AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
emboitement: the hypothesis that all living things proceed from preexisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another.
embolic: embolismic.-pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.-pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. see under invagination.
embolism: intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the greek year.-intercalated time.-the occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.
embolismal: pertaining to embolism; intercalary; as, embolismal months.
embolismical: pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation.
embolus: something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.-a plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. it consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.
embosom: to take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster.-to inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.
emboss: to arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.-to raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like.-to make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal.-to hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.-to surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.-to seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods.
embossed: of emboss-formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.-having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.-swollen; protuberant.
embossment: the act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.-a bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect.
embouchure: the mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.-the mouthpiece of a wind instrument.-the shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.
embowel: to disembowel.-to imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury.
embower: to cover with a bower; to shelter with trees.-to lodge or rest in a bower.
embrace: to fasten on, as armor.-to clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.-to cling to; to cherish; to love.-to seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome.-to encircle; to encompass; to inclose.-to include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.-to accept; to undergo; to submit to.-to attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court.-to join in an embrace.-intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
embracement: a clasp in the arms; embrace.-state of being contained; inclosure.-willing acceptance.
embracery: an attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.
embrasure: an embrace.-a splay of a door or window.-an aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. see illust. of casemate.
embrave: to inspire with bravery.-to decorate; to make showy and fine.
embrocate: to moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
embrocation: the act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc.-the liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.
embroider: to ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.
embroidery: needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.-diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration.
embroil: to throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.-to implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.-see embroilment.
embroilment: the act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil.
embronze: to embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person.-to color in imitation of bronze. see bronze, v. t.
embryo: the first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant-the young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see fetus).-the germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination.-pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.
embryology: the science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.
embryonal: pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.
embryoplastic: relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.
embryotomy: the cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.
emeer: same as emir.-an arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of mohammed, in the line of his daughter fatima; among the turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.
emend: to purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal.
emendation: the act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement.-alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.
emerald: a precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. see beryl.-a kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare/l. it is used by english printers.-of a rich green color, like that of the emerald.
emeraldine: a green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.
emerge: to rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity.
emergence: the act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.
emergency: sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.-an unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency.
emergent: rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.-suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; calling for prompt action; urgent.
emeritus: honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.-a veteran who has honorably completed his service.
emersion: the act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties.-the reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon.
emery: corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. see the note under corundum.
emetic: inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth.-a medicine which causes vomiting.
emetine: a white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.
emication: a flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation.
emiction: the voiding of urine.-what is voided by the urinary passages; urine.
emigrant: removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.-pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital.-one who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another.
emigrate: to remove from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home.-migratory; roving.
emigration: the act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from europe to america, or, in america, from the atlantic states to the western.-a body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the german emigration.
emigre: one of the natives of france who were opposed to the first revolution, and who left their country in consequence.
eminence: that which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.-an elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment.-a title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the roman catholic church.
eminent: high; lofty; towering; prominent.-being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.
eminently: in an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.
emissary: an agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter.-exploring; spying.-applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.
emission: the act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes.-that which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood.
emissivity: tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.
emit: to send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.-to issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.
emmantle: to cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection.
emmetropia: that refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism.
emodin: an orange-red crystalline substance, c15h10o5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (rheum emodei).
emollescence: that degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.
emollient: softening; making supple; acting as an emollient.-an external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.
emolument: the profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.
emotion: a moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body.
emotional: pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.
emotionalism: the cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.
empaistic: having to do with inlaid work; -- especially used with reference to work of the ancient greeks.
empale: to make pale.-to fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.-to inclose; to surround. see impale.-to put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.-same as impale.
empalement: a fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.-a putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.-same as impalement.
empark: to make a park of; to inclose, as with a fence; to impark.
empasm: a perfumed powder sprinkled upon the body to mask the odor of sweat.
empearl: to form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl.
emperor: the sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of germany or of austria; the emperor or czar of russia.
emphasis: a particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.-a peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.
emphasize: to utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.
emphatical: uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning.-striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible.
emphatically: with emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; preeminently.-not really, but apparently.
emphysematous: pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated.
emphyteusis: a real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent.
emphyteutic: of or pertaining to an emphyteusis; as, emphyteutic lands.
empire: supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion.-the dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the austrian empire.-any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason.
empiric: one who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.-one who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan.-alt. of empirical
empirical: pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.-depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies.
empiricism: the method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.-specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery.-the philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.
empiristic: relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to nativistic.
emplaster: see plaster.-to plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance.
emplastic: fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications.-a medicine causing constipation.
emplastration: the act or process of grafting by inoculation; budding.-the application of a plaster or salve.
emplecton: a kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.
employ: to inclose; to infold.-to use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) to make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies.-to occupy; as, to employ time in study.-to have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy.-that which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.
employment: the act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.-that which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government.
emporium: a place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country.-the brain.
empower: to give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the supreme court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.-to give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to.
emprise: an enterprise; endeavor; adventure.-the qualifies which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits.-to undertake.
emprosthotonos: a drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles.
emptiness: the state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.-want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory.-want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.
empty: containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.-free; clear; devoid; -- often with of.-having nothing to carry; unburdened.-destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.-unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.-producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.-destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.-destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.-an empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."-to deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.-to discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.-to become empty.
emptying: of empty-the act of making empty.-the lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast.
empurple: to tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple.
empyema: a collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura.
empyreal: formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aerial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.-empyrean.
empyrean: the highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist.-empyreal.
empyreuma: the peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.
empyreumatical: of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor.
emu: a large australian bird, of two species (dromaius novae-hollandiae and d. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. the emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly.
emu wren: a small wrenlike australian bird (stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.
emulate: striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.-to strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great.
emulation: the endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.-jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
emulative: inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort.
emulgent: pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins.-an emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.-a medicine that excites the flow of bile.
emulous: ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.-vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious.
emulsic: pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid.
emulsify: to convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.
emulsin: the white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds.-an unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides.
emulsion: any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) in pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) in photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.
emulsive: softening; milklike.-yielding oil by expression; as, emulsive seeds.-producing or yielding a milklike substance; as, emulsive acids.
emunctory: any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.
emydea: a group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.
en: half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. see em.
en-: a prefix signifying in or into, used in many english words, chiefly those borrowed from the french. some english words are written indifferently with en-or in-. for ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em-before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. it is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. see in-.-a prefix from gr. / in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. see in-.
enable: to give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong.-to make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow.
enact: to decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.-to act; to perform; to do; to effect.-to act the part of; to represent; to play.-purpose; determination.
enactment: the passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.-that which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.