AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
crural: of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal; crural ring.
crus: that part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.-often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.
crusade: any one of the military expeditions undertaken by christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the holy land from the mohammedans.-any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a crusade against intemperance.-a portuguese coin. see crusado.-to engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner.
crusading: of crusade-of or pertaining to a crusade; as, a crusading spirit.
crush: to press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.-to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.-to overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.-to oppress or burden grievously.-to overcome completely; to subdue totally.-to be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.-a violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.-violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception.
crust: the hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.-the hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard.-the cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents.-the dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling.-the exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior.-the shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.-a hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body.-an incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. see beeswing.-to cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust.-to gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted.
crusta: a crust or shell.-a gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object.
crustacea: one of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered.
crustacean: of or pertaining to the crustacea; crustaceous.-an animal belonging to the class crustacea.
crustaceology: that branch of zoology which treats of the crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology.
crustaceous: pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell.-belonging to the crustacea; crustacean.
crustaceousness: the state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlike shell.
crusted: of crust-incrusted; covered with, or containing, crust; as, old, crusted port wine.
crustiness: the state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness.-the quality of being crusty or surly.
crusty: having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.-having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly.
crutch: a staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.-a form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.-a knee, or piece of knee timber-a forked stanchion or post; a crotch. see crotch.-to support on crutches; to prop up.
crutched: supported upon crutches.-marked with the sign of the cross; crouched.
cry: to make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.-to utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.-to utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.-to utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.-to cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.-to make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc.-to publish the banns of, as for marriage.-a loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves.-outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.-any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.-loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor.-importunate supplication.-public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.-common report; fame.-a word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the tories.-a pack of hounds.-a pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.-the crackling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth.
crying: of cry-calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil.
cryohydrate: a substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures, or below the freezing point of water.
cryolite: a fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in greenland, in white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina.
cryophorus: an instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. the ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. the water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32¡ fahr.
crypt: a vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory.-a simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the crypts of lieberk/hn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines.
cryptidine: one of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, c11h11n; also, any one of several substances metameric with, and resembling, cryptidine proper.
cryptobranchiata: a division of the amphibia; the derotremata.-a group of nudibranch mollusks.
cryptocrystalline: indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope.
cryptogamia: the series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds.
cryptogamous: of or pertaining to the series cryptogamia, or to plants of that series.
cryptographical: relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink.
cryptography: the act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.
crypturi: an order of flying, drom/ognathous birds, including the tinamous of south america. see tinamou.
crystal: the regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. it is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. see crystallization.-the material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal. ornamental vessels are made of it. cf. smoky quartz, pebble; also brazilian pebble, under brazilian.-a species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. see flint glass.-the glass over the dial of a watch case.-anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc.-consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline.
crystalline: consisting, or made, of crystal.-formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture.-imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized.-fig.: resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid.-a crystalline substance.-see aniline.
crystallite: a minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. according to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc.
crystallization: the act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.-the body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations.
crystallize: to cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.-to be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction.
crystallogenical: pertaining to the production of crystals; crystal-producing; as, crystallogenic attraction.
crystallographer: one who describes crystals, or the manner of their formation; one versed in crystallography.
crystallography: the doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation.-a discourse or treatise on crystallization.
crystalloid: crystal-like; transparent like crystal.-a body which, in solution, diffuses readily through animal membranes, and generally is capable of being crystallized; -- opposed to colloid.-one of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells; -- called also protein crystal.
crystallomancy: divination by means of a crystal or other transparent body, especially a beryl.
ctenoid: having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale-pertaining to the ctenoidei.-a ctenoidean.
ctenoidean: relating to the ctenoidei.-one of the ctenoidei.
ctenoidei: a group of fishes, established by agassiz, characterized by having scales with a pectinated margin, as in the perch. the group is now generally regarded as artificial.
ctenophora: a class of coelenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. the separate paddles somewhat resemble combs.
ctenostomata: a suborder of bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles.
cub: a young animal, esp. the young of the bear.-jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy.-to bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons.-a stall for cattle.-a cupboard.-to shut up or confine.
cuban: of or pertaining to cuba or its inhabitants.-a native or an inhabitant of cuba.
cube: a regular solid body, with six equal square sides.-the product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4.-to raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.
cubeb: the small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (piper cubeba; in med., cubeba officinalis), native in java and borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. the dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative.
cubebic: pertaining to, or derived from, cubebs; as, cubebic acid (a soft olive-green resin extracted from cubebs).
cubical: having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube.-isometric or monometric; as, cubic cleavage. see crystallization.
cubicle: a loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory.
cubilose: a mucilagenous secretion of certain birds found as the characteristic ingredient of edible bird's-nests.
cubit: the forearm; the ulna, a bone of the arm extending from elbow to wrist.-a measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger.
cubital: of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna; as, the cubital nerve; the cubital artery; the cubital muscle.-of the length of a cubit.-a sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand.
cubo-octahedron: a combination of a cube and octahedron, esp. one in which the octahedral faces meet at the middle of the cubic edges.
cuboid: cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot.-the bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes.
cucking stool: a kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool.
cuckold: a man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress.-a west indian plectognath fish (ostracion triqueter).-the cowfish.-to make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress.
cuckold's knot: a hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also cuckold's neck.
cuckoldly: having the qualities of a cuckold; mean-spirited; sneaking.
cuckoldry: the state of being a cuckold; the practice of making cuckolds.
cuckoo: a bird belonging to cuculus, coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species.
cuckoobud: a species of ranunculus (r. bulbosus); -- called also butterflower, buttercup, kingcup, goldcup.
cuckooflower: a species of cardamine (c. pratensis), or lady's smock. its leaves are used in salads. also, the ragged robin (lychnis flos-cuculi).
cuckoopint: a plant of the genus arum (a. maculatum); the european wake-robin.
cucullated: hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood.-having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest american blue violet.-having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects.-having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles.
cucumber: a creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus cucumis, esp. cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. see below.
cucumiform: having the form of a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and either straight or curved.
cucumis: a genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same kinds of gourds.
cucurbitaceous: of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of which the cucumber, melon, and gourd are common examples.
cucurbite: a vessel or flask for distillation, used with, or forming part of, an alembic; a matrass; -- originally in the shape of a gourd, with a wide mouth. see alembic.
cucurbitive: having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain small worms.
cud: that portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.-a portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid.-the first stomach of ruminating beasts.
cudbear: a powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. it is prepared from certain species of lichen, especially lecanora tartarea.-a lichen (lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained.
cudden: a clown; a low rustic; a dolt.-the coalfish. see 3d cuddy.
cuddle: to lie close or snug; to crouch; to nestle.-to embrace closely; to fondle.-a close embrace.
cuddy: an ass; esp., one driven by a huckster or greengrocer.-a blockhead; a lout.-a lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc.-a small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel.-the coalfish (pollachius carbonarius).
cudgel: a staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon.-to beat with a cudgel.
cudweed: a small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as filago, antennaria, etc.; cottonweed.
cue: the tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.-the last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword.-a hint or intimation.-the part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.-humor; temper of mind.-a straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.-to form into a cue; to braid; to twist.-a small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing.
cuff: to strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.-to buffet.-to fight; to scuffle; to box.-a blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.-the fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.-any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate; especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like.
cuinage: the stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with the arms of the duchy of cornwall.
cuirass: a piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle-the breastplate taken by itself.-an armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass.
cuirassed: wearing a cuirass.-having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass; -- said of certain fishes.
cul-de-sac: a passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.-a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.-any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.
culdee: one of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of scotland, ireland, and wales.
culinary: relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art.
cull: to separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.-a cully; a dupe; a gull. see cully.
culler: one who picks or chooses; esp., an inspector who selects wares suitable for market.
cullet: broken glass for remelting.-a small central plane in the back of a cut gem. see collet, 3 (b).
culling: of cull-the act of one who culls.-anything separated or selected from a mass.
cullion: a mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion.
cullis: a strong broth of meat, strained and made clear for invalids; also, a savory jelly.-a gutter in a roof; a channel or groove.
culls: refuse timber, from which the best part has been culled out.-any refuse stuff, as rolls not properly baked.
cully: a person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull.-to trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive.
culm: the stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.-mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses.-the waste of the pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel.
culmiferous: having jointed stems or culms.-containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.
culminate: to reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.-to reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc.-growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals.
culmination: the attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.-attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
culpa: negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart.
culpable: deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.-guilty; as, culpable of a crime.
culprit: one accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge.-one quilty of a fault; a criminal.
cultch: empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.
cultirostral: having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc.
cultirostres: a tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc.
cultivate: to bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.-to direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.-to seek the society of; to court intimacy with.-to improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.-to raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.
cultivation: the art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.-bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care.-the state of being cultivated; advancement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture.
cultivator: one who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature.-an agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles.
cultrated: sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds.
cultrivorous: devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; -- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity.
culture: the act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.-the act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as, the culture of the mind.-the state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste.-to cultivate; to educate.
cultured: of culture-under culture; cultivated.-characterized by mental and moral training; disciplined; refined; well-educated.
cultus: established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development.  cf. cult, 2.
culverin: a long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles.
culverkey: a bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree.-an english meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (scilla nutans).
culvert: a transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge.
cumber: to rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble.-trouble; embarrassment; distress.
cumbersome: burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.-not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine.
cumbrian: pertaining to cumberland, england, or to a system of rocks found there.
cumbrous: rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.-giving trouble; vexatious.
cumene: a colorless oily hydrocarbon, c6h5.c3h7, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also cumol.
cumidine: a strong, liquid, organic base, c3h7.c6h4.nh2, homologous with aniline.