AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
glory: praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.-that quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor.-pride; boastfulness; arrogance.-the presence of the divine being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.-an emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. it is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.-to exult with joy; to rejoice.-to boast; to be proud.
gloss: brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.-a specious appearance; superficial quality or show.-to give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.-a foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation.-an interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary.-a false or specious explanation.-to render clear and evident by comments; to illustrate; to explain; to annotate.-to give a specious appearance to; to render specious and plausible; to palliate by specious explanation.-to make comments; to comment; to explain.-to make sly remarks, or insinuations.
glossanthrax: a disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.
glossarial: of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.
glossarist: a writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.
glossary: a collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words.
glosser: a polisher; one who gives a luster.-a writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator.
glossic: a system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of english letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only.
glossiness: the condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface.
glossoepiglottic: pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglottic folds.
glossohyal: pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. the glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.
glossology: the definition and explanation of terms; a glossary.-the science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology.
glossopharyngeal: pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. one of the glossopharyngeal nerves.
glossy: smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface.-smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
glost oven: an oven in which glazed pottery is fired; -- also called glaze kiln, or glaze.
glottal: of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic.
glottis: the opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. see larynx.
glout: to pout; to look sullen.-to view attentively; to gloat on; to stare at.
glove: a cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finger. the latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten.-a boxing glove.-to cover with, or as with, a glove.
glow: to shine with an intense or white heat; to give forth vivid light and heat; to be incandescent.-to exhibit a strong, bright color; to be brilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, etc.-to feel hot; to have a burning sensation, as of the skin, from friction, exercise, etc.; to burn.-to feel the heat of passion; to be animated, as by intense love, zeal, anger, etc.; to rage, as passior; as, the heart glows with love, zeal, or patriotism.-to make hot; to flush.-white or red heat; incandscence.-brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health in the cheeks.-intense excitement or earnestness; vehemence or heat of passion; ardor.-heat of body; a sensation of warmth, as that produced by exercise, etc.
glower: to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.
glowlamp: an aphlogistic lamp. see aphlogistic.-an incandescent lamp. see incandescent, a.
glowworm: a coleopterous insect of the genus lampyris; esp., the wingless females and larvae of the two european species (l. noctiluca, and l. splendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments.
gloxinia: american genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after b. p. gloxin, a german botanist.
gloze: to flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly.-to give a specious or false meaning; to ministerpret.-to smooth over; to palliate.-flattery; adulation; smooth speech.-specious show; gloss.
glucina: a white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called glucine.
glucinic: pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; as, glucinic oxide.
glucinum: a rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. it never occurs naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and danalite. it was named from its oxide glucina, which was known long before the element was isolated. symbol gl. atomic weight 9.1. called also beryllium.
glucose: a variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. it is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. see dextrose.-any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.-the trade name of a sirup, obtained as an uncrystallizable reside in the manufacture of glucose proper, and containing, in addition to some dextrose or glucose, also maltose, dextrin, etc. it is used as a cheap adulterant of sirups, beers, etc.
glucoside: one of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. they are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. they are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates.
glucosuria: a condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus.
glue: a hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. when gently heated with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a cement for uniting substances. the name is also given to other adhesive or viscous substances.-to join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten.
gluepot: a utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heated to soften the glue.
gluey: viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue.
glum: sullenness.-moody; silent; sullen.-to look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
glume: the bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt.
glumelle: one of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses.
glunch: frowning; sulky; sullen.-a sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike.
glut: to swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.-to fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.-to eat gluttonously or to satiety.-that which is swallowed.-plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market.-something that fills up an opening; a clog.-a wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.-a piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.-a bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.-an arched opening to the ashpit of a klin.-a block used for a fulcrum.-the broad-nosed eel (anguilla latirostris), found in europe, asia, the west indies, etc.
glutaconic: pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids.
glutaeus: the great muscle of the buttock in man and most mammals, and the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.
glutaric: of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as, glutaric ethers.
glutazine: a nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. it is a derivative of pyridine.
glutinative: having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.
glutinous: of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.-havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland.
glutton: one who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.-fig.: one who gluts himself.-a carnivorous mammal (gulo luscus), of the family mustelidae, about the size of a large badger. it was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name; the wolverene. it is a native of the northern parts of america, europe, and asia.-gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.-to glut; to eat voraciously.
gluttonize: to eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize.
gluttonous: given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age.
gluttony: excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.
glyceride: a compound ether (formed from glycerin). some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.
glycerine: an oily, viscous liquid, c3h5(oh)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. it is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. see note under gelatin.
glyceryl: a compound radical, c3h5, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. it is metameric with allyl. called also propenyl.
glycide: a colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called also glycidic alcohol.
glycidic: pertaining to, or derived from, glycide; as, glycidic acid.
glycocholate: a salt of glycocholic acid; as, sodium glycocholate.
glycocoll: a crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. it is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. called also glycin, and glycocin.
glycogen: a white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. it is found abundantly in the liver of most animals, and in small quantity in other organs and tissues, particularly in the embryo. it is quickly changed into sugar when boiled with dilute sulphuric or hydrochloric acid, and also by the action of amylolytic ferments.
glycogenic: pertaining to, or caused by, glycogen; as, the glycogenic function of the liver.
glycol: a thick, colorless liquid, c2h4(oh)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. it is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin.-any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.
glycolic: pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid.
glycolide: a white amorphous powder, c4h4o, obtained by heating and dehydrating glycolic acid.
glycoluric: pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid.
glycoluril: a white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoin.
glycolyl: a divalent, compound radical, co.ch2, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds.
glyconic: consisting of a spondee, a choriamb, and a pyrrhic; -- applied to a kind of verse in greek and latin poetry.-a glyconic verse.
glyconin: an emulsion of glycerin and the yolk of eggs, used as an ointment, as a vehicle for medicines, etc.
glycosine: an organic base, c6h6n4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.
glycyrrhiza: a genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which (g. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste.-the root of glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc.
glycyrrhizimic: from, or pertaining to, glycyrrhizin; as, glycyrrhizimic acid.
glycyrrhizin: a glucoside found in licorice root (glycyrrhiza), in monesia bark (chrysophyllum), in the root of the walnut, etc., and extracted as a yellow, amorphous powder, of a bittersweet taste.
glynne: a glen. see glen. [obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in ireland, as glen does in scotland.]
glyoxal: a white, amorphous, deliquescent powder, (co.h)2, obtained by the partial oxidation of glycol. it is a double aldehyde, between glycol and oxalic acid.
glyoxalic: pertaining to, or designating, an aldehyde acid, intermediate between glycol and oxalic acid.
glyoxaline: a white, crystalline, organic base, c3h4n2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also oxaline.
glyoxime: a white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, produced by the action of hydroxylamine on glyoxal, and belonging to the class of oximes; also, any one of a group of substances resembling glyoxime proper, and of which it is a type. see oxime.
glyphic: of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs.
glyphograph: a plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from such a plate.
glyphography: a process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from.
glyptic: of or pertaining to gem engraving.-figured; marked as with figures.
glyptodon: an extinct south american quaternary mammal, allied to the armadillos. it was as large as an ox, was covered with tessellated scales, and had fluted teeth.
glyptodont: one of a family (glyptodontidae) of extinct south american edentates, of which glyptodon is the type. about twenty species are known.
glyptographic: relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones.
gmelinite: a rhombohedral zeolitic mineral, related in form and composition to chabazite.
gnaphalium: a genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.
gnar: a knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr.-to gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr.
gnarl: to growl; to snarl.-a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
gnarled: of gnarl-knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.
gnash: to strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth.-to grind or strike the teeth together.
gnat: a blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. the females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. these are wanting in the males. in america they are generally called mosquitoes. see mosquito.-any fly resembling a culex in form or habits; esp., in america, a small biting fly of the genus simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.
gnathastegite: one of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs.
gnathidium: the ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; -- commonly used in the plural.
gnathite: any one of the mouth appendages of the arthropoda. they are known as mandibles, maxillae, and maxillipeds.
gnathopod: a gnathopodite or maxilliped. see maxilliped.
gnathopodite: any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds.
gnathostoma: a comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (cyclostoma), which lack them.
gnatworm: the aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially, wiggler.
gnaw: to bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at.-to bite in agony or rage.-to corrode; to fret away; to waste.-to use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable.
gneiss: a crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic / syenitic gneiss. similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss.
gneissic: relating to, or resembling, gneiss; consisting of gneiss.
gneissoid: resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss.
gnome: an imaginary being, supposed by the rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc.-a dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.-a small owl (glaucidium gnoma) of the western united states.-a brief reflection or maxim.
gnomical: sententious; uttering or containing maxims, or striking detached thoughts; aphoristic.-gnomonical.
gnomological: pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a gnomology.
gnomology: a collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections.
gnomon: the style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. it is usually set parallel to the earth's axis.-a style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow.-the space included between the boundary lines of two similar parallelograms, the one within the other, with an angle in common; as, the gnomon bcdefg of the parallelograms ac and af. the parallelogram bf is the complement of the parallelogram df.-the index of the hour circle of a globe.
gnomonical: of or pertaining to the gnomon, or the art of dialing.
gnomonics: the art or science of dialing, or of constructing dials to show the hour of the day by the shadow of a gnomon.
gnosis: the deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the gnostics.
gnostic: knowing; wise; shrewd.-of or pertaining to gnosticism or its adherents; as, the gnostic heresy.-one of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the christian religion. their system combined oriental theology and greek philosophy with the doctrines of christianity. they held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the deity by successive emanations, which they called eons.
gnu: one of two species of large south african antelopes of the genus catoblephas, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes.
go: gone.-to pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; -- used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied.-to move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely.-to be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded.-to proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out.-to proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribute; -- often with the infinitive; as, this goes to show.-to apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.-to proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through.-to be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.-to move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come.-to pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.-to reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to new york.-to have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.-to take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.-to bet or wager; as, i'll go you a shilling.-act; working; operation.-a circumstance or occurrence; an incident.-the fashion or mode; as, quite the go.-noisy merriment; as, a high go.-a glass of spirits.-power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him.-that condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
go-between: an intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a disparaging sense.
go-by: a passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.
go-out: a sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out.
goa: a species of antelope (procapra picticauda), inhabiting thibet.
goa powder: a bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a brazilian tree (andira araroba) and used as a medicine. it is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained.
goad: a pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.-to prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate.
goaf: that part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob .
goal: the mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end.-the final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.-a base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts.
goat: a hollow-horned ruminant of the genus capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (c. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
goatee: a part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat.
goatfish: a fish of the genus upeneus, inhabiting the gulf of mexico. it is allied to the surmullet.
goatskin: the skin of a goat, or leather made from it.-made of the skin of a goat.