AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
fossorial: fitted for digging, adapted for burrowing or digging; as, a fossorial foot; a fossorial animal.
foster: to feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.-to cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.-to be nourished or trained up together.-relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood.-a forester.-one who, or that which, fosters.
fother: a wagonload; a load of any sort.-see fodder, a unit of weight.-to stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack.
fougasse: a small mine, in the form of a well sunk from the surface of the ground, charged with explosive and projectiles. it is made in a position likely to be occupied by the enemy.
foul: a bird.-covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water.-scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language.-hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched.-loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.-ugly; homely; poor.-not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc.-not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.-having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out.-to make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.-to incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.-to cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.-to entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race.-to become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.-to become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.-an entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.-see foul ball, under foul, a.
foul-mouthed: using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive.
foul-spoken: using profane, scurrilous, slanderous, or obscene language.
foulard: a thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from india, but now also made elsewhere.
foully: in a foul manner; filthily; nastily; shamefully; unfairly; dishonorably.
foumart: the european polecat; -- called also european ferret, and fitchew. see polecat.
found: of find-imp. & p. p. of find.-to form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.-a thin, single-cut file for combmakers.-to lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly.-to take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family.
foundation: the act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.-that upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.-the lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see base course (a), under base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.-a donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.-that which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
founder: one who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.-one who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types.-to become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.-to fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse.-to fail; to miscarry.-to cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.-a lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh.-an inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. see chest ffounder.
foundress: a female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.
foundry: the act, process, or art of casting metals.-the buildings and works for casting metals.
fountain: a spring of water issuing from the earth.-an artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament.-a reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc.-the source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source.
four: one more than three; twice two.-the sum of four units; four units or objects.-a symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.-four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
four-in-hand: consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-hand coach.-a team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team.
four-o'clock: a plant of the genus mirabilis. there are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of america. the common four-o'clock is m. jalapa. its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. it is also called marvel of peru, and afternoon lady.-the friar bird; -- so called from its cry, which resembles these words.
four-way: allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve.
fourche: having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; -- said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.
fourchette: a table fork.-a small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva.-the wishbone or furculum of birds.-the frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.-an instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the fraenum.-the forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed.
fourdrinier: a machine used in making paper; -- so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery.
fourfold: four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division.-four times as many or as much.-to make four times as much or as many, as an assessment,; to quadruple.
fourhanded: having four hands; quadrumanous.-requiring four "hands" or players; as, a fourhanded game at cards.
fourierism: the cooperative socialistic system of charles fourier, a frenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into small communities, living in common.
fourling: one of four children born at the same time.-a compound or twin crystal consisting of four individuals.
fourpence: a british silver coin, worth four pence; a groat.-a name formerly given in new england to the spanish half real, a silver coin worth six and a quarter cents.
fourscore: four times twenty; eighty.-the product of four times twenty; eighty units or objects.
fourteen: four and ten more; twice seven.-the sum of ten and four; forteen units or objects.-a symbol representing fourteen, as 14 or xiv.
fourteenth: next in order after the thirteenth; as, the fourteenth day of the month.-making or constituting one of fourteen equal parts into which anything may be derived.-one of fourteen equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by fourteen; one next after the thirteenth.-the octave of the seventh.
fourth: next in order after the third; the ordinal of four.-forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided.-one of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in order after the third.-the interval of two tones and a semitone, embracing four diatonic degrees of the scale; the subdominant of any key.
foussa: a viverrine animal of madagascar (cryptoprocta ferox). it resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws.
foveolate: having small pits or depression, as the receptacle in some composite flowers.
fovilla: one of the fine granules contained in the protoplasm of a pollen grain.
fowl: any bird; esp., any large edible bird.-any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (gallus domesticus).-to catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc.
fowler's solution: an aqueous solution of arsenite of potassium, of such strength that one hundred parts represent one part of arsenious acid, or white arsenic; -- named from fowler, an english physician who first brought it into use.
fowlerite: a variety of rhodonite, from franklin furnace, new jersey, containing some zinc.
fox: a carnivorous animal of the genus vulpes, family canidae, of many species. the european fox (v. vulgaris or v. vulpes), the american red fox (v. fulvus), the american gray fox (v. virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (v. lagopus) are well-known species.-the european dragonet.-the fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. see thrasher shark, under shark.-a sly, cunning fellow.-rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats.-a sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.-a tribe of indians which, with the sacs, formerly occupied the region about green bay, wisconsin; -- called also outagamies.-to intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.-to make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.-to repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.-to turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
fox-hunting: pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.
foxed: of fox-discolored or stained; -- said of timber, and also of the paper of books or engravings.-repaired by foxing; as, foxed boots.
foxfish: the fox shark; -- called also sea fox. see thrasher shark, under shark.-the european dragonet. see dragonet.
foxglove: any plant of the genus digitalis. the common english foxglove (digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. see digitalis.
foxiness: the state or quality of being foxy, or foxlike; craftiness; shrewdness.-the state of being foxed or discolored, as books; decay; deterioration.-a coarse and sour taste in grapes.
foxlike: resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy.
foxtail: the tail or brush of a fox.-the name of several kinds of grass having a soft dense head of flowers, mostly the species of alopecurus and setaria.-the last cinders obtained in the fining process.
foxy: like or pertaining to the fox; foxlike in disposition or looks; wily.-having the color of a fox; of a yellowish or reddish brown color; -- applied sometimes to paintings when they have too much of this color.-having the odor of a fox; rank; strong smeelling.-sour; unpleasant in taste; -- said of wine, beer, etc., not properly fermented; -- also of grapes which have the coarse flavor of the fox grape.
foy: faith; allegiance; fealty.-a feast given by one about to leave a place.
foyer: a lobby in a theater; a greenroom.-the crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal.
fra: fro.-brother; -- a title of a monk of friar; as, fra angelo.
fracas: an uproar; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl.
fraction: the act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.-a portion; a fragment.-one or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude.-to separate by means of, or to subject to, fractional distillation or crystallization; to fractionate; -- frequently used with out; as, to fraction out a certain grade of oil from pretroleum.
fractional: of or pertaining to fractions or a fraction; constituting a fraction; as, fractional numbers.-relatively small; inconsiderable; insignificant; as, a fractional part of the population.
fractionally: by fractions or separate portions; as, to distill a liquid fractionally, that is, so as to separate different portions.
fractionate: to separate into different portions or fractions, as in the distillation of liquids.
fractious: apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.
fracture: the act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.-the breaking of a bone.-the texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.-to cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.
fragility: the condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.-weakness; feebleness.-liability to error and sin; frailty.
fragment: a part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.
fragmentak: fragmentary.-consisting of the pulverized or fragmentary material of rock, as conglomerate, shale, etc.
fragmentariness: the quality or property of being in fragnebts, or broken pieces, incompleteness; want of continuity.
fragmentary: composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire.-composed of the fragments of other rocks.
fragor: a loud and sudden sound; the report of anything bursting; a crash.-a strong or sweet scent.
fragrancy: the quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume.
fragrant: affecting the olfactory nerves agreeably; sweet of smell; odorous; having or emitting an agreeable perfume.
frail: a basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.-the quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.-a rush for weaving baskets.-easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.-tender.-liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.
frailty: the condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or seduced.-a fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.
fraise: a large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it.-a defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.-a fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.-to protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.
frame: to construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. see dovetail, halve, v. t., miter, tenon, tooth, tusk, scarf, and splice.-to originate; to plan; to devise; to contrive; to compose; in a bad sense, to invent or fabricate, as something false.-to fit to something else, or for some specific end; to adjust; to regulate; to shape; to conform.-to cause; to bring about; to produce.-to support.-to provide with a frame, as a picture.-to shape; to arrange, as the organs of speech.-to proceed; to go.-anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure; esp., the constructional system, whether of timber or metal, that gives to a building, vessel, etc., its model and strength; the skeleton of a structure.-the bodily structure; physical constitution; make or build of a person.-a kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched-the skeleton structure which supports the boiler and machinery of a locomotive upon its wheels.-a molding box or flask, which being filled with sand serves as a mold for castings.-the ribs and stretchers of an umbrella or other structure with a fabric covering.-a structure of four bars, adjustable in size, on which cloth, etc., is stretched for quilting, embroidery, etc.-a glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost.-a stand to support the type cases for use by the compositor.-a term applied, especially in england, to certain machines built upon or within framework; as, a stocking frame; lace frame; spinning frame, etc.-form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government.-particular state or disposition, as of the mind; humor; temper; mood; as, to be always in a happy frame.-contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
framer: one who frames; as, the framer of a building; the framers of the constitution.
framework: the work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.-work done in, or by means of, a frame or loom.
framing: of frame-the act, process, or style of putting together a frame, or of constructing anything; a frame; that which frames.-a framework, or a sy/ of frames.
franc: a silver coin of france, and since 1795 the unit of the french monetary system. it has been adopted by belgium and swizerland. it is equivalent to about nineteen cents, or ten pence, and is divided into 100 centimes.
franchise: exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.-a particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote.-the district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.-magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.-to make free; to enfranchise; to give liberty to.
franciscan: belonging to the order of st. francis of the franciscans.-a monk or friar of the order of st. francis, a large and zealous order of mendicant monks founded in 1209 by st. francis of assisi. they are called also friars minor; and in england, gray friars, because they wear a gray habit.
francolin: a spurred partidge of the genus francolinus and allied genera, of asia and africa. the common species (f. vulgaris) was formerly common in southern europe, but is now nearly restricted to asia.
frangipane: a perfume of jasmine; frangipani.-a species of pastry, containing cream and almonds.
frangipanni: a perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower of the red jasmine, a west indian tree of the genus plumeria.
frangulin: a yellow crystalline dyestuff, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from a species (rhamnus frangula) of the buckthorn; -- called also rhamnoxanthin.
frangulinic: pertaining to, or drived from, frangulin, or a species (rhamnus frangula) of the buckthorn.
frank: a pigsty.-to shut up in a frank or sty; to pen up; hence, to cram; to fatten.-the common heron; -- so called from its note.-unbounded by restrictions, limitations, etc.; free.-free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc.-liberal; generous; profuse.-unrestrained; loose; licentious; -- used in a bad sense.-to send by public conveyance free of expense.-to extempt from charge for postage, as a letter, package, or packet, etc.-the privilege of sending letters or other mail matter, free of postage, or without charge; also, the sign, mark, or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to free of postage.-a member of one of the german tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered gaul, and established the kingdom of france.-a native or inhabitant of western europe; a european; -- a term used in the levant.-a french coin. see franc.
frank-fee: a species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold.
frank-law: the liberty of being sworn in courts, as a juror or witness; one of the ancient privileges of a freeman; free and common law; -- an obsolete expression signifying substantially the same as the american expression civil rights.
frank-marriage: a certain tenure in tail special; an estate of inheritance given to a man his wife (the wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten.
frankalmoigne: a tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms.
frankfort black: a black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc.
frankincense: a fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. the best kinds now come from east indian trees, of the genus boswellia; a commoner sort, from the norway spruce (abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. the frankincense of the ancient jews is still unidentified.
franking: of frank-a method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter.
franklin stove: a kind of open stove introduced by benjamin franklin, the peculiar feature of which was that a current of heated air was directly supplied to the room from an air box; -- now applied to other varieties of open stoves.
frankness: the quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality.
frankpledge: a pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, -- each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary, tithing, or friborg, in england, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace; a free surety.-the tithing itself.
frantic: mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly; distracted.
frap: to draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together.-to brace by drawing together, as the cords of a drum.
fraternal: pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace.
fraternity: the state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.-a body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the roman catholic chucrch, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc.-men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes.
fraternize: to associate or hold fellowship as brothers, or as men of like occupation or character; to have brotherly feelings.-to bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy.
fratricelli: the name which st. francis of assisi gave to his followers, early in the 13th century.-a sect which seceded from the franciscan order, chiefly in italy and sicily, in 1294, repudiating the pope as an apostate, maintaining the duty of celibacy and poverty, and discountenancing oaths. called also fratricellians and fraticelli.
fratricidal: of or pertaining to fratricide; of the nature of fratricide.