AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
seizing: of seize-the act of taking or grasping suddenly.-the operation of fastening together or lashing.-the cord or lashing used for such fastening.
seizure: the act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc. -retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.-that which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed.
sekes: a place in a pagan temple in which the images of the deities were inclosed.
selachii: an order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the plagiostomi. called also selacha, selache, and selachoidei.
selachostomi: a division of ganoid fishes which includes the paddlefish, in which the mouth is armed with small teeth.
selaginella: a genus of cryptogamous plants resembling lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. many species are cultivated in conservatories.
selah: a word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song.
select: taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.-to choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal.
selection: the act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.-that which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books.
selectman: one of a board of town officers chosen annually in the new england states to transact the general public business of the town, and have a kind of executive authority. the number is usually from three to seven in each town.
selenhydric: of, pertaining to, or designating, hydrogen selenide, h2se, regarded as an acid analogous to sulphydric acid.
selenic: of or pertaining to selenium; derived from, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with selenious compounds.
selenide: a binary compound of selenium, or a compound regarded as binary; as, ethyl selenide.
seleniferous: containing, or impregnated with, selenium; as, seleniferous pyrites.
selenio-: a combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of selenium or its compounds; as, selenio-phosphate, a phosphate having selenium in place of all, or a part, of the oxygen.
selenious: of, pertaining to, or containing, selenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with selenic compounds.
selenite: a salt of selenious acid.-a variety of gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses.
selenium: a nonmetallic element of the sulphur group, and analogous to sulphur in its compounds. it is found in small quantities with sulphur and some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a dark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic-looking substance. it exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric apparatus. symbol se. atomic weight 78.9.
seleniureted: combined with selenium as in a selenide; as, seleniureted hydrogen.
selenograph: a picture or delineation of the moon's surface, or of any part of it.
selenography: the science that treats of the physical features of the moon; -- corresponding to physical geography in respect to the earth.
self: same; particular; very; identical.-the individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having personality.-hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim.-personification; embodiment.
self-abased: humbled by consciousness of inferiority, unworthiness, guilt, or shame.
self-abasement: degradation of one's self by one's own act.-humiliation or abasement proceeding from consciousness of inferiority, guilt, or shame.
self-abuse: the abuse of one's own self, powers, or faculties.-self-deception; delusion.-masturbation; onanism; self-pollution.
self-acting: acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press.
self-adjusting: capable of assuming a desired position or condition with relation to other parts, under varying circumstances, without requiring to be adjusted by hand; -- said of a piece in machinery.
self-annihilation: annihilation by one's own acts; annihilation of one's desires.
self-asserting: asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; hence, putting one's self forward in a confident or assuming manner.
self-assertion: the act of asserting one's self, or one's own rights or claims; the quality of being self-asserting.
self-assured: assured by or of one's self; self-reliant; complacent.
self-cconsistent: consistent with one's self or with itself; not deviation from the ordinary standard by which the conduct is guided; logically consistent throughout; having each part consistent with the rest.
self-celored: being of a single color; -- applied to flowers, animals, and textile fabrics.
self-complacent: satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self-satisfied.
self-conceit: conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments.
self-conceited: having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited.
self-confident: confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant.
self-conjugate: having the two things that are conjugate parts of the same figure; as, self-conjugate triangles.
self-conscious: conscious of one's acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self.-conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of others; as, the speaker was too self-conscious.
self-contained: having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.-having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself.
self-contradiction: the act of contradicting one's self or itself; repugnancy in conceptions or in terms; a proposition consisting of two members, one of which contradicts the other; as, to be and not to be at the same time is a self-contradiction.
self-control: control of one's self; restraint exercised over one's self; self-command.
self-conviction: the act of convicting one's self, or the state of being self-convicted.
self-deceit: the act of deceiving one's self, or the state of being self-deceived; self-deception.
self-deceived: deceived or misled respecting one's self by one's own mistake or error.
self-defensive: defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation.
self-degradation: the act of degrading one's self, or the state of being so degraded.
self-delusion: the act of deluding one's self, or the state of being thus deluded.
self-denial: the denial of one's self; forbearing to gratify one's own desires; self-sacrifice.
self-destructive: destroying, or tending to destroy, one's self or itself; rucidal.
self-determination: determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.
self-devotion: the act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self-devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice.
self-educated: educated by one's own efforts, without instruction, or without pecuniary assistance from others.
self-elective: having the right of electing one's self, or, as a body, of electing its own members.
self-esteem: the holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.
self-evident: evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth.
self-exaltation: the act of exalting one's self, or the state of being so exalted.
self-examination: an examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties.
self-existence: inherent existence; existence possessed by virtue of a being's own nature, and independent of any other being or cause; -- an attribute peculiar to god.
self-existent: existing of or by himself,independent of any other being or cause; -- as, god is the only self-existent being.
self-fertilization: the fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same flower and without outer aid; autogamy.
self-glorious: springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful.
self-government: the act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; self-command.-hence, government of a community, state, or nation by the joint action of the mass of people constituting such a civil body; also, the state of being so governed; democratic government; democracy.
self-heal: a blue-flowered labiate plant (brunella vulgaris); the healall.
self-help: the act of aiding one's self, without depending on the aid of others.
self-imparting: imparting by one's own, or by its own, powers and will.
self-importance: an exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.
self-important: having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.
self-indulgence: indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.
self-involution: involution in one's self; hence, abstraction of thought; reverie.
self-knowing: knowing one's self, or one's own character, powers, and limitations.-knowing of itself, without help from another.
self-knowledge: knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.
self-life: life for one's self; living solely or chiefly for one's own pleasure or good.
self-love: the love of one's self; desire of personal happiness; tendency to seek one's own benefit or advantage.
self-motion: motion given by inherent power, without external impulse; spontaneus or voluntary motion.
self-opinion: opinion, especially high opinion, of one's self; an overweening estimate of one's self or of one's own opinion.
self-opinioned: having a high opinion of one's self; opinionated; conceited.
self-partiality: that partiality to himself by which a man overrates his own worth when compared with others.
self-perplexed: perplexed by doubts originating in one's own mind.
self-posited: disposed or arranged by an action originating in one's self or in itself.
self-possessed: composed or tranquill in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.
self-possession: the possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.
self-registering: registering itself; -- said of any instrument so contrived as to record its own indications of phenomena, whether continuously or at stated times, as at the maxima and minima of variations; as, a self-registering anemometer or barometer.
self-reliant: reliant upon one's self; trusting to one's own powers or judgment.
self-renunciation: the act of renouncing, or setting aside, one's own wishes, claims, etc.; self-sacrifice.
self-repelling: made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling.
self-repetition: repetition of one's self or of one's acts; the saying or doing what one has already said or done.
self-reproach: the act of reproaching one's self; censure by one's own conscience.
self-reproof: the act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.
self-respect: respect for one's self; regard for one's character; laudable self-esteem.
self-restrained: restrained by one's self or itself; restrained by one's own power or will.
self-righteousness: the quality or state of being self-righteous; pharisaism.
self-sacrifice: the act of sacrificing one's self, or one's interest, for others; self-devotion.
self-sacrificing: yielding up one's own interest, ffeelings, etc; sacrificing one's self.
self-seeking: seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfish.-the act or habit of seeking one's own interest or happiness; selfishness.
self-sufficient: sufficient for one's self without external aid or cooperation.-having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or worth; hence, haughty; overbearing.
self-sufficing: sufficing for one's self or for itself, without needing external aid; self-sufficient.
self-torture: the act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.
self-view: a view if one's self; specifically, carefulness or regard for one's own interests
self-will: one's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.
self-willed: governed by one's own will; not yielding to the wishes of others; obstinate.
self-worship: the idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.
selfish: caring supremely or unduly for one's self; regarding one's own comfort, advantage, etc., in disregard, or at the expense, of those of others.-believing or teaching that the chief motives of human action are derived from love of self.
selfishly: in a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.
selfishness: the quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self-preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without regarding those of others.
selfism: concentration of one's interests on one's self; self-love; selfishness.
selion: a short piece of land in arable ridges and furrows, of uncertain quantity; also, a ridge of land lying between two furrows.
seljuckian: a member of the family of seljuk; an adherent of that family, or subject of its government; (pl.) the dynasty of turkish sultans sprung from seljuk.
seljukian: of or pertaining to seljuk, a tartar chief who embraced mohammedanism, and began the subjection of western asia to that faith and rule; of or pertaining to the dynasty founded by him, or the empire maintained by his descendants from the 10th to the 13th century.
sell: self.-a sill.-a cell; a house.-a saddle for a horse.-a throne or lofty seat.-to transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money.-to make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray.-to impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat.-to practice selling commodities.-to be sold; as, corn sells at a good price.-an imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
selters water: a mineral water from sellers, in the district of nassan, germany, containing much free carbonic acid.
selvagee: a skein or hank of rope yarns wound round with yarns or marline, -- used for stoppers, straps, etc.
selvedge: the edge of cloth which is woven in such a manner as to prevent raveling.-the edge plate of a lock, through which the bolt passes.-a layer of clay or decomposed rock along the wall of a vein. see gouge, n., 4.
semaeostomata: a division of discophora having large free mouth lobes. it includes aurelia, and pelagia. called also semeostoma. see illustr. under discophora, and medusa.
semaphore: a signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc.
semaphorical: of or pertaining to a semaphore, or semaphores; telegraphic.
sematology: the doctrine of signs as the expression of thought or reasoning; the science of indicating thought by signs.
sematrope: an instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions.
semblance: seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.-likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.
semblant: like; resembling.-seeming, rather than real; apparent.-show; appearance; figure; semblance.-the face.
semble: to imitate; to make a representation or likeness.-it seems; -- chiefly used impersonally in reports and judgments to express an opinion in reference to the law on some point not necessary to be decided, and not intended to be definitely settled in the cause.-like; resembling.
sembling: the practice of attracting the males of lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.
seme: sprinkled or sown; -- said of field, or a charge, when strewed or covered with small charges.
semen: the seed of plants.-the seed or fecundating fluid of male animals; sperm. it is a white or whitish viscid fluid secreted by the testes, characterized by the presence of spermatozoids to which it owes its generative power.
semester: a period of six months; especially, a term in a college or uneversity which divides the year into two terms.
semi pupa: the young of an insect in a stage between the larva and pupa.
semi-: a prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.
semi-arian: a member of a branch of the arians which did not acknowledge the son to be consubstantial with the father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege.-of or pertaining to semi-arianism.
semi-pelagian: a follower of john cassianus, a french monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints.-of or pertaining to the semi-pelagians, or their tenets.
semi-pelagianism: the doctrines or tenets of the semi-pelagians.
semi-saxon: half saxon; -- specifically applied to the language intermediate between saxon and english, belonging to the period 1150-1250.
semiamplexicaul: partially amplexicaul; embracing the stem half round, as a leaf.
semibarbaric: half barbarous or uncivilized; as, semibarbaric display.
semibarbarism: the quality or state of being half barbarous or uncivilized.
semibreve: a note of half the time or duration of the breve; -- now usually called a whole note. it is the longest note in general use.
semicalcareous: half or partially calcareous; as, a semicalcareous plant.
semicentennial: of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration.-a fiftieth anniversary.
semichorus: a half chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir.
semicircle: the half of a circle; the part of a circle bounded by its diameter and half of its circumference.-a semicircumference.-a body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference.-an instrument for measuring angles.
semicolon: the punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma.
semicolumn: a half column; a column bisected longitudinally, or along its axis.
semicolumnar: like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar.
semicrystalline: half crystalline; -- said of certain cruptive rocks composed partly of crystalline, partly of amorphous matter.
semicupium: a half bath, or one that covers only the lewer extremities and the hips; a sitz-bath; a half bath, or hip bath.
semidiameter: half of a diameter; a right line, or the length of a right line, drawn from the center of a circle, a sphere, or other curved figure, to its circumference or periphery; a radius.
semiditone: a lesser third, having its terms as 6 to 5; a hemiditone.
semidiurnal: pertaining to, or accomplished in, half a day, or twelve hours; occurring twice every day.-pertaining to, or traversed in, six hours, or in half the time between the rising and setting of a heavenly body; as, a semidiurnal arc.
semidome: a roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. it is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere.
semidouble: an office or feast celebrated with less solemnity than the double ones. see double, n., 8.-having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; -- said of a flower.
semifable: that which is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth and fable.
semifloscule: a floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; -- called also semifloret.
semiformed: half formed; imperfectly formed; as, semiformed crystals.
semiglutin: a peptonelike body, insoluble in alcohol, formed by boiling collagen or gelatin for a long time in water. hemicollin, a like body, is also formed at the same time, and differs from semiglutin by being partly soluble in alcohol.
semilenticular: half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens.
semiligneous: half or partially ligneous, as a stem partly woody and partly herbaceous.
semimetal: an element possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable, as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, uranium, etc.
semimetallic: of or pertaining to a semimetal; possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree; resembling metal.
semimonthly: coming or made twice in a month; as, semimonthly magazine; a semimonthly payment.-something done or made every half month; esp., a semimonthly periodical.-in a semimonthly manner; at intervals of half a month.
seminal: pertaining to, containing, or consisting of, seed or semen; as, the seminal fluid.-contained in seed; holding the relation of seed, source, or first principle; holding the first place in a series of developed results or consequents; germinal; radical; primary; original; as, seminal principles of generation; seminal virtue.-a seed.
seminarist: a member of, or one educated in, a seminary; specifically, an ecclesiastic educated for the priesthood in a seminary.
seminary: a piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat.-hence, the place or original stock whence anything is brought or produced.-a place of education, as a scool of a high grade, an academy, college, or university.-seminal state.-fig.: a seed bed; a source.-a roman catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist.-belonging to seed; seminal.
seminiferous: seed-bearing; producing seed; pertaining to, or connected with, the formation of semen; as, seminiferous cells or vesicles.
seminist: a believer in the old theory that the newly created being is formed by the admixture of the seed of the male with the supposed seed of the female.
seminoles: a tribe of indians who formerly occupied florida, where some of them still remain. they belonged to the creek confideration.
seminose: a carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having a sweetish-bitter taste.
seminymph: the pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state.
semiofficial: half official; having some official authority or importance; as, a semiofficial statement.
semiologioal: of or pertaining to the science of signs, or the systematic use of signs; as, a semeiological classification of the signs or symptoms of disease; a semeiological arrangement of signs used as signals.
semiology: the science or art of signs.-the science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology.-the art of using signs in signaling.-alt. of semiological
semiotic: relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought.-of or pertaining to the signs or symptoms of diseases.-same as semeiotic.