AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
airometer: a hollow cylinder to contain air. it is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water.
airy: consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.-relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight.-open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation.-resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.-relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music.-without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary.-light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.-having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.-having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
aisle: a lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper wall containing windows, called the clearstory wall.-improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle.-also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.
ait: an islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.-oat.
aitchbone: the bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone.
ajar: slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.-in a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.
ajutage: a tube through which water is discharged; an efflux tube; as, the ajutage of a fountain.
akimbo: with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
akin: of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.-allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.
al-: all; wholly; completely; as, almighty, almost.-to; at; on; -- in of. shortened to a-. see ad-.-the arabic definite article answering to the english the; as, alkoran, the koran or the book; alchemy, the chemistry.
alabama period: a period in the american eocene, the lowest in the tertiary age except the lignitic.
alabaster: a compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. it is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.-a hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. the name is used in this sense by pliny. it is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.-a box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made.
alabastrine: of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs.
alacrity: a cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy.
alamodality: the quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.
alamode: according to the fashion or prevailing mode.-a thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode.
alanine: a white crystalline base, c3h7no2, derived from aldehyde ammonia.
alar: pertaining to, or having, wings.-axillary; in the fork or axil.
alarm: a summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.-any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.-a sudden attack; disturbance; broil.-sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.-a mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.-to call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.-to keep in excitement; to disturb.-to surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
alarmed: of alarm-aroused to vigilance; excited by fear of approaching danger; agitated; disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty.
alarming: of alarm-exciting, or calculated to excite, alarm; causing apprehension of danger; as, an alarming crisis or report. -- a*larm"ing*ly, adv.
alarmist: one prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms.
alas: an exclamation expressive of sorrow, pity, or apprehension of evil; -- in old writers, sometimes followed by day or white; alas the day, like alack a day, or alas the white.
alaternus: an ornamental evergreen shrub (rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns.
alb: a vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the roman catholic church, worn by those in holy orders when officiating at mass. it was formerly worn, at least by clerics, in daily life.
alban: a white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
albata: a white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc.   british plate or german silver. see german silver, under german.
albatross: a web-footed bird, of the genus diomedea, of which there are several species. they are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. they are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.
albedo: whiteness. specifically: (astron.) the ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.
albertite: a bituminous mineral resembling asphaltum, found in the county of a. /bert, new brunswick.
albertype: a picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
albicore: a name applied to several large fishes of the mackerel family, esp. orcynus alalonga. one species (orcynus thynnus), common in the mediterranean and atlantic, is called in new england the horse mackerel; the tunny.
albigeois: a sect of reformers opposed to the church of rome in the 12th centuries.
albinism: the state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.
albino: a person, whether negro, indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. an albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. the term is also used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll.
albite: a mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. it is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. see feldspar.
albolith: a kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite.
alborak: the imaginary milk-white animal on which mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.
albugineous: of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.
album: a white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc.-a register for visitors' names; a visitors' book.-a blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.
album graecum: dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. it is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.
albumen: the white of an egg.-nourishing matter stored up within the integuments of the seed in many plants, but not incorporated in the embryo. it is the floury part in corn, wheat, and like grains, the oily part in poppy seeds, the fleshy part in the cocoanut, etc.-same as albumin.
albumenize: to cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albumenize paper.
albumin: a thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. it is soluble in water and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents.
albuminate: a substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the union of albumin with another substance.
albuminoid: resembling albumin.-one of a class of organic principles (called also proteids) which form the main part of organized tissues.
albuminose: a diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. see peptone.-pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin.
albumose: a compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. used also in combination, as antialbumose, hemialbumose.
alburn: the bleak, a small european fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.
alburnous: of or pertaining to alburnum; of the alburnum; as, alburnous substances.
alburnum: the white and softer part of wood, between the inner bark and the hard wood or duramen; sapwood.
alcaic: pertaining to alcaeus, a lyric poet of mitylene, about 6000 b. c.-a kind of verse, so called from alcaeus. one variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.
alcanna: an oriental shrub (lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.
alcarraza: a vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.
alcayde: a commander of a castle or fortress among the spaniards, portuguese, and moors.-the warden, or keeper of a jail.-same as alcaid.
alcedo: a genus of perching birds, including the european kingfisher (alcedo ispida). see halcyon.
alchemy: an imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. it led the way to modern chemistry.-a mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet.-miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.
alchymy: see alchemic, alchemist, alchemistic, alchemy.
alcohol: an impalpable powder.-the fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation.-pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. it is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation.-a class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical ethyl forms common or ethyl alcohol (c2h5.oh); methyl forms methyl alcohol (ch3.oh) or wood spirit; amyl forms amyl alcohol (c5h11.oh) or fusel oil, etc.
alcoholate: a crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization.
alcoholic: of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor.-a person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.-alcoholic liquors.
alcoholism: a diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.
alcoholization: the act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder.-the act rectifying spirit.-saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor.
alcoholize: to reduce to a fine powder.-to convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.
alcoholmeter: an instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. it is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale.
alcoholometry: the process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain.
alcoranist: one who adheres to the letter of the koran, rejecting all traditions.
alcove: a recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.-a small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower.-any natural recess analogous to an alcove or recess in an apartment.
alcyonacea: a group of soft-bodied alcyonaria, of which alcyonium is the type. see illust. under alcyonaria.
alcyonaria: one of the orders of anthozoa. it includes the alcyonacea, pennatulacea, and gorgonacea.
alcyonium: a genus of fleshy alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. the term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.
alcyonoid: like or pertaining to the alcyonaria.-a zoophyte of the order alcyonaria.
aldebaran: a red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of taurus; the bull's eye. it is the bright star in the group called the hyades.
aldehyde: a colorless, mobile, and very volatile liquid obtained from alcohol by certain processes of oxidation.
alder: a tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus alnus. the wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. in the u. s. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees.-alt. of aller
alderman: a senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.-one of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. they may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.
aldermanic: relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.
aldermanity: aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen.-the state of being an alderman.
aldermanly: pertaining to, or like, an alderman.-pertaining to, or like, an alderman.
aldermanry: the district or ward of an alderman.-the office or rank of an alderman.
alderney: one of a breed of cattle raised in alderney, one of the channel islands. alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called jersey cattle. see jersey, 3.
aldine: an epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of aldus manitius, and his family, of venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. the term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of english works.
ale: an intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.-a festival in english country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
ale silver: a duty payable to the lord mayor of london by the sellers of ale within the city.
aleberry: a beverage, formerly made by boiling ale with spice, sugar, and sops of bread.
alecithal: applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm.
aleconner: orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of london to inspect the measures used in public houses. but the office is a sinecure. [also called aletaster.]
alectryomancy: divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten.
alee: on or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. the helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side.
alemannic: belonging to the alemanni, a confederacy of warlike german tribes.-the language of the alemanni.
alembic: an apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. it has mostly given place to the retort and worm still.
alembroth: the salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. it was formerly used as a stimulant.
alert: watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.-brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.-an alarm from a real or threatened attack; a sudden attack; also, a bugle sound to give warning.
alertness: the quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.
alestake: a stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. at the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a "bush."
alethoscope: an instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
aleurometer: an instrument for determining the expansive properties, or quality, of gluten in flour.
aleurone: an albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains ("protein granules") in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm.
aleutic: of or pertaining to a chain of islands between alaska and kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.
alewife: a woman who keeps an alehouse.-a north american fish (clupea vernalis) of the herring family. it is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. the name is locally applied to other related species.
alexandrian: of or pertaining to alexandria in egypt; as, the alexandrian library.-applied to a kind of heroic verse. see alexandrine, n.
alexandrine: belonging to alexandria; alexandrian.-a kind of verse consisting in english of twelve syllables.
alexipharmic: alt. of alexipharmical-an antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.
alexipyretic: serving to drive off fever; antifebrile.-a febrifuge.
alexiteric: alt. of alexiterical-a preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general.
alexiterical: resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.
alfa grass: a plant (macrochloa tenacissima) of north africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.
alfalfa: the lucern (medicago sativa); -- so called in california, texas, etc.
alfet: a caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.
alfilaria: the pin grass (erodium cicutarium), a weed in california.
alga: a kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc.
algaroba: the carob, a leguminous tree of the mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called st. john's bread.-the honey mesquite (prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from california to buenos ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. a valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in texas and mexico.
algaroth: a term used for the powder of algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. it was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.
algarovilla: the agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a south american tree (inga marthae). it is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.
algates: always; wholly; everywhere.-by any or means; at all events.-notwithstanding; yet.
algebra: that branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. it is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.-a treatise on this science.
algebraical: of or pertaining to algebra; containing an operation of algebra, or deduced from such operation; as, algebraic characters; algebraical writings.
algerine: of or pertaining to algiers or algeria.-a native or one of the people of algiers or algeria. also, a pirate.
algol: a fixed star, in medusa's head, in the constellation perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.
algonkin: one of a widely spread family of indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of north america. the name was originally applied to a group of indian tribes north of the river st. lawrence.
algorithm: the art of calculating by nine figures and zero.-the art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.
algous: of or pertaining to the algae, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.
alguazil: an inferior officer of justice in spain; a warrant officer; a constable.
algum: same as almug (and etymologically preferable).-a tree or wood of the bible (2 chron. ii. 8; 1 k. x. 11).
alhambresque: made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of saracenic or arabesque architecture.
alias: otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, smith, alias simpson.-at another time.-a second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.-another name; an assumed name.
alibi: the plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.
alicant: a kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near alicant, in spain.
alidade: the portion of a graduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument
alien: not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.-wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.-a foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. hence, a stranger. see alienage.-one excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from god's mercies.-to alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.
alienable: capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.
alienage: the state or legal condition of being an alien.-the state of being alienated or transferred to another.
alienate: estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from.-to convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.-to withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from.-a stranger; an alien.
alienation: the act of alienating, or the state of being alienated.-a transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.-a withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections.-mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.
aliene: to alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate.
alienism: the status or legal condition of an alien; alienage.-the study or treatment of diseases of the mind.
aliethmoidal: pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
alight: to spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount.-to descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof.-to come or chance (upon).-lighted; lighted up; in a flame.
align: to adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.-to form in line; to fall into line.
alignment: the act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.-the ground-plan of a railway or other road, in distinction from the grades or profile.
alike: having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.-in the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerned in religion.