AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
aliment: that which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. hence: the necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support.-an allowance for maintenance.-to nourish; to support.-to provide for the maintenance of.
alimental: supplying food; having the quality of nourishing; furnishing the materials for natural growth; as, alimental sap.
alimentary: pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances.
alimentation: the act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.-state or mode of being nourished.
alimony: maintenance; means of living.-an allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same.
alineation: see allineation.-alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun.
alioth: a star in the tail of the great bear, the one next the bowl in the dipper.
aliped: wing-footed, as the bat.-an animal whose toes are connected by a membrane, serving for a wing, as the bat.
aliquant: an aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of 16. opposed to aliquot.
aliquot: an aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. opposed to aliquant.
alisanders: a name given to two species of the genus smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely.
alisphenoid: alt. of alisphenoidal-the alisphenoid bone.
alisphenoidal: pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal.
alitrunk: the segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax.
aliunde: from another source; from elsewhere; as, a case proved aliunde; evidence aliunde.
alive: having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.-in a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections alive.-exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings; swarming; thronged.-sprightly; lively; brisk.-having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.-of all living (by way of emphasis).
alizarin: a coloring principle, c14h6o2(oh)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. it produces the turkish reds.
alkahest: the fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.
alkalamide: one of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.
alkalescency: a tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.
alkali: soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.-one of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
alkalify: to convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.-to become changed into an alkali.
alkalimeter: an instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.
alkalimetry: the art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.
alkaline: of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.
alkalization: the act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.
alkaloid: alt. of alkaloidal-an organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.
alkanet: a dyeing matter extracted from the roots of alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.-a boraginaceous herb (alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet.-the similar plant anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the american puccoon.
alkarsin: a spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also cadel's fuming liquid.
alkekengi: an herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato.
alkermes: a compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.
all: the whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us).-any.-only; alone; nothing but.-wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as, all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement.-even; just. (often a mere intensive adjunct.)-the whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake.-although; albeit.
all fools' day: the first day of april, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.
all fours: all four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.
all saints': the first day of november, called, also, allhallows or hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival.
all souls' day: the second day of november; a feast day of the roman catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead.
alla breve: with one breve, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by /.
allah: the name of the supreme being, in use among the arabs and the mohammedans generally.
allanite: a silicate containing a large amount of cerium. it is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition.
allantoid: alt. of allantoidal-a membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.
allantoidea: the division of vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. it includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.
allantoin: a crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid.
allay: to make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.-to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.-to diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.-alleviation; abatement; check.-alloy.-to mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
allecret: a kind of light armor used in the sixteenth century, esp. by the swiss.
allegation: the act of alleging or positively asserting.-that which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment-a statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove, -- usually applied to each separate averment; the charge or matter undertaken to be proved.
allege: to bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.-to cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.-to produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.-to alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.
allegiance: the tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state.-devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science.
allegorical: belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative.
allegorization: the act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.
allegorize: to form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.-to treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.-to use allegory.
allegorizer: one who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist.
allegory: a figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. the real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject.-anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.-a figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.
allegretto: quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro.-a movement in this time.
allegro: brisk, lively.-an allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.
alleluiah: an exclamation signifying praise ye jehovah. hence: a song of praise to god. see hallelujah, the commoner form.
allemande: a dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the french in the reign of louis xiv.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of bach and handel.-a figure in dancing.
aller: of all; -- used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all.-same as alder, of all.
alleviate: to lighten or lessen the force or weight of.-to lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate.-to extenuate; to palliate.
alleviation: the act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.-that which mitigates, or makes more tolerable.
alley: a narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way.-a narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street.-a passageway between rows of pews in a church.-any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.-the space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.-a choice taw or marble.
allfours: a game at cards, called "high, low, jack, and the game."
allhallown: of or pertaining to the time of allhallows. [obs.] "allhallown summer." shak. (i. e., late summer; "indian summer").
allhallows: all the saints (in heaven).-all saints' day, november 1st.
allheal: a name popularly given to the officinal valerian, and to some other plants.
alliaceous: of or pertaining to the genus allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.
alliance: the state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between france and england.-any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.-the persons or parties allied.-to connect by alliance; to ally.
alligation: the act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached.-a rule relating to the solution of questions concerning the compounding or mixing of different ingredients, or ingredients of different qualities or values.
alligator: a large carnivorous reptile of the crocodile family, peculiar to america. it has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. besides the common species of the southern united states, there are allied species in south america.-any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens like the movable jaw of an alligator-a form of squeezer for the puddle ball-a rock breaker-a kind of job press, called also alligator press.
allis: the european shad (clupea vulgaris); allice shad. see alose.
alliterate: to employ or place so as to make alliteration.-to compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration.
alliteration: the repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -
alliterative: pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry.
allium: a genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.
allocation: the act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.-an allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company.-the admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the english exchequer.
allocatur: "allowed." the word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.
allocution: the act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.-an address; a hortatory or authoritative address as of a pope to his clergy.
allodial: pertaining to allodium; freehold; free of rent or service; held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system.-anything held allodially.
allodium: freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to any rent, service, or acknowledgment to a superior. it is thus opposed to feud.
allogamy: fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from another of the same species; cross-fertilization.
allograph: a writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph.
allomorph: any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime occurs in the allomorphs calcite and aragonite.-a variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite.
allomorphism: the property which constitutes an allomorph; the change involved in becoming an allomorph.
allonge: a thrust or pass; a lunge.-a slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider.-to thrust with a sword; to lunge.
allonym: the name of another person assumed by the author of a work.-a work published under the name of some one other than the author.
allopathically: in a manner conformable to allopathy; by allopathic methods.
allopathy: that system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.
allot: to distribute by lot.-to distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which providence allots him.
allotment: the act of allotting; assignment.-that which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the act of god; anything set apart for a special use or to a distinct party.-the allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
allotropy: the property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations.
allottee: one to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.
allow: to praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.-to like; to be suited or pleased with.-to sanction; to invest; to intrust.-to grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest.-to own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition.-to grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.-to grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.-to admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
allowable: praiseworthy; laudable.-proper to be, or capable of being, allowed; permissible; admissible; not forbidden; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.
allowableness: the quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.
allowance: approval; approbation.-the act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance.-acknowledgment.-license; indulgence.-that which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.-abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances; as, to make allowance for the inexperience of youth.-a customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, different in different countries, such as tare and tret.-to put upon a fixed allowance (esp. of provisions and drink); to supply in a fixed and limited quantity; as, the captain was obliged to allowance his crew; our provisions were allowanced.
alloxan: an oxidation product of uric acid. it is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.
alloxanate: a combination of alloxanic acid and a base or base or positive radical.
alloxanic: of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.
alloxantin: a substance produced by acting upon uric with warm and very dilute nitric acid.
alloy: any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. but when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.-the quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.-a baser metal mixed with a finer.-admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.-to reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.-to mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.-to abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.-to form a metallic compound.
alloyage: the act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.
allspice: the berry of the pimento (eugenia pimenta), a tree of the west indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; jamaica pepper; pimento. it has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. the name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the carolina allspice (calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.
allude: to refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.-to compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.
allure: to attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract.-allurement.-gait; bearing.
allurement: the act alluring; temptation; enticement.-that which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor.
allusion: a figurative or symbolical reference.-a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.
allusive: figurative; symbolical.-having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion.
allusively: figuratively [obs.]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation.
alluvial: pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits.
alluvion: wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.-an overflowing; an inundation; a flood.-matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium.-an accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. see accretion.
alluvium: deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.
allwork: domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant.
ally: to unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with.-to connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love.-a relative; a kinsman.-one united to another by treaty or league; -- usually applied to sovereigns or states; a confederate.-anything associated with another as a helper; an auxiliary.-anything akin to another by structure, etc.-see alley, a marble or taw.
allyl: an organic radical, c3h5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.
allylene: a gaseous hydrocarbon, c3h4, homologous with acetylene; propine.
almacantar: same as almucantar.-a recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. see almucantar.
almadie: a bark canoe used by the africans.-a boat used at calicut, in india, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.
almagest: the celebrated work of ptolemy of alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. the name was extended to other similar works.
almagra: a fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in spain. it is the sil atticum of the ancients. under the name of indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver.
alman: a german.-german.-the german language.-a kind of dance. see allemande.
almanac: a book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc.
almighty: unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible.-great; extreme; terrible.
almond: the fruit of the almond tree.-the tree that bears the fruit; almond tree.-anything shaped like an almond.-one of the tonsils.
almond furnace: a kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter.
almoner: one who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.
alms: anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.
almucantar: a small circle of the sphere parallel to the horizon; a circle or parallel of altitude. two stars which have the same almucantar have the same altitude. see almacantar.
almude: a measure for liquids in several countries. in portugal the lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the oporto almude about 6.6, gallons u. s. measure. in turkey the "almud" is about 1.4 gallons.