AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
gypsy: one of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from india, entered europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered over turkey, russia, hungary, spain, england, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc.  cf. bohemian, romany.-the language used by the gypsies.-a dark-complexioned person.-a cunning or crafty person-pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies.-to play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods.
gypsyism: the arts and practices or habits of gypsies; deception; cheating; flattery.-the state of a gypsy.
gypsywort: a labiate plant (the lycopus europaeus). gypsies are said to stain their skin with its juice.
gyracanthus: a genus of fossil fishes, found in devonian and carboniferous strata;  -- so named from their round, sculptured spines.
gyral: moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.-pertaining to a gyrus, or convolution.
gyrate: winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.-to revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
gyration: the act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.-one of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.
gyratory: moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around.
gyre: a circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit.-to turn round; to gyrate.
gyrencephala: the higher orders of mammalia, in which the cerebrum is convoluted.
gyrfalcon: one of several species and varieties of large arctic falcons, esp. falco rusticolus and the white species f. islandicus, both of which are circumpolar.  the black and the gray are varieties of the former. see illust. of accipiter.
gyrodus: a genus of extinct oolitic fishes, having rounded teeth in several rows adapted for crushing.
gyrogonite: the petrified fruit of the chara hispida, a species of stonewort. see stonewort.
gyroidal: spiral in arrangement or action.-having the planes arranged spirally, so that they incline all to the right (or left) of a vertical line; -- said of certain hemihedral forms.-turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.
gyrolepis: a genus of ganoid fishes, found in strata of the new red sandetone, and the lias bone beds.
gyromancy: a kind of divination performed by drawing a ring or circle, and walking in or around it.
gyron: a subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. when there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner.
gyronny: covered with gyrons, or divided so as to form several gyrons; -- said of an escutcheon.
gyropigeon: a flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. it is used as a flying target in shooting matches.
gyroscope: a rotating wheel, mounted in a ring or rings, for illustrating the dynamics of rotating bodies, the composition of rotations, etc. it was devised by professor w. r. johnson, in 1832, by whom it was called the rotascope.-a form of the above apparatus, invented by m. foucault, mounted so delicately as to render visible the rotation of the earth, through the tendency of the rotating wheel to preserve a constant plane of rotation, independently of the earth's motion.
gyroscopic: pertaining to the gyroscope; resembling the motion of the gyroscope.
gyrostat: a modification of the gyroscope, consisting essentially of a fly wheel fixed inside a rigid case to which is attached a thin flange of metal for supporting the instrument. it is used in studying the dynamics of rotating bodies.
gyrostatics: the doctrine or theory of the gyrostat, or of the phenomena of rotating bodies.
gyrus: a convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral.  see brain.
gyte: delirious; senselessly extravagant; as, the man is clean gyte.
gyve: a shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter.-to fetter; to shackle; to chain.
h: the eighth letter of the english alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with the mouth organs in the same position as that of the succeeding vowel. it is used with certain consonants to form digraphs representing sounds which are not found in the alphabet, as sh, th, /, as in shall, thing, /ine (for zh see /274); also, to modify the sounds of some other letters, as when placed after c and p, with the former of which it represents a compound sound like that of tsh, as in charm (written also tch as in catch), with the latter, the sound of f, as in phase, phantom. in some words, mostly derived or introduced from foreign languages, h following c and g indicates that those consonants have the hard sound before e, i, and y, as in chemistry, chiromancy, chyle, ghent, ghibelline, etc.; in some others, ch has the sound of sh, as in chicane. see guide to pronunciation, // 153, 179, 181-3, 237-8.-the seventh degree in the diatonic scale, being used by the germans for b natural. see b.
ha: an exclamation denoting surprise, joy, or grief. both as uttered and as written, it expresses a great variety of emotions, determined by the tone or the context. when repeated, ha, ha, it is an expression of laughter, satisfaction, or triumph, sometimes of derisive laughter; or sometimes it is equivalent to  "well, it is so."
ha-ha: a sunk fence; a fence, wall, or ditch, not visible till one is close upon it.
haaf: the deepsea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the shetland isles.
habeas corpus: a writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial.
habendum: that part of a deed which follows the part called the premises, and determines the extent of the interest or estate granted; -- so called because it begins with the word habendum.
haberdasher: a dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter.-a dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc.
haberdashery: the goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (fig.), trifles.
habergeon: properly, a short hauberk, but often used loosely for the hauberk.
habilitate: qualified or entitled.-to fit out; to equip; to qualify; to entitle.
habit: the usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.-the general appearance and manner of life of a living organism.-fixed or established custom; ordinary course of conduct; practice; usage; hence, prominently, the involuntary tendency or aptitude to perform certain actions which is acquired by their frequent repetition; as, habit is second nature; also, peculiar ways of acting; characteristic forms of behavior.-outward appearance; attire; dress; hence, a garment; esp., a closely fitting garment or dress worn by ladies; as, a riding habit.-to inhabit.-to dress; to clothe; to array.-to accustom; to habituate. [obs.] chapman.
habitable: capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as, the habitable world.
habitant: an inhabitant; a dweller.-an inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of french descent or origin in canada, especially in the province of quebec; -- usually in plural.
habitat: the natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.-place where anything is commonly found.
habitation: the act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.-place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
habited: of habit-clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd.-fixed by habit; accustomed.-inhabited.
habitual: formed or acquired by habit or use.-according to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habiual practice of sin.
habituate: to make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.-to settle as an inhabitant.-firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual.
habituation: the act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated.
habitude: habitual attitude; usual or accustomed state with reference to something else; established or usual relations.-habitual association, intercourse, or familiarity.-habit of body or of action.
habitue: one who habitually frequents a place; as, an habitue of a theater.
hachure: a short line used in drawing and engraving, especially in shading and denoting different surfaces, as in map drawing. see hatching.
hacienda: a large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in spanish-american regions.
hack: a frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.-unburned brick or tile, stacked up for drying.-to cut irregulary, without skill or definite purpose; to notch; to mangle by repeated strokes of a cutting instrument; as, to hack a post.-fig.: to mangle in speaking.-to cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough.-a notch; a cut.-an implement for cutting a notch; a large pick used in breaking stone.-a hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.-a kick on the shins.-a horse, hackneyed or let out for common hire; also, a horse used in all kinds of work, or a saddle horse, as distinguished from hunting and carriage horses.-a coach or carriage let for hire; particularly, a a coach with two seats inside facing each other; a hackney coach.-a bookmaker who hires himself out for any sort of literary work; an overworked man; a drudge.-a procuress.-hackneyed; hired; mercenary.-to use as a hack; to let out for hire.-to use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.-to be exposed or offered or to common use for hire; to turn prostitute.-to live the life of a drudge or hack.
hackamore: a halter consisting of a long leather or rope strap and headstall, -- used for leading or tieing a pack animal.
hackberry: a genus of trees (celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. c. occidentalis is common in the eastern united states.
hacker: one who, or that which, hacks. specifically: a cutting instrument for making notches; esp., one used for notching pine trees in collecting turpentine; a hack.
hackle: a comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.-any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.-one of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.-an artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.-to separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.-to tear asunder; to break in pieces.
hackly: rough or broken, as if hacked.-having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron.
hackmatack: the american larch (larix americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. called also tamarack.
hackney: a horse for riding or driving; a nag; a pony.-a horse or pony kept for hire.-a carriage kept for hire; a hack; a hackney coach.-a hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.-let out for hire; devoted to common use; hence, much used; trite; mean; as, hackney coaches; hackney authors.-to devote to common or frequent use, as a horse or carriage; to wear out in common service; to make trite or commonplace; as, a hackneyed metaphor or quotation.-to carry in a hackney coach.
haddock: a marine food fish (melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of europe and america. it has a dark lateral line and a black spot on each side of the body, just back of the gills. galled also haddie, and dickie.
hade: the descent of a hill.-the inclination or deviation from the vertical of any mineral vein.-to deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
hades: the nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by hades or pluto); the invisible world; the grave.
hadji: a mohammedan pilgrim to mecca; -- used among orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor.-a greek or armenian who has visited the holy sepulcher at jerusalem.
hadrosaurus: an american herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. it is found in the cretaceous formation.
haecceity: literally, this-ness. a scholastic term to express individuality or singleness; as, this book.
haemacyanin: a substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color.
haemacytometer: an apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.
haemad: toward the haemal side; on the haemal side of; -- opposed to neurad.
haemal: pertaining to the blood or blood vessels; also, ventral. see hemal.
haemaphaein: a brownish substance sometimes found in the blood, in cases of jaundice.
haemapodous: having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous.
haemapoietic: bloodforming; as, the haemapoietic function of the spleen.
haematachometer: a form of apparatus (somewhat different from the hemadrometer) for measuring the velocity of the blood.
haematexylin: the coloring principle of logwood. it is obtained as a yellow crystalline substance, c16h14o6, with a sweetish taste. formerly called also hematin.
haematitic: of a blood-red color; crimson; (bot.) brownish red.
haematoblast: one of the very minute, disk-shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be an early stage in the development of the red corpuscles; -- called also blood plaque, and blood plate.
haematocrya: the cold-blooded vertebrates. same as hematocrya.
haematogenesis: the origin and development of blood.-the transformation of venous arterial blood by respiration; hematosis.
haematoin: a substance formed from the hematin of blood, by removal of the iron through the action of concentrated sulphuric acid. two like bodies, called respectively haematoporphyrin and haematolin, are formed in a similar manner.
haematometer: same as hemadynamometer.-an instrument for determining the number of blood corpuscles in a given quantity of blood.
haematophlina: a division of cheiroptera, including the bloodsucking bats. see vampire.
haematoplastic: blood formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks up gradually into blood vessels.
haematosac: a vascular sac connected, beneath the brain, in many fishes, with the infundibulum.
haematoxylon: a genus of leguminous plants containing but a single species, the h. campechianum or logwood tree, native in yucatan.
haematozoon: a parasite inhabiting the blood-certain species of nematodes of the genus filaria, sometimes found in the blood of man, the horse, the dog, etc.-the trematode, bilharzia haematobia, which infests the inhabitants of egypt and other parts of africa, often causing death.
haemo-: combining forms indicating relation or resemblance to blood, association with blood; as, haemapod, haematogenesis, haemoscope.-see haema-.
haemochromogen: a body obtained from hemoglobin, by the action of reducing agents in the absence of oxygen.
haemochromometer: an apparatus for measuring the amount of hemoglobin in a fluid, by comparing it with a solution of known strength and of normal color.
haemocytotrypsis: a breaking up of the blood corpuscles, as by pressure, in distinction from solution of the corpuscles, or haemcytolysis.
haemoscope: an instrument devised by hermann, for regulating and measuring the thickness of a layer of blood for spectroscopic examination.
haft: a handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt.-a dwelling.-to set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
hag: a witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard.-an ugly old woman.-a fury; a she-monster.-an eel-like marine marsipobranch (myxine glutinosa), allied to the lamprey. it has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. it is the type of the order hyperotpeta. called also hagfish, borer, slime eel, sucker, and sleepmarken.-the hagdon or shearwater.-an appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair.-to harass; to weary with vexation.-a small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or inclosed for felling, or which has been felled.-a quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut.
hag-ridden: ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare.
hagbut: a harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim.
hagdon: one of several species of sea birds of the genus puffinus; esp., p. major, the greater shearwarter, and p. stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. see shearwater.
haggada: a story, anecdote, or legend in the talmud, to explain or illustrate the text of the old testament.
haggard: wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk.-having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes.-a young or untrained hawk or falcon.-a fierce, intractable creature.-a hag.-a stackyard.
haggis: a scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc., highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same animal; minced head and pluck.
haggle: to cut roughly or hack; to cut into small pieces; to notch or cut in an unskillful manner; to make rough or mangle by cutting; as, a boy haggles a stick of wood.-to be difficult in bargaining; to stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.-the act or process of haggling.
haggler: one who haggles or is difficult in bargaining.-one who forestalls a market; a middleman between producer and dealer in london vegetable markets.
hagiographa: the last of the three jewish divisions of the old testament, or that portion not contained in the law and the prophets. it comprises psalms, proverbs, job, canticles, ruth, lamentations, ecclesiastes, esther, daniel, ezra, nehemiah, and chronicles.-the lives of the saints.
hagiographer: one of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints.
hagiologist: one who treats of the sacred writings; a writer of the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
hagiology: the history or description of the sacred writings or of sacred persons; a narrative of the lives of the saints; a catalogue of saints.
hagioscope: an opening made in the interior walls of a cruciform church to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint.
haidingerite: a mineral consisting of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of w. haidinger, of vienna.
haiduck: formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in hungary, now, a halberdier of a hungarian noble, or an attendant in german or hungarian courts.
haik: a large piece of woolen or cotton cloth worn by arabs as an outer garment.
haikal: the central chapel of the three forming the sanctuary of a coptic church. it contains the high altar, and is usually closed by an embroidered curtain.
hail: small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. the separate masses or grains are called hailstones.-to pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.-to pour forcibly down, as hail.-healthy. see hale (the preferable spelling).-to call loudly to, or after; to accost; to salute; to address.-to name; to designate; to call.-to declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from new york.-to report as one's home or the place from whence one comes; to come; -- with from.-an exclamation of respectful or reverent salutation, or, occasionally, of familiar greeting.-a wish of health; a salutation; a loud call.
hailstone: a single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.
hain't: a contraction of have not or has not; as, i hain't, he hain't, we hain't.
hair: the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.-one the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.-hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.-a slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.-an outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (nuphar).-a spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.-a haircloth.-any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
hair grass: a grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the agrostis scabra, and several species of aira or deschampsia.
hair'sbreadth: the diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch.
hair-brown: of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. it is composed of equal proportions of red and green.
hairbreadth: alt. of hair'sbreadth-having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.
haired: having hair.-in composition: having (such) hair; as, red-haired.
hairpin: a pin, usually forked, or of bent wire, for fastening the hair in place, -- used by women.
hairsplitter: one who makes excessively nice or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles.
hairsplitting: making excessively nice or trivial distinctions in reasoning; subtle.-the act or practice of making trivial distinctions.
hairspring: the slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.
hairstreak: a butterfly of the genus thecla; as, the green hairstreak (t. rubi).
hairtail: any species of marine fishes of the genus trichiurus; esp., t. lepterus of europe and america. they are long and like a band, with a slender, pointed tail. called also bladefish.
hairworm: a nematoid worm of the genus gordius, resembling a hair. see gordius.
hairy: bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; rough with hair; hirsute.
hake: a drying shed, as for unburned tile.-one of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera phycis, merlucius, and allies. the common european hake is m. vulgaris; the american silver hake or whiting is m. bilinearis. two american species (phycis chuss and p. tenius) are important food fishes, and are also valued for their oil and sounds. called also squirrel hake, and codling.-to loiter; to sneak.
hakim: a wise man; a physician, esp. a mohammedan.-a mohammedan title for a ruler; a judge.
hal'yard: a rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc.
halacha: the general term for the hebrew oral or traditional law; one of two branches of exposition in the midrash. see midrash.
halation: an appearance as of a halo of light, surrounding the edges of dark objects in a photographic picture.
halberd: an ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. the heads were sometimes of very elaborate form.