AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
utmost: situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge.-being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness.-the most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.
utopia: an imaginary island, represented by sir thomas more, in a work called utopia, as enjoying the greatest perfection in politics, laws, and the like. see utopia, in the dictionary of noted names in fiction.-hence, any place or state of ideal perfection.
utopian: of or pertaining to utopia; resembling utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, utopian projects; utopian happiness.-an inhabitant of utopia; hence, one who believes in the perfectibility of human society; a visionary; an idealist; an optimist.
utopianism: the ideas, views, aims, etc., of a utopian; impracticable schemes of human perfection; optimism.
utraquist: one who receives the eucharist in both kinds; esp., one of a body of hussites who in the 15th century fought for the right to do this. called also calixtines.
utricle: a little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or seaweed.-a microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, or plant.-a small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goosefoot.-a utriculus.
utricular: of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing, or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate; as, a utricular plant.-resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute; -- said especially with reference to the condition of certain substances, as sulphur, selenium, etc., when condensed from the vaporous state and deposited upon cold bodies, in which case they assume the form of small globules filled with liquid.
utricularia: a genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. see ascidium,
utriculate: resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular.
utriculus: a little sac, or bag; a utricle; especially, a part of the membranous labyrinth of the ear. see the note under ear.
utro: - (/). a combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the uterus; as in utro-ovarian.
utter: outer.-situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer.-complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness.-peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial.-to put forth or out; to reach out.-to dispose of in trade; to sell or vend.-hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes.-to give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce.
utterance: the act of uttering.-sale by offering to the public.-putting in circulation; as, the utterance of false coin, or of forged notes.-vocal expression; articulation; speech.-power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance.-the last extremity; the end; death; outrance.
utterly: in an utter manner; to the full extent; fully; totally; as, utterly ruined; it is utterly vain.
uttermost: extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end.-the utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent.
utterness: the quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost.
uva: a small pulpy or juicy fruit containing several seeds and having a thin skin, as a grape.
uvea: the posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.
uvic: pertaining to, or obtained from, grapes; specifically, designating an organic acid, c7h8o3 (also called pyrotritartaric acid), obtained as a white crystalline substance by the decomposition of tartaric and pyrotartaric acids.
uvitic: pertaining to, or designating, an acid, ch3c6h3(co2h)2, obtained as a white crystalline substance by the partial oxidation of mesitylene; -- called also mesitic acid.
uvitonic: pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of ammonia on pyrotartaric acid.
uvula: the pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.
uxorial: dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife.
uxoricidal: of or pertaining to uxoricide; tending to uxoricide.
uxorious: excessively fond of, or submissive to, a wife; being a dependent husband.
v: v, the twenty-second letter of the english alphabet, is a vocal consonant. v and u are only varieties of the same character, u being the cursive form, while v is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. the two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see u). the letter v is from the latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like english w) and as a vowel. the latin derives it from it from a form (v) of the greek vowel / (see y), this greek letter being either from the same semitic letter as the digamma f (see f), or else added by the greeks to the alphabet which they took from the semitic. etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope. see u, f, etc.-as a numeral, v stands for five, in english and latin.
v hook: a gab at the end of an eccentric rod, with long jaws, shaped like the letter v.
v moth: a common gray european moth (halia vauaria) having a v-shaped spot of dark brown on each of the fore wings.
vacancy: the quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness.-that which is vacant.-empty space; vacuity; vacuum.-an open or unoccupied space between bodies or things; an interruption of continuity; chasm; gap; as, a vacancy between buildings; a vacancy between sentences or thoughts.-unemployed time; interval of leisure; time of intermission; vacation.-a place or post unfilled; an unoccupied office; as, a vacancy in the senate, in a school, etc.
vacant: deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.-unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours.-not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish.-empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind.-abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate.
vacate: to make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by parliament that james had vacated the throne of england; the tenant vacated the house.-to annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause.-to defeat; to put an end to.
vacation: the act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.-intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.-intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess.-the intermission of the regular studies and exercises of an educational institution between terms; holidays; as, the spring vacation.-the time when an office is vacant; esp. (eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.
vaccinate: to inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows.
vaccination: the act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox.  cf. inoculation.
vaccine: of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease.-the virus of vaccinia used in vaccination.-any preparation used to render an organism immune to some disease, by inducing or increasing the natural immunity mechanisms.  prior to 1995, such preparations usually contained killed organisms of the type for which immunity was desired, and sometimes used live organisms having attenuated virulence.  since that date, preparations containing only specific antigenic portions of the pathogenic organism are also used, some of which are prepared by genetic engineering techniques.
vaccinium: a genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.
vacillate: to move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.-to fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver.
vacillation: the act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.
vacuist: one who holds the doctrine that the space between the bodies of the universe, or the molecules and atoms of matter., is a vacuum; -- opposed to plenist.
vacuity: the quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance.-space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum.-want of reality; inanity; nihility.
vacuna: the goddess of rural leisure, to whom the husbandmen sacrificed at the close of the harvest. she was especially honored by the sabines.
vacuolated: full of vacuoles, or small air cavities; as, vacuolated cells.
vacuole: a small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell protoplasm.
vacuum: a space entirely devoid of matter (called also, by way of distinction, absolute vacuum); hence, in a more general sense, a space, as the interior of a closed vessel, which has been exhausted to a high or the highest degree by an air pump or other artificial means; as, water boils at a reduced temperature in a vacuum.-the condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch.
vadantes: an extensive artificial group of birds including the wading, swimming, and cursorial birds.
vade mecum: a book or other thing that a person carries with him as a constant companion; a manual; a handbook.
vagabond: moving from place to place without a settled habitation; wandering.-floating about without any certain direction; driven to and fro.-being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious.-one who wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood; a vagrant; a tramp; hence, a worthless person; a rascal.-to play the vagabond; to wander like a vagabond; to stroll.
vagabondage: the condition of a vagabond; a state or habit of wandering about in idleness; vagrancy.
vagabondize: to play the vagabond; to wander about in idleness.
vagal: of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves; pneumogastric.
vagantes: a tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which take their prey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility, and chase and seize their prey.
vagarious: given to, or characterized by, vagaries; capricious; whimsical; crochety.
vagary: a wandering or strolling.-hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose.
vagina: a sheath; a theca; as, the vagina of the portal vein.-specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca.-the terminal part of the oviduct in insects and various other invertebrates. see illust., of spermatheca.-the basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath.-the shaft of a terminus, from which the bust of figure seems to issue or arise.
vaginal: of or pertaining to a vagina; resembling a vagina, or sheath; thecal; as, a vaginal synovial membrane; the vaginal process of the temporal bone.-of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, the vaginal artery.
vaginated: invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf.
vaginicola: a genus of infusoria which form minute vaselike or tubular cases in which they dwell.
vaginismus: a painful spasmodic contraction of the vagina, often rendering copulation impossible.
vaginitis: inflammation of the vagina, or the genital canal, usually of its mucous living membrane.
vaginula: a little sheath, as that about the base of the pedicel of most mosses.-one of the tubular florets in composite flowers.
vagrancy: the quality or state of being a vagrant; a wandering without a settled home; an unsettled condition; vagabondism.
vagrant: moving without certain direction; wandering; erratic; unsettled.-wandering from place to place without any settled habitation; as, a vagrant beggar.-one who strolls from place to place; one who has no settled habitation; an idle wanderer; a sturdy beggar; an incorrigible rogue; a vagabond.
vague: wandering; vagrant; vagabond.-unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.-proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.-an indefinite expanse.-to wander; to roam; to stray.-a wandering; a vagary.
vagus: wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.-the vagus, ore pneumogastric, nerve.
vail: same as veil.-avails; profit; return; proceeds.-an unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.-money given to servants by visitors; a gratuity; -- usually in the plural.-to let fail; to allow or cause to sink.-to lower, or take off, in token of inferiority, reverence, submission, or the like.-to yield or recede; to give place; to show respect by yielding, uncovering, or the like.-submission; decline; descent.
vain: having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.-destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.-proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.-showy; ostentatious.-vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase in vain.
vainglorious: feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.
vainglory: excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.
vair: the skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. it is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue.
vairy: charged with vair; variegated with shield-shaped figures. see vair.
vaishnava: a worshiper of the god vishnu in any of his incarnations.
vaisya: the third of the four great original castes among the hindus, now either extinct or partially represented by the mercantile class of banyas. see the note under caste, 1.
valance: hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor.-the drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.-to furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery.
vale: a tract of low ground, or of land between hills; a valley.-see 2d vail, 3.
valedictorian: one who pronounces a valedictory address; especially, in american colleges, the student who pronounces the valedictory of the graduating class at the annual commencement, usually the student who ranks first in scholarship.
valedictory: bidding farewell; suitable or designed for an occasion of leave-taking; as, a valedictory oration.-a valedictory oration or address spoken at commencement in american colleges or seminaries by one of the graduating class, usually by the leading scholar.
valence: the degree of combining power of an atom (or radical) as shown by the number of atoms of hydrogen (or of other monads, as chlorine, sodium, etc.) with which it will combine, or for which it can be substituted, or with which it can be compared; thus, an atom of hydrogen is a monad, and has a valence of one; the atoms of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon are respectively dyads, triads, and tetrads, and have a valence respectively of two, three, and four.
valencia: a kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton.
valenciennes lace: a rich kind of lace made at valenciennes, in france. each piece is made throughout, ground and pattern, by the same person and with the same thread, the pattern being worked in the net.
valency: see valence.-a unit of combining power; a so-called bond of affinity.
valentine: a sweetheart chosen on st. valentine's day.-a letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on st. valentine's day.
valentinian: one of a school of judaizing gnostics in the second century; -- so called from valentinus, the founder.
valeramide: the acid amide derivative of valeric acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
valerian: any plant of the genus valeriana. the root of the officinal valerian (v. officinalis) has a strong smell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic.
valerianaceous: of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of a natural order (valerianaccae) of which the valerian is the type. the order includes also the corn salads and the oriental spikenard.
valerianic: performance to, or obtained from, valerian root; specifically, designating an acid which is usually called valeric acid.
valeric: valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), c4h9co2h, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese.
valeridine: a base, c10h19n, produced by heating valeric aldehyde with ammonia. it is probably related to the conine alkaloids.
valerin: a salt of valeric acid with glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor.
valeritrine: a base, c15h27n, produced together with valeridine, which it resembles.
valero-: a combining form (also used adjectively) indicating derivation from, or relation to, valerian or some of its products, as valeric acid; as in valerolactone, a colorless oily liquid produced as the anhydride of an hydroxy valeric acid.
valeryl: the hypothetical radical c5h9o, regarded as the essential nucleus of certain valeric acid derivatives.
valerylene: a liquid hydrocarbon, c5h8; -- called also pentine.
valet: a male waiting servant; a servant who attends on gentleman's person; a body servant.-a kind of goad or stick with a point of iron.
valetudinarian: of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm.-a person of a weak or sickly constitution; one who is seeking to recover health.
valetudinarianism: the condition of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health; infirmity.
valetudinary: infirm; sickly; valetudinarian.-a valetudinarian.
valhalla: the palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle.-fig.: a hall or temple adorned with statues and memorials of a nation's heroes; specifically, the pantheon near ratisbon, in bavaria, consecrated to the illustrious dead of all germany.
valiant: vigorous in body; strong; powerful; as, a valiant fencer.-intrepid in danger; courageous; brave.-performed with valor or bravery; heroic.
valid: strong; powerful; efficient.-having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection.-having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage.
validity: the quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or proof; the validity of an objection.-legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title.-value.
valise: a small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau.
valkyria: one of the maidens of odin, represented as awful and beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in valhalla.
vallatory: of or pertaining to a vallation; used for a vallation; as, vallatory reads.
vallecula: a groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum.-one of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs of the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
vallet's pills: pills containing sulphate of iron and carbonate of sodium, mixed with saccharine matter; -- called also vallet's mass.
valley: the space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. also used figuratively.-the place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle.-the depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.
valonia: the acorn cup of two kinds of oak (quercus macrolepis, and q. vallonea) found in eastern europe. it contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers.-a genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.
valor: value; worth.-strength of mind in regard to danger; that quality which enables a man to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery; courage; prowess; intrepidity.-a brave man; a man of valor.
valorous: possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid.
valsalvian: of or pertaining to valsalva, an italian anatomist of the 17th century.
valuable: having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo.-worthy; estimable; deserving esteem; as, a valuable friend; a valuable companion.-a precious possession; a thing of value, especially a small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural.
valuation: the act of valuing, or of estimating value or worth; the act of setting a price; estimation; appraisement; as, a valuation of lands for the purpose of taxation.-value set upon a thing; estimated value or worth; as, the goods sold for more than their valuation.
valuator: one who assesses, or sets a value on, anything; an appraiser.