AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
theophany: a manifestation of god to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.
theophilanthropic: pertaining to theophilanthropy or the theophilanthropists.
theophilanthropism: the doctrine of the theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.
theophilanthropist: a member of a deistical society established at paris during the french revolution.
theophilosophic: combining theism and philosophy, or pertaining to the combination of theism and philosophy.
theopneusty: divine inspiration; the supernatural influence of the divine spirit in qualifying men to receive and communicate revealed truth.
theorbo: an instrument made like large lute, but having two necks, with two sets of pegs, the lower set holding the strings governed by frets, while to the upper set were attached the long bass strings used as open notes.
theorem: that which is considered and established as a principle; hence, sometimes, a rule.-a statement of a principle to be demonstrated.-to formulate into a theorem.
theorematical: of or pertaining to a theorem or theorems; comprised in a theorem; consisting of theorems.
theoretical: pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences.
theoric: of or pertaining to the theorica.-relating to, or skilled in, theory; theoretically skilled.-speculation; theory.
theorica: public moneys expended at athens on festivals, sacrifices, and public entertainments (especially theatrical performances), and in gifts to the people; -- also called theoric fund.
theorist: one who forms theories; one given to theory and speculation; a speculatist.
theorization: the act or product of theorizing; the formation of a theory or theories; speculation.
theorize: to form a theory or theories; to form opinions solely by theory; to speculate.
theory: a doctrine, or scheme of things, which terminates in speculation or contemplation, without a view to practice; hypothesis; speculation.-an exposition of the general or abstract principles of any science; as, the theory of music.-the science, as distinguished from the art; as, the theory and practice of medicine.-the philosophical explanation of phenomena, either physical or moral; as, lavoisier's theory of combustion; adam smith's theory of moral sentiments.
theosophistical: of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.
theosophy: any system of philosophy or mysticism which proposes to attain intercourse with god and superior spirits, and consequent superhuman knowledge, by physical processes, as by the theurgic operations of some ancient platonists, or by the chemical processes of the german fire philosophers; also, a direct, as distinguished from a revealed, knowledge of god, supposed to be attained by extraordinary illumination; especially, a direct insight into the processes of the divine mind, and the interior relations of the divine nature.
therapeutae: a name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of alexandria. they are described in a work attributed to philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited.
therapeutical: of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative.
therapeutics: that part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.
there: in or at that place.-in that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech.-to or into that place; thither.
thereabouts: near that place.-near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts.-concerning that; about that.
thereby: by that; by that means; in consequence of that.-annexed to that.-thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc.
therefore: for that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that.-consequently; by consequence.
theretofore: up to that time; before then; -- correlative with heretofore.
thereupon: upon that or this; thereon.-on account, or in consequence, of that; therefore.-immediately; at once; without delay.
therewith: with that or this.-in addition; besides; moreover.-at the same time; forthwith.
therewithal: over and above; besides; moreover.-with that or this; therewith; at the same time.
therf: not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc.
theriaca: an ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca andromachi, and venice treacle.-treacle; molasses.
theriodontia: an extinct order of reptiles found in the permian and triassic formations in south africa. in some respects they resembled carnivorous mammals. called also theromorpha.
thermal: of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.
thermetograph: a self-registering thermometer, especially one that registers the maximum and minimum during long periods.
thermic: of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines.
thermidor: the eleventh month of the french republican calendar, -- commencing july 19, and ending august 17. see the note under vendemiaire.
thermifugine: an artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name.
thermo-: a combining form from gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as in thermochemistry, thermodynamic.
thermochemical: of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry.
thermochemistry: that branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions.
thermochrosy: the property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.
thermocurrent: a current, as of electricity, developed, or set in motion, by the action of heat.
thermodynamic: relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application of heat.
thermoelectric: pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.
thermoelectrometer: an instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which it produces, or for determining the heat developed by such a current.
thermogenic: relating to heat, or to the production of heat; producing heat; thermogenous; as, the thermogenic tissues.
thermomagnetism: magnetism as affected or caused by the action of heat; the relation of heat to magnetism.
thermometer: an instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompained by proportional changes in their volumes or dimensions.
thermometrical: of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical scale or tube.-made, or ascertained, by means of a thermometer; as, thermometrical observations.
thermometrograph: an instrument for recording graphically the variations of temperature, or the indications of a thermometer.
thermopile: an instrument of extreme sensibility, used to determine slight differences and degrees of heat. it is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat.
thermoscope: an instrument for indicating changes of temperature without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected; especially, an instrument contrived by count rumford which, as modified by professor leslie, was afterward called the differential thermometer.
thermoscopic: of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope; as, thermoscopic observations.
thermostat: a self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired.
thermostatic: of or pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected by means of the thermostat.
thermosystaltic: influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; -- said of a muscle.
thermotaxic: pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system.
thermotension: a process of increasing the strength of wrought iron by heating it to a determinate temperature, and giving to it, while in that state, a mechanical strain or tension in the direction in which the strength is afterward to be exerted.
thermotical: of or pertaining to heat; produced by heat; as, thermotical phenomena.
thermotropism: the phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants.
thermotype: a picture (as of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression.
thermovoltaic: of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic action.
theropoda: an order of carnivorous dinosaurs in which the feet are less birdlike, and hence more like those of an ordinary quadruped, than in the ornithopoda. it includes the rapacious genera megalosaurus, creosaurus, and their allies.
thesaurus: a treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; -- often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia.
thesis: a position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.-hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.-an affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.-the accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis.-the depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.-the part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.
thesmothete: a lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six junior archons at athens.
thespian: of or pertaining to thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the thespian art.-an actor.
thessalian: of or pertaining to thessaly in greece.-a native or inhabitant of thessaly.
thessalonian: of or pertaining to thessalonica, a city of macedonia.-a native or inhabitant of thessalonica.
theta: a letter of the greek alphabet corresponding to th in english; -- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the greek qa`natos, death.
thetine: any one of a series of complex basic sulphur compounds analogous to the sulphines.
theurgy: a divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery.-a kind of magical science or art developed in alexandria among the neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites.-in later or modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are claimed to be produced by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic.
thew: manner; custom; habit; form of behavior; qualities of mind; disposition; specifically, good qualities; virtues.-muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew.
thewed: furnished with thews or muscles; as, a well-thewed limb.-accustomed; mannered.
thewy: having strong or large thews or muscles; muscular; sinewy; strong.
they: the plural of he, she, or it. they is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun proper, and sometimes refers to persons without an antecedent expressed.
thialdine: a weak nitrogenous sulphur base, c6h13ns2.
thialol: a colorless oily liquid, (c2h5)2s2, having a strong garlic odor; -- called also ethyl disulphide. by extension, any one of the series of related compounds.
thibet cloth: a fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.-a kind of fine woolen cloth, used for dresses, cloaks, etc.
thibetan: of or pertaining to thibet.-a native or inhabitant of thibet.
thick: measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick.-having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck.-dense; not thin; inspissated; as, thick vapors. also used figuratively; as, thick darkness.-not transparent or clear; hence, turbid, muddy, or misty; as, the water of a river is apt to be thick after a rain.-abundant, close, or crowded in space; closely set; following in quick succession; frequently recurring.-not having due distinction of syllables, or good articulation; indistinct; as, a thick utterance.-deep; profound; as, thick sleep.-dull; not quick; as, thick of fearing.-intimate; very friendly; familiar.-the thickest part, or the time when anything is thickest.-a thicket; as, gloomy thicks.-frequently; fast; quick.-closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.-to a great depth, or to a greater depth than usual; as, land covered thick with manure.-to thicken.
thick wind: a defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema.
thick-skinned: having a thick skin; hence, not sensitive; dull; obtuse.
thick-skulled: having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn.
thicken: to make thick (in any sense of the word).-to render dense; to inspissate; as, to thicken paint.-to make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men.-to strengthen; to confirm.-to make more frequent; as, to thicken blows.-to become thick.
thickening: of thicken-something put into a liquid or mass to make it thicker.
thicket: a wood or a collection of trees, shrubs, etc., closely set; as, a ram caught in a thicket.
thickhead: a thick-headed or stupid person.-any one of several species of australian singing birds of the genus pachycephala. the males of some of the species are bright-colored. some of the species are popularly called thrushes.
thickness: the quality or state of being thick (in any of the senses of the adjective).
thickset: close planted; as, a thickset wood; a thickset hedge.-having a short, thick body; stout.-a close or thick hedge.-a stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen.
thickskin: a coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or sinsitiveness; a dullard.
thickskull: a dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull.
thief: one who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. see theft.-a waster in the snuff of a candle.
thienone: a ketone derivative of thiophene obtained as a white crystalline substance, (c4h3s)2.co, by the action of aluminium chloride and carbonyl chloride on thiophene.
thienyl: the hypothetical radical c4h3s, regarded as the essential residue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives.
thievery: the practice of stealing; theft; thievishness.-that which is stolen.
thievish: given to stealing; addicted to theft; as, a thievish boy, a thievish magpie.-like a thief; acting by stealth; sly; secret.-partaking of the nature of theft; accomplished by stealing; dishonest; as, a thievish practice.
thigh: the proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. see femur.-the coxa, or femur, of an insect.
thill: one of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft.-the floor of a coal mine.
thiller: the horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last horse in a team; -- called also thill horse.
thimble: a kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. it is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of the needle.-any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure.-a tubular piece, generally a strut, through which a bolt or pin passes.-a fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole.-a tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule in england.-a ring of thin metal formed with a grooved circumference so as to fit within an eye-spice, or the like, and protect it from chafing.
thimblerig: a sleight-of-hand trick played with three small cups, shaped like thimbles, and a small ball or little pea.-to swindle by means of small cups or thimbles, and a pea or small ball placed under one of them and quickly shifted to another, the victim laying a wager that he knows under which cup it is; hence, to cheat by any trick.
thimblerigger: one who cheats by thimblerigging, or tricks of legerdemain.
thimbleweed: any plant of the composite genus rudbeckia, coarse herbs somewhat resembling the sunflower; -- so called from their conical receptacles.
thin: having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.-rare; not dense or thick; -- applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.-not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.-not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.-not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.-wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.-slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.-not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.-to make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).-to grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.
thine: a form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the friends, or quakers.
thing: whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.-an inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.-a transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.-a portion or part; something.-a diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.-clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.-whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person.-in scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
think: to seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.-to employ any of the intellectual powers except that of simple perception through the senses; to exercise the higher intellectual faculties.-to call anything to mind; to remember; as, i would have sent the books, but i did not think of it.-to reflect upon any subject; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to consider; to deliberate.-to form an opinion by reasoning; to judge; to conclude; to believe; as, i think it will rain to-morrow.-to purpose; to intend; to design; to mean.-to presume; to venture.-to conceive; to imagine.-to plan or design; to plot; to compass.-to believe; to consider; to esteem.
thinker: one who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker.
thinking: of think-having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being.-the act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.
thinly: in a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited.
thinness: the quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).
thinolite: a calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the quaternary lake basins of nevada.
thio-: a combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of sulphur. see sulpho-.
thionaphthene: a double benzene and thiophene nucleus, c8h6s, analogous to naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives.
thionic: of or pertaining to sulphur; containing or resembling sulphur; specifically, designating certain of the thio compounds; as, the thionic acids.  cf. dithionic, trithionic, tetrathionic, etc.
thionine: an artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of certain aromatic diamines, and obtained as a dark crystalline powder; -- called also phenylene violet.
thionol: a red or violet dyestuff having a greenish metallic luster. it is produced artificially, by the chemical dehydration of thionine, as a brown amorphous powder.
thionoline: a beautiful fluorescent crystalline substance, intermediate in composition between thionol and thionine.
thionyl: the hypothetical radical so, regarded as an essential constituent of certain sulphurous compounds; as, thionyl chloride.
thiophene: a sulphur hydrocarbon, c4h4s, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives.
thiophenic: of, pertaining to, or derived from, thiophene; specifically, designating a certain acid analogous to benzoic acid.
thiophenol: a colorless mobile liquid, c6h5.sh, of an offensive odor, and analogous to phenol; -- called also phenyl sulphydrate.
thiophthene: a double thiophene nucleus, c6h4s2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds.
thiosulphate: a salt of thiosulphuric acid; -- formerly called hyposulphite.
thiosulphuric: of, pertaining to, or designating, an unstable acid, h2s2o3, analogous to sulphuric acid, and formerly called hyposulphurous acid.
thiotolene: a colorless oily liquid, c4h3s.ch3, analogous to, and resembling, toluene; -- called also methyl thiophene.
thioxene: any one of three possible metameric substances, which are dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.
third: next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day.-constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day.-the quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.-the sixtieth part of a second of time.-the third tone of the scale; the mediant.-the third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.
third-penny: a third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was among the perquisites enjoyed by the earl.
thirdings: the third part of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, due to the lord for a heriot, as within the manor of turfat in herefordshire.
thirlage: the right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding.
thirst: a sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.-fig.: a want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; -- usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.-to feel thirst; to experience a painful or uneasy sensation of the throat or fauces, as for want of drink.-to have a vehement desire.-to have a thirst for.