AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
metamorphosis: change of form, or structure; transformation.-a change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. in these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes. see transformation.-the change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism.
metanauplius: a larval crustacean in a stage following the nauplius, and having about seven pairs of appendages.
metanephros: the most posterior of the three pairs of embryonic renal organs developed in many vertebrates.
metantimonic: pertaining to, or designating, an acid (formerly called antimonic acid) analogous to metaphosphoric acid, and obtained as a white amorphous insoluble substance, (hsbo3).-formerly, designating an acid, which is now properly called pyroantimonic acid, and analogous to pyrophosphoric acid.
metapectin: a substance obtained from, and resembling, pectin, and occurring in overripe fruits.
metapeptone: an intermediate product formed in the gastric digestion of albuminous matter.
metaphor: the transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea.
metaphorical: of or pertaining to metaphor; comprising a metaphor; not literal; figurative; tropical; as, a metaphorical expression; a metaphorical sense.
metaphosphoric: pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, hpo3, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a crystalline substance, commonly called glacial phosphoric acid.
metaphrase: a verbal translation; a version or translation from one language into another, word for word; -- opposed to paraphrase.-an answering phrase; repartee.
metaphysical: of or pertaining to metaphysics.-according to rules or principles of metaphysics; as, metaphysical reasoning.-preternatural or supernatural.
metaphysics: the science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being; phylosophy in general; first principles, or the science of first principles.-hence: the scientific knowledge of mental phenomena; mental philosophy; psychology.
metapodial: of or pertaining to the metapodialia, or to the parts of the limbs to which they belong.
metapodiale: one of the bones of either the metacarpus or metatarsus.
metapophysis: a tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes of some vertebr/; a mammillary process.
metapterygium: the posterior of the three principal basal cartilages in the fins of fishes.
metasilicic: designating an acid derived from silicic acid by the removal of water; of or pertaining to such an acid.
metasomatism: an alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization.
metastannic: pertaining to, or designating, a compound of tin (metastannic acid), obtained, as an isomeric modification of stannic acid, in the form of a white amorphous substance.
metastasis: a spiritual change, as during baptism.-a change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another.-the act or process by which matter is taken up by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of organic matter; metabolism.
metastatic: of, pertaining to, or caused by, metastasis; as, a metastatic abscess; the metastatic processes of growth.
metasternum: the most posterior element of the sternum; the ensiform process; xiphisternum.-the ventral plate of the third or last segment of the thorax of insects.
metatarsal: of or pertaining to the metatarsus.-a metatarsal bone.
metatarsus: that part of the skeleton of the hind or lower limb between the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. it consists, in the human foot, of five bones. see illustration in appendix.
metathesis: transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager.-a mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body.-the act, process, or result of exchange, substitution, or replacement of atoms and radicals; thus, by metathesis an acid gives up all or part of its hydrogen, takes on an equivalent amount of a metal or base, and forms a salt.
metathorax: the last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. see illust. of coleoptera.
metatitanic: of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of titanium analogous to metasilicic acid.
metatungstic: of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid known only in its salts (the metatungstates) and properly called polytungstic, or pyrotungstic, acid.
metavanadic: of, pertaining to, or designating, a vanadic acid analogous to metaphosphoric acid.
metaxylene: that variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the two methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each other. it is a colorless inf/ammable liquid.
metayer: one who cultivates land for a share (usually one half) of its yield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord.
metazoa: those animals in which the protoplasmic mass, constituting the egg, is converted into a multitude of cells, which are metamorphosed into the tissues of the body. a central cavity is commonly developed, and the cells around it are at first arranged in two layers, -- the ectoderm and endoderm. the group comprises nearly all animals except the protozoa.
mete: meat.-to meet.-to dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, i dreamed.-to find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.-to measure.-measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.
metecorn: a quantity of corn formerly given by the lord to his customary tenants, as an encouragement to, or reward for, labor and faithful service.
metempirical: related, or belonging, to the objects of knowledge within the province of metempirics.
metempirics: the concepts and relations which are conceived as beyond, and yet as related to, the knowledge gained by experience.
metempsychose: to translate or transfer, as the soul, from one body to another.
metempsychosis: the passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls.
metemptosis: the suppression of a day in the calendar to prevent the date of the new moon being set a day too late, or the suppression of the bissextile day once in 134 years. the opposite to this is the proemptosis, or the addition of a day every 330 years, and another every 2,400 years.
metencephalon: the posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. sometimes abbreviated to meten.
meteor: any phenomenon or appearance in the atmosphere, as clouds, rain, hail, snow, etc.-specif.: a transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region.
meteoric: of or pertaining to a meteor, or to meteors; atmospheric, as, meteoric phenomena; meteoric stones.-influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.-flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame.
meteorite: a mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aerolite.
meteoroid: a small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor.
meteorology: the science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.
meteoromancy: a species of divination by meteors, chiefly by thunder and lightning, which was held in high estimation by the romans.
meteorometer: an apparatus which transmits automatically to a central station atmospheric changes as marked by the anemometer, barometer, thermometer, etc.
meteoroscope: an astrolabe; a planisphere.-an instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star.
meter: one who, or that which, metes or measures. see coal-meter.-an instrument for measuring, and usually for recording automatically, the quantity measured.-a line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.-alt. of metre
metergram: a measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation.
methaemoglobin: a stable crystalline compound obtained by the decomposition of hemoglobin. it is found in old blood stains.
methal: a white waxy substance, found in small quantities in spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as an alcohol of the methane series.
methane: a light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, ch4; marsh gas. see marsh gas, under gas.
methenyl: the hypothetical hydrocarbon radical ch, regarded as an essential residue of certain organic compounds.
methide: a binary compound of methyl with some element; as, aluminium methide, al2(ch3)6.
methionic: of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic (thionic) acid derivative of methane, obtained as a stable white crystalline substance, ch2.(so3h)2, which forms well defined salts.
method: an orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.-orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.-classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of theophrastus; the method of ray; the linnaean method.
methodical: arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise.-proceeding with regard to method; systematic.-of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians called methodists.
methodism: the system of doctrines, polity, and worship, of the sect called methodists.
methodist: one who observes method.-one of an ancient school of physicians who rejected observation and founded their practice on reasoning and theory.-one of a sect of christians, the outgrowth of a small association called the "holy club," formed at oxford university, a.d. 1729, of which the most conspicuous members were john wesley and his brother charles; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness of members of the club in all religious duties.-a person of strict piety; one who lives in the exact observance of religious duties; -- sometimes so called in contempt or ridicule.-of or pertaining to the sect of methodists; as, methodist hymns; a methodist elder.
methodize: to reduce to method; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts.
methol: the technical name of methyl alcohol or wood spirit; also, by extension, the class name of any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which methol proper is the type. see methyl alcohol, under methyl.
methyl: a hydrocarbon radical, ch3, not existing alone but regarded as an essential residue of methane, and appearing as a component part of many derivatives; as, methyl alcohol, methyl ether, methyl amine, etc.
methylal: a light, volatile liquid, h2c(och3)2, regarded as a complex ether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. it is obtained by the partial oxidation of methyl alcohol. called also formal.
methylate: an alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium methylate, ch3ona.-to impregnate or mix with methyl or methyl alcohol.
methylated: impregnated with, or containing, methyl alcohol or wood spirit; as, methylated spirits.
methylene: a hydrocarbon radical, ch2, not known in the free state, but regarded as an essential residue and component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene bromide, ch2br2; -- formerly called also methene.
methylic: pertaining to, derived from, or containing, methyl; specifically, designating methyl alcohol. see under methyl.
methysticin: a white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from the thick rootstock of a species of pepper (piper methysticum) of the south sea islands; -- called also kanakin.
metic: a sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a grecian city, but not a citizen.
metisse: the offspring of a white person and an american indian.-the offspring of a white person and a quadroon; an octoroon.
metonymy: a trope in which one word is put for another that suggests it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table instead of good provisions; we read virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.
metope: the space between two triglyphs of the doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. see illust. of entablature.-the face of a crab.
metopic: of or pertaining to the forehead or frontal bones; frontal; as, the metopic suture.
metoposcopy: the study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the character of persons by their features, or the lines of the face.
metosteon: the postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification.
metre: rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the horatian meters; a dactylic meter.-a poem.-a measure of length, equal to 39.37 english inches, the standard of linear measure in the metric system of weights and measures. it was intended to be, and is very nearly, the ten millionth part of the distance from the equator to the north pole, as ascertained by actual measurement of an arc of a meridian. see metric system, under metric.-see meter.
metric: relating to measurement; involving, or proceeding by, measurement.-of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement.
metrical: of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions.-of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric system.
metrograph: an instrument attached to a locomotive for recording its speed and the number and duration of its stops.
metrology: the science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.
metronome: an instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. it is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music.
metronymic: derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- a metronymic appellation.
metropolis: the mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country.-the seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary.
metropolitan: of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.-of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority.-the superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.-an archbishop.-a bishop whose see is civil metropolis. his rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.
metropolitical: of or pertaining to a metropolis; being a metropolis; metropolitan; as, the metropolitical chair.
metrorrhagia: profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period.
metroscope: a modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina.
metrosideros: a myrtaceous genus of trees or shrubs, found in australia and the south sea islands, and having very hard wood. metrosideros vera is the true ironwood.
metrotome: an instrument for cutting or scarifying the uterus or the neck of the uterus.
metrotomy: the operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the caesarean section.
mettle: substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as regards honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; -- usually in a good sense.
mettlesome: full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse.
meute: a cage for hawks; a mew. see 4th mew, 1.
mew: a gull, esp. the common british species (larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.-to shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers.-to cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.-a cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural.-a stable or range of stables for horses; -- compound used in the plural, and so called from the royal stables in london, built on the site of the king's mews for hawks.-to shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.-to cry as a cat.-the common cry of a cat.
mexicanize: to cause to be like the mexicans, or their country, esp. in respect of frequent revolutions of government.-to become like the mexicans, or their country or government.
mezereon: a small european shrub (daphne mezereum), whose acrid bark is used in medicine.
mezuzoth: a piece of parchment bearing the decalogue and attached to the doorpost; -- in use among orthodox hebrews.
mezzanine: same as entresol.-a partial story which is not on the same level with the story of the main part of the edifice, as of a back building, where the floors are on a level with landings of the staircase of the main house.
mezzo-rilievo: a middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief.-sculpture in this kind of relief. see under alto-rilievo.
mezzo-soprano: having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer.-a mezzo-soprano voice.-a person having such a voice.
mezzotint: a manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. also, an engraving so produced.-to engrave in mezzotint.
mezzotinto: mezzotint.-to engrave in mezzotint; to represent by mezzotint.
mi: a syllable applied to the third tone of the scale of c, i. e., to e, in european solmization, but to the third tone of any scale in the american system.
miamis: a tribe of indians that formerly occupied the country between the wabash and maumee rivers.
miargyrite: a mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile, consisting principally of sulphur, antimony, and silver.
miascite: a granitoid rock containing feldspar, biotite, elaeolite, and sodalite.
miasma: infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
miasmatical: containing, or relating to, miasma; caused by miasma; as, miasmatic diseases.
miaul: to cry as a cat; to mew; to caterwaul.-the crying of a cat.
mica: the name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. they differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. the transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called isinglass. formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer.
micaceo-calcareous: partaking of the nature of, or consisting of, mica and lime; -- applied to a mica schist containing carbonate of lime.
micaceous: pertaining to, or containing, mica; splitting into laminae or leaves like mica.
micella: a theoretical aggregation of molecules constituting a structural particle of protoplasm, capable of increase or diminution without change in chemical nature.
michaelmas: the feat of the archangel michael, a church festival, celebrated on the  29th of september. hence, colloquially, autumn.
miche: to lie hid; to skulk; to act, or carry one's self, sneakingly.
micher: one who skulks, or keeps out of sight; hence, a truant; an idler; a thief, etc.
mico: a small south american monkey (mico melanurus), allied to the marmoset. the name was originally applied to an albino variety.
micr-: a combining form-small, little, trivial, slight; as, microcosm, microscope.-a millionth part of; as, microfarad, microohm, micrometer.
micraster: a genus of sea urchins, similar to spatangus, abounding in the chalk formation; -- from the starlike disposal of the ambulacral furrows.
micro-chemical: of or pertaining to micro-chemistry; as, a micro-chemical test.
micro-chemistry: the application of chemical tests to minute objects or portions of matter, magnified by the use of the microscopy; -- distinguished from macro-chemistry.
micro-geology: the part of geology relating to structure and organisms which require to be studied with a microscope.
microampere: one of the smaller measures of electrical currents; the millionth part of one ampere.
microbian: of, pertaining to, or caused by, microbes; as, the microbian theory; a microbian disease.
microbicide: any agent detrimental to, or destructive of, the life of microbes or bacterial organisms.
microbion: a microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera.
microcephalous: having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to megacephalic.
microcline: a mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form.
micrococcus: a genus of spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (diplococcus), all without the power of motion. see illust. of ascoccus.
microcosm: a little world; a miniature universe. hence (so called by paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. opposed to macrocosm.
microcoulomb: a measure of electrical quantity; the millionth part of one coulomb.
microcoustic: pertaining, or suited, to the audition of small sounds; fitted to assist hearing.-an instrument for making faint sounds audible, as to a partially deaf person.
microcrith: the weight of the half hydrogen molecule, or of the hydrogen atom, taken as the standard in comparing the atomic weights of the elements; thus, an atom of oxygen weighs sixteen microcriths. see crith.
microcrystalline: crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics is microcrystalline.
microcyte: one of the elementary granules found in blood. they are much smaller than an ordinary corpuscle, and are particularly noticeable in disease, as in anaemia.
microlepidoptera: a tribe of lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.
microlestes: an extinct genus of small triassic mammals, the oldest yet found in european strata.
microlite: a rare mineral of resinous luster and high specific gravity. it is a tantalate of calcium, and occurs in octahedral crystals usually very minute.-a minute inclosed crystal, often observed when minerals or rocks are examined in thin sections under the microscope.