AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
skull: a school, company, or shoal.-the skeleton of the head of a vertebrate animal, including the brain case, or cranium, and the bones and cartilages of the face and mouth. see illusts. of carnivora, of facial angles under facial, and of skeleton, in appendix.-the head or brain; the seat of intelligence; mind.-a covering for the head; a skullcap.-a sort of oar. see scull.
skullcap: a cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.-any plant of the labiate genus scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised.-the lophiomys.
skunk: any one of several species of american musteline carnivores of the genus mephitis and allied genera. they have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.-in games of chance and skill: to defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.
skunkhead: the surf duck.-a duck (camptolaimus labradorus) which formerly inhabited the atlantic coast of new england. it is now supposed to be extinct. called also labrador duck, and pied duck.
skutterudite: a mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin-white to pale lead-gray color. it consists of arsenic and cobalt.
sky: a cloud.-hence, a shadow.-the apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural.-the wheather; the climate.-to hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen.-to throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.
sky-blue: having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone.
skylark: a lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the common species (alauda arvensis) found in europe and in some parts of asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; -- called also sky laverock. see under lark.
skylarking: the act of running about the rigging of a vessel in sport; hence, frolicking; scuffing; sporting; carousing.
skylight: a window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light from above.
skyrocket: a rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.
slab: a thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces.-an outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.-the wryneck.-the slack part of a sail.-thick; viscous.-that which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle.
slabber: to let saliva or some liquid fall from the mouth carelessly, like a child or an idiot; to drivel; to drool.-to wet and foul spittle, or as if with spittle.-to spill liquid upon; to smear carelessly; to spill, as liquid foed or drink, in careless eating or drinking.-spittle; saliva; slaver.-a saw for cutting slabs from logs.-a slabbing machine.
slabbery: like, or covered with, slabber or slab; slippery; sloppy.
slabby: thick; viscous.-sloppy; slimy; miry. see sloppy.
slack: small coal; also, coal dust; culm.-a valley, or small, shallow dell.-lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.-weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.-remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.-not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.-slackly; as, slack dried hops.-the part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.-alt. of slacken-alt. of slacken
slacken: to become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.-to be remiss or backward; to be negligent.-to lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.-to abate; to become less violent.-to lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.-to languish; to fail; to flag.-to end; to cease; to desist; to slake.-to render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.-to neglect; to be remiss in.-to deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.-to cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.-to cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.-a spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
slade: a little dell or valley; a flat piece of low, moist ground.-the sole of a plow.
slag: the dross, or recrement, of a metal; also, vitrified cinders.-the scoria of a volcano.
slaggy: of or pertaining to slag; resembling slag; as, slaggy cobalt.
slake: to allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst.-to mix with water, so that a true chemical combination shall take place; to slack; as, to slake lime.-to go out; to become extinct.-to abate; to become less decided.-to slacken; to become relaxed.-to become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place; as, the lime slakes.
slam: to shut with force and a loud noise; to bang; as, he slammed the door.-to put in or on some place with force and loud noise; -- usually with down; as, to slam a trunk down on the pavement.-to strike with some implement with force; hence, to beat or cuff.-to strike down; to slaughter.-to defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.-to come or swing against something, or to shut, with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise; as, a door or shutter slams.-the act of one who, or that which, slams.-the shock and noise produced in slamming.-winning all the tricks of a deal.-the refuse of alum works.
slander: a false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemination of malicious tales or suggestions to the injury of another.-disgrace; reproach; dishonor; opprobrium.-formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. see the note under defamation.-to defame; to injure by maliciously uttering a false report; to tarnish or impair the reputation of by false tales maliciously told or propagated; to calumniate.-to bring discredit or shame upon by one's acts.
slanderous: given or disposed to slander; uttering slander.-embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports.
slang: imp. of sling. slung.-any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.-a fetter worn on the leg by a convict.-low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc.-to address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.-of sling
slangy: of or pertaining to slang; of the nature of slang; disposed to use slang.
slant: to be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.-to turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.-a slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.-an oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.-inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.
slap: a blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.-to strike with the open hand, or with something broad.-with a sudden and violent blow; hence, quickly; instantly; directly.
slapdash: in a bold, careless manner; at random.-with a slap; all at once; slap.-to apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall, or to slapdash a wall.
slapjack: a flat batter cake cooked on a griddle; a flapjack; a griddlecake.
slapper: one who, or that which, slaps.-anything monstrous; a whopper.-alt. of slapping
slash: to cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.-to lash; to ply the whip to.-to crack or snap, as a whip.-to strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.-a long cut; a cut made at random.-a large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.-swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.
slash pine: a kind of pine tree (pinus cubensis) found in southern florida and the west indies; -- so called because it grows in "slashes."
slashed: of slash-marked or cut with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed; especially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under vesture.-divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp incisions; laciniate.
slat: a thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.-to slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.-to split; to crack.-to set on; to incite. see 3d slate.
slatch: the period of a transitory breeze.-an interval of fair weather.-the loose or slack part of a rope; slack.
slate: an argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.-any rock or stone having a slaty structure.-a prepared piece of such stone.-a thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.-a tablet for writing upon.-an artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.-a thin plate of any material; a flake.-a list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.-to cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.-to register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.-to set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. see 2d slat, 3.
slater: one who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.-any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.
slating: of slate-the act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater.-slates, collectively; also, material for slating.
slatter: to be careless, negligent, or aswkward, esp. with regard to dress and neatness; to be wasteful.
slattern: a woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.-resembling a slattern; sluttish; slatterny.-to consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste; -- with away.
slatternliness: the quality or state of being slatternly; slovenliness; untidiness.
slatternly: resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty.-in a slatternly manner.
slatting: of slat-slats, collectively.-the violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down.
slaty: resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or texture.
slaughter: the act of killing.-the extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage.-the act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.-to visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.-to butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
slav: one of a race of people occupying a large part of eastern and northern europe, including the russians, bulgarians, roumanians, servo-croats, slovenes, poles, czechs, wends or sorbs, slovaks, etc.
slave: see slav.-a person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another.-one who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.-a drudge; one who labors like a slave.-an abject person; a wretch.-to drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.-to enslave.
slaver: a vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.-a person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader.-to suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.-to be besmeared with saliva.-to smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.-saliva driveling from the mouth.
slavery: the condition of a slave; the state of entire subjection of one person to the will of another.-a condition of subjection or submission characterized by lack of freedom of action or of will.-the holding of slaves.
slavish: of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great.
slavocracy: the persons or interest formerly representing slavery politically, or wielding political power for the preservation or advancement of slavery.
slavonian: alt. of slavonic-a native or inhabitant of slavonia; ethnologically, a slav.
slavonic: of or pertaining to slavonia, or its inhabitants.-of or pertaining to the slavs, or their language.
slavophile: one, not being a slav, who is interested in the development and prosperity of that race.
slaw: sliced cabbage served as a salad, cooked or uncooked.-alt. of slawen
slay: to put to death with a weapon, or by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy.
slayer: one who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destrroyer of life.
sleave: the knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.-silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk.-to separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads; to sley; -- a weaver's term.
sleaved: of sleave-raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk.
sleazy: wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin.
sled: a vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in england called sledge.-a small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice.-to convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber.
sledding: of sled-the act of transporting or riding on a sled.-the state of the snow which admits of the running of sleds; as, the sledding is good.
sledge: a strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled.-a hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of execution.-a sleigh.-a game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and all fours.-to travel or convey in a sledge or sledges.-a large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; -- called also sledge hammer.
sleek: having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.-not rough or harsh.-with ease and dexterity.-that which makes smooth; varnish.-to make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over.
sleekness: the quality or state of being sleek; smoothness and glossiness of surface.
sleeky: of a sleek, or smooth, and glossy appearance.-fawning and deceitful; sly.
sleep: imp. of sleep. slept.-to take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber.-to be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.-to be dead; to lie in the grave.-to be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps.-to be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.-to give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.-a natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state.
sleep-at-noon: a plant (tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard.
sleeper: one who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.-that which lies dormant, as a law.-a sleeping car.-an animal that hibernates, as the bear.-a large fresh-water gobioid fish (eleotris dormatrix).-a nurse shark. see under nurse.-something lying in a reclining posture or position.-one of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.-one of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story.-one of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.-the lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
sleepwaking: the state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.
sleepy: drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.-tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion.-dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.-characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.
sleet: the part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.-hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.-to snow or hail with a mixture of rain.
sleety: of or pertaining to sleet; characterized by sleet; as, a sleety storm; sleety weather.
sleeve: see sleave, untwisted thread.-the part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve of a coat or a gown.-a narrow channel of water.-a tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady another part, or to form a connection between two parts.-a long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel.-a short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes.-to furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.
sleeved: of sleeve-having sleeves; furnished with sleeves; -- often in composition; as, long-sleeved.
sleevehand: the part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband.
sleeveless: having no sleeves.-wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless.
sleid: to sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie.
sleigh: sly.-a vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; -- in england commonly called a sledge.
sleighing: the act of riding in a sleigh.-the state of the snow or ice which admits of running sleighs.
sleight: cunning; craft; artful practice.-an artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.-dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
slender: small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant.-weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.-moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.-small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.-spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.-uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
slepez: a burrowing rodent (spalax typhlus), native of russia and asia minor. it has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. called also mole rat.
sleuthhound: a hound that tracks animals by the scent; specifically, a bloodhound.
sley: a weaver's reed.-a guideway in a knitting machine.-to separate or part the threads of, and arrange them in a reed; -- a term used by weavers. see sleave, and sleid.
slice: a thin, broad piece cut off; as, a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread.-that which is thin and broad, like a slice.-a broad, thin piece of plaster.-a salver, platter, or tray.-a knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.-a plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.-one of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.-a removable sliding bottom to galley.-to cut into thin pieces, or to cut off a thin, broad piece from.-to cut into parts; to divide.-to clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace.
slicer: one who, or that which, slices; specifically, the circular saw of the lapidary.
slick: see schlich.-sleek; smooth.-to make sleek or smoth.-a wide paring chisel.
slickens: the pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines.
slickensides: the smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.-a variety of galena found in derbyshire, england.
slicker: that which makes smooth or sleek.-a kind of burnisher for leather.-a curved tool for smoothing the surfaces of a mold after the withdrawal of the pattern.-a waterproof coat.
slide: to move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.-especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.-to pass inadvertently.-to pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.-to slip when walking or standing; to fall.-to pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.-to pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.-to cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.-to pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.-the act of sliding; as, a slide on the ice.-smooth, even passage or progress.-that on which anything moves by sliding.-an inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, esp. one constructed on a mountain side for conveying logs by sliding them down.-a surface of ice or snow on which children slide for amusement.-that which operates by sliding.-a cover which opens or closes an aperture by sliding over it.-a moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.-a clasp or brooch for a belt, or the like.-a plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.-the descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.-a small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.-a grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.-an apparatus in the trumpet and trombone by which the sounding tube is lengthened and shortened so as to produce the tones between the fundamental and its harmonics.-a sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.-same as guide bar, under guide.-a slide valve.
slider: see slidder.-one who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine.-the red-bellied terrapin (pseudemys rugosa).
sliding: that slides or slips; gliding; moving smoothly.-slippery; elusory.