AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
divinity: the state of being divine; the nature or essence of god; deity; godhead.-the deity; the supreme being; god.-a pretended deity of pagans; a false god.-a celestial being, inferior to the supreme god, but superior to man.-something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe.-the science of divine things; the science which treats of god, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology.
divisibility: the quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation.
division: the act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.-that which divides or keeps apart; a partition.-the portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.-disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.-difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast.-separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the houses of parliament, to ascertain the vote.-the process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed.-the separation of a genus into its constituent species.-two or more brigades under the command of a general officer.-two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion.-one of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.-one of the groups into which a fleet is divided.-a course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.-the distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.-a grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom.
divisional: that divides; pertaining to, making, or noting, a division; as, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police.
divisive: indicating division or distribution.-creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference.
divorce: a legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. this is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii.-the separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (/ thoro), "from bed board."-the decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.-separation; disunion of things closely united.-that which separates.-to dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.-to separate or disunite; to sunder.-to make away; to put away.
divot: a thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also for fuel.
divulge: to make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret.-to indicate publicly; to proclaim.-to impart; to communicate.-to become publicly known.
divulsive: tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting.
dixie: a colloquial name for the southern portion of the united states, esp. during the civil war.
dizen: to dress; to attire.-to dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out.
dizzard: a blockhead. [obs.] [written also dizard, and disard.]
dizzy: having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.-causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.-without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless.-to make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.
djerrid: a blunt javelin used in military games in moslem countries.-a game played with it.
do: a syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. it is the first of the seven syllables used by the italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable ut, applied to the note c. in england and america the same syllables are used by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet.-to place; to put.-to cause; to make; -- with an infinitive.-to bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve.-to perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what i can.-to bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done.-to make ready for an object, purpose, or use, as food by cooking; to cook completely or sufficiently; as, the meat is done on one side only.-to put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text.-to cheat; to gull; to overreach.-to see or inspect; to explore; as, to do all the points of interest.-to cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.-to act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.-to fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day?-to succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do.-deed; act; fear.-ado; bustle; stir; to do.-a cheat; a swindle.
do-nothing: doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.
doab: a tongue or tract of land included between two rivers; as, the doab between the ganges and the jumna.
dobson: the aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. see hellgamite.
docile: teachable; easy to teach; docible.-disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child.
docility: teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness.-willingness to be taught; tractableness.
docimacy: the art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.
docimology: a treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc.
dock: a genus of plants (rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.-the solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting.-a case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.-to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.-to cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.-to cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.-an artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide.-the slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.-the place in court where a criminal or accused person stands.-to draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.
docket: a small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.-a bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be sent; a label.-an abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an action, or register or such entries; a book of original, kept by clerks of courts, containing a formal list of the names of parties, and minutes of the proceedings, in each case in court.-a list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks.-a list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly.-to make a brief abstract of  (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers.-to make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed.-to enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.-to mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.
dockyard: a yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding.
docoglossa: an order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon.
doctor: a teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man.-an academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. hence: one who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. such diplomas may confer an honorary title only.-one duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician.-any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine.-the friar skate.-to treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart.-to confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.-to tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky.-to practice physic.
doctorate: the degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.-to make (one) a doctor.
doctrinaire: one who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions.
doctrinal: pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation.-pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching.-a matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines.
doctrinally: in a doctrinal manner or for; by way of teaching or positive direction.
doctrine: teaching; instruction.-that which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as, the doctrine of atoms; the doctrine of chances.
document: that which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.-an example for instruction or warning.-an original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else; -- in its most extended sense, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.-to teach; to school.-to furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law.
documental: of or pertaining to instruction.-of or pertaining to written evidence; documentary; as, documental testimony.
dod: to cut off, as wool from sheep's tails; to lop or clip off.
doddart: a game much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the, bent stick for playing the game.
dodded: without horns; as, dodded cattle; without beards; as, dodded corn.
dodder: a plant of the genus cuscuta. it is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. it attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root, is nourished by the plant that supports it.-to shake, tremble, or totter.
dodecagynous: of or pertaining to the dodecagynia; having twelve styles.
dodecahedral: pertaining to, or like, a dodecahedion; consisting of twelve equal sides.
dodecandria: a linnaean class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.
dodecandrous: of or pertaining to the dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.
dodecane: any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, c12h26, of the paraffin series.
dodecastyle: having twelve columns in front.-a dodecastyle portico, or building.
dodecatemory: a tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
dodge: to start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.-to evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.-to evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.-fig.: to evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility.-to follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.-the act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice.
dodger: one who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices.-a small handbill.-see corndodger.
dodman: a snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod.-any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster.
dodo: a large, extinct bird (didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the island of mauritius. it had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. it was related to the pigeons.
doe: a female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck.  also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. see the note under buck.-a feat. [obs.] see do, n.
doeglic: pertaining to, or obtained from, the doegling; as, doeglic acid (chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid.
doegling: the beaked whale (balaenoptera rostrata), from which doegling oil is obtained.
doer: one who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.-an agent or attorney; a factor.
doeskin: the skin of the doe.-a firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; -- made for men's wear.
doff: to put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of.-to strip; to divest; to undress.-to put off dress; to take off the hat.
doffer: a revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards.
dog: a quadruped of the genus canis, esp. the domestic dog (c. familiaris).-a mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.-a fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.-one of the two constellations, canis major and canis minor, or the greater dog and the lesser dog. canis major contains the dog star (sirius).-an iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.-a grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.-an iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.-a piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.-to hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.
dog days: a period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of july and the early part of september; canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the dog star (sirius) with the sun. popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer.
dog fancier: one who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.
dog star: sirius, a star of the constellation canis major, or the greater dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also canicula, and, in astronomical charts, / canis majoris. see dog days.
dog's-ear: the corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog.
dog's-tail grass: a hardy species of british grass (cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; -- called also goldseed.
dog-eared: having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book.
dog-fox: a male fox. see the note under dog, n., 6.-the arctic or blue fox; -- a name also applied to species of the genus cynalopex.
dog-headed: having a head shaped like that of a dog; -- said of certain baboons.
dog-legged: noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole.
dogbane: a small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.
dogcart: a light one-horse carriage, commonly two-wheeled, patterned after a cart. the original dogcarts used in england by sportsmen had a box at the back for carrying dogs.
dogfish: a small shark, of many species, of the genera mustelus, scyllium, spinax, etc.-the bowfin (amia calva). see bowfin.-the burbot of lake erie.
dogged: of dog-sullen; morose.-sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work.
doggedness: sullenness; moroseness.-sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.
dogger: a two-masted fishing vessel, used by the dutch.-a sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
doggerel: low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.-a sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry.
doggish: like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; brutal.
dogma: that which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.-a formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.-a doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum.
dogmatic: one of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the empiric.-alt. of dogmatical
dogmatical: pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet.-asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing.
dogmatism: the manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.
dogmatist: one who dogmatizes; one who speaks dogmatically; a bold and arrogant advancer of principles.
dogmatize: to assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance.-to deliver as a dogma.
dogmatizer: one who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.
dogshore: one of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.
dogskin: the skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. also used adjectively.
dogsleep: pretended sleep.-the fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.
dogtooth: see canine tooth, under canine.-an ornament common in gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament.
dogvane: a small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.
dogwatch: a half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch from 6 to 8 o'clock, p. m.
dogwood: the cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes.
doily: a kind of woolen stuff.-a small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed.
doing: of do-anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. see do.
doit: a small dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in scotland; hence, any small piece of money.-a thing of small value; as, i care not a doit.
dolabriform: shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish.
doldrums: a part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors.
dole: grief; sorrow; lamentation.-see dolus.-distribution; dealing; apportionment.-that which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.-alms; charitable gratuity or portion.-a boundary; a landmark.-a void space left in tillage.-to deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.
doleful: full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.
dolerite: a dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. by many authors it is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt.
doleritic: of the nature of dolerite; as, much lava is doleritic lava.
dolichocephalous: having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic.
doliolum: a genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to salpa, and having alternate generations.
dolium: a genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells.
dollar: a silver coin of the united states containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains.-a gold coin of the united states containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. it is no longer coined.-a coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in mexico, canada, parts of south america, also in spain, and several other european countries.-the value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the united states in reckoning money values.
dollardee: a species of sunfish (lepomis pallidus), common in the united states; -- called also blue sunfish, and copper-nosed bream.
dolly: a contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.-a tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.-in pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.-a small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.-a compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.-a child's mane for a doll.
dolly varden: a character in dickens's novel "barnaby rudge," a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.-a style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress.
dolman: a long robe or outer garment, with long sleeves, worn by the turks.-a cloak of a peculiar fashion worn by women.
dolomite: a mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. it occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. it includes much of the common white marble. also called bitter spar.
dolorous: full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses.-occasioning pain or grief; painful.