AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
achiote: seeds of the annotto tree; also, the coloring matter, annotto.
achromatic: free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.-uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue.
achromatism: the state or quality of being achromatic; as, the achromatism of a lens; achromaticity.
achroodextrin: dextrin not colorable by iodine. see dextrin.
acicula: one of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.
acicular: needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.
aciculated: furnished with aciculae.-acicular.-marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
acid: sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. also fig.: sour-tempered.-of or pertaining to an acid; as, acid reaction.-a sour substance.-one of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetable blue or violet colors. they are also characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. they all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally with oxygen, and take their names from this negative element or radical. those which contain no oxygen are sometimes called hydracids in distinction from the others which are called oxygen acids or oxacids.
acidifier: a simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
acidify: to make acid; to convert into an acid; as, to acidify sugar.-to sour; to imbitter.
acidimetry: the measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.
acidity: the quality of being sour; sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste; as, the acidity of lemon juice.
acidulous: slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture.
acierage: the process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electricity; steeling.
acinetae: a group of suctorial infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary. see suctoria.
aciniform: having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.-full of small kernels like a grape.
acinous: consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions; as, acinose or acinous glands.
acinus: one of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.-a grapestone.-one of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.
acipenser: a genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. see sturgeon.
acknowledge: to of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a god.-to own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.-to own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter.-to own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed.
acknowledgment: the act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.-the act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.-the owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.-something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc.-a declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration.
aclinic: without inclination or dipping; -- said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip.  the aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator.
acme: the top or highest point; the culmination.-the crisis or height of a disease.-mature age; full bloom of life.
acne: a pustular affection of the skin, due to changes in the sebaceous glands.
acnode: an isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.
acockbill: hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.-topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.
acolyctine: an organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from aconitum lycoctonum.
acolyte: one who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the mass.-one who attends; an assistant.
aconite: the herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; -- applied to any plant of the genus aconitum (tribe hellebore), all the species of which are poisonous.-an extract or tincture obtained from aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.
aconitum: the poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
acontia: threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain actiniae when irritated.
acontias: anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.
acorn: the fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.-a cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.-see acorn-shell.
acorn-shell: one of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus balanus. see barnacle.
acosmist: one who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from god.
acotyledon: a plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
acotyledonous: having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acoustic: pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.-a medicine or agent to assist hearing.
acquaint: acquainted.-to furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with.-to communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant; -- followed by with (formerly, also, by of), or by that, introducing the intelligence; as, to acquaint a friend with the particulars of an act.-to familiarize; to accustom.
acquaintance: a state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, i know the man; but have no acquaintance with him.-a person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
acquainted: of acquaint-personally known; familiar. see to be acquainted with, under acquaint, v. t.
acquest: acquisition; the thing gained.-property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
acquiesce: to rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to.-to concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition.
acquiescence: a silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.-submission to an injury by the party injured.-tacit concurrence in the action of another.
acquiescent: resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.
acquire: to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
acquisition: the act or process of acquiring.-the thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain; as, learning is an acquisition.
acquisitive: acquired.-able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring; as, an acquisitive person or disposition.
acquisitiveness: the quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.-the faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
acquit: acquitted; set free; rid of.-to discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.-to pay for; to atone for.-to set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.-to clear one's self.-to bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly.
acquittal: the act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance.-a setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.
acquittance: the clearing off of debt or obligation; a release or discharge from debt or other liability.-a writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.-to acquit.
acrania: partial or total absence of the skull.-the lowest group of vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.
acraspeda: a group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the discophora.
acre: any field of arable or pasture land.-a piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. this is the english statute acre. that of the united states is the same. the scotch acre was about 1.26 of the english, and the irish 1.62 of the english.
acred: possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men.
acrid: sharp and harsh, or bitter and not, to the taste; pungent; as, acrid salts.-causing heat and irritation; corrosive; as, acrid secretions.-caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing.
acridness: the quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
acrimonious: acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall.-caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper.
acrimoniousness: the quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony.
acrimony: a quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants.-sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners.
acritical: having no crisis; giving no indications of a crisis; as, acritical symptoms, an acritical abscess.
acroamatical: communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. hence: abstruse; profound.
acrobat: one who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.
acrobatism: feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.
acrocarpous: having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk.-having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses.
acroceraunian: of or pertaining to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now kimara), between epirus and macedonia.
acrodont: one of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.-of or pertaining to the acrodonts.
acrogen: a plant of the highest class of cryptogams, including the ferns, etc. see cryptogamia.
acrogenous: increasing by growth from the extremity; as, an acrogenous plant.
acrolein: a limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. its vapors are intensely irritating.
acromonogrammatic: having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.
acronycally: in an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa.
acronychal: rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical.
acropetal: developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.
acrophony: the use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.
acropolis: the upper part, or the citadel, of a grecian city; especially, the citadel of athens.
acrospire: the sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.-to put forth the first sprout.
acrospore: a spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.
across: from side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river.-from side to side; crosswise; as, with arms folded across.-obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
acrostic: a composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.-a hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as psalm cxix.). see abecedarian.-alt. of acrostical
acroteleutic: the end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response.
acroterial: pertaining to an acroterium; as, acroterial ornaments.
acroterium: one of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in gothic architecture.-one of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
acrylic: of or containing acryl, the hypothetical radical of which acrolein is the hydride; as, acrylic acid.
act: that which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.-the result of public deliberation; the decision or determination of a legislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of parliament, or of congress.-a formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.-a performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.-a thesis maintained in public, in some english universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.-a state of reality or real existence as opposed to a possibility or possible existence.-process of doing; action. in act, in the very doing; on the point of (doing).-to move to action; to actuate; to animate.-to perform; to execute; to do.-to perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.-to assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero.-to feign or counterfeit; to simulate.-to exert power; to produce an effect; as, the stomach acts upon food.-to perform actions; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will.-to behave or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices; to bear or deport one's self; as, we know not why he has acted so.-to perform on the stage; to represent a character.
actinaria: a large division of anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the anthozoa, expert the alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.
acting: of act-operating in any way.-doing duty for another; officiating; as, an   acting superintendent.
actinia: an animal of the class anthozoa, and family actinidae.  from a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [see polyp.].-a genus in the family actinidae.
actinism: the property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.
actinium: a supposed metal, said by phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds are darkened by exposure to light.
actinograph: an instrument for measuring and recording the variations in the actinic or chemical force of rays of light.
actinolite: a bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.
actinology: the science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical rays.
actinomere: one of the radial segments composing the body of one of the coelenterata.
actinometer: an instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays.-an instrument for measuring the actinic effect of rays of light.
actinometric: pertaining to the measurement of the intensity of the solar rays, either (a) heating, or (b) actinic.
actinometry: the measurement of the force of solar radiation.-the measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light.
actinotrocha: a peculiar larval form of phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.
actinozoa: a group of coelenterata, comprising the anthozoa and ctenophora. the sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example.
actinula: a kind of embryo of certain hydroids (tubularia), having a stellate form.
action: a process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action.-an act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.):    habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor.-the event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.-movement; as, the horse has a spirited action.-effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun.-any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice.-gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings.-the attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.-a suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.-a right of action; as, the law gives an action for every claim.-a share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks.-an engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.-the mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe.
actionable: that may be the subject of an action or suit at law; as, to call a man a thief is actionable.
active: having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.-quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.-in action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.-given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.-requiring or implying action or exertion; -- opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.-given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; -- opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.-brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.-implying or producing rapid action; as, an active disease; an active remedy.-applied to a form of the verb; -- opposed to passive. see active voice, under voice. -applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.-applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
actively: in an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively.-in an active signification; as, a word used   actively.
activity: the state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human activities.
acton: a stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.
actor: one who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.-a theatrical performer; a stageplayer.-an advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.-one who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
actress: a female actor or doer.-a female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.
actual: involving or comprising action; active.-existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, conceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.-in action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country.-something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts.
actualist: one who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to idealist.
actuality: the state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of god's nature.
actuarial: of or pertaining to actuaries; as, the actuarial value of an annuity.
actuary: a registrar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in europe used for a clerk or registrar generally.-the computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.
actuate: to put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons.-to carry out in practice; to perform.-put in action; actuated.
acuate: to sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.-sharpened; sharp-pointed.
acuity: sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
aculeate: having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.-having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles.-severe or stinging; incisive.
aculeated: having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
aculeus: a prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.-a sting.
acumen: quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
acuminate: tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.-to render sharp or keen.-to end in, or come to, a sharp point.
acumination: a sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
acupressure: a mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.
acupuncture: pricking with a needle; a needle prick.-the insertion of needles into the living tissues for remedial purposes.-to treat with acupuncture.