AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
twister: one who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.-the instrument used in twisting, or making twists.-a girder.-the inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.
twistical: crooked; tortuous; hence, perverse; unfair; dishonest.
twit: to vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.
twitch: to pull with a sudden jerk; to pluck with a short, quick motion; to snatch; as, to twitch one by the sleeve; to twitch a thing out of another's hand; to twitch off clusters of grapes.-the act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sleeve.-a short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side.-a stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse. by twisting the stick the compression is made sufficiently painful to keep the animal quiet during a slight surgical operation.
twite: the european tree sparrow.-the mountain linnet (linota flavirostris).
twitter: one who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider.-to make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises.-to make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.-to have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.-to utter with a twitter.-the act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow.-a half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle.-a slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.
twittering: of twitter-the act of one who, or that which, twitters.-a slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense.
two: one and one; twice one.-the sum of one and one; the number next greater than one, and next less than three; two units or objects.-a symbol representing two units, as 2, ii., or ii.
two-cleft: divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.
two-edged: having two edges, or edges on both sides; as, a two-edged sword.
two-foot: measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a two-foot rule.
two-forked: divided into two parts, somewhat after the manner of a fork; dichotomous.
two-hand: employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. see dactylology.
two-handed: having two hands; -- often used as an epithet equivalent to large, stout, strong, or powerful.-used with both hands; as, a two-handed sword.-using either hand equally well; ambidextrous.
two-lipped: having two lips.-divided in such a manner as to resemble the two lips when the mouth is more or less open; bilabiate.
two-parted: divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts; bipartite.
two-ply: consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double.-woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft.
two-ranked: alternately disposed on exactly opposite sides of the stem so as to from two ranks; distichous.
two-sided: having two sides only; hence, double-faced; hypocritical.-symmetrical.
twofold: double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument.-in a double degree; doubly.
twopence: a small coin, and money of account, in england, equivalent to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on maundy thursday.
tyburn ticket: a certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices.
tycoon: the title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the japanese army, was known to foreigners.
tye: a knot; a tie.-a chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.-a trough for washing ores.-see tie, the proper orthography.
tying: of tie-p. pr. of tie.-the act or process of washing ores in a buddle.
tylosis: an intrusion of one vegetable cell into the cavity of another, sometimes forming there an irregular mass of cells.
tymp: a hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway in which the dam stands.
tympan: a drum.-a panel; a tympanum.-a frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed.
tympanic: like a tympanum or drum; acting like a drumhead; as, a tympanic membrane.-of or pertaining to the tympanum.-the tympanic bone.
tympanize: to drum.-to stretch, as a skin over the head of a drum; to make into a drum or drumhead, or cause to act or sound like a drum.
tympano: a kettledrum; -- chiefly used in the plural to denote the kettledrums of an orchestra. see kettledrum.
tympano-: a combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the tympanum; as in tympanohyal, tympano-eustachian.
tympanohyal: of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch.-the proximal segment in the hyoidean arch, becoming a part of the styloid process of the temporal bone in adult man.
tympanum: the ear drum, or middle ear. sometimes applied incorrectly to the tympanic membrane. see ear.-a chamber in the anterior part of the syrinx of birds.-one of the naked, inflatable air sacs on the neck of the prairie chicken and other species of grouse.-the recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table.-the space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch.-a drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation.
tympany: a flatulent distention of the belly; tympanites.-hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness.
tyne: to lose.-to become lost; to perish.-a prong or point of an antler.-anxiety; tine.
typal: relating to a type or types; belonging to types; serving as a type; typical.
type: the mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem.-form or character impressed; style; semblance.-a figure or representation of something to come; a token; a sign; a symbol; -- correlative to antitype.-that which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative.-a general form or structure common to a number of individuals; hence, the ideal representation of a species, genus, or other group, combining the essential characteristics; an animal or plant possessing or exemplifying the essential characteristics of a species, genus, or other group.  also, a group or division of animals having a certain typical or characteristic structure of body maintained within the group.-the original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; esp., the design on the face of a medal or a coin.-a simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.-a raised letter, figure, accent, or other character, cast in metal or cut in wood, used in printing.-such letters or characters, in general, or the whole quantity of them used in printing, spoken of collectively; any number or mass of such letters or characters, however disposed.-to represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.-to furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
typesetter: one who, or that which, sets type; a compositor; a machine for setting type.
typewriter: an instrument for writing by means of type, a typewheel, or the like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon paper.-one who uses such an instrument.
typewriting: the act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with a typewriter.
typhlosole: a fold of the wall which projects into the cavity of the intestine in bivalve mollusks, certain annelids, starfishes, and some other animals.
typhoean: of or pertaining to typhoeus (t/*f/"/s), the fabled giant of greek mythology, having a hundred heads; resembling typhoeus.
typhoid: of or pertaining to typhus; resembling typhus; of a low grade like typhus; as, typhoid symptoms.
typhomalarial: pertaining to typhoid fever and malaria; as, typhomalarial fever, a form of fever having symptoms both of malarial and typhoid fever.
typhon: according to hesiod, the son of typhoeus, and father of the winds, but later identified with him.-a violent whirlwind; a typhoon.
typhoon: a violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the chinese seas.
typhotoxin: a basic substance, c7h17no2, formed from the growth of the typhoid bacillus on meat pulp. it induces in small animals lethargic conditions with liquid dejecta.
typhus: a contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. see jail fever, under jail.
typical: of the nature of a type; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance; emblematic; prefigurative.-combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group; as, a typical genus.
typographical: of or pertaining to the act or act of representing by types or symbols; emblematic; figurative; typical.-of or pertaining to typography or printing; as, the typographic art.
typography: the act or art of expressing by means of types or symbols; emblematical or hieroglyphic representation.-the art of printing with types; the use of types to produce impressions on paper, vellum, etc.
typolite: a stone or fossil which has on it impressions or figures of plants and animals.
typothetae: printers; -- used in the name of an association of the master printers of the united states and canada, called the united typothetae of america.
tyrannical: of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government.
tyrannicidal: of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of a tyrant.
tyrannize: to act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices.-to subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress.
tyranny: the government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government.-cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster.-severity; rigor; inclemency.
tyrant: an absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty.-specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor.-any one of numerous species of american clamatorial birds belonging to the family tyrannidae; -- called also tyrant bird.-to act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; to tyrannical.
tyre: curdled milk.-attire. see 2d and 3d tire.-to prey. see 4th tire.
tyrian: of or pertaining to tyre or its people.-being of the color called tyrian purple.-a native of tyre.
tyro: a beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; a novice.
tyrolite: a translucent mineral of a green color and pearly or vitreous luster. it is a hydrous arseniate of copper.
tyrosin: a white crystalline nitrogenous substance present in small amount in the pancreas and spleen, and formed in large quantity from the decomposition of proteid matter by various means, -- as by pancreatic digestion, by putrefaction as of cheese, by the action of boiling acids, etc. chemically, it consists of oxyphenol and amidopropionic acid, and by decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol derivative.
tyrotoxicon: a ptomaine discovered by vaughan in putrid cheese and other dairy products, and producing symptoms similar to cholera infantum. chemically, it appears to be related to, or identical with, diazobenzol.
tysonite: a fluoride of the cerium metals occurring in hexagonal crystals of a pale yellow color.   cf. fluocerite.
u: the twenty-first letter of the english alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter v, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. u and v are now, however, differentiated, u being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and v only as a consonant. the true primary vowel sound of u, in anglo-saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering to the french ou in tour. etymologically u is most closely related to o, y (vowel), w, and v; as in two, duet, dyad, twice; top, tuft; sop, sup; auspice, aviary. see v, also o and y.
ubiety: the quality or state of being in a place; local relation; position or location; whereness.
ubiquitarian: one of a school of lutheran divines which held that the body of christ is present everywhere, and especially in the eucharist, in virtue of his omnipresence. called also ubiquitist, and ubiquitary.
ubiquitariness: quality or state of being ubiquitary, or ubiquitous.
ubiquitous: existing or being everywhere, or in all places, at the same time; omnipresent.
ubiquity: existence everywhere, or in places, at the same time; omnipresence; as, the ubiquity of god is not disputed by those who admit his existence.-the doctrine, as formulated by luther, that christ's glorified body is omnipresent.
uckewallist: one of a sect of rigid anabaptists, which originated in 1637, and whose tenets were essentially the same as those of the mennonists. in addition, however, they held that judas and the murderers of christ were saved. so called from the founder of the sect, ucke wallis, a native of friesland.
udal: in shetland and orkney, a freehold; property held by udal, or allodial, right.-allodial; -- a term used in finland, shetland, and orkney. see allodial.
udalman: in the shetland and orkney islands, one who holds property by udal, or allodial, right.
udder: the glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; -- popularly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds. see mamma.-one of the breasts of a woman.
udderless: destitute or deprived of an udder.-hence, without mother's milk; motherless; as, udderless lambs.
ugh: an exclamation expressive of disgust, horror, or recoil. its utterance is usually accompanied by a shudder.
ugly: offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.-ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly.-unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer.-a shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet.-to make ugly.
uhlan: one of a certain description of militia among the tartars.-one of a kind of light cavalry of tartaric origin, first introduced into european armies in poland.  they are armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers.
uintatherium: an extinct genus of large eocene ungulates allied to dinoceras. this name is sometimes used for nearly all the known species of the group. see dinoceras.
ularburong: a large east indian nocturnal tree snake (dipsas dendrophila). it is not venomous.
ulcer: a solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. it is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the tissues.-fig.: anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.-to ulcerate.
ulcerate: to be formed into an ulcer; to become ulcerous.-to affect with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers.
ulcerated: of ulcerate-affected with, or as with, an ulcer or ulcers; as, an ulcerated sore throat.
ulceration: the process of forming an ulcer, or of becoming ulcerous; the state of being ulcerated; also, an ulcer.
ulcerative: of or pertaining to ulcers; as, an ulcerative process.
ulcerous: having the nature or character of an ulcer; discharging purulent or other matter.-affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated.
ule: a mexican and central american tree (castilloa elastica and c. markhamiana) related to the breadfruit tree. its milky juice contains caoutchouc. called also ule tree.
ulema: a college or corporation in turkey composed of the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.
ulexite: a mineral occurring in white rounded crystalline masses. it is a hydrous borate of lime and soda.
uliginous: muddy; oozy; slimy; also, growing in muddy places.
ullage: the amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency.
ullet: a european owl (syrnium aluco) of a tawny color; -- called also uluia.
ullmannite: a brittle mineral of a steel-gray color and metallic luster, containing antimony, arsenic, sulphur, and nickel.
ulmaceous: of or pertaining to a suborder of urticaceous plants, of which the elm is the type.
ulmin: a brown amorphous substance found in decaying vegetation.  cf. humin.
ulna: the postaxial bone of the forearm, or branchium, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. see radius.-an ell; also, a yard.
ulnar: of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow; as, the ulnar nerve.
ulnare: one of the bones or cartilages of the carpus, which articulates with the ulna and corresponds to the cuneiform in man.
ulotrichan: of or pertaining to the ulotrichi.-one of the ulotrichi.
ulotrichi: the division of mankind which embraces the races having woolly or crispy hair.  cf. leiotrichi.
ulotrichous: having woolly or crispy hair; -- opposed to leiotrichous.
ulster: a long, loose overcoat, worn by men and women, originally made of frieze from ulster, ireland.
ulterior: situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.-further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.-ulterior side or part.
ultimate: farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final.-last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.-incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate constituent of matter.-to come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end.-to come or bring into use or practice.
ultimately: as a final consequence; at last; in the end; as, afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings.
ultimatum: a final proposition, concession, or condition; especially, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms a negotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually puts an end to the hesitation.
ultimo: in the month immediately preceding the present; as, on the 1st ultimo; -- usually abbreviated to ult.  cf. proximo.
ultra: going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures.-one who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical.
ultra vires: beyond power; transcending authority; -- a phrase used frequently in relation to acts or enactments by corporations in excess of their chartered or statutory rights.
ultra-: a prefix from the latin ultra beyond (see ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. in other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.
ultraist: one who pushes a principle or measure to extremes; an extremist; a radical; an ultra.
ultramarine: situated or being beyond the sea.-a blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. also used adjectively.
ultramontane: being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the alps, in respect to the one who speaks.-one who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the alps; a foreigner.-one who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. see ultramontanism.
ultramontanism: the principles of those within the roman catholic church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the alps in reference to the italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the alps and opposed to the papal claims.  cf. gallicanism.
ultrared: situated beyond or below the red rays; as, the ultrated rays of the spectrum, which are less refrangible than the red.
ultratropical: situated beyond, or outside of, the tropics; extratropical; also, having an excessively tropical temperature; warmer than the tropics.
ultraviolet: lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; -- said of rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of the spectrum.
ultrazodiacal: outside the zodiac; being in that part of the heavens that is more than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as, ultrazodiacal planets, that is, those planets which in part of their orbits go beyond the zodiac.
ulula: a genus of owls including the great gray owl (ulula cinerea) of arctic america, and other similar species. see illust. of owl.
ululate: to howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.
ulva: a genus of thin papery bright green seaweeds including the kinds called sea lettuce.
umbel: a kind of flower cluster in which the flower stalks radiate from a common point, as in the carrot and milkweed. it is simple or compound; in the latter case, each peduncle bears another little umbel, called umbellet, or umbellule.
umbellar: of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel.
umbellated: bearing umbels; pertaining to an umbel; umbel-like; as, umbellate plants or flowers.
umbellic: pertaining to, or obtained from, certain umbelliferous plants; as, umbellic acid.
umbelliferone: a tasteless white crystalline substance, c9h6o3, found in the bark of a certain plant (daphne mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the umbelliferae, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. it is analogous to coumarin. called also hydroxy-coumarin.
umbelliferous: producing umbels.-of or pertaining to a natural order (umbelliferae) of plants, of which the parsley, carrot, parsnip, and fennel are well-known examples.
umbellularia: a genus of deep-sea alcyonaria consisting of a cluster of large flowerlike polyps situated at the summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base.