AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
high: to hie.-elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.-regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection-elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preeminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives.-exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.-of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.-of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions.-very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.-costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price.-arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense.-possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc.-strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.-acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.-made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). see guide to pronunciation, // 10, 11.-in a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.-an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.-people of rank or high station; as, high and low.-the highest card dealt or drawn.-to rise; as, the sun higheth.
high-church: of or pertaining to, or favoring, the party called the high church, or their doctrines or policy. see high church, under high, a.
high-colored: having a strong, deep, or glaring color; flushed.-vivid; strong or forcible in representation; hence, exaggerated; as, high-colored description.
high-flown: elevated; proud.-turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language.
high-handed: overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act.
high-mettled: having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high-mettled steed.
high-minded: proud; arrogant.-having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean.
high-mindedness: the quality of being highminded; nobleness; magnanimity.
high-pressure: having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.-fig.: urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
high-proof: highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.-so as to stand any test.
high-raised: elevated; raised aloft; upreared.-elated with great ideas or hopes.
high-seasoned: enriched with spice and condiments; hence, exciting; piquant.
high-sounding: pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
high-spirited: full of spirit or natural fire; haughty; courageous; impetuous; not brooking restraint or opposition.
high-stepper: a horse that moves with a high step or proud gait; hence, a person having a proud bearing.
high-strung: strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.
high-toned: high in tone or sound.-elevated; high-principled; honorable.
high-wrought: wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate.-worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion.
highbinder: a ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the chinese.
highflier: one who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners.
highland: elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the highlands of scotland.
highly: in a high manner, or to a high degree; very much; as, highly esteemed.
highness: the state of being high; elevation; loftiness.-a title of honor given to kings, princes, or other persons of rank; as, his royal highness.
hight: a variant of height.-of hight-of hight-to be called or named.-to command; to direct; to impel.-to commit; to intrust.-to promise.
highway: a road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.
hilary term: formerly, one of the four terms of the courts of common law in england, beginning on the eleventh of january and ending on the thirty-first of the same month, in each year; -- so called from the festival of st. hilary, january 13th.
hill: a natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.-the earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [u. s.] see hill, v. t.-a single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes.-to surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.
hilly: abounding with hills; uneven in surface; as, a hilly country.-lofty; as, hilly empire.
hilt: a handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.
hilted: having a hilt; -- used in composition; as, basket-hilted, cross-hilted.
hilum: the eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called also hile.-the part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.
himalayan: of or pertaining to the himalayas, the great mountain chain in hindostan.
himself: an emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself.-one's true or real character; one's natural temper and disposition; the state of being in one's right or sane mind (after unconsciousness, passion, delirium, or abasement); as, the man has come to himself.-alt. of himselven
himyaritic: pertaining to himyar, an ancient king of yemen, in arabia, or to his successors or people; as, the himjaritic characters, language, etc.; applied esp. to certain ancient inscriptions showing the primitive type of the oldest form of the arabic, still spoken in southern arabia.
hin: a hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, english measure.
hind: the female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.-a spotted food fish of the genus epinephelus, as e. apua of bermuda, and e. drummond-hayi of florida; -- called also coney, john paw, spotted hind.-a domestic; a servant.-a peasant; a rustic; a farm servant.-in the rear; -- opposed to front; of or pertaining to the part or end which follows or is behind, in opposition to the part which leads or is before; as, the hind legs or hind feet of a quadruped; the hind man in a procession.
hindbrain: the posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.
hinder: of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.-to keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going.-to prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out.-to interpose obstacles or impediments; to be a hindrance.
hindgut: the posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also.
hindi: the name given by europeans to that form of the hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native hindoos. in employs the devanagari character, in which sanskrit is written.
hindleys screw: a screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. it is named from the person who first used the form.
hindrance: the act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.-that which hinders; an impediment.
hindu: a native inhabitant of hindostan. as an ethnical term it is confined to the dravidian and aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the veda.-same as hindoo.
hindustani: of or pertaining to the hindoos or their language.-the language of hindostan; the name given by europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern aryan languages of india. it is hindi with the addition of persian and arabic words.
hinge: the hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on.-that on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned.-one of the four cardinal points, east, west, north, or south.-to attach by, or furnish with, hinges.-to bend.-to stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point.
hinny: to neigh; to whinny.-a hybrid between a stallion and an ass.-a term of endearment; darling; -- corrupted from honey.
hint: to bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.-to make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something.-a remote allusion; slight mention; intimation; insinuation; a suggestion or reminder, without a full declaration or explanation; also, an occasion or motive.
hip: the projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.-the external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions.-in a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.-to dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.-to throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock).-to make with a hip or hips, as a roof.-the fruit of a rosebush, especially of the english dog-rose (rosa canina).-used to excite attention or as a signal; as, hip, hip, hurra!-alt. of hipps
hipparion: an extinct genus of tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each side of the main central one. it is believed to be one of the ancestral genera of the horse family.
hippe: a genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. see illust. under anomura.
hippobosca: a genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick.
hippocampus: a fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of neptune.-a genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also sea horse.-a name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. the larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. the smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.
hippocrates: a famous greek physician and medical writer, born in cos, about 460 b. c.
hippocrene: a fountain on mount helicon in boeotia, fabled to have burst forth when the ground was struck by the hoof of pegasus. also, its waters, which were supposed to impart poetic inspiration.
hippocrepian: one of an order of fresh-water bryozoa, in which the tentacles are on a lophophore, shaped like a horseshoe. see phylactolaema.
hippodrome: a place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.-an arena for equestrian performances; a circus.
hippolith: a concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse.
hippophagous: feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the tartars.
hippopotamus: a large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of africa. it is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. it is supposed to be the behemoth of the bible. called also zeekoe, and river horse. a smaller species (h. liberiencis) inhabits western africa.
hippurite: a fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish upper valve or lid. hippurites are found only in the cretaceous rocks.
hircic: of, pertaining to, or derived from, mutton suet; -- applied by chevreul to an oily acid which was obtained from mutton suet, and to which he attributed the peculiar taste and smell of that substance. the substance has also been called hircin.
hircinous: goatlike; of or pertaining to a goat or the goats.-of a strong goatish smell.
hire: see here, pron.-the price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay.-a bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward.-to procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money.-to engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate.-to grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time.
hireling: one who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary.-serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary.
hirsute: rough with hair; set with bristles; shaggy.-rough and coarse; boorish.-pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs.-covered with hairlike feathers, as the feet of certain birds.
hirudinea: an order of annelida, including the leeches; -- called also hirudinei.
hirudo: a genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. see leech.
his: belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell john his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.-the possessive of he; as, the book is his.
hisingerite: a soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron.
hispanicize: to give a spanish form or character to; as, to hispanicize latin words.
hispid: rough with bristles or minute spines.-beset with stiff hairs or bristles.
hiss: to make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval.-to make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew.-to condemn or express contempt for by hissing.-to utter with a hissing sound.-a prolonged sound like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth, esp. as a token of disapprobation or contempt.-any sound resembling that above described-the noise made by a serpent.-the note of a goose when irritated.-the noise made by steam escaping through a narrow orifice, or by water falling on a hot stove.
hissing: of hiss-the act of emitting a hiss or hisses.-the occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.
histogenesis: the formation and development of organic tissues; histogeny; -- the opposite of histolysis.-germ history of cells, and of the tissues composed of cells.
histohaematin: one of a class of respiratory pigments, widely distributed in the animal kingdom, capable of ready oxidation and reduction.
histological: pertaining to histology, or to the microscopic structure of the tissues of living organisms.
histology: that branch of biological science, which treats of the minute (microscopic) structure of animal and vegetable tissues; -- called also histiology.
histolytic: of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues.
histonomy: the science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues, their formation, development, functions, etc.
historian: a writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.-one versed or well informed in history.
historical: of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page.
historiographer: an historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction.
history: a learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.-a systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory.-to narrate or record.
histozyme: a soluble ferment occurring in the animal body, to the presence of which many normal decompositions and synthetical processes are supposed to be due.
histrionical: of or relating to the stage or a stageplayer; befitting a theatre; theatrical; -- sometimes in a bad sense.
hit: it.-3d pers. sing. pres. of hide, contracted from hideth.-of hit-to reach with a stroke or blow; to strike or touch, usually with force; especially, to reach or touch (an object aimed at).-to reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord with; to be conformable to; to suit.-to guess; to light upon or discover.-to take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point.-to meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; -- followed by against or on.-to meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, -- often with implied chance, or luck.-a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.-a stroke of success in an enterprise, as by a fortunate chance; as, he made a hit.-a peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark; as, a happy hit.-a game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. it counts less than a gammon.-a striking of the ball; as, a safe hit; a foul hit; -- sometimes used specifically for a base hit.
hit.: having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of entertainment performances; as, a hit record, a hit movie.
hitch: to become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.-to move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded.-to hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.-to hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter.-to move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.-a catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.-the act of catching, as on a hook, etc.-a stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.-a sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.-a knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.-a small dislocation of a bed or vein.
hithe: a port or small haven; -- used in composition; as, lambhithe, now lambeth.
hither: to this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither.-to this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not physical.-being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill.-applied to time: on the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than.
hitherto: to this place; to a prescribed limit.-up to this time; as yet; until now.
hive: a box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.-the bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.-a place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.-to collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.-to store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.-to take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
hives: the croup.-an eruptive disease (varicella globularis), allied to the chicken pox.
hoa: a stop; a halt; a moderation of pace.-halloo! attend! -- a call to excite attention, or to give notice of approach.-stop! stand still! hold! -- a word now used by teamsters, but formerly to order the cessation of anything.
hoar: white, or grayish white; as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs.-gray or white with age; hoary.-musty; moldy; stale.-hoariness; antiquity.-to become moldy or musty.
hoard: see hoarding, 2.-a store, stock, or quantity of anything accumulated or laid up; a hidden supply; a treasure; as, a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money.-to collect and lay up; to amass and deposit in secret; to store secretly, or for the sake of keeping and accumulating; as, to hoard grain.-to lay up a store or hoard, as of money.
hoarding: of hoard-a screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work.-a fence, barrier, or cover, inclosing, surrounding, or concealing something.
hoarfrost: the white particles formed by the congelation of dew; white frost.
hoarse: having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven.-harsh; grating; discordant; -- said of any sound.
hoarseness: harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords.
hoary: white or whitish.-white or gray with age; hoar; as, hoary hairs.-remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity.-moldy; mossy; musty.-of a pale silvery gray.-covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent.
hoax: a deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.-to deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively.
hoazin: a remarkable south american bird (opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. by some zoologists it is made the type of a distinct order (opisthocomi).
hob: the hub of a wheel. see hub.-the flat projection or iron shelf at the side of a fire grate, where things are put to be kept warm.-a threaded and fluted hardened steel cutter, resembling a tap, used in a lathe for forming the teeth of screw chasers, worm wheels, etc.-a fairy; a sprite; an elf.-a countryman; a rustic; a clown.