AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
law: in general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts.-in morals: the will of god as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature.-the jewish or mosaic code, and that part of scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the old testament.-an organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community.-any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority.-in philosophy and physics: a rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of god or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation.-in matematics: the rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence.-in arts, works, games, etc.: the rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist.-collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; english law; roman law; the law of real property; insurance law.-legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice.-trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law.-an oath, as in the presence of a court.-same as lawe, v. t.-an exclamation of mild surprise.
law-abiding: abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law-abiding people.
lawe: to cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore feet.
lawful: conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.-constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands.
lawgiver: one who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.
lawless: contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim.-not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior.-not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled.
lawm: a very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather open texture. lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official dress in the english church, and, figuratively, stands for the office itself.
lawn: an open space between woods.-ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
lawny: having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like a lawn.-made of lawn or fine linen.
lawsonia: an asiatic and north african shrub (lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. in england the shrub is called egyptian privet, and in the west indies, jamaica mignonette.
lawsuit: an action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.
lawyer: one versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. it is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.-the black-necked stilt. see stilt.-the bowfin (amia calva).-the burbot (lota maculosa).
lawyerly: like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity.
lax: not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.-not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.-having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.-a looseness; diarrhea.
laxation: the act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened.
laxative: having a tendency to loosen or relax.-having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent.-a laxative medicine. see the note under cathartic.
laxator: that which loosens; -- esp., a muscle which by its contraction loosens some part.
laxity: the state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness, strictness, or exactness.
lay: of lie, to recline.-of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.-not educated or cultivated; ignorant.-not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.-the laity; the common people.-a meadow. see lea.-faith; creed; religious profession.-a law.-an obligation; a vow.-a song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.-a melody; any musical utterance.-to cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust.-to place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table.-to prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.-to spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.-to cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.-to cause to lie dead or dying.-to deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.-to bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.-to apply; to put.-to impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.-to impute; to charge; to allege.-to impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.-to present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.-to state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.-to point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.-to put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.-to place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.-to place (new type) properly in the cases.-to produce and deposit eggs.-to take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.-to lay a wager; to bet.-that which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood.-a wager.-a job, price, or profit.- a share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.-a measure of yarn; a lea. see 1st lea (a).-the lathe of a loom. see lathe, 3.-a plan; a scheme.-of lie
layer: one who, or that which, lays.-that which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.-a shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.-an artificial oyster bed.
laying: of lay-the act of one who, or that which, lays.-the act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch.-the first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.
layman: one of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do.-a lay figure. see under lay, n. (above).
laystall: a place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or deposited.-a place where milch cows are kept, or cattle on the way to market are lodged.
lazaretto: a public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.
lazarite: one of the congregation of the priests of the mission, a religious institute founded by vincent de paul in 1624, and popularly called lazarists or lazarites from the college of st. lazare in paris, which was occupied by them until 1792.
laze: to be lazy or idle.-to waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; as, to laze away whole days.
lazuli: a mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small rounded masses. it is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by yellow spots or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued for ornamental work. called also lapis lazuli, and armenian stone.
lazulite: a mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in small masses, or in monoclinic crystals; blue spar. it is a hydrous phosphate of alumina and magnesia.
lazy: disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.-inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.-wicked; vicious.
lazzaroni: the homeless idlers of naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the hospital of st. lazarus, which serves as their refuge.
lea: a measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.-a set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.-a meadow or sward land; a grassy field.
leach: see 3d leech.-a quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.-a tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.-to remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.-to dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.-to part with soluble constituents by percolation.-see leech, a physician.
leachy: permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.
leaded: of lead-fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows.-separated by leads, as the lines of a page.
leaden: made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.-like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.-heavy; dull; sluggish.
leader: one who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.-one who goes first.-one having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.-a performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins.-a block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.-the principal wheel in any kind of machinery.-a horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.-a pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.-a net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached.-a branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.-the first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.-a type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.-a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
leadhillite: a mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been first found at leadhills, scotland.
leading: of lead-of lead-guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example.-the act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance.-suggestion; hint; example.
leadwort: a genus of maritime herbs (plumbago). p. europaea has lead-colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored flowers.
leaf: a colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.-a special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.-something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) a part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) a side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) the movable side of a table. (d) a very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) a portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) one of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.-to shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in may.
leaf-footed: having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (leptoglossus phyllopus).
leaf-nosed: having a leaflike membrane on the nose; -- said of certain bats, esp. of the genera phyllostoma and rhinonycteris. see vampire.
leafed: of leaf-having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed.
leaflet: a little leaf; also, a little printed leaf or a tract.-one of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole.-a leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes.
leafy: full of leaves; abounding in leaves; as, the leafy forest.-consisting of leaves.
league: a measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 english statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of europe, and in the spanish parts of america. the marine league of england and the united states is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.-a stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.-an alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc.-to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.-to join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.
leaguer: the camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.-a siege or beleaguering.-to besiege; to beleaguer.
leak: a crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.-the entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.-leaky.-to let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.-to enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out.
leakage: a leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.-an allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.
leaky: permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask.-apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close.
lean: to conceal.-to incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column.-to incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.-to rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.-to cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.-wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.-wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.-of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.-that part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.-unremunerative copy or work.
lean-faced: having a thin face.-slender or narrow; -- said of type the letters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height.
lean-to: having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.-a shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall.
leaning: of lean-the act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards calvinism.
leap: a basket.-a weel or wicker trap for fish.-to spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse.-to spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. also fig.-to pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.-to copulate with (a female beast); to cover.-to cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.-the act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.-copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.-a fault.-a passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
leap year: bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to february twenty-nine days. see bissextile.
leaper: one who, or that which, leaps.-a kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
leapfrog: a play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.
lear: to learn. see lere, to learn.-lore; lesson.-see leer, a.-an annealing oven. see leer, n.
learn: to gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something.-to communicate knowledge to; to teach.-to acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction; as, this child learns quickly.
learned: of learn-of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory.
learning: of learn-the acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.-the knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning.
lease: to gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.-to grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes with out.-to hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.-a demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation.-the contract for such letting.-any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.
leasehold: held by lease.-a tenure by lease; specifically, land held as personalty under a lease for years.
leash: a thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.-a brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.-a string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.-to tie together, or hold, with a leash.
least: smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.-in the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.-see lest, conj.
leather: the skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.-the skin.-to beat, as with a thong of leather.
leatherback: a large sea turtle (sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. it is common in the warm and temperate parts of the atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc.
leathern: made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse.
leatherneck: the sordid friar bird of australia (tropidorhynchus sordidus).
leatherwood: a small branching shrub (dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the northern united states; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy.
leave: to send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.-to raise; to levy.-liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.-the act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go.-to withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house.-to let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.-to cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.-to desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.-to let be or do without interference; as, i left him to his reflections; i leave my hearers to judge.-to put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit -- with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators.-to have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece.-to depart; to set out.-to cease; to desist; to leave off.
leaved: of leave-bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long-leaved.
leaven: any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.-anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.-to make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.-to imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
leavening: of leaven-the act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven.-that which leavens or makes light.
lebban: coagulated sour milk diluted with water; -- a common beverage among the arabs. also, a fermented liquor made of the same.
lecanomancy: divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought.
lecanoric: pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen (lecanora, roccella, etc.), as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also orsellic, / diorsellinic acid, lecanorin, etc.
lecher: a man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with women.-to practice lewdness.
lecherous: like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; lustful; also, lust-provoking.
lechery: free indulgence of lust; lewdness.-selfish pleasure; delight.
lecithin: a complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles.
lection: a lesson or selection, esp. of scripture, read in divine service.-a reading; a variation in the text.
lector: a reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.