AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
boistous: rough or rude; coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy.
bojanus organ: a glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a kidney.
bolar: of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey.
bolas: a kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather cord; -- used by the gauchos of south america, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal.
bold: forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.-exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous.-in a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent.-somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold.-standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.-steep; abrupt; prominent.-to make bold or daring.-to be or become bold.
bold eagle: an australian eagle (aquila audax), which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo.
bold-faced: somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced woman.-having a conspicuous or heavy face.
boldu: a fragrant evergreen shrub of chili (peumus boldus). the bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten.
bole: the trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.-an aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.-a measure. see boll, n., 2.-any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. it was formerly used in medicine. it is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. see clay, and terra alba.-a bolus; a dose.
boletus: a genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. a few are edible, and others very poisonous.
bolis: a meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.
boll: the pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.-a scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. a boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. also, a measure for salt of two bushels.-to form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
bollandists: the jesuit editors of the "acta sanctorum", or lives of the saints; -- named from john bolland, who began the work.
bollard: an upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes.
bollworm: the larva of a moth (heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.
bologna: a city of italy which has given its name to various objects.-a bologna sausage.
bolometer: an instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; -- called also actinic balance, thermic balance.
bolster: a long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.-a pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.-anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.-a cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.-a cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.-anything used to prevent chafing.-a plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.-a transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.-the crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.-the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.-that part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle.-the metallic end of a pocketknife handle.-the rolls forming the ends or sides of the ionic capital.-a block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.-to support with a bolster or pillow.-to support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up.
bolt: a shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart.-lightning; a thunderbolt.-a strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end.-a sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.-an iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.-a compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.-a bundle, as of oziers.-to shoot; to discharge or drive forth.-to utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.-to swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.-to refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part.-to cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.-to fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.-to start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room.-to strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.-to spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.-to refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.-in the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.-a sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.-a sudden flight, as to escape creditors.-a refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.-to sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.-to separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out.-to discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.-a sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
bolter: one who bolts; esp.: (a) a horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) a man who breaks away from his party.-one who sifts flour or meal.-an instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve.-a kind of fishing line. see boulter.
bolthead: a long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver.-the head of a bolt.
bolting: of bolt-of bolt-a darting away; a starting off or aside.-a sifting, as of flour or meal.-a private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the inns of court.
boltonite: a granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in bolton, massachusetts. it is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family.
bomb: a great noise; a hollow sound.-a shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. see shell.-a bomb ketch.-to bombard.-to sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
bombard: a piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. it was the earliest kind of cannon.-a bombardment.-a large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer.-padded breeches.-see bombardo.-to attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into.
bombardier: one who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner.-a noncommissioned officer in the british artillery.
bombardment: an attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place.
bombardon: originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. the name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide.
bombast: originally, cotton, or cotton wool.-cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.-fig.: high-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.-high-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.-to swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
bombax: a genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus bombax.
bombazet bombazette: a sort of thin woolen cloth. it is of various colors, and may be plain or twilled.
bombazine: a twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments.
bombic: pertaining to, or obtained from, the silkworm; as, bombic acid.
bombolo: a thin spheroidal glass retort or flask, used in the sublimation of camphor.
bombproof: secure against the explosive force of bombs.-a structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.
bombycid: like or pertaining to the genus bombyx, or the family bombycidae.
bombycinous: silken; made of silk.-being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.
bombylious: buzzing, like a bumblebee; as, the bombylious noise of the horse fly.
bombyx: a genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. see silkworm.
bona fide: in or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.
bonanza: in mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.
bonapartist: one attached to the policy or family of bonaparte, or of the bonapartes.
bonbon: sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.
boncilate: a substance composed of ground bone, mineral matters, etc., hardened by pressure, and used for making billiard balls, boxes, etc.
bond: that which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.-the state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint.-a binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.-moral or political duty or obligation.-a writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. this is a single bond. but usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. if the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum.-an instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; as, a government, city, or railway bond.-the state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.-the union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. the bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in english or block bond (fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; flemish bond (fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; cross bond, which differs from the english by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; combined cross and english bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other.-a unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. it is often represented in graphic formulae by a short line or dash. see diagram of benzene nucleus, and valence.-to place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond.-to dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity.-a vassal or serf; a slave.-in a state of servitude or slavery; captive.
bondage: the state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.-obligation; tie of duty.-villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.
bondar: a small quadruped of bengal (paradoxurus bondar), allied to the genet; -- called also musk cat.
bonded: of bond-placed under, or covered by, a bond, as for the payment of duties, or for conformity to certain regulations.
bonder: one who places goods under bond or in a bonded warehouse.-a bonding stone or brick; a bondstone.-a freeholder on a small scale.
bondholder: a person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.
bondmaid: a female slave, or one bound to service without wages, as distinguished from a hired servant.
bondman: a man slave, or one bound to service without wages.-a villain, or tenant in villenage.
bondslave: a person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.
bondsman: a slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman.-a surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.
bondstone: a stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone.
bone: the hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone.-one of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) the frame or skeleton of the body.-anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.-two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.-dice.-whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset.-fig.: the framework of anything.-to withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery.-to put whalebone into; as, to bone stays.-to fertilize with bone.-to steal; to take possession of.-to sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying.
boned: of bone-having (such) bones; -- used in composition; as, big-boned; strong-boned.-deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish.-manured with bone; as, boned land.
boneset: a medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (eupatorium perfoliatum). its properties are diaphoretic and tonic.
bonesetter: one who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones.
bonfire: a large fire built in the open air, as an expression of public joy and exultation, or for amusement.
bongrace: a projecting bonnet or shade to protect the complexion; also, a wide-brimmed hat.
boning: of bone-the clearing of bones from fish or meat.-the manuring of land with bones.-a method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. see 3d bone, v. t.
bonitary: beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil; as, bonitary dominion of land.
bonito: a large tropical fish (orcynus pelamys) allied to the tunny.  it is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. it is sometimes found on the american coast.-the skipjack (sarda mediterranea) of the atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the united states, and (s. chilensis) of the pacific, and other related species. they are large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes.-the medregal (seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the united states and the west indies.-the cobia or crab eater (elacate canada), an edible fish of the middle and southern united states.
bonnet: a headdress for men and boys; a cap.-a soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in scotland.-a covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. the shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.-anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use-a small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.-a metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.-a frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.-a roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft.-in pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.-an additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds.-the second stomach of a ruminating animal.-an accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy.-to take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover.
bonneted: wearing a bonnet.-protected by a bonnet. see bonnet, 4 (a).
bonny: handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful.-gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe.-a round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.
bonnyclabber: coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber.
bontebok: the pied antelope of south africa (alcelaphus pygarga). its face and rump are white. called also nunni.
bonus: a premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter.-an extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits.-money paid in addition to a stated compensation.
bony: consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.-having large or prominent bones.
booby: a dunce; a stupid fellow.-a swimming bird (sula fiber or s. sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the west indies, nesting on the bare rocks. it is so called on account of its apparent stupidity. the name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, s. piscator, the red-footed booby.-a species of penguin of the antarctic seas.-having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.
boodle: the whole collection or lot; caboodle.-money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag.
book: a collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.-a composition, written or printed; a treatise.-a part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "paradise lost."-a volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.-six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.-to enter, write, or register in a book or list.-to enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; as, to be booked for southampton; to book a seat in a theater.-to mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory.
book muslin: a kind of muslin used for the covers of books.-a kind of thin white muslin for ladies' dresses.
bookholder: a prompter at a theater.-a support for a book, holding it open, while one reads or copies from it.
booking clerk: a clerk who registers passengers, baggage, etc., for conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage tickets at a booking office.
booking office: an office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship.-an office where passage tickets are sold.
bookish: given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books.-characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences.
bookkeeper: one who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.
bookkeeping: the art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts. the books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger. see daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger.
bookmaker: one who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler.-a betting man who "makes a book."  see to make a book, under book, n.
bookmark: something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.
bookplate: a label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.
bookstand: a place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall.-a stand to hold books for reading or reference.
bookstore: a store where books are kept for sale; -- called in england a bookseller's shop.
bookwork: work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work.-study; application to books.
bookworm: any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. many species are known.-a student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation.
booly: a company of irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.
boom: a long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.-a long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.-a pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor.-a strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.-a line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.-to extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.-to cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.-to make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.-to rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.-to have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.-a hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.-a strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee.-to cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a "boom" for; as to boom mr. c. for senator.