AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
colliquefaction: a melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.
collision: the act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.-a state of opposition; antagonism; interference.
collitigant: disputing or wrangling.-one who litigates or wrangles.
collocation: the act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.
collodion: a solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. it is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a coating for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.
collodiotype: a picture obtained by the collodion process; a melanotype or ambrotype.
collogue: to talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief.
colloid: resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.-a substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid.-a gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.
collop: a small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.-a part or piece of anything; a portion.
collophore: a suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the collembola.-an adhesive marginal organ of the lucernariae.
colloquial: pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style.
colloquialize: to make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one's style of writing.
colloquy: mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.-in some american colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.
collude: to have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.
collusion: a secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.-an agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights, by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law.
colly: the black grime or soot of coal.-to render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime.-a kind of dog. see collie.
colocolo: a south american wild cat (felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot.
colocynth: the light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (citrullus, / cucumis, colocynthis), an asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. it comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful cathartic. called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd.
colocynthin: the active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.
cologne: a perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau de cologne.
cologne earth: an earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.
colon: that part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [see illust of digestion.]-a point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.
colonel: the chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
colonization: the act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.
colonizationist: a friend to colonization, esp. (u. s. hist) to the colonization of africa by emigrants from the colored population of the united states.
colonize: to plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.-to remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony.
colonnade: a series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.
colony: a company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the british colonies in america.-the district or country colonized; a settlement.-a company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the american colony in paris.-a number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
colophene: a colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. it is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. called also diterebene.
colophon: an inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book.
color: a property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.-any hue distinguished from white or black.-the hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion.-that which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.-that which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.-shade or variety of character; kind; species.-a distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey).-an apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court.-to change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain.-to change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices.-to hide.-to acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.
colorado beetle: a yellowish beetle (doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. it has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. see potato beetle.
colorado group: a subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western north america, especially developed in colorado and the upper missouri region.
coloradoite: mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in colorado.
colorature: vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.
colored: of color-having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.-specious; plausible; adorned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description.-of some other color than black or white.-of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people.-of some other color than green.
colorimeter: an instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.
coloring: of color-the act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.-change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation.
colorist: one who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.
colorless: without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.-free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless.
colossal: of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue.-of a size larger than heroic. see heroic.
colossus: a statue of gigantic size. the name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the colossus of nero in rome, the colossus of apollo at rhodes.-any man or beast of gigantic size.
colostrum: the first milk secreted after delivery; biestings.-a mixture of turpentine and the yolk of an egg, formerly used as an emulsion.
colporteur: a hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.
colstaff: a staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.
colt: the young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; -- sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. cf. foal.-a young, foolish fellow.-a short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy.-to frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.-to horse; to get with young.-to befool.
colter: a knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard.
coltsfoot: a perennial herb (tussilago farfara), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine.
colubrine: like or related to snakes of the genus coluber.-like a snake; cunning; crafty.
colugo: a peculiar east indian mammal (galleopithecus volans), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur.
columbarium: a dovecote or pigeon house.-a sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.
columbate: a salt of columbic acid; a niobate. see columbium.
columbella: a genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. some species, as columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money.
columbia: america; the united states; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of columbus, the discoverer.
columbiad: a form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation.
columbic: pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic.-pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root.
columbine: of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored.-a plant of several species of the genus aquilegia; as, a. vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; a. canadensis, the wild red columbine of north america.-the mistress or sweetheart of harlequin in pantomimes.
columbite: a mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. it is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; -- first found in new england.
columbium: a rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in connecticut, probably at haddam. atomic weight 94.2. symbol cb or nb. now more commonly called niobium.
columella: an axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens.-a columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses.-a term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear.-the upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells.-the central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.
column: a kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. see order.-anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the column vendome; the spinal column.-a body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. compare ploy, and deploy.-a small army.-a number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from "line", where they are side by side.-a perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.-a perpendicular line of figures.-the body formed by the union of the stamens in the mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.
columnar: formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column.
colure: one of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. one of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90¡ from the former, and is called the solstitial colure.
colza: a variety of cabbage (brassica oleracea), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape.
com-: a prefix from the latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. it is used in the form com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants.
coma: a state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. see carus.-the envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.-a tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds.
comanches: a warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the shoshone family of indians, inhabiting mexico and the adjacent parts of the united states; -- called also paducahs. they are noted for plundering and cruelty.
comate: encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.
comatose: relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever.
comatula: a crinoid of the genus antedon and related genera. when young they are fixed by a stem. when adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars.
comb: an instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.-an instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.-a toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.-the serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.-a former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.-a tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.-the notched scale of a wire micrometer.-the collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.-the naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. it is usually red.-one of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.-the curling crest of a wave.-the waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb.-the thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.-to disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. see under combing.-to roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.-alt. of combe-a dry measure. see coomb.
combat: to struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.-to fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist.-a fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.-an engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies.
combatable: such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.
combativeness: the quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel.-a cranial development supposed to indicate a combative disposition.
combattant: in the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.
combe: that unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it.-see comb.
comber: one who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.-a long, curling wave.-to cumber.-encumbrance.-the cabrilla. also, a name applied to a species of wrasse.
combination: the act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.-the result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; -- usually in a bad sense.-the act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds.-the different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups.
combine: to unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous substance, as by chemical union.-to bind; to hold by a moral tie.-to form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate.-to unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third.-in the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
combing: of comb-the act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.-that which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair.-hair arranged to be worn on the head.-see coamings.
comboloio: a mohammedan rosary, consisting of ninety-nine beads.
combust: burnt; consumed.-so near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun.
combustible: capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.-easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible.-a substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn.
combustion: the state of burning.-the combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat.-violent agitation; confusion; tumult.
come: of come-to move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go.-to complete a movement toward a place; to arrive.-to approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a distance.-to approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another.-to arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear.-to get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come untied.-to carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here.-coming.
come-outer: one who comes out or withdraws from a religious or other organization; a radical reformer.
comedo: a small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt).
comedy: a dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy.
comely: pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good-looking; handsome.-suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.-in a becoming manner.
comer: one who comes, or who has come; one who has arrived, and is present.
comestible: suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.-something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural.
comet: a member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. a comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. see illustration in appendix.
comet- seeker: a telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets.
comfit: a dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.-to preserve dry with sugar.
comfort: to make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.-to assist or help; to aid.-to impart strength and hope to; to encourage; to relieve; to console; to cheer.-assistance; relief; support.-encouragement; solace; consolation in trouble; also, that which affords consolation.-a state of quiet enjoyment; freedom from pain, want, or anxiety; also, whatever contributes to such a condition.-a wadded bedquilt; a comfortable.-unlawful support, countenance, or encouragement; as, to give aid and comfort to the enemy.
comfortable: strong; vigorous; valiant.-serviceable; helpful.-affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope.-in a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life.-free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person.-a stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort.
comforter: one who administers comfort or consolation.-the holy spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers.-a knit woolen tippet, long and narrow.-a wadded bedquilt; a comfortable.
comfrey: a rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus symphytum.
comic: relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.-causing mirth; ludicrous.-a comedian.
comical: relating to comedy.-exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story.
coming: of come-approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.-ready to come; complaisant; fond.-approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train.-specifically: the second advent of christ.
comitial: relating to the comitia, or popular assemblies of the romans for electing officers and passing laws.
comity: mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals; friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of states.
comma: a character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.-a small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners.
command: to order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.-to exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.-to have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.-to have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.-to direct to come; to bestow.-to have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.-to have a view, as from a superior position.-an authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.-the possession or exercise of authority.-authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.-power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.-control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.-a body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.
commandant: a commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.