AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
andesite: an eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
andiron: a utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons.
andranatomy: the dissection of a human body, especially of a male; androtomy.
androgynal: uniting both sexes in one, or having the characteristics of both; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic.-bearing both staminiferous and pistilliferous flowers in the same cluster.
andromeda: a northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical andromeda.-a genus of ericaceous flowering plants of northern climates, of which the original species was found growing on a rock surrounded by water.
andron: the apartment appropriated for the males. this was in the lower part of the house.
andropetalous: produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus.
androphore: a support or column on which stamens are raised.-the part which in some siphonophora bears the male gonophores.
androsphinx: a man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion.
androtomy: dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zootomy; anthropotomy.
androus: a terminal combining form: having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.
anecdotal: pertaining to, or abounding with, anecdotes; as, anecdotal conversation.
anecdote: unpublished narratives.-a particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.
anecdotical: pertaining to, consisting of, or addicted to, anecdotes.
anelectric: not becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric.-a substance incapable of being electrified by friction.
anelectrotonus: the condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.
anemography: a description of the winds.-the art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.
anemone: a genus of plants of the ranunculus or crowfoot family; windflower. some of the species are cultivated in gardens.-the sea anemone. see actinia, and sea anemone.
anemonic: an acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin.
anemonin: an acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone.
anemorphilous: fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-fertilized.
anemoscope: an instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.
anent: over against; as, he lives anent the church.-about; concerning; in respect; as, he said nothing anent this particular.
aneroid: containing no liquid; -- said of a kind of barometer.-an aneroid barometer.
anethol: a substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also anise camphor.
aneurism: a soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery.
aneurismal: of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis.
anew: over again; another time; in a new form; afresh; as, to arm anew; to create anew.
anfractuosity: a state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity.-a sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.
anfractuous: winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born.
angel: a messenger.-a spiritual, celestial being, superior to man in power and intelligence. in the scriptures the angels appear as god's messengers.-one of a class of "fallen angels;" an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels.-a minister or pastor of a church, as in the seven asiatic churches.-attendant spirit; genius; demon.-an appellation given to a person supposed to be of angelic goodness or loveliness; a darling.-an ancient gold coin of england, bearing the figure of the archangel michael. it varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s.
angelic: alt. of angelical-of or derived from angelica; as, angelic acid; angelic ether.
angelica: an aromatic umbelliferous plant (archangelica officinalis or angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.-the candied leaf stalks of angelica.
angelical: belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine.
angelot: a french gold coin of the reign of louis xi., bearing the image of st. michael; also, a piece coined at paris by the english under henry vi.-an instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused.-a sort of small, rich cheese, made in normandy.
angelus: a form of devotion in which three ave marias are repeated. it is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell.-the angelus bell.
anger: trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.-a strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury.-to make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame.-to excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke.
angienchyma: vascular tissue of plants, consisting of spiral vessels, dotted, barred, and pitted ducts, and laticiferous vessels.
angina: any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath.
angio-: a prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covered by, a vessel.
angiocarpous: having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule.-having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens.
angiosporous: having spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi.
angle: the inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.-the figure made by. two lines which meet.-the difference of direction of two lines. in the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.-a projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.-a name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses."-a fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.-to fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.-to use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise.-to try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure.
angled: of angle-having an angle or angles; -- used in compounds; as, right-angled, many-angled, etc.
anglemeter: an instrument to measure angles, esp. one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
angler: one who angles.-a fish (lophius piscatorius), of europe and america, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.
angles: an ancient low german tribe, that settled in britain, which came to be called engla-land (angleland or england). the angles probably came from the district of angeln (now within the limits of schleswig), and the country now lower hanover, etc.
anglesite: a native sulphate of lead. it occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.
angleworm: a earthworm of the genus lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. see earthworm.
anglican: english; of or pertaining to england or the english nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of england; as, the anglican church, doctrine, orders, ritual, etc.-pertaining to, characteristic of, or held by, the high church party of the church of england.-a member of the church of england.-in a restricted sense, a member of the high church party, or of the more advanced ritualistic section, in the church of england.
anglicanism: strong partiality to the principles and rites of the church of england.-the principles of the established church of england; also, in a restricted sense, the doctrines held by the high-church party.-attachment to england or english institutions.
anglice: in english; in the english manner; as, livorno, anglice leghorn.
anglicism: an english idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the english.-the quality of being english; an english characteristic, custom, or method.
anglicize: to make english; to english; to anglify; render conformable to the english idiom, or to english analogies.
angling: of angle-the act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.
anglo-: a combining form meaning the same as english; or english and, or english conjoined with; as, anglo-turkish treaty, anglo-german, anglo-irish.
anglo-catholic: of or pertaining to a church modeled on the english reformation; anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or high church section of the church of england.-a member of the church of england who contends for its catholic character; more specifically, a high churchman.
anglo-saxon: a saxon of britain, that is, an english saxon, or one the saxons who settled in england, as distinguished from a continental (or "old") saxon.-the teutonic people (angles, saxons, jutes) of england, or the english people, collectively, before the norman conquest.-the language of the english people before the conquest (sometimes called old english). see saxon.-one of the race or people who claim descent from the saxons, angles, or other teutonic tribes who settled in england; a person of english descent in its broadest sense.-of or pertaining to the anglo-saxons or their language.
anglo-saxondom: the anglo-saxon domain (i. e., great britain and the united states, etc.); the anglo-saxon race.
anglo-saxonism: a characteristic of the anglo-saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the anglo-saxon tongue.-the quality or sentiment of being anglo-saxon, or english in its ethnological sense.
anglomania: a mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, english customs, institutions, etc.
angola pea: a tropical plant (cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from angola in western africa. called also pigeon pea and congo pea.
angor: great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.
angora: a city of asia minor (or anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.
angostura bark: an aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a south american of the rue family (galipea cusparia, / officinalis).
angoumois moth: a small moth (gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. the larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell.
angry: troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.-inflamed and painful, as a sore.-touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing.-showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves.-red.-sharp; keen; stimulated.
anguish: extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.-to distress with extreme pain or grief.
angular: relating to an angle or to angles; having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner; sharp-cornered; pointed; as, an angular figure.-measured by an angle; as, angular distance.-fig.: lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female.-a bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes.
angwantibo: a small lemuroid mammal (arctocebus calabarensis) of africa. it has only a rudimentary tail.
anhima: a south american aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (palamedea cornuta). see kamichi.
anhinga: an aquatic bird of the southern united states (platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird.
anhydride: an oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; -- so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.
anhydrite: a mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. it is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).
anil: a west indian plant (indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.
anilic: pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on indigo.
anilide: one of a class of compounds which may be regarded as amides in which more or less of the hydrogen has been replaced by phenyl.
aniline: an organic base belonging to the phenylamines. it may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. it is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.-made from, or of the nature of, aniline.
anility: the state of being and old woman; old-womanishness; dotage.
animadversion: the act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception.-monition; warning.-remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame.-judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment.
animadvert: to take notice; to observe; -- commonly followed by that.-to consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; -- with on or upon.-to take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment.
animadverter: one who animadverts; a censurer; also [obs.], a chastiser.
animal: an organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.-one of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.-of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.-pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.-consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.
animalcule: a small animal, as a fly, spider, etc.-an animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. see infusoria.
animalculism: the theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena by means of animalcules.
animalculist: one versed in the knowledge of animalcules.-a believer in the theory of animalculism.
animalism: the state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.
animalization: the act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.-conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation.
animalize: to endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form.-to convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.-to render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize.
animate: to give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.-to give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.-to give spirit or vigor to; to stimulate or incite; to inspirit; to rouse; to enliven.-endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.
animated: of animate-endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous.
animation: the act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.-the state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness; as, he recited the story with great animation.
anime: of a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal.-a resin exuding from a tropical american tree (hymenaea courbaril), and much used by varnish makers.
animism: the doctrine, taught by stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.-the belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter.
animosity: mere spiritedness or courage.-violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
anion: an electro-negative element, or the element which, in electro-chemical decompositions, is evolved at the anode; -- opposed to cation.
anise: an umbelliferous plant (pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in egypt, and cultivated in spain, malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.-the fruit or seeds of this plant.
anisic: of or derived from anise; as, anisic acid; anisic alcohol.
anisodactylous: characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
anisodactyls: a group of herbivorous mammals characterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.-a group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.
anisomeric: not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.
anisomerous: having the number of floral organs unequal, as four petals and six stamens.
anisometric: not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes.
anisopleura: a primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. the two sides of the body are unequally developed.
anisopoda: a division of crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between amphipoda and isopoda.
anisostemonous: having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.
anisotropic: not isotropic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.
anker: a liquid measure in various countries of europe. the dutch anker, formerly also used in england, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8/ imperial gallons.
ankylosis: stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint.-the union of two or more separate bones to from a single bone; the close union of bones or other structures in various animals.-same as anchylosis.
anna: an east indian money of account, the sixteenth of a rupee, or about 2/ cents.
annalistic: pertaining to, or after the manner of, an annalist; as, the dry annalistic style.
annals: a relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.-historical records; chronicles; history.-the record of a single event or item.-a periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as "annals of science."
annat: a half years's stipend, over and above what is owing for the incumbency, due to a minister's heirs after his decease.
annates: the first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. in england, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.
anneal: to subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.-to heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.
annealing: of anneal-the process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.-the burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.
annelida: a division of the articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. the principal subdivisions are the chaetopoda, including the oligochaeta or earthworms and polychaeta or marine worms; and the hirudinea or leeches. see chaetopoda.
annelidan: of or pertaining to the annelida.-one of the annelida.
annex: to join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.-to join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.-to attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.-to join; to be united.-something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.
annexation: the act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of texas to the united states, or of chattels to the freehold.-the union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. bouvier. (b) (scots law) the appropriation of lands or rents to the crown.
annicut: a dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation.
annihilate: to reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.-to destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees.-to destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.-annihilated.
annihilation: the act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.-the state of being annihilated.
annihilationist: one who believes that eternal punishment consists in annihilation or extinction of being; a destructionist.
annihilator: one who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator.
anniversary: returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast.-the annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the declaration of independence.-the day on which mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.-the celebration which takes place on an anniversary day.
anno domini: in the year of the christian era; as, a. d. 1887.
annotate: to explain or criticize by notes; as, to annotate the works of bacon.-to make notes or comments; -- with on or upon.
annotation: a note, added by way of comment, or explanation; -- usually in the plural; as, annotations on ancient authors, or on a word or a passage.
announce: to give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.-to pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence.
annoy: to disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, i was annoyed by his remarks.-to molest, incommode, or harm; as, to annoy an army by impeding its march, or by a cannonade.-a feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy.
annoyance: the act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.-that which annoys.