AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
sesqui-: a combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical; as, sesquibromide, sesquicarbonate, sesquichloride, sesquioxide.
sesquialtera: a stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.
sesquialterate: once and a half times as great as another; having the ratio of one and a half to one.
sesquibasic: containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a sesqui compound.
sesquiduplicate: twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one.
sesquioxide: an oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, al2o3 is a sesquioxide.
sesquipedalian: measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words.
sesquiplicate: subduplicate of the triplicate; -- a term applied to ratios; thus, a and a' are in the sesquiplicate ratio of b and b', when a is to a' as the square root of the cube of b is to the square root of the cube of b', or a:a'::ãb3:ãb'3.
sesquisalt: a salt derived from a sesquioxide base, or made up on the proportions of a sesqui compound.
sesquisulphide: a sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly called also sesquisulphuret; as, orpiment, as2s3 is arsenic sesquisulphide.
sesquitertianal: having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3).
sesqyipedality: the quality or condition of being sesquipedal.-the use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism.
sess: to lay a tax upon; to assess.-a tax; an assessment. see cess.
sessile: attached without any sensible projecting support.-resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.-permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.
sessile-eyed: having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to stalk-eyed.
session: the act of sitting, or the state of being seated.-the actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business.-hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. the session of a judicial court is called a term.
sesterce: a roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses, -- equal to about two pence sterling, or four cents.
sestet: a piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor.-the last six lines of a sonnet.
set-off: that which is set off against another thing; an offset.-that which is used to improve the appearance of anything; a decoration; an ornament.-a counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.-same as offset, n., 4.-see offset, 7.
seta: any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss.-one of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. they usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. they are very diverse in form.-one of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.
setaceous: set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail.-bristelike in form or texture; as, a setaceous feather; a setaceous leaf.
setback: offset, n., 4.-a backset; a countercurrent; an eddy.-a backset; a check; a repulse; a reverse; a relapse.
setbolt: an iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together.-a bolt used for forcing another bolt out of its hole.
setdown: the humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect.
setigerous: covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (bot.), tipped with a bristle.
setiparous: producing setae; -- said of the organs from which the setae of annelids arise.
setireme: a swimming leg (of an insect) having a fringe of hairs on the margin.
seton: a few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen or the like, introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to form an issue; also, the issue so formed.
settee: a long seat with a back, -- made to accommodate several persons at once.-a vessel with a very long, sharp prow, carrying two or three masts with lateen sails, -- used in the mediterranean.
setter: one who, or that which, sets; -- used mostly in composition with a noun, as typesetter; or in combination with an adverb, as a setter on (or inciter), a setter up, a setter forth.-a hunting dog of a special breed originally derived from a cross between the spaniel and the pointer. modern setters are usually trained to indicate the position of game birds by standing in a fixed position, but originally they indicated it by sitting or crouching.-one who hunts victims for sharpers.-one who adapts words to music in composition.-an adornment; a decoration; -- with off.-a shallow seggar for porcelain.-to cut the dewlap (of a cow or an ox), and to insert a seton, so as to cause an issue.
setterwort: the bear's-foot (helleborus f/tidus); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. called also pegroots.
setting: of set-the act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of paris; the setting (set) of a current.-the act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter.-something set in, or inserted.-that in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin.
settle: a seat of any kind.-a bench; especially, a bench with a high back.-a place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.-to place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.-to establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.-to cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.-to clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.-to restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.-to cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it.-to determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.-to adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.-to adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.-hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill.-to plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the french first settled canada; the puritans settled new england; plymouth was settled in 1620.-to become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state.-to fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the saxons who settled in britain.-to enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.-to be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.-to become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.-to become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.-to sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.-to sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.-to become calm; to cease from agitation.-to adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.-to make a jointure for a wife.
settlement: the act of setting, or the state of being settled.-establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor.-the act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country.-the act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc.-bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner.-a disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it.-that which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed.-matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs.-a colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the west.-that which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the united states, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary.-the gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material.-fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.-a settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support.
settler: one who settles, becomes fixed, established, etc.-especially, one who establishes himself in a new region or a colony; a colonist; a planter; as, the first settlers of new england.-that which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest.-a vessel, as a tub, in which something, as pulverized ore suspended in a liquid, is allowed to settle.
settling: of settle-the act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.-that which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
setwall: a plant formerly valued for its restorative qualities (valeriana officinalis, or v. pyrenaica).
seven: one more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week.-the number greater by one than six; seven units or objects.-a symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.
seven-shooter: a firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading.
seven-thirties: a name given to three several issues of united states treasury notes, made during the civil war, in denominations of $50 and over, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three tenths (thirty hundredths) per cent annually. within a few years they were all redeemed or funded.
sevenfold: repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount.-seven times as much or as often.
seventeen: one more than sixteen; ten and seven added; as, seventeen years.-the number greater by one than sixteen; the sum of ten and seven; seventeen units or objects.-a symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii.
seventeenth: next in order after the sixteenth; coming after sixteen others.-constituting or being one of seventeen equal parts into which anything is divided.-the next in order after the sixteenth; one coming after sixteen others.-the quotient of a unit divided by seventeen; one of seventeen equal parts or divisions of one whole.-an interval of two octaves and a third.
seventh: next in order after the sixth;; coming after six others.-constituting or being one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the seventh part.-one next in order after the sixth; one coming after six others.-the quotient of a unit divided by seven; one of seven equal parts into which anything is divided.-an interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale.-a chord which includes the interval of a seventh whether major, minor, or diminished.
seventieth: next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age.-constituting or being one of seventy equal parts.-one next in order after the sixty-ninth.-the quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of seventy equal parts or fractions.
seventy: seven times ten; one more than sixty-nine.-the sum of seven times ten; seventy units or objects.-a symbol representing seventy units, as 70, or lxx.
sever: to separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to divide; to part in any way, especially by violence, as by cutting, rending, etc.; as, to sever the head from the body.-to cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg.-to keep distinct or apart; to except; to exempt.-to disunite; to disconnect; to terminate; as, to sever an estate in joint tenancy.-to suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate.-to make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
several: separate; distinct; particular; single.-diverse; different; various.-consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place.-by itself; severally.-each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.-persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.-an inclosed or separate place; inclosure.
severalty: a state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right.
severance: the act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.-the act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or more that join, or are joined, in one writ; the putting in several or separate pleas or answers by two or more disjointly; the destruction of the unity of interest in a joint estate.
severe: serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.-very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment.-rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle; exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc.-sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as, severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.-difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test.
severity: the quality or state of being severe.-gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties.-the quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter.-harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war.-exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test.
sevres ware: porcelain manufactured at sevres, france, ecpecially in the national factory situated there.
sew: juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.-to follow; to pursue; to sue.-to unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.-to close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.-to inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.-to practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.-to drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
sewage: the contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers-sewerage, 2.
sewel: a scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place.
sewellel: a peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the northwestern united states. it somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. it constitutes the family haplodontidae.  called also boomer, showt'l, and mountain beaver.
sewen: a british trout usually regarded as a variety (var. cambricus) of the salmon trout.
sewer: one who sews, or stitches.-a small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (phoxopteris nubeculana)-a drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities.-formerly, an upper servant, or household officer, who set on and removed the dishes at a feast, and who also brought water for the hands of the guests.
sewerage: the construction of a sewer or sewers.-the system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.-the material collected in, and discharged by, sewers.
sewing: of sew-the act or occupation of one who sews.-that which is sewed with the needle.
sex: the distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female.-one of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female.-the capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are of opposite sexes.-one of the groups founded on this distinction.
sexagenary: pertaining to, or designating, the number sixty; poceeding by sixties; sixty years old.-something composed of sixty parts or divisions.-a sexagenarian.
sexagesima: the second sunday before lent; -- so called as being about the sixtieth day before easter.
sexagesimal: pertaining to, or founded on, the number sixty.-a sexagesimal fraction.
sexdigitism: the state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.
sexdigitist: one who has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot.
sexed: belonging to sex; having sex; distinctively male of female; as, the sexed condition.
sexenary: proceeding by sixes; sextuple; -- applied especially to a system of arithmetical computation in which the base is six.
sexifid: six-cleft; as, a sexfid calyx or nectary.
sexlocular: having six cells for seeds; six-celled; as, a sexlocular pericarp.
sexradiate: having six rays; -- said of certain sponge spicules. see illust. of spicule.
sext: the office for the sixth canonical hour, being a part of the breviary.-the sixth book of the decretals, added by pope boniface viii.
sextans: a roman coin, the sixth part of an as.-a constellation on the equator south of leo; the sextant.
sextant: the sixth part of a circle.-an instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. it is constructed on the same optical principle as hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. see quadrant.-the constellation sextans.
sextary: an ancient roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an english pint.-a sacristy.
sextile: measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees.-the aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. this position is marked thus: /.
sextillion: according to the method of numeration (which is followed also in the united states), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-one ciphers annexed. according to the english method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. see numeration.
sextodecimo: having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume.-a book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 16mo, or 16¡.
sextolet: a double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.
sexton: an under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc.
sextuple: six times as much; sixfold.-divisible by six; having six beats; as, sixtuple measure.
sexual: of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation.
seor: a spanish title of courtesy corresponding to the english mr. or sir; also, a gentleman.
seora: a spanish title of courtesy given to a lady; mrs.; madam; also, a lady.
seorita: a spanish title of courtesy given to a young lady; miss; also, a young lady.
señor: ( n. ) A Spanish title of courtesy corresponding to the English Mr. or Sir; also, a gentleman.
señora: ( n. ) A Spanish title of courtesy given to a lady; Mrs.; Madam; also, a lady.
señorita: ( n. ) A Spanish title of courtesy given to a young lady; Miss; also, a young lady.
sforzato: forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or /.
sfumato: having vague outlines, and colors and shades so mingled as to give a misty appearance; -- said of a painting.
sgraffito: scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath.
shab: the itch in animals; also, a scab.-to play mean tricks; to act shabbily.-to scratch; to rub.
shabby: torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged.-clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.-mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment.
shack: to shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest.-to feed in stubble, or upon waste corn.-to wander as a vagabond or a tramp.-the grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground.-liberty of winter pasturage.-a shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.