babe ruth.
bamboo: a plant of the family of grasses, and genus bambusa, growing in tropical countries.-to flog with the bamboo.
bamboozle: to deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug.
ban: a public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.-a calling together of the king's (esp. the french king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. in present usage, in france and prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.-notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. see banns (the common spelling in this sense).-an interdiction, prohibition, or proscription.-a curse or anathema.-a pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.-to curse; to invoke evil upon.-to forbid; to interdict.-to curse; to swear.-an ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of croatia and slavonia.
banality: something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech.
banana: a perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (musa sapientum); also, its edible fruit. see musa.
band: a fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.-a continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.-in gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.-that which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.-a linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.-two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.-a narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.-a company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.-a number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals.-a space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.-a stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.-a belt or strap.-a bond-pledge; security.-to bind or tie with a band.-to mark with a band.-to unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.-to confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.-to bandy; to drive away.-imp. of bind.
bandage: a fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.-something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature.-to bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.
bandala: a fabric made in manilla from the older leaf sheaths of the abaca (musa textilis).
bandana: a species of silk or cotton handkerchief, having a uniformly dyed ground, usually of red or blue, with white or yellow figures of a circular, lozenge, or other simple form.-a style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed of a uniform red or dark color, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.
bandbox: a light box of pasteboard or thin wood, usually cylindrical, for holding ruffs (the bands of the 17th century), collars, caps, bonnets, etc.
bandicoot: a species of very large rat (mus giganteus), found in india and ceylon. it does much injury to rice fields and gardens.-a ratlike marsupial animal (genus perameles) of several species, found in australia and tasmania.