AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
mask: a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask.-that which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.-a festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade; hence, a revel; a frolic; a delusive show.-a dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.-a grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron.-in a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.-a screen for a battery.-the lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.-to cover, as the face, by way of concealment or defense against injury; to conceal with a mask or visor.-to disguise; to cover; to hide.-to conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.-to cover or keep in check; as, to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out.-to take part as a masker in a masquerade.-to wear a mask; to be disguised in any way.
masked: of mask-wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; cincealed; hidden.-same as personate.-having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds.
masker: one who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade.-to confuse; to stupefy.
maslin: a mixture composed of different materials-a mixture of metals resembling brass.-a mixture of different sorts of grain, as wheat and rye.-a vessel made of maslin, 1 (a).-composed of different sorts; as, maslin bread, which is made of rye mixed with a little wheat.
mason: one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes.-a member of the fraternity of freemasons. see freemason.-to build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.
masonry: the art or occupation of a mason.-the work or performance of a mason; as, good or bad masonry; skillful masonry.-that which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.-the craft, institution, or mysteries of freemasons; freemasonry.
masoola boat: a kind of boat used on the coast of madras, india. the planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the beach through surf is much reduced.
masora: a jewish critical work on the text of the hebrew scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries.
masquerade: an assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.-a dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. see 1st mask, 4.-acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.-a spanish diversion on horseback.-to assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.-to frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.-to conceal with masks; to disguise.
mass: the sacrifice in the sacrament of the eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.-the portions of the mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the kyrie, the gloria, the credo, the sanctus, and the agnus dei, besides sometimes an offertory and the benedictus.-to celebrate mass.-a quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water.-a medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.-a large quantity; a sum.-bulk; magnitude; body; size.-the principal part; the main body.-the quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume.-to form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
massacre: the killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on st. bartholomew's day.-murder.-to kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings.
massage: a rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure.
massasauga: the black rattlesnake (crotalus, / caudisona, tergemina), found in the mississippi valley.
massicot: lead protoxide, pbo, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. it is used as a pigment.
massive: forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy.-in mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive.
massy: compacted into, or consisting of, a mass; having bulk and weight ot substance; ponderous; bulky and heavy; weight; heavy; as, a massy shield; a massy rock.
mast: the fruit of the oak and beech, or other forest trees; nuts; acorns.-a pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. a mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel.-the vertical post of a derrick or crane.-to furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; as, to mast a ship.
mastax: the pharynx of a rotifer. it usually contains four horny pieces. the two central ones form the incus, against which the mallei, or lateral ones, work so as to crush the food.-the lore of a bird.
masted: of mast-furnished with a mast or masts; -- chiefly in composition; as, a three-masted schooner.
master: a vessel having (so many) masts; -- used only in compounds; as, a two-master.-a male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) the employer of a servant. (b) the owner of a slave. (c) the person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) a sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) the head of a household. (f) the male head of a school or college. (g) a male teacher. (h) the director of a number of persons performing a ceremony or sharing a feast. (i) the owner of a docile brute, -- especially a dog or horse. (j) the controller of a familiar spirit or other supernatural being.-one who uses, or controls at will, anything inanimate; as, to be master of one's time.-one who has attained great skill in the use or application of anything; as, a master of oratorical art.-a title given by courtesy, now commonly pronounced mister, except when given to boys; -- sometimes written mister, but usually abbreviated to mr.-a young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.-the commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel.-a person holding an office of authority among the freemasons, esp. the presiding officer; also, a person holding a similar office in other civic societies.-to become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue.-to gain the command of, so as to understand or apply; to become an adept in; as, to master a science.-to own; to posses.-to be skillful; to excel.
masterful: inclined to play the master; domineering; imperious; arbitrary.-having the skill or power of a master; indicating or expressing power or mastery.
masterliness: the quality or state of being masterly; ability to control wisely or skillfully.
masterly: suitable to, or characteristic of, a master; indicating thorough knowledge or superior skill and power; showing a master's hand; as, a masterly design; a masterly performance; a masterly policy.-imperious; domineering; arbitrary.-with the skill of a master.
masterpiece: anything done or made with extraordinary skill; a capital performance; a chef-d'oeuvre; a supreme achievement.
mastership: the state or office of a master.-mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority.-chief work; masterpiece.-an ironical title of respect.
mastersinger: one of a class of poets which flourished in nuremberg and some other cities of germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. they bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.
masterwort: a tall and coarse european umbelliferous plant (peucedanum ostruthium, formerly imperatoria).-the astrantia major, a european umbelliferous plant with a showy colored involucre.-improperly, the cow parsnip (heracleum lanatum).
mastery: the position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.-superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence.-contest for superiority.-a masterly operation; a feat.-specifically, the philosopher's stone.-the act process of mastering; the state of having mastered.
mastful: abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut.
masthead: the top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.-to cause to go to the masthead as a punishment.
mastic: a low shrubby tree of the genus pistacia (p. lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.-a resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. the best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes.-a kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.
masticate: to grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.
masticator: one who masticates.-a machine for cutting meat into fine pieces for toothless people; also, a machine for cutting leather, india rubber, or similar tough substances, into fine pieces, in some processes of manufacture.
masticatory: chewing; adapted to perform the office o/ chewing food.-a substance to be chewed to increase the saliva.
masticin: a white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic.
mastiff: a breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. there are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries.
mastigure: any one of several large spiny-tailed lizards of the genus uromastix. they inhabit southern asia and north africa.
masting: of mast-the act or process of putting a mast or masts into a vessel; also, the scientific principles which determine the position of masts, and the mechanical methods of placing them.
mastless: bearing no mast; as, a mastless oak or beech.-having no mast; as, a mastless vessel.
mastodon: an extinct genus of mammals closely allied to the elephant, but having less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. the species were mostly larger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from miocene to late quaternary time.
mastodonsaurus: a large extinct genus of labyrinthodonts, found in the european triassic rocks.
mastodontic: pertaining to, or resembling, a mastodon; as, mastodontic dimensions.
mastodyny: pain occuring in the mamma or female breast, -- a form of neuralgia.
mastoid: resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear.-pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid process; mastoidal.
mat: a name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal.-cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.-a fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes.-any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.-anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.-an ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype.-to cover or lay with mats.-to twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.-to grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.
mataco: the three-banded armadillo (tolypeutis tricinctus). see illust. under loricata.
matador: the killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfights.-in the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third, and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red one.
matamata: the bearded tortoise (chelys fimbriata) of south american rivers.
match: anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp., a small strip or splint of wood dipped at one end in a substance which can be easily ignited by friction, as a preparation of phosphorus or chlorate of potassium.-a person or thing equal or similar to another; one able to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate.-a bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like-a contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle.-a matrimonial union; a marriage.-an agreement, compact, etc.-a candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.-equality of conditions in contest or competition.-suitable combination or bringing together; that which corresponds or harmonizes with something else; as, the carpet and curtains are a match.-a perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold.-to be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.-to furnish with its match; to bring a match, or equal, against; to show an equal competitor to; to set something in competition with, or in opposition to, as equal.-to oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.-to make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth.-to make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another).-to marry; to give in marriage.-to fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and a groove, at the edges; as, to match boards.-to be united in marriage; to mate.-to be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality; to tally; to suit; to correspond; as, these vases match.
matchable: capable of being matched; comparable on equal conditions; adapted to being joined together; correspondent.
matcher: one who, or that which, matches; a matching machine. see under 3d match.
matchless: having no equal; unequaled.-unlike each other; unequal; unsuited.
matchlock: an old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.
matchmaker: one who makes matches for burning or kinding.-one who tries to bring about marriages.
matchmaking: the act or process of making matches for kindling or burning.-the act or process of trying to bring about a marriage for others.-busy in making or contriving marriages; as, a matchmaking woman.
mate: the paraguay tea, being the dried leaf of the brazilian holly (ilex paraguensis). the infusion has a pleasant odor, with an agreeable bitter taste, and is much used for tea in south america.-same as checkmate.-see 2d mat.-to confuse; to confound.-to checkmate.-one who customarily associates with another; a companion; an associate; any object which is associated or combined with a similar object.-hence, specifically, a husband or wife; and among the lower animals, one of a pair associated for propagation and the care of their young.-a suitable companion; a match; an equal.-an officer in a merchant vessel ranking next below the captain. if there are more than one bearing the title, they are called, respectively, first mate, second mate, third mate, etc. in the navy, a subordinate officer or assistant; as, master's mate; surgeon's mate.-to match; to marry.-to match one's self against; to oppose as equal; to compete with.-to be or become a mate or mates, especially in sexual companionship; as, some birds mate for life; this bird will not mate with that one.
materia medica: material or substance used in the composition of remedies; -- a general term for all substances used as curative agents in medicine.-that branch of medical science which treats of the nature and properties of all the substances that are employed for the cure of diseases.
material: consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.-hence: pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.-of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.-pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. see matter.-the substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.-to form from matter; to materialize.
materialism: the doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.-the tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.-material substances in the aggregate; matter.
materialist: one who denies the existence of spiritual substances or agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called, are the result of some peculiar organization of matter.-one who holds to the existence of matter, as distinguished from the idealist, who denies it.
materialistical: of or pertaining to materialism or materialists; of the nature of materialism.
materiality: the quality or state of being material; material existence; corporeity.-importance; as, the materiality of facts.
materialize: to invest with material characteristics; to make perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium of material objects.-to regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.-to cause to assume a character appropriate to material things; to occupy with material interests; as, to materialize thought.-to make visable in, or as in, a material form; -- said of spirits.-to appear as a material form; to take substantial shape.
materially: in the state of matter.-in its essence; substantially.-in an important manner or degree; essentaily; as, it materially concern us to know the real motives of our actions.
materiel: that in a complex system which constitutes the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; as, the baggage, munitions, provisions, etc., of an army; or the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers.
maternal: of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.
math: a mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly used in composition; as, an aftermath.
mathematical: of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical exactness.
mathematics: that science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations.
matico: a peruvian plant (piper, / artanthe, elongatum), allied to the pepper, the leaves of which are used as a styptic and astringent.
matin: morning.-morning worship or service; morning prayers or songs.-time of morning service; the first canonical hour in the roman catholic church.-of or pertaining to the morning, or to matins; used in the morning; matutinal.
matinee: a reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held in the daytime. see soiree.
matrass: a round-bottomed glass flask having a long neck; a bolthead.
matriarch: the mother and ruler of a family or of her descendants; a ruler by maternal right.
matriarchal: of or pertaining to a matriarch; governed by a matriarch.
matriarchate: the office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a matriarchal form of government.
matricide: the murder of a mother by her son or daughter.-one who murders one's own mother.
matriculate: to enroll; to enter in a register; specifically, to enter or admit to membership in a body or society, particularly in a college or university, by enrolling the name in a register.-to go though the process of admission to membership, as by examination and enrollment, in a society or college.-matriculated.-one who is matriculated.
matrimonial: of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage; connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties.
matrimony: the union of man and woman as husband and wife; the nuptial state; marriage; wedlock.-a kind of game at cards played by several persons.
matrix: the womb.-hence, that which gives form or origin to anything-the cavity in which anything is formed, and which gives it shape; a die; a mold, as for the face of a type.-the earthy or stony substance in which metallic ores or crystallized minerals are found; the gangue.-the five simple colors, black, white, blue, red, and yellow, of which all the rest are composed.-the lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or vegetable, situated between the cells; the intercellular substance.-a rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns. the symbols may express quantities or operations.
matron: a wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.-a housekeeper; esp., a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public instution; a head nurse in a hospital; as, the matron of a school or hospital.
matronal: of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.
matronize: to make a matron of; to make matronlike.-to act the part of a marton toward; to superintend; to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly.
matronly: advanced in years; elderly.-like, or befitting, a matron; grave; sedate.
matross: formerly, in the british service, a gunner or a gunner's mate; one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns.
matte: a partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc., according to the grade of fineness. on the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color.-a dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss.
matted: of mat-having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or gilding.-covered with a mat or mats; as, a matted floor.-tangled closely together; having its parts adhering closely together; as, matted hair.