AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
land: urine. see lant.-the solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage.-any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract.-ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land.-the inhabitants of a nation or people.-the mainland, in distinction from islands.-the ground or floor.-the ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing.-any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate.-the lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing.-in any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves.-to set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark.-to catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish.-to set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.-to go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to the end of a course.
landamman: a chief magistrate in some of the swiss cantons.-the president of the diet of the helvetic republic.
landau: a four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage.
landed: of land-having an estate in land.-consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property; landed security.
lander: one who lands, or makes a landing.-a person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
landfall: a sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.-sighting or making land when at sea.
landflood: an overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.
landgrave: a german nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in england and of a count in france.
landgraviate: the territory held by a landgrave.-the office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave.
landing: of land-of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.-a going or bringing on shore.-a place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.-the level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
landlady: a woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants.-the mistress of an inn or lodging house.
landlock: to inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, with land.
landlocked: inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land.-confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the landlocked salmon.
landlord: the lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.-the master of an inn or of a lodging house.
landlordism: the state of being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in great britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands.
landlubber: one who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.
landman: a man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman.-an occupier of land.
landmark: a mark to designate the boundary of land; any , mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved.-any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.
landowning: the owning of land.-having property in land; of or pertaining to landowners.
landreeve: a subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward.
landscape: a portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.-a picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.-the pictorial aspect of a country.
landslide: the slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.-the land which slips down.
landsman: one who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.-a sailor on his first voyage.
landwehr: that part of the army, in germany and austria, which has completed the usual military service and is exempt from duty in time of peace, except that it is called out occasionally for drill.
lane: alone.-a passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice.
langaha: a curious colubriform snake of the genus xyphorhynchus, from madagascar. it is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.
langarey: one of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of australia and the east indies, of the genus artamus, and allied genera; called also wood swallow.
langdak: a wolf (canis pallipes), found in india, allied to the jackal.
langrel: a kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. it consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.
language: any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.-the expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.-the forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.-the characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.-the inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.-the suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.-the vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.-a race, as distinguished by its speech.-to communicate by language; to express in language.
languaged: of language-having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition.
langue d'oc: the dialect, closely akin to french, formerly spoken south of the loire (in which the word for "yes" was oc); provencal.
langue d'oil: the dialect formerly spoken north of the loire (in which the word for "yes" was oil, f. oui).
languet: anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth.-that part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard.
languid: drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull.-slow in progress; tardy.-promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day.
languish: to become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.-to assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.-to cause to droop or pine.-see languishiment.
languishing: of languish-becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.-amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.
languishment: the state of languishing.-tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.
languor: a state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.-any enfeebling disease.-listless indolence; dreaminess. pope.
langya: one of several species of east indian and asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus ophiocephalus, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes.
laniary: lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth.-the shambles; a place of slaughter.-a laniary, or canine, tooth.
lanier: a thong of leather; a whip lash.-a strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like.
lank: slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.-languid; drooping.-to become lank; to make lank.
lanneret: a long-tailed falcon (falco lanarius), of southern europe, asia, and northern africa, resembling the american prairie falcon.
lanolin: a peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.
lanseh: the small, whitish brown fruit of an east indian tree (lansium domesticum). it has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable subacid taste.
lansquenet: a german foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in france and western europe.-a game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet.
lant: urine.-any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus ammedytes. the common european species (a. tobianus) and the american species (a. americanus) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. called also launce, and sand eel.-see lanterloo.
lantanuric: pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usually called allanturic acid.
lantern: something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light.-an open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.-a cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.-a smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the capitol at washington, or that of the florence cathedral.-a lantern pinion or trundle wheel. see lantern pinion (below).-a kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass.-a perforated barrel to form a core upon.-see aristotle's lantern.-to furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.
lantern-jawed: having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.
lanthanite: hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular while crystals.
lanthanum: a rare element of the group of the earth metals, allied to aluminium. it occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite, orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of separating it from cerium, didymium, and other rare elements with which it is usually associated. atomic weight 138.5. symbol la.
lanthopine: an alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
lanugo: the soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.
lanyard: a short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc.-a strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube.
laocoon: a priest of apollo, during the trojan war. (see 2.)-a marble group in the vatican at rome, representing the priest laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by virgil.
laodicean: of or pertaining to laodicea, a city in phrygia major; like the christians of laodicea; lukewarm in religion.
lap: the loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.-an edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.-the part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.-that part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.-the amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. used alone, lap refers to outside lap. see outside lap (below).-the state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.-one circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. see lap, to fold, 2.-in card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.-a sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.-a piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. it is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.-to rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.-to cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. see 1st lap, 10.-to fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth.-to wrap or wind around something.-to infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.-to lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one.-to lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working.-to be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; as, the cloth laps back; the boats lap; the edges lap.-to take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.-to make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.-to take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.-the act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap.-the sound of lapping.
lap-jointed: having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.
lap-welded: having edges or ends united by a lap weld; as, a lap-welded pipe.
laparotomy: a cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the caesarean section.
lapboard: a board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.
lapel: that part of a garment which is turned back; specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar.
lapidarian: of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record.
lapidary: an artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones.-a virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.-of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation.-of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; as, lapidary adulation.
lapidescence: the state or quality of being lapidescent.-a hardening into a stone substance.-a stony concretion.
lapidescent: undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.-any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.
lapidification: the act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.
lapidify: to convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.-to become stone or stony.
lapis lazuli: an albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. same as lazuli, which see.
lapling: one who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.
lappet: a small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.-to decorate with, or as with, a lappet.
lappic: of or pertaining to lapland, or the lapps.-the language of the lapps. see lappish.
lapping: of lap-a kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
lappish: of or pertaining to the lapps; laplandish.-the language spoken by the lapps in lapland. it is related to the finnish and hungarian, and is not an aryan language.
lapps: a branch of the mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of norway, sweden, and the adjacent parts of russia.
lapse: a gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.-a slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.-the termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege.-a fall or apostasy.-to pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.-to slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.-to fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.-to become ineffectual or void; to fall.-to let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.-to surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.
lapsed: of lapse-having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses.-ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy.
lapstrake: made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.
laputan: of or pertaining to laputa, an imaginary flying island described in gulliver's travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy.
lapwing: a small european bird of the plover family (vanellus cristatus, or v. vanellus). it has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. its back is coppery or greenish bronze. its eggs are the "plover's eggs" of the london market, esteemed a delicacy. it is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. the gray lapwing is the squatarola cinerea.
lar: a tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. the domestic lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods. hence, eng.: hearth or dwelling house.-a species of gibbon (hylobates lar), found in burmah. called also white-handed gibbon.
laramie group: an extensive series of strata, principally developed in the rocky mountain region, as in the laramie mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the tertiary age, but now generally regarded as cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. it contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. see chart of geology.
larboard: the left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to starboard.-on or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel; port; as, the larboard quarter.
larcenous: having the character of larceny; as, a larcenous act; committing larceny.
larceny: the unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft.  cf. embezzlement.
larch: a genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see illust. of fascicle).
lard: bacon; the flesh of swine.-the fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.-to stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; as, to lard poultry.-to fatten; to enrich.-to smear with lard or fat.-to mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.-to grow fat.
lardacein: a peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc.
larder: a room or place where meat and other articles of food are kept before they are cooked.
lardy: containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard.
lare: lore; learning.-pasture; feed. see lair.-to feed; to fatten.
large: exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.-abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.-full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.-having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart.-free; unembarrassed.-unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language.-prodigal in expending; lavish.-crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.-freely; licentiously.-a musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.
large-handed: having large hands, fig.: taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.
largesse: liberality; generosity; bounty.-a present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.
larghetto: somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.
largo: slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn.-a movement or piece in largo time.
lariat: a long, slender rope made of hemp or strips of hide, esp. one with a noose; -- used as a lasso for catching cattle, horses, etc., and for picketing a horse so that he can graze without wandering.-to secure with a lariat fastened to a stake, as a horse or mule for grazing; also, to lasso or catch with a lariat.
larixinic: of, or derived from, the larch (larix); as, larixinic acid.
lark: a frolic; a jolly time.-to sport; to frolic.-any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus alauda and allied genera (family alaudidae). they mostly belong to europe, asia, and northern africa. in america they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus otocoris. the true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors.-to catch larks; as, to go larking.
larker: a catcher of larks.-one who indulges in a lark or frolic.
larkspur: a genus of ranunculaceous plants (delphinium), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. they are natives of the north temperate zone. the commonest larkspur of the gardens is d. consolida. the flower of the bee larkspur (d. elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.
larungoscope: an instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image.