AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
macrodiagonal: the longer of two diagonals, as of a rhombic prism. see crystallization.
macrodome: a dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. see dome, n., 4.
macrometer: an instrument for determining the size or distance of inaccessible objects by means of two reflectors on a common sextant.
macron: a short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, a, in dame; /, in s/am, etc.
macropinacoid: one of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.
macropod: any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.
macroprism: a prism of an orthorhombic crystal between the macropinacoid and the unit prism; the corresponding pyramids are called macropyramids.
macrosporangium: a sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to microsporangium. both are found in the genera selaginella, isoctes, and marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns.
macrospore: one of the specially large spores of certain flowerless plants, as selaginella, etc.
macrozoospore: a large motile spore having four vibratile cilia; -- found in certain green algae.
macrura: a subdivision of decapod crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. it includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms.  cf. decapoda.
mactra: any marine bivalve shell of the genus mactra, and allied genera. many species are known. some of them are used as food, as mactra stultorum, of europe. see surf clam, under surf.
macula: a spot, as on the skin, or on the surface of the sun or of some other luminous orb.-a rather large spot or blotch of color.
maculate: to spot; to stain; to blur.-marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts.
macule: a spot.-a blur, or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little; a mackle.-to blur; especially (print.), to blur or double an impression from type. see mackle.
mad: a slattern.-the name of a female fairy, esp. the queen of the fairies; and hence, sometimes, any fairy.-p. p. of made.-disordered in intellect; crazy; insane.-excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform.-proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness.-extravagant; immoderate.-furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog.-angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person.-having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle.-to make mad or furious; to madden.-to be mad; to go mad; to rave. see madding.-an earthworm.
madam: a gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. the corresponding word in addressing a man is sir.
madame: my lady; -- a french title formerly given to ladies of quality; now, in france, given to all married women.
madcap: inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements.-wild; reckless.-a person of wild behavior; an excitable, rash, violent person.
madden: to make mad; to drive to madness; to craze; to excite violently with passion; to make very angry; to enrage.-to become mad; to act as if mad.
madder: a plant of the rubia (r. tinctorum). the root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. it is cultivated in france and holland. see rubiaceous.
madderwort: a name proposed for any plant of the same natural order (rubiaceae) as the madder.
made: see mad, n.-imp. & p. p. of make.-artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one consisting of a single spar.-of make
madecassee: a native or inhabitant of madagascar, or madecassee; the language of the natives of madagascar. see malagasy.-of or pertaining to madagascar or its inhabitants.
madefication: the act of madefying, or making wet; the state of that which is made wet.
mademoiselle: a french title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the english miss.-a marine food fish (sciaena chrysura), of the southern united states; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch.
madhouse: a house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum; a bedlam.
madia: a genus of composite plants, of which one species (madia sativa) is cultivated for the oil yielded from its seeds by pressure. this oil is sometimes used instead of olive oil for the table.
madjoun: an intoxicating confection from the hemp plant; -- used by the turks and hindoos.
madness: the condition of being mad; insanity; lunacy.-frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme folly.
madonna: my lady; -- a term of address in italian formerly used as the equivalent of madame, but for which signora is now substituted. sometimes introduced into english.-a picture of the virgin mary (usually with the babe).
madoqua: a small abyssinian antelope (neotragus saltiana), about the size of a hare.
madrague: a large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.
madrepora: a genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. it includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched.
madreporaria: an extensive division of anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. see illust. of anthozoa.
madrepore: any coral of the genus madrepora; formerly, often applied to any stony coral.
madreporite: a fossil coral.-the madreporic plate of echinoderms.
madrier: a thick plank, used for several mechanical purposes-a plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down.-a plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or fortifications.
madrigal: a little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought.-an unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. see glee.
madrilenian: of or pertaining to madrid in spain, or to its inhabitants.-a native or inhabitant of madrid.
madrina: an animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.
madroa: a small evergreen tree or shrub (arbutus menziesii), of california, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madroa apples.
madroña: ( n. ) A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madroña apples.
madwort: a genus of cruciferous plants (alyssum) with white or yellow flowers and rounded pods. a. maritimum is the commonly cultivated sweet alyssum, a fragrant white-flowered annual.
maelstrom: a celebrated whirlpool on the coast of norway.-also fig. ; as, a maelstrom of vice.
maenad: a bacchante; a priestess or votary of bacchus.-a frantic or frenzied woman.
maestoso: majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.
magazine: a receptacle in which anything is stored, especially military stores, as ammunition, arms, provisions, etc.-the building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship.-a chamber in a gun for holding a number of cartridges to be fed automatically to the piece.-a pamphlet published periodically containing miscellaneous papers or compositions.-to store in, or as in, a magazine; to store up for use.
magbote: compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.-see maegbote.
magdala: designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc.
magdaleon: a medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster.
magellanic: of or pertaining to, or named from, magellan, the navigator.
magenta: an aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from magenta, in italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. called also fuchsine, roseine, etc.
maggiore: greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to minor; major.
maggot: the footless larva of any fly. see larval.-a whim; an odd fancy.
magi: a caste of priests, philosophers, and magicians, among the ancient persians; hence, any holy men or sages of the east.
magian: of or pertaining to the magi.-one of the magi, or priests of the zoroastrian religion in persia; an adherent of the zoroastrian religion.
magic: a comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc.-alt. of magical
magical: pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency.-performed by, or proceeding from, occult and superhuman agencies; done by, or seemingly done by, enchantment or sorcery. hence: seemingly requiring more than human power; imposing or startling in performance; producing effects which seem supernatural or very extraordinary; having extraordinary properties; as, a magic lantern; a magic square or circle.
magician: one skilled in magic; one who practices the black art; an enchanter; a necromancer; a sorcerer or sorceress; a conjurer.
magister: master; sir; -- a title of the middle ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
magisterial: of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. hence: overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic.-pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery. see magistery, 2.
magistery: mastery; powerful medical influence; renowned efficacy; a sovereign remedy.-a magisterial injunction.-a precipitate; a fine substance deposited by precipitation; -- applied in old chemistry to certain white precipitates from metallic solutions; as, magistery of bismuth.
magistral: pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.-commanded or prescribed by a magister, esp. by a doctor; hence, effectual; sovereign; as, a magistral sirup.-formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; -- opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.-a sovereign medicine or remedy.-a magistral line.-powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the spanish mines of mexico and south america.
magistrate: a person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it.
magistratical: of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate.
magma: any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste.-a thick residuum obtained from certain substances after the fluid parts are expressed from them; the grounds which remain after treating a substance with any menstruum, as water or alcohol.-a salve or confection of thick consistency.-the molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.-the glassy base of an eruptive rock.-the amorphous or homogenous matrix or ground mass, as distinguished from well-defined crystals; as, the magma of porphyry.
magna charta: the great charter, so called, obtained by the english barons from king john, a. d. 1215. this name is also given to the charter granted to the people of england in the ninth year of henry iii., and confirmed by edward i.-hence, a fundamental constitution which guaranties rights and privileges.
magnanimity: the quality of being magnanimous; greatness of mind; elevation or dignity of soul; that quality or combination of qualities, in character, which enables one to encounter danger and trouble with tranquility and firmness, to disdain injustice, meanness and revenge, and to act and sacrifice for noble objects.
magnanimous: great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror.-dictated by or exhibiting nobleness of soul; honorable; noble; not selfish.
magnase black: a black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body.
magnate: a person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or distinction in any sphere.-one of the nobility, or certain high officers of state belonging to the noble estate in the national representation of hungary, and formerly of poland.
magnesia: a light earthy white substance, consisting of magnesium oxide, and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate, or by burning magnesium. it has a slightly alkaline reaction, and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative. see magnesium.
magnesic: pertaining to, or containing, magnesium; as, magnesic oxide.
magnesite: native magnesium carbonate occurring in white compact or granular masses, and also in rhombohedral crystals.
magnesium: a light silver-white metallic element, malleable and ductile, quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. it burns, forming (the oxide) magnesia, with the production of a blinding light (the so-called magnesium light) which is used in signaling, in pyrotechny, or in photography where a strong actinic illuminant is required. its compounds occur abundantly, as in dolomite, talc, meerschaum, etc. symbol mg. atomic weight, 24.4. specific gravity, 1.75.
magnet: the loadstone; a species of iron ore (the ferrosoferric or magnetic ore, fe3o4) which has the property of attracting iron and some of its ores, and, when freely suspended, of pointing to the poles; -- called also natural magnet.-a bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted; -- called, in distinction from the loadstone, an artificial magnet.
magnetic: alt. of magnetical-a magnet.-any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian.
magnetical: pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; as, a magnetic bar of iron; a magnetic needle.-of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the earth's magnetism; as, the magnetic north; the magnetic meridian.-capable of becoming a magnet; susceptible to magnetism; as, the magnetic metals.-endowed with extraordinary personal power to excite the feelings and to win the affections; attractive; inducing attachment.-having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism, so called; as, a magnetic sleep. see magnetism.
magnetism: the property, quality, or state, of being magnetic; the manifestation of the force in nature which is seen in a magnet.-the science which treats of magnetic phenomena.-power of attraction; power to excite the feelings and to gain the affections.
magnetite: an oxide of iron (fe3o4) occurring in isometric crystals, also massive, of a black color and metallic luster. it is readily attracted by a magnet and sometimes possesses polarity, being then called loadstone. it is an important iron ore. called also magnetic iron.
magnetize: to communicate magnetic properties to; as, to magnetize a needle.-to attract as a magnet attracts, or like a magnet; to move; to influence.-to bring under the influence of animal magnetism.
magneto-: a prefix meaning pertaining to, produced by, or in some way connected with, magnetism.
magneto-electrical: pertaining to, or characterized by, electricity by the action of magnets; as, magneto-electric induction.
magneto-electricity: electricity evolved by the action of magnets.-that branch of science which treats of the development of electricity by the action of magnets; -- the counterpart of electro-magnetism.
magnetograph: an automatic instrument for registering, by photography or otherwise, the states and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements.
magnetometer: an instrument for measuring the intensity of magnetic forces; also, less frequently, an instrument for determining any of the terrestrial magnetic elements, as the dip and declination.
magnetometric: pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, magnetometric instruments; magnetometric measurements.
magnetomotor: a voltaic series of two or more large plates, producing a great quantity of electricity of low tension, and hence adapted to the exhibition of electro-magnetic phenomena.
magnificat: the song of the virgin mary, luke i. 46; -- so called because it commences with this word in the vulgate.
magnificent: doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence.-grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid' pompous.
magnifico: a grandee or nobleman of venice; -- so called in courtesy.-a rector of a german university.
magnify: to make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters.-to increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.-to praise highly; to land; to extol.-to exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty.-to have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some lenses magnify but little.-to have effect; to be of importance or significance.
magniloquence: the quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.
magniloquent: speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
magnitude: extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length, breath, and thickness.-that which has one or more of the three dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness.-anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as time, weight, force, and the like.-greatness; grandeur.-greatness, in reference to influence or effect; importance; as, an affair of magnitude.
magnolia: a genus of american and asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers.
magnoliaceous: pertaining to a natural order (magnoliaceae) of trees of which the magnolia, the tulip tree, and the star anise are examples.
magnum: a large wine bottle.-a bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpal bone.
magpie: any one of numerous species of the genus pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail.
maguari: a south american stork (euxenara maguari), having a forked tail.
maguey: the century plant, a species of agave (a. americana). see agave.
magyar: one of the dominant people of hungary, allied to the finns; a hungarian.-the language of the magyars.
mahabharatam: a celebrated epic poem of the hindoos. it is of great length, and is chiefly devoted to the history of a civil war between two dynasties of ancient india.
mahaled: a cherry tree (prunus mahaleb) of southern europe. the wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared.
maharajah: a sovereign prince in india; -- a title given also to other persons of high rank.
maharif: an african antelope (hippotragus bakeri). its face is striped with black and white.
maharmah: a muslin wrapper for the head and the lower part of the face, worn by turkish and armenian women when they go abroad.
mahdi: among mohammedans, the last imam or leader of the faithful. the sunni, the largest sect of the mohammedans, believe that he is yet to appear.
mahoe: a name given to several malvaceous trees (species of hibiscus, ochroma, etc.), and to their strong fibrous inner bark, which is used for strings and cordage.
mahogany: a large tree of the genus swietenia (s. mahogoni), found in tropical america.-the wood of the swietenia mahogoni. it is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. it is used in the manufacture of furniture.-a table made of mahogany wood.
mahon stock: an annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white flowers (malcolmia maritima). it is called in england virginia stock, but the plant comes from the mediterranean.
mahonia: the oregon grape, a species of barberry (berberis aquifolium), often cultivated for its hollylike foliage.
mahoohoo: the african white two-horned rhinoceros (atelodus simus).
mahori: one of the dark race inhabiting principally the islands of eastern polynesia. also used adjectively.
mahovo: a device for saving power in stopping and starting a railroad car, by means of a heavy fly wheel.
mahrati: the language of the mahrattas; the language spoken in the deccan and concan.
mahratta: one of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part of india. also, the language of the mahrattas; mahrati. it is closely allied to sanskrit.-of or pertaining to the mahrattas.
mahwa tree: an east indian sapotaceous tree (bassia latifolia, and also b. butyracea), whose timber is used for wagon wheels, and the flowers for food and in preparing an intoxicating drink. it is one of the butter trees. the oil, known as mahwa and yallah, is obtained from the kernels of the fruit.
maia: a genus of spider crabs, including the common european species (maia squinado).-a beautiful american bombycid moth (eucronia maia).
maid: an unmarried woman; usually, a young unmarried woman; esp., a girl; a virgin; a maiden.-a man who has not had sexual intercourse.-a female servant.-the female of a ray or skate, esp. of the gray skate (raia batis), and of the thornback (r. clavata).
maiden: an unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.-a female servant.-an instrument resembling the guillotine, formerly used in scotland for beheading criminals.-a machine for washing linen.-of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence.-never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt.-fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.-used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated.-to act coyly like a maiden; -- with it as an indefinite object.
maidenhair: a fern of the genus adiantum (a. pedatum), having very slender graceful stalks. it is common in the united states, and is sometimes used in medicine. the name is also applied to other species of the same genus, as to the venus-hair.
maidenhead: the state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity.-the state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity.-the hymen, or virginal membrane.
maidenhood: the state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity.-newness; freshness; uncontaminated state.
maidenliness: the quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.
maidenly: like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest, reserved.-in a maidenlike manner.
maidmarian: the lady of the may games; one of the characters in a morris dance; a may queen. afterward, a grotesque character personated in sports and buffoonery by a man in woman's clothes.-a kind of dance.
maieutical: serving to assist childbirth.-fig. : aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language.