AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
mechanism: the arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism of a seed pod.-mechanical operation or action.-an ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but considered only with regard to relative movements.
mechanist: a maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.-one who regards the phenomena of nature as the effects of forces merely mechanical.
mechanographic: treating of mechanics.-written, copied, or recorded by machinery; produced by mechanography; as, a mechanographic record of changes of temperature; mechanographic prints.
mechanography: the art of mechanically multiplying copies of a writing, or any work of art.
mechitarist: one of a religious congregation of the roman catholic church devoted to the improvement of armenians.
mechlin: a kind of lace made at, or originating in, mechlin, in belgium.
mechoacan: a species of jalap, of very feeble properties, said to be obtained from the root of a species of convolvulus (c. mechoacan); -- so called from michoacan, in mexico, whence it is obtained.
meckelian: pertaining to, or discovered by, j. f. meckel, a german anatomist.
meconic: pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif. (chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
meconidine: an alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a yellow amorphous substance which is easily decomposed.
meconidium: a kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus gonothyraea. it has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa, but remains attached by a pedicel.
meconin: a substance regarded as an anhydride of meconinic acid, existing in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance. also erroneously called meconina, meconia, etc., as though it were an alkaloid.
meconinic: pertaining to, or designating, an acid which occurs in opium, and which may be obtained by oxidizing narcotine.
meconium: opium.-the contents of the fetal intestine; hence, first excrement.
medal: a piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or an illustrious person, or to serve as a reward.-to honor or reward with a medal.
medalist: a person that is skilled or curious in medals; a collector of medals.-a designer of medals.-one who has gained a medal as the reward of merit.
medallion: a large medal or memorial coin.-a circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief.
meddle: to mix; to mingle.-to interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- / a good sense.-to interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in.-to mix; to mingle.
meddler: one who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody.
meddlesome: given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive.
mede: a native or inhabitant of media in asia.-see lst & 2d mead, and meed.
media: pl. of medium.-one of the sonant mutes /, /, / (b, d, g), in greek, or of their equivalents in other languages, so named as intermediate between the tenues, /, /, / (p, t, k), and the aspiratae  (aspirates) /, /, / (ph or f, th, ch). also called middle mute, or medial, and sometimes soft mute.-of medium
mediaevalism: the method or spirit of the middle ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the middle ages; a survival from the middle ages.
mediaevalist: one who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the middle ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the middle ages.
medial: of or pertaining to a mean or average; mean; as, medial alligation.-see 2d media.
median: being in the middle; running through the middle; as, a median groove.-situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs and parts; as, median coverts.-a median line or point.
mediant: the third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.
mediastinum: a partition; a septum; specifically, the folds of the pleura (and the space included between them) which divide the thorax into a right and left cavity. the space included between these folds of the pleura, called the mediastinal space, contains the heart and gives passage to the esophagus and great blood vessels.
mediate: being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.-acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition.-gained or effected by a medium or condition.-to be in the middle, or between two; to intervene.-to interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each, esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; as, to mediate between nations.-to effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.-to divide into two equal parts.
mediately: in a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately.
mediation: the act of mediating; action or relation of anything interposed; action as a necessary condition, means, or instrument; interposition; intervention.-hence, specifically, agency between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them; entreaty for another; intercession.
mediatize: to cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position; to annex; -- specifically applied to the annexation during the former german empire of a smaller german state to a larger, while allowing it a nominal sovereignty, and its prince his rank.
mediator: one who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.
mediatorial: of or pertaining to a mediator, or to mediation; mediatory; as, a mediatorial office.
medic: a leguminous plant of the genus medicago. the black medic is the medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is m. sativa.-medical.
medical: of, pertaining to, or having to do with, the art of healing disease, or the science of medicine; as, the medical profession; medical services; a medical dictionary; medical jurisprudence.-containing medicine; used in medicine; medicinal; as, the medical properties of a plant.
medically: in a medical manner; with reference to healing, or to the principles of the healing art.
medicamental: of or pertaining to medicaments or healing applications; having the qualities of medicaments.
medicate: to tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug.-to treat with medicine.
medicean: of or relating to the medici, a noted italian family; as, the medicean venus.
medicinal: having curative or palliative properties; used for the cure or alleviation of bodily disorders; as, medicinal tinctures, plants, or springs.-of or pertaining to medicine; medical.
medicine: the science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.-any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic.-a philter or love potion.-a physician.-to give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure.
medicommissure: a large transverse commissure in the third ventricle of the brain; the middle or soft commissure.
medina epoch: a subdivision of the niagara period in the american upper silurian, characterized by the formations known as the oneida conglomerate, and the medina sandstone. see the chart of geology.
mediocre: of a middle quality; of but a moderate or low degree of excellence; indifferent; ordinary.-a mediocre person.-a young monk who was excused from performing a portion of a monk's duties.
mediocrity: the quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate.-moderation; temperance.
mediostapedial: pertaining to that part of the columella of the ear which, in some animals, connects the stapes with the other parts of the columella.-the mediostapedial part of the columella.
meditate: to keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.-to contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study.-to purpose; to intend; to design; to plan by revolving in the mind; as, to meditate a war.
meditation: the act of meditating; close or continued thought; the turning or revolving of a subject in the mind; serious contemplation; reflection; musing.-thought; -- without regard to kind.
meditative: disposed to meditate, or to meditation; as, a meditative man; a meditative mood.
mediterranean: inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the mediterranean sea, between europe and africa.-inland; remote from the ocean.-of or pertaining to the mediterranean sea; as, mediterranean trade; a mediterranean voyage.
medium: that which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. hence, specifically: (a) middle place or degree; mean.-see mean.-the mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection.-a substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. hence: the condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted.-an average.-a trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. see paper.-the liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.-having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.
medlar: a tree of the genus mespilus (m. germanica); also, the fruit of the tree. the fruit is something like a small apple, but has a bony endocarp. when first gathered the flesh is hard and austere, and it is not eaten until it has begun to decay.
medley: a mixture; a mingled and confused mass of ingredients, usually inharmonious; a jumble; a hodgepodge; -- often used contemptuously.-the confusion of a hand to hand battle; a brisk, hand to hand engagement; a melee.-a composition of passages detached from several different compositions; a potpourri.-a cloth of mixed colors.-mixed; of mixed material or color.-mingled; confused.
medoc: a class of claret wines, including several varieties, from the district of medoc in the department of gironde.
medulla: marrow; pith; hence, essence.-the marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance, of the kidney; specifically, the medula oblongata.-a soft tissue, occupying the center of the stem or branch of a plant; pith.
medullary: pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla.-pertaining to the medula oblongata.-filled with spongy pith; pithy.
medullated: furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber.
medullin: a variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or pith, of certain plants.  cf. lignin, and cellulose.
medusa: the gorgon; or one of the gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone.-any free swimming acaleph; a jellyfish.
medusoid: like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids.-a sessile gonophore. see illust. under gonosome.
meed: that which is bestowed or rendered in consideration of merit; reward; recompense.-merit or desert; worth.-a gift; also, a bride.-to reward; to repay.-to deserve; to merit.
meek: mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive.-evincing mildness of temper, or patience; characterized by mildness or patience; as, a meek answer; a meek face.-alt. of meeken
meer: simple; unmixed. see mere, a.-see mere, a lake.-a boundary. see mere.
meerkat: a south african carnivore (cynictis penicillata), allied to the ichneumons.
meerschaum: a fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. it is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in asia minor. it is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. also called sepiolite.-a tobacco pipe made of this mineral.
meet: to join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.-to come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.-to come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.-to perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate.-to come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand.-to come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.-to come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.-to assemble together; to congregate; as, congress meets on the first monday of december.-to come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.-an assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.-suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.-meetly.
meeting: of meet-a coming together; an assembling; as, the meeting of congress.-a junction, crossing, or union; as, the meeting of the roads or of two rivers.-a congregation; a collection of people; a convention; as, a large meeting; an harmonius meeting.-an assembly for worship; as, to attend meeting on sunday; -- in england, applied distinctively and disparagingly to the worshiping assemblies of dissenters.
meetinghouse: a house used as a place of worship; a church; -- in england, applied only to a house so used by dissenters.
megacephalous: large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they have large flower heads.
megachile: a leaf-cutting bee of the genus megachilus. see leaf cutter, under leaf.
megaderm: any one of several species of old world blood-sucking bats of the genus megaderma.
megafarad: one of the larger measures of electrical capacity, amounting to one million farads; a macrofarad.
megalesian: pertaining to, or in honor of, cybele; as, the megalesian games at rome.
megalethoscope: an optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. it is often combined with the stereoscope.
megalo-: combining forms signifying: (a) great, extended, powerful; as, megascope, megacosm.-a million times, a million of; as, megameter, a million meters; megafarad, a million farads; megohm, a million ohms.-see meg-.
megalocyte: a large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anaemia.
megalomania: a form of mental alienation in which the patient has grandiose delusions.
megalonyx: an extinct quaternary mammal, of great size, allied to the sloth.
megalops: a larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. in this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large. also used adjectively.-a large fish; the tarpum.
megalosaurus: a gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in england and elsewhere.
megameter: an instrument for determining longitude by observation of the stars.-a micrometer.-alt. of megametre
megaphone: a device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet.
megaphyton: an extinct genus of tree ferns with large, two-ranked leaves, or fronds.
megapode: any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera megapodius and leipoa, inhabiting australia and other pacific islands. see jungle fowl (b) under jungle, and leipoa.
megascope: a modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
megaseme: having the orbital index relatively large; having the orbits narrow transversely; -- opposed to microseme.
megasthene: one of a group which includes the higher orders of mammals, having a large size as a typical characteristic.
megastome: one of a group of univalve shells, having a large aperture or mouth.
megatherium: an extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the ant-eaters and sloths. its remains are found in south america.
megatheroid: one of a family of extinct edentates found in america. the family includes the megatherium, the megalonyx, etc.
megavolt: one of the larger measures of electro-motive force, amounting to one million volts.
megerg: one of the larger measures of work, amounting to one million ergs; -- called also megalerg.
megilph: a gelatinous compound of linseed oil and mastic varnish, used by artists as a vehicle for colors.
megohm: one of the larger measures of electrical resistance, amounting to one million ohms.
megrim: a kind of sick or nevrous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head.-a fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits.-a sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy.-the british smooth sole, or scaldfish (psetta arnoglossa).
meiny: a family, including servants, etc.; household; retinue; train.-company; band; army.
meionite: a member of the scapolite, group, occuring in glassy crystals on monte somma, near naples.
meiosis: diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is.
melaconite: an earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the decomposition of other ores.
melado: a mixture of sugar and molasses; crude sugar as it comes from the pans without being drained.
melam: a white or buff-colored granular powder, c6h9n11, obtained by heating ammonium sulphocyanate.
melamine: a strong nitrogenous base, c3h6n6, produced from several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, -- formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. called also cyanuramide.
melampyrite: the saccharine substance dulcite; -- so called because found in the leaves of cowwheat (melampyrum). see dulcite.
melanaemia: a morbid condition in which the blood contains black pigment either floating freely or imbedded in the white blood corpuscles.
melancholia: a kind of mental unsoundness characterized by extreme depression of spirits, ill-grounded fears, delusions, and brooding over one particular subject or train of ideas.
melancholic: given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy.-one affected with a gloomy state of mind.-a gloomy state of mind; melancholy.
melancholize: to become gloomy or dejected in mind.-to make melancholy.
melancholy: depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess.-great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia.-pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.-ill nature.-depressed in spirits; dejected; gloomy dismal.-producing great evil and grief; causing dejection; calamitous; afflictive; as, a melancholy event.-somewhat deranged in mind; having the jugment impaired.-favorable to meditation; somber.
melanian: one of a family of fresh-water pectinibranchiate mollusks, having a turret-shaped shell.
melaniline: a complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl guanidin.
melanin: a black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called fuscin), in the outer layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. it is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin.
melanism: an undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.-a disease; black jaundice. see mel/na.
melanochroic: having a dark complexion; of or pertaining to the melanochroi.
melanochroite: a mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. it is a chromate of lead; -- called also phoenicocroite.
melanorrhoea: an east indian genus of large trees. melanorrh/a usitatissima is the lignum-vitae of pegu, and yelds a valuable black varnish.
melanoscope: an instrument containing a combination of colored glasses such that they transmit only red light, so that objects of other colors, as green leaves, appear black when seen through it. it is used for viewing colored flames, to detect the presence of potassium, lithium, etc., by the red light which they emit.
melanosis: the morbid deposition of black matter, often of a malignant character, causing pigmented tumors.
melanosperm: an alga of any kind that produces blackish spores, or seed dust. the melanosperms include the rockweeds and all kinds of kelp.
melanotype: a positive picture produced with sensitized collodion on a smooth surface of black varnish, coating a thin plate of iron; also, the process of making such a picture.
melanterite: a hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.
melanure: a small fish of the mediterranean; a gilthead. see gilthead (a).
melanuric: pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid obtained by decomposition of melam, or of urea, as a white crystalline powder; -- called also melanurenic acid.
melaphyre: any one of several dark-colored augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt.
melasma: a dark discoloration of the skin, usually local; as, addison's melasma, or addison's disease.
melassic: pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from molasses or glucose, and probably identical with saccharic acid. see saccharic.
melastoma: a genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.
melchite: one of a sect, chiefly in syria and egypt, which acknowledges the authority of the pope, but adheres to the liturgy and ceremonies of the eastern church.
meleagris: a genus of american gallinaceous birds, including the common and the wild turkeys.
melee: a fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.
melene: an unsaturated hydrocarbon, c30h60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called also melissene, and melissylene.
melenite: an explosive of great destructive power; -- so called from its color, which resembles honey.
melezitose: a variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (larix).
meliaceous: pertaining to a natural order (meliacae) of plants of which the genus melia is the type. it includes the mahogany and the spanish cedar.
melicerous: consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors.
melilite: a mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in the lavas (melilite basalt) of vesuvius, and elsewhere.