AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
herschelian: of or relating to sir william herschel; as, the herschelian telescope.
herse: a kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. it is hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy.-see hearse, a carriage for the dead.-a funeral ceremonial.-same as hearse, v. t.
herself: an emphasized form of the third person feminine pronoun; -- used as a subject with she; as, she herself will bear the blame; also used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is herself; she blames herself.-her own proper, true, or real character; hence, her right, or sane, mind; as, the woman was deranged, but she is now herself again; she has come to herself.
hesitancy: the act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.-a stammering; a faltering in speech.
hesitate: to stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.-to stammer; to falter in speaking.-to utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
hesitation: the act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.-a faltering in speech; stammering.
hesperetin: a white, crystalline substance having a sweetish taste, obtained by the decomposition of hesperidin, and regarded as a complex derivative of caffeic acid.
hesperian: western; being in the west; occidental.-a native or an inhabitant of a western country.-of or pertaining to a family of butterflies called hesperidae, or skippers.-any one of the numerous species of hesperidae; a skipper.
hesperides: the daughters of hesperus, or night (brother of atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in africa, at the western extremity of the known world. to slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of hercules. called also atlantides.-the garden producing the golden apples.
hesperidin: a glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
hesperidium: a large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange.
hesperornis: a genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the cretaceous deposits of kansas, belonging to the odontornithes. they had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. several species are known. see illust. in append.
hessian: of or relating to hesse, in germany, or to the hessians.-a native or inhabitant of hesse.-a mercenary or venal person.-see hessian boots and cloth, under hessian, a.
hesychast: one of a mystical sect of the greek church in the fourteenth century; a quietist.
hetarism: a supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common.
heteracanth: having the spines of the dorsal fin unsymmetrical, or thickened alternately on the right and left sides.
heterauxesis: unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.
hetercephalous: bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.
hetero-: a combining form signifying other, other than usual, different; as, heteroclite, heterodox, heterogamous.
heterocarpism: the power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in amphicarpaea, in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground.
heterocera: a division of lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antennae variable in form.
heterocercal: having the vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.
heterocercy: unequal development of the tail lobes of fishes; the possession of a heterocercal tail.
heterochromous: having the central florets of a flower head of a different color from those of the circumference.
heterochrony: in evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts.
heteroclite: deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.-a word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension.-any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms.
heteroclitical: deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
heterocyst: a cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algae related to nostoc.
heterodactylous: having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons.
heterodont: having the teeth differentiated into incisors, canines, and molars, as in man; -- opposed to homodont.-any animal with heterodont dentition.
heterodox: contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects.-holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical; -- said of persons.-an opinion opposed to some accepted standard.
heterodoxy: an opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the scriptures, the creed or standards of a church, etc.; heresy.
heterodromous: having spirals of changing direction.-moving in opposite directions; -- said of a lever, pulley, etc., in which the resistance and the actuating force are on opposite sides of the fulcrum or axis.
heterogamous: the condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to stamens and pistils, as in the aster.-characterized by heterogamy.
heterogamy: the process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; -- opposed to orthogamy.-that form of alternate generation in which two kinds of sexual generation, or a sexual and a parthenogenetic generation, alternate; -- in distinction from metagenesis, where sexual and asexual generations alternate.
heterogangliate: having the ganglia of the nervous system unsymmetrically arranged; -- said of certain invertebrate animals.
heterogeneous: differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; dissimilar; -- opposed to homogeneous, and said of two or more connected objects, or of a conglomerate mass, considered in respect to the parts of which it is made up.
heterogenesis: spontaneous generation, so called.-that method of reproduction in which the successive generations differ from each other, the parent organism producing offspring different in habit and structure from itself, the original form, however, reappearing after one or more generations; -- opposed to homogenesis, or gamogenesis.
heterogony: the condition of having two or more kinds of flowers, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils.
heterographic: employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordinary english orthography is heterographic.
heterography: that method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary english orthography; e. g., g in get and in ginger.
heterogynous: having females very unlike the males in form and structure; -- as certain insects, the males of which are winged, and the females wingless.
heterologous: characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; -- opposed to homologous; as, heterologous organs.
heterology: the absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; variation in structure from the normal form; -- opposed to homology.-the connection or relation of bodies which have partial identity of composition, but different characteristics and properties; the relation existing between derivatives of the same substance, or of the analogous members of different series; as, ethane, ethyl alcohol, acetic aldehyde, and acetic acid are in heterology with each other, though each in at the same time a member of a distinct homologous series.  cf. homology.
heteromerous: unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augite are homoemorphous, but heteromerous.-with the parts not corresponding in number.-having the femoral artery developed as the principal artery of the leg; -- said of certain birds, as the cotingas and pipras.-having five tarsal joints in the anterior and middle legs, but only four in the posterior pair, as the blister beetles and oil beetles.
heteromorphic: deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different stages of existence, or in different individuals of the same species; -- applied especially to insects in which there is a wide difference of form between the larva and the adult, and to plants having more than one form of flower.
heteromyaria: a division of bivalve shells, including the marine mussels, in which the two adductor muscles are very unequal. see dreissena, and illust. under byssus.
heteronereis: a free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of nereis.
heteronomy: subordination or subjection to the law of another; political subjection of a community or state; -- opposed to autonomy.-a term applied by kant to those laws which are imposed on us from without, or the violence done to us by our passions, wants, or desires.
heteronym: that which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym.
heteroousian: having different essential qualities; of a different nature.-one of those arians who held that the son was of a different substance from the father.
heteropathic: of or pertaining to the method of heteropathy; allopathic.
heteropathy: that mode of treating diseases, by which a morbid condition is removed by inducing an opposite morbid condition to supplant it; allopathy.
heteropelmous: having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes bifid, the branches of one going to the first and second toes; those of the other, to the third and fourth toes. see illust. in append.
heterophemy: the unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that which one does not intend to say; -- frequently the very reverse of the thought which is present to consciousness.
heteroplasm: an abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition.
heteroplastic: producing a different type of organism; developing into a different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone.
heteropoda: an order of pelagic gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin. some of the species are naked; others, as carinaria and atlanta, have thin glassy shells.
heteroptera: a suborder of hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. see hemiptera.
heteroscian: one who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).
heterosis: a figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: "what is life to such as me?"
heterosomati: an order of fishes, comprising the flounders, halibut, sole, etc., having the body and head asymmetrical, with both eyes on one side. called also heterosomata, heterosomi.
heterotaxy: variation in arrangement from that existing in a normal form; heterogenous arrangement or structure, as, in botany, the deviation in position of the organs of a plant, from the ordinary or typical arrangement.
heterotopy: a deviation from the natural position; -- a term applied in the case of organs or growths which are abnormal in situation.-a deviation from the natural position of parts, supposed to be effected in thousands of years, by the gradual displacement of germ cells.
heterotricha: a division of ciliated infusoria, having fine cilia all over the body, and a circle of larger ones around the anterior end.
heterotropous: having the embryo or ovule oblique or transverse to the funiculus; amphitropous.
hetman: a cossack headman or general. the title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of russia.
heugh: a crag; a cliff; a glen with overhanging sides.-a shaft in a coal pit; a hollow in a quarry.
heulandite: a mineral of the zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. it is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.
hew: to cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.-to form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.-to cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.-destruction by cutting down.-hue; color.-shape; form.
hewn: of hew-felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs.-roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone.
hexa: a prefix or combining form, used to denote six, sixth, etc.; as, hexatomic, hexabasic.
hexabasic: having six hydrogen atoms or six radicals capable of being replaced or saturated by bases; -- said of acids; as, mellitic acid is hexabasic.
hexachord: a series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.
hexacid: having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; -- said of bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base.
hexactinellid: having six-rayed spicules; belonging to the hexactinellinae.
hexactinelline: belonging to the hexactinellinae, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous spicules.
hexad: an atom whose valence is six, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, six monad atoms or radicals; as, sulphur is a hexad in sulphuric acid. also used as an adjective.
hexahemeron: a term of six days.-the history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of genesis.
hexameter: a verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. in this species of verse are composed the iliad of homer and the aeneid of virgil. in english hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.-having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.
hexane: any one of five hydrocarbons, c6h14, of the paraffin series. they are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms.
hexapla: a collection of the holy scriptures in six languages or six versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the old testament published by origen, in the 3d century.
hexapod: having six feet.-an animal having six feet; one of the hexapoda.
hexapoda: the true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids.
hexastyle: having six columns in front; -- said of a portico or temple.-a hexastyle portico or temple.
hexdecylic: pertaining to, or derived from, hexdecyl or hecdecane; as, hexdecylic alcohol.
hexeikosane: a hydrocarbon, c26h54, resembling paraffine; -- so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon.
hexicology: the science which treats of the complex relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditions generally.
hexine: a hydrocarbon, c6h10, of the acetylene series, obtained artificially as a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid; -- called also hexoylene.
hexoic: pertaining to, or derived from, hexane; as, hexoic acid.
hexone: a liquid hydrocarbon, c6h8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.
hexyl: a compound radical, c6h13, regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related series of compounds.
hexylene: a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, c6h12, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals; also, any one several isomers of hexylene proper. called also hexene.
hexylic: pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane; as, hexylic alcohol.
hey: high.-an exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement.-a cry to set dogs on.
heyday: an expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.-the time of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits, frolicsomeness; wildness.
hiatus: of hiatus-an opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.-the concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables.
hibernacle: that which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or a plant.
hibernaculum: a winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales.-a little case in which certain insects pass the winter.-winter home or abiding place.
hibernate: to winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.
hibernian: of or pertaining to hibernia, now ireland; irish.-a native or an inhabitant of ireland.
hiberno-celtic: the native language of the irish; that branch of the celtic languages spoken by the natives of ireland. also adj.
hibiscus: a genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy flowers. some species are cultivated in india for their fiber, which is used as a substitute for hemp. see althea, hollyhock, and manoe.
hiccough: a modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough.-to have a hiccough or hiccoughs.
hickory: an american tree of the genus carya, of which there are several species. the shagbark is the c. alba, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets.  the pignut, or brown hickory, is the c. glabra. the swamp hickory is c. amara, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter.
hicksite: a member or follower of the "liberal" party, headed by elias hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of christ and the atonement, seceded from the conservative portion of the society of friends in the united states, in 1827.
hid: imp. & p. p. of hide. see hidden.-of hide-of hide
hidden: from hide. concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious.-of hide
hiddenite: an emerald-green variety of spodumene found in north carolina; lithia emerald, -- used as a gem.
hide: to conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.-to withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.-to remove from danger; to shelter.-to lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.-an abode or dwelling.-a measure of land, common in domesday book and old english charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres.-the skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.-the human skin; -- so called in contempt.-to flog; to whip.
hidebound: having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal.-having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees.-untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative.-niggardly; penurious.
hideous: frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; dreadful to behold; as, a hideous monster; hideous looks.-distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise.-hateful; shocking.
hiding: of hide-of hide-the act of hiding or concealing, or of withholding from view or knowledge; concealment.-a flogging.
hie: to hasten; to go in haste; -- also often with the reciprocal pronoun.-haste; diligence.
hierapicra: a warming cathartic medicine, made of aloes and canella bark.
hierarch: one who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs.
hierarchy: dominion or authority in sacred things.-a body of officials disposed organically in ranks and orders each subordinate to the one above it; a body of ecclesiastical rulers.-a form of government administered in the church by patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops, bishops, and, in an inferior degree, by priests.-a rank or order of holy beings.
hieroglyphic: a sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient egyptians, mexicans, etc. specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient egyptian priests. it is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a.-any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark.-alt. of hieroglyphical
hieroglyphical: emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk.-resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.
hierogrammatic: written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing.
hierogrammatist: a writer of hierograms; also, one skilled in hieroglyphics.
hierology: a treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the egyptians, or a treatise on that science.
hieromnemon: the sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the amphictyonic council, along with the deputy or minister.-a magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at byzantium.
hierophant: the presiding priest who initiated candidates at the eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion.
hig-taper: a plant of the genus verbascum (v. thapsus); the common mullein. [also high-taper and hag-taper.]
higgle: to hawk or peddle provisions.-to chaffer; to stickle for small advantages in buying and selling; to haggle.