AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
tephramancy: divination by the ashes of the altar on which a victim had been consumed in sacrifice.
tephrite: an igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase and either leucite or nephelite, or both.
tephrosia: a genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being north american. the foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name.
tepid: moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors.
tepidity: the quality or state of being tepid; moderate warmth; lukewarmness; tepidness.
tequila: an intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of tequila, mexico.
ter-: a combining form from l. ter signifying three times, thrice. see tri-, 2.
teraconic: pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the distillation of terebic acid, and homologous with citraconic acid.
teracrylic: of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic series, obtained by the distillation of terpenylic acid, as an only substance having a peculiar cheesy odor.
teraphim: images connected with the magical rites used by those israelites who added corrupt practices to the patriarchal religion. teraphim were consulted by the israelites for oracular answers.
teratoid: resembling a monster; abnormal; of a pathological growth, exceedingly complex or highly organized.
teratology: that branch of biological science which treats of monstrosities, malformations, or deviations from the normal type of structure, either in plants or animals.-affectation of sublimity; bombast.
teratoma: a tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle.
terbic: of, pertaining to, or containing, terbium; also, designating certain of its compounds.
terbium: a rare metallic element, of uncertain identification, supposed to exist in certain minerals, as gadolinite and samarskite, with other rare ytterbium earth. symbol tr or tb. atomic weight 150.
tercentenary: including, or relating to, an interval of three hundred years.-the three hundredth anniversary of any event; also, a celebration of such an anniversary.
tercine: a cellular layer derived from the nucleus of an ovule and surrounding the embryo sac.  cf. quintine.
terebene: a polymeric modification of terpene, obtained as a white crystalline camphorlike substance; -- called also camphene. by extension, any one of a group of related substances.
terebic: pertaining to, or obtained from, terbenthene (oil of turpentine); specifically, designating an acid, c7h10o4, obtained by the oxidation of terbenthene with nitric acid, as a white crystalline substance.
terebilenic: of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid, c7h8o4, obtained as a white crystalline substance by a modified oxidation of terebic acid.
terebinthic: of or pertaining to turpentine; resembling turpentine; terbinthine; as, terbinthic qualities.
terebinthinate: impregnating with the qualities of turpentine; terbinthine.
terebinthine: of or pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its qualities.
terebra: a genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. they belong to the toxoglossa. called also auger shell.-the boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
terebrant: boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain hymenoptera, as the sawflies.
terebrantia: a division of hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. it includes the sawflies.
terebrating: boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.-boring; piercing; -- applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia.
terebratula: a genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. the larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. called also lamp shell.
terebratulid: any species of terebratula or allied genera. used also adjectively.
teredo: a genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms of ships, etc.; -- called also shipworm. see shipworm. see illust. in app.
terephthalic: of, pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid of the aromatic series, metameric with phthalic acid, and obtained, as a tasteless white crystalline powder, by the oxidation of oil of turpentine; -- called also paraphthalic acid.  cf. phthalic.
teretial: rounded; as, the teretial tracts in the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain of some fishes.
tergite: the dorsal portion of an arthromere or somite of an articulate animal. see illust. under coleoptera.
tergiversate: to shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.
tergiversation: the act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.-fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
tergiversator: one who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion.
tergum: the back of an animal.-the dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal.-one of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.
terin: a small yellow singing bird, with an ash-colored head; the european siskin. called also tarin.
term: that which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.-the time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.-in universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.-a point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.-a fixed period of time; a prescribed duration-the limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years.-a space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation.-the time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes.-the subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.-a word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term.-a quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also terminal figure. see terminus, n., 2 and 3.-a member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.-the menses.-propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.-in scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.-a piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.-to apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
terma: the terminal lamina, or thin ventral part, of the anterior wall of the third ventricle of the brain.
termagancy: the quality or state of being termagant; turbulence; tumultuousness; as, a violent termagancy of temper.
termagant: an imaginary being supposed by the christians to be a mohammedan deity or false god. he is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous.-a boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly applied to both sexes, now only to women.-tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding.
termer: one who resorted to london during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like.-one who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
termes: a genus of pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or termites. see termite.
terminal: of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.-growing at the end of a branch or stem; terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.-that which terminates or ends; termination; extremity.-either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.
terminalia: a festival celebrated annually by the romans on february 23 in honor of terminus, the god of boundaries.
terminate: to set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.-to put an end to; to make to cease; as, to terminate an effort, or a controversy.-hence, to put the finishing touch to; to bring to completion; to perfect.-to be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics.-to come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
termination: the act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.-that which ends or bounds; limit in space or extent; bound; end; as, the termination of a line.-end in time or existence; as, the termination of the year, or of life; the termination of happiness.-end; conclusion; result.-last purpose of design.-a word; a term.-the ending of a word; a final syllable or letter; the part added to a stem in inflection.
terminator: one who, or that which, terminates.-the dividing line between the illuminated and the unilluminated part of the moon.
terminist: one of a class of theologians who maintain that god has fixed a certain term for the probation of individual persons, during which period, and no longer, they have the offer to grace.
terminology: the doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms.-the terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry.
terminus: literally, a boundary; a border; a limit.-the roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line.-hence, any post or stone marking a boundary; a term. see term, 8.-either end of a railroad line; also, the station house, or the town or city, at that place.
termite: any one of numerous species of pseudoneoropterous insects belonging to termes and allied genera; -- called also white ant. see illust. of white ant.
termless: having no term or end; unlimited; boundless; unending; as, termless time.-inexpressible; indescribable.
termly: occurring every term; as, a termly fee.-term by term; every term.
tern: any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to sterna and various allied genera.-threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.-that which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves.
ternary: proceeding by threes; consisting of three; as, the ternary number was anciently esteemed a symbol of perfection, and held in great veneration.-containing, or consisting of, three different parts, as elements, atoms, groups, or radicals, which are regarded as having different functions or relations in the molecule; thus, sodic hydroxide, naoh, is a ternary compound.-a ternion; the number three; three things taken together; a triad.
ternate: having the parts arranged by threes; as, ternate branches, leaves, or flowers.
terneplate: thin iron sheets coated with an alloy of lead and tin; -- so called because made up of three metals.
terpene: any one of a series of isomeric hydrocarbons of pleasant aromatic odor, occurring especially in coniferous plants and represented by oil of turpentine, but including also certain hydrocarbons found in some essential oils.
terpenylic: of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, c8h12o4 (called also terpentic acid), homologous with terebic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the oxidation of oil of turpentine with chromic acid.
terpin: a white crystalline substance regarded as a hydrate of oil of turpentine.
terpinol: any oil substance having a hyacinthine odor, obtained by the action of acids on terpin, and regarded as a related hydrate.
terpsichore: the muse who presided over the choral song and the dance, especially the latter.
terpsichorean: of or pertaining to terpsichore; of or pertaining to dancing.
terrace: a raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.-a balcony, especially a large and uncovered one.-a flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the oriental nations are covered with terraces.-a street, or a row of houses, on a bank or the side of a hill; hence, any street, or row of houses.-a level plain, usually with a steep front, bordering a river, a lake, or sometimes the sea.-to form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, as, to terrace a garden, or a building.
terrane: a group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively.
terrapin: any one of numerous species of tortoises living in fresh and brackish waters. many of them are valued for food.
terraqueous: consisting of land and water; as, the earth is a terraqueous globe.
terre-verte: an olive-green earth used as a pigment. see glauconite.
terrel: a spherical magnet so placed that its poles, equator, etc., correspond to those of the earth.
terrene: a tureen.-of or pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, terrene substance.-earthy; terrestrial.-the earth's surface; the earth.-the surface of the ground.
terreplein: the top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed. see illust. of casemate.
terrestrial: of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals.-representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe.-of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.-consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.-adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope.-an inhabitant of the earth.
terrestrify: to convert or reduce into a condition like that of the earth; to make earthy.
terret: one of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass.
terrible: adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable.-excessive; extreme; severe.
terricolae: a division of annelids including the common earthworms and allied species.
terrier: an auger or borer.-one of a breed of small dogs, which includes several distinct subbreeds, some of which, such as the skye terrier and yorkshire terrier, have long hair and drooping ears, while others, at the english and the black-and-tan terriers, have short, close, smooth hair and upright ears.-formerly, a collection of acknowledgments of the vassals or tenants of a lordship, containing the rents and services they owed to the lord, and the like.-in modern usage, a book or roll in which the lands of private persons or corporations are described by their site, boundaries, number of acres, or the like.
terrific: causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight.
territorial: of or pertaining to territory or land; as, territorial limits; territorial jurisdiction.-limited to a certain district; as, right may be personal or territorial.-of or pertaining to all or any of the territories of the united states, or to any district similarly organized elsewhere; as, territorial governments.
territory: a large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.-the extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a state; the territories of the east india company.-in the united states, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any state, and not yet admitted as a state into the union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a territorial governor and other officers appointed by the president and senate of the united states. in canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a province.
terror: extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.-that which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
terrorism: the act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.-the practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.
terrorist: one who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the reign of terror in france.
terry: a kind of heavy colored fabric, either all silk, or silk and worsted, or silk and cotton, often called terry velvet, used for upholstery and trimmings.
tersanctus: an ancient ascription of praise (containing the word "holy" -- in its latin form, "sanctus" -- thrice repeated), used in the mass of the roman catholic church and before the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the church of england and the protestant episcopal church.  cf. trisagion.
terse: appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.-refined; accomplished; -- said of persons.-elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.
tertian: occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever.-a disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day.-a liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun.
tertiary: being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word.-possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt.  cf. primary, and secondary.-later than, or subsequent to, the secondary.-growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills.-a member of the third order in any monastic system; as, the franciscan tertiaries; the dominican tertiaries; the carmelite tertiaries. see third order, under third.-the tertiary era, period, or formation.-one of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. see illust. of bird.
tertiate: to do or perform for the third time.-to examine, as the thickness of the metal at the muzzle of a gun; or, in general, to examine the thickness of, as ordnance, in order to ascertain its strength.
terutero: the south american lapwing (vanellus cayennensis). its wings are furnished with short spurs. called also cayenne lapwing.
terza rima: a peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed by the early italian poets from the troubadours.
tessellata: a division of crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates.
tessellate: to form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work.-tessellated.
tessellated: of tessellate-formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement.-marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf.
tessera: a small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes.
test: a cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.-examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a test.-means of trial; as, absence is a test of love.-that with which anything is compared for proof of its genuineness; a touchstone; a standard.-discriminative characteristic; standard of judgment; ground of admission or exclusion.-judgment; distinction; discrimination.-a reaction employed to recognize or distinguish any particular substance or constituent of a compound, as the production of some characteristic precipitate; also, the reagent employed to produce such reaction; thus, the ordinary test for sulphuric acid is the production of a white insoluble precipitate of barium sulphate by means of some soluble barium salt.-to refine, as gold or silver, in a test, or cupel; to subject to cupellation.-to put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try; as, to test the soundness of a principle; to test the validity of an argument.-to examine or try, as by the use of some reagent; as, to test a solution by litmus paper.-a witness.-to make a testament, or will.-alt. of testa
testa: the external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.-the outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.
testable: capable of being tested or proved.-capable of being devised, or given by will.
testaceography: the science which treats of testaceans, or shellfish; the description of shellfish.
testaceous: of or pertaining to shells; consisted of a hard shell, or having a hard shell.-having a dull red brick color or a brownish yellow color.
testacy: the state or circumstance of being testate, or of leaving a valid will, or testament, at death.
testament: a solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death.-one of the two distinct revelations of god's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the old testament; the new testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter.
testamentary: of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary.-bequeathed by will; given by testament.-done, appointed by, or founded on, a testament, or will; as, a testamentary guardian of a minor, who may be appointed by the will of a father to act in that capacity until the child becomes of age.
testamur: a certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the latin words, ita testamur, with which it commences.
testate: having made and left a will; as, a person is said to die testate.-one who leaves a valid will at death; a testate person.
teste: a witness.-the witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; -- said of a writ, deed, or the like.
tester: a headpiece; a helmet.-a flat canopy, as over a pulpit or tomb.-a canopy over a bed, supported by the bedposts.-an old french silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. hence, in modern english slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. called also teston.
testicardines: a division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. terebratula and spirifer are examples.
testicond: having the testicles naturally concealed, as in the case of the cetaceans.
testiculate: shaped like a testicle, ovate and solid.-having two tubers resembling testicles in form, as some species of orchis.
testification: the act of testifying, or giving testimony or evidence; as, a direct testification of our homage to god.
testifier: one who testifies; one who gives testimony, or bears witness to prove anything; a witness.