AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
kite: any raptorial bird of the subfamily milvinae, of which many species are known. they have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.-fig. : one who is rapacious.-a light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.-a lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.-a quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.-fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.-the brill.-to raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. see kite, 6.-the belly.
kiteflying: a mode of raising money, or sustaining one's credit, by the use of paper which is merely nominal; -- called also kiting.
kitten: a young cat.-to bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens.
kittenish: resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition.
kittiwake: a northern gull (rissa tridactyla), inhabiting the coasts of europe and america. it is white, with black tips to the wings, and has but three toes.
kittle: to bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter.-to tickle.-ticklish; not easily managed; troublesome; difficult; variable.
kiwikiwi: any species of apteryx, esp. a. australis; -- so called in imitation of its notes. called also kiwi. see apteryx.
klamaths: a collective name for the indians of several tribes formerly living along the klamath river, in california and oregon, but now restricted to a reservation at klamath lake; -- called also clamets and hamati.
kleeneboc: (zool.) an antelope (cerphalopus pygmaeus), found in south africa. it is of very small size, being but one foot high at shoulder. it is remarkable for its activity, and for its mild and timid disposition. called also guevi, and pygmy antelope.
kleptomania: a propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. this does not constitute legal irresponsibility.
klicket: a small postern or gate in a palisade, for the passage of sallying parties.
klipdachs: a small mammal (hyrax capensis), found in south africa. it is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman. called also rock rabbit.
klipspringer: a small, graceful south african antelope (nanotragus oreotragus), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called also kainsi.
knab: to seize with the teeth; to gnaw.-to nab. see nab, v. t.
knack: to crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.-to speak affectedly.-a petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.-a readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.-something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.
knacker: one who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.-one of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper.-a harness maker.-one who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog's meat.
knag: a knot in wood; a protuberance.-a wooden peg for hanging things on.-the prong of an antler.-the rugged top of a hill.
knap: a protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. see knob, and knop.-to bite; to bite off; to break short.-to strike smartly; to rap; to snap.-to make a sound of snapping.-a sharp blow or slap.
knapple: to break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble.
knappy: having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby.
knapsack: a case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the back a soldier's necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler.
knapweed: the black centaury (centaurea nigra); -- so called from the knoblike heads of flowers. called also bullweed.
knave: a boy; especially, a boy servant.-any male servant; a menial.-a tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain.-a playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
knavery: the practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.-roguish or mischievous tricks.
knaveship: a small due, in meal, established by usage, which is paid to the under miller.
knavish: like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick.-mischievous; roguish; waggish.
knavishly: in a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently.-mischievously; waggishly; roguishly.
knavishness: the quality or state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty.
knawel: a low, spreading weed (scleranthus annuus), common in sandy soil.
knead: to work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead dough.-fig.: to treat or form as by kneading; to beat.
knebelite: a mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. it is a silicate of iron and manganese.
knee: in man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.-the joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg.-in the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.-a piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.-a bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.-to supplicate by kneeling.
knee-deep: rising to the knees; knee-high; as, water or snow knee-deep.-sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water.
knee-high: rising or reaching upward to the knees; as, the water is knee-high.
kneebrush: a tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals; -- chiefly used in the plural.-a thick mass or collection of hairs on the legs of bees, by aid of which they carry the collected pollen to the hive or nest; -- usually in the plural.
kneed: having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out-kneed; weak-kneed.-geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as, kneed grass.
kneejoint: the joint of the knee.-a toggle joint; -- so called because consisting of two pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee when bent.
kneejointed: geniculate; kneed. see kneed, a., 2.
kneel: to bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down.
kneeler: one who kneels or who worships by or while kneeling.-a cushion or stool to kneel on.-a name given to certain catechumens and penitents who were permitted to join only in parts of church worship.
kneepan: a roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.
kneepiece: a piece shaped like a knee; as, the kneepieces or ears of a boat.
knell: the stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything.-to sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.-to summon, as by a knell.
knicker: a small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing.
knickerbockers: the name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.
knickknack: a trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.
knife: an instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc..-a sword or dagger.-to prune with the knife.-to cut or stab with a knife.
knife-edge: a piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction.
knight: a young servant or follower; a military attendant.-in feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.-one on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as sir; as, sir john.-a champion; a partisan; a lover.-a piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.-a playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.-to dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in england by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: rise, sir ---.
knight bachelor: a knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of english knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. see bachelor, 4.
knight banneret: a knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. the dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle.
knight marshal: an officer in the household of the british sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties.
knight service: a tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. see chivalry, n., 4.
knight templar: see commandery, n., 3, and also templar, n., 1 and 3.
knight-er-ratic: pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry.
knight-errant: a wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.
knight-errantry: the character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.
knighthood: the character, dignity, or condition of a knight, or of knights as a class; hence, chivalry.-the whole body of knights.
knightly: of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.-in a manner becoming a knight.
knit: of knit-to form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.-to form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as, to knit stockings.-to join; to cause to grow together.-to unite closely; to connect; to engage; as, hearts knit together in love.-to draw together; to contract into wrinkles.-to form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.-to be united closely; to grow together; as, broken bones will in time knit and become sound.-union knitting; texture.
knitback: the plant comfrey; -- so called from its use as a restorative.
knitchet: a number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot.
knitter: one who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine.
knitting: of knit-the work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.-union formed by knitting, as of bones.
knob: a hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.-a knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer.-a rounded hill or mountain; as, the pilot knob.-see knop.-to grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.
knobbed: containing knobs; full of knobs; ending in a nob. see illust of antenna.
knobby: full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances.-irregular; stubborn in particulars.-abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly.
knock: to drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.-to strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.-to strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table.-to strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.-a blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.-a stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.
knock-knee: a condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.
knockdown: a felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.-of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument.
knocker: one who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.
knoll: a little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.-to ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing.-to sound, as a bell; to knell.-the tolling of a bell; a knell.
knop: a knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.-any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp.
knoppern: a kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in tanning and dyeing.
knot: a fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.-a lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself.-an ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.-a bond of union; a connection; a tie.-something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem.-a figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc.-a cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians.-a portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. a loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.-a knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.-a protuberant joint in a plant.-the point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.-see node.-a division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. the number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour.-a nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.-a kind of epaulet. see shoulder knot.-a sandpiper (tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. it is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. the lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. when fat it is prized by epicures. called also dunne.-to tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle.-to unite closely; to knit together.-to entangle or perplex; to puzzle.-to form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled.-to knit knots for fringe or trimming.-to copulate; -- said of toads.
knotberry: the cloudberry (rudus chamaemorus); -- so called from its knotted stems.
knotgrass: a common weed with jointed stems (polygonum aviculare); knotweed.-the dog grass. see under dog.
knotted: of knot-full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak.-interwoven; matted; entangled.-having intersecting lines or figures.-characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks.-entangled; puzzling; knotty.
knottiness: the quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.-difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication.
knotty: full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.-hard; rugged; as, a knotty head.-difficult; intricate; perplexed.
knotwort: a small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus illecebrum (i. verticillatum).
knout: a kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in russia. the last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.-to punish with the knout.
know: knee.-to perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.-to be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.-to be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.-to recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.-to have sexual commerce with.-to have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of.-to be assured; to feel confident.
know-all: one who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre; -- usually ironical.
know-nothing: a member of a secret political organization in the united states, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native americans for office.
know-nothingism: the doctrines, principles, or practices, of the know-nothings.
knowing: of know-skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog.-artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal.-knowledge; hence, experience.
knowingly: with knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend.-by experience.
knowingness: the state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.
knowledge: the act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.-that which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural.-that which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.-that familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life.-scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge.-sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal; as, carnal knowledge.-to acknowledge.
knuckle: the joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.-the kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.-the joint of a plant.-the joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.-a convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.-a contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; as, brass knuckles; -- called also knuckle duster.-to yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under.-to beat with the knuckles; to pommel.
knurl: a contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.-one who, or that which, is crossgrained.-to provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill.
knurled: full of knots; gnarled.-milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin.
knurly: full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much.
koala: a tailless marsupial (phascolarctos cinereus), found in australia. the female carries her young on the back of her neck. called also australian bear, native bear, and native sloth.
koba: any one of several species of african antelopes of the genus kobus, esp. the species kobus sing-sing.
kobellite: a blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead.
kobold: a kind of domestic spirit in german mythology, corresponding to the scottish brownie and the english robin goodfellow.
koel: any one of several species of cuckoos of the genus eudynamys, found in india, the east indies, and australia. they deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds.
kohl: a mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by egyptian and other eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids.
kohl-rabi: a variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground.
kohnur: a famous diamond, surrendered to the british crown on the annexation of the punjab. according to hindoo legends, it was found in a golconda mine, and has been the property of various hindoo and persian rulers.
koklass: any pheasant of the genus pucrasia. the birds of this genus inhabit india and china, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. called also pucras.
kolarian: an individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitants which survive in hindostan.-of or pertaining to the kolarians.
komenic: of or pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from meconic acid.
komtok: an african freshwater fish (protopterus annectens), belonging to the dipnoi. it can breathe air by means of its lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. it is used as food.
konze: a large african antelope (alcelaphus lichtensteini), allied to the hartbeest, but having shorter and flatter horns, and lacking a black patch on the face.
koodoo: a large south african antelope (strepsiceros kudu). the males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. the general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. the old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the hair. the females are hornless. called also nellut.
koolokamba: a west african anthropoid ape (troglodytes koolokamba, or t. aubryi), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them.
kopeck: a small russian coin. one hundred kopecks make a rouble, worth about sixty cents.
koran: the scriptures of the mohammedans, containing the professed revelations to mohammed; -- called also alcoran.
korrigum: a west african antelope (damalis senegalensis), allied to the sassaby. it is reddish gray, with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs above the knees.
kotow: the prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. there are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings.-to perform the kotow.
koulan: a wild horse (equus, / asinus, onager) inhabiting the plants of central asia; -- called also gour, khur, and onager.
koumiss: an intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the tartars from mare's or camel's milk. it can be obtained from any kind of milk, and is now largely made in europe.
kousso: an abyssinian rosaceous tree (brayera anthelmintica), the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge.
kra: a long-tailed ape (macacus cynomolgus) of india and sumatra. it is reddish olive, spotted with black, and has a black tail.
kraal: a collection of huts within a stockade; a village; sometimes, a single hut.-an inclosure into which are driven wild elephants which are to be tamed and educated.
krait: a very venomous snake of india (bungarus coeruleus), allied to the cobra. its upper parts are bluish or brownish black, often with narrow white streaks; the belly is whitish.
kraken: a fabulous scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus.
krameria: a genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of which (k. triandra), found in peru, rhatany root, used as a medicine, is obtained.
krameric: pertaining to, or derived from, krameria (rhatany); as, krameric acid, usually called ratanhia-tannic acid.
kremlin: the citadel of a town or city; especially, the citadel of moscow, a large inclosure which contains imperial palaces, cathedrals, churches, an arsenal, etc.
kreutzer: a small copper coin formerly used in south germany; also, a small austrian copper coin.