AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
dangerous: attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.-causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.-in a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.-hard to suit; difficult to please.-reserved; not affable.
dangle: to hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.-to cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet.
dangleberry: a dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. the bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from new england to kentucky, and southward.
dangler: one who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler.
daniel: a hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge.
danite: a descendant of dan; an israelite of the tribe of dan.-one of a secret association of mormons, bound by an oath to obey the heads of the church in all things.
dank: damp; moist; humid; wet.-moisture; humidity; water.-a small silver coin current in persia.
danseuse: a professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a ballet.
dantean: relating to, emanating from or resembling, the poet dante or his writings.
daphne: a genus of diminutive shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.-a nymph of diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.
daphnetin: a colorless crystalline substance, c9h6o4, extracted from daphnin.
daphnin: a dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon (daphne mezereum) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant.-a white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from daphne mezereum and d. alpina.
dapifer: one who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household.
dapper: little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.
dapple: one of the spots on a dappled animal.-alt. of dappled-to variegate with spots; to spot.
dappled: marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse.-of dapple
darby: a plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.
darbyite: one of the plymouth brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from john n. darby, one of the leaders of the brethren.
dare: to have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.-to have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake.-to challenge; to provoke; to defy.-the quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash.-defiance; challenge.-to lurk; to lie hid.-to terrify; to daunt.-a small fish; the dace.
dare-devil: a reckless fellow. also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.
dare-deviltry: reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil.
dargue: a day's work; also, a fixed amount of work, whether more or less than that of a day.
daric: a gold coin of ancient persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side the figure of an archer.-a silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric.-any very pure gold coin.
daring: of dare-of dare-boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.-bold; fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits.
dark: destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.-not clear to the understanding; not easily seen through; obscure; mysterious; hidden.-destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.-evincing black or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.-foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.-deprived of sight; blind.-absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.-the condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.-a dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.-to darken to obscure.
darken: to make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.-to render dim; to deprive of vision.-to cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.-to cast a gloom upon.-to make foul; to sully; to tarnish.-to grow or darker.
darkling: in the dark.-becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.-dark; gloomy.
darkly: with imperfect light, clearness, or knowledge; obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly.-with a dark, gloomy, cruel, or menacing look.
darkness: the absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.-a state of privacy; secrecy.-a state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.-want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.-a state of distress or trouble.
darling: one dearly beloved; a favorite.-dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite.
darlingtonia: a genus of california pitcher plants consisting of a single species. the long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.
darn: to mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.-a place mended by darning.-a colloquial euphemism for damn.
darnel: any grass of the genus lolium, esp. the lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. other species, as lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety l. italicum (italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay.
daroo: the egyptian sycamore (ficus sycamorus). see sycamore.
darrain: to make ready to fight; to array.-to fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.
dart: a pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.-anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.-a spear set as a prize in running.-a fish; the dace. see dace.-to throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.-to throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.-to fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.-to start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.
darter: one who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.-the snakebird, a water bird of the genus plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. see snakebird.-a small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. the group includes numerous genera and species, all of them american. see etheostomoid.
dartos: a thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.
dartrous: relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic.
darwinian: pertaining to darwin; as, the darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements.-an advocate of darwinism.
dasewe: to become dim-sighted; to become dazed or dazzled.
dash: to throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.-to break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.-to put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress.-to throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture.-to form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.-to erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.-to rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.-violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.-a sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.-a slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple.-a rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain.-energy in style or action; animation; spirit.-a vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash.-a mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis.-the sign of staccato, a small mark [/] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner.-the line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.-a short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.
dashboard: a board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in england commonly called splashboard.-the float of a paddle wheel.-a screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.
dasher: that which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.-a dashboard or splashboard.-one who makes an ostentatious parade.
dashpot: a pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock.
dastard: one who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.-meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly.-to dastardize.
dastardize: to make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit; as, to dastardize my courage.
dastardliness: the quality of being dastardly; cowardice; base fear.
dastardly: meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage.
dasymeter: an instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density.
dasypaedic: pertaining to the dasypaedes; ptilopaedic.
dasyure: a carnivorous marsupial quadruped of australia, belonging to the genus dasyurus. there are several species.
dataria: formerly, a part of the roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. the name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor).
datary: an officer in the pope's court, having charge of the dataria.-the office or employment of a datary.
date: the fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.-that addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc.-the point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle.-assigned end; conclusion.-given or assigned length of life; dyration.-to note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter.-to note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids.-to have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from.
datiscin: a white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp (datisca cannabina).
dative: noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in english by to or for with the objective.-in one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.-removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer.-given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law.-the dative case. see dative, a., 1.
datolite: a borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals.
datum: something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.-the quantities or relations which are assumed to be given in any problem.
datura: a genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.
daub: to smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.-to paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.-to cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.-to flatter excessively or glossy.-to put on without taste; to deck gaudily.-to smear; to play the flatterer.-a viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.-a picture coarsely executed.
dauber: one who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.-a pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.-a low and gross flatterer.-the mud wasp; the mud dauber.
daubing: of daub-the act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.-a rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.-in currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing.
daughter: the female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.-a female descendant; a woman.-a son's wife; a daughter-in-law.-a term of address indicating parental interest.
daunt: to overcome; to conquer.-to repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
dauntless: incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.
dauphin: the title of the eldest son of the king of france, and heir to the crown. since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued.
dauw: the striped quagga, or burchell's zebra, of south africa (asinus burchellii); -- called also peechi, or peetsi.
davenport: a kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.
davidic: of or pertaining to david, the king and psalmist of israel, or to his family.
davit: a spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit.-curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits.
davyum: a rare metallic element found in platinum ore. it is a white malleable substance. symbol da. atomic weight 154.
daw: a european bird of the crow family (corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.-to dawn.-to rouse.-to daunt; to terrify.
dawdle: to waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.-to waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.-a dawdler.
dawdler: one who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.
dawk: see dak.-to cut or mark with an incision; to gash.-a hollow, crack, or cut, in timber.
dawn: to begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.-to began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.-the break of day; the first appearance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.-first opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.
dawsonite: a hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals.
day: the time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.-the period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. it is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day.  see civil day, sidereal day, below.-those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.-a specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.-(preceded by the) some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.
day lily: a genus of plants (hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. the common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers.-a genus of plants (funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers.
day-laborer: one who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade.
day-star: the morning star; the star which ushers in the day.-the sun, as the orb of day.
daybook: a journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal.
daydream: a vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.
dayflower: a genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (commelina), having ephemeral flowers.
dayfly: a neuropterous insect of the genus ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. see ephemeral fly, under ephemeral.
daylight: the light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.-the eyes.
daymare: a kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare.
dayspring: the beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.
daze: to stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.-the state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze.-a glittering stone.
dazzle: to overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.-to bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind.-to be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.-to be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.-a light of dazzling brilliancy.
de bene esse: of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally.
de facto: actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.
de-: a prefix from latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. in words from the french it is equivalent to latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de.  cf. dis-. it is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. it is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc.
deacon: an officer in christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. in the roman catholic and episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. in presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. in congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the presbyterian church.-the chairman of an incorporated company.-to read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off.
deaconess: a female deacon-one of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons.-a woman set apart for church work by a bishop.-a woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the congregationalists.
deaconhood: the state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.
dead: deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.-destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.-resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.-still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.-so constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.-unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.-lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.-monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.-sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.-bringing death; deadly.-wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.-flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.-not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.-cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.-not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc.  see spindle.-to a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.-the most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.-one who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.-to make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.-to die; to lose life or force.
dead-eye: a round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. called also deadman's eye.
dead-hearted: having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless.
dead-pay: pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.
deadbeat: making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.
deaden: to make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.-to lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.-to make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.-to deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
deadhead: one who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc.-a buoy. see under dead, a.
deadlatch: a kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.
deadlight: a strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.
deadlock: a lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.-a counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action.
deadly: capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.-aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.-subject to death; mortal.-in a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death.-in a manner to occasion death; mortally.-in an implacable manner; destructively.-extremely.