AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
tetraneumona: a division of arachnida including those spiders which have four lungs, or pulmonary sacs. it includes the bird spiders (mygale) and the trapdoor spiders. see mygale.
tetraonid: a bird belonging to the tribe of which the genus tetrao is the type, as the grouse, partridge, quail, and the like. used also adjectively.
tetrapetalous: containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves; as, a tetrapetalous corolla.
tetrapharmacum: a combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment.
tetrapla: a bible consisting of four different greek versions arranged in four columns by origen; hence, any version in four languages or four columns.
tetrapod: an insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, as certain of the butterflies.
tetrarch: a roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign.-four.
tetrarchy: the district under a roman tetrarch; the office or jurisdiction of a tetrarch; a tetrarchate.
tetraspore: a nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds.
tetrastich: a stanza, epigram, or poem, consisting of four verses or lines.
tetrastyle: having four columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or colonnade.-a tetrastyle building.
tetrasyllabical: consisting of, or having, four syllables; quadrisyllabic.
tetrathionic: of, pertaining to, or designating, a thionic derivative, h/s/o/, of sulphuric acid, obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid.
tetratomic: consisting of four atoms; having four atoms in the molecule, as phosphorus and arsenic.-having a valence of four; quadrivalent; tetravalent; sometimes, in a specific sense, having four hydroxyl groups, whether acid or basic.
tetravalence: the quality or state of being tetravalent; quadrivalence.
tetravalent: having a valence of four; tetratomic; quadrivalent.
tetraxile: having four branches diverging at right angles; -- said of certain spicules of sponges.
tetrazo-: a combining form (also used adjectively), designating any one of a series of double derivatives of the azo and diazo compounds containing four atoms of nitrogen.
tetrazone: any one of a certain series of basic compounds containing a chain of four nitrogen atoms; for example, ethyl tetrazone, (c2h5)2n.n2.n(c2h5)2, a colorless liquid having an odor of leeks.
tetrinic: of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic acid, c5h6o3, obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- so called because once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of four carbon atoms. called also acetyl-acrylic acid.
tetrodon: any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging to tetrodon and allied genera. each jaw is furnished with two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth.
tetrol: a hypothetical hydrocarbon, c4h4, analogous to benzene; -- so called from the four carbon atoms in the molecule.
tetrolic: of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, c3h3.co2h, of the acetylene series, homologous with propiolic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.
tetroxide: an oxide having four atoms of oxygen in the molecule; a quadroxide; as, osmium tetroxide, oso/.
tetter: a vesicular disease of the skin; herpes. see herpes.-to affect with tetter.
tetter-totter: a certain game of children; seesaw; -- called also titter-totter, and titter-cum-totter.
tetterwort: a plant used as a remedy for tetter, -- in england the calendine, in america the bloodroot.
tettigonian: any one of numerous species of hemiptera belonging to tettigonia and allied genera; a leaf hopper.
teuton: one of an ancient german tribe; later, a name applied to any member of the germanic race in europe; now used to designate a german, dutchman, scandinavian, etc., in distinction from a celt or one of a latin race.-a member of the teutonic branch of the indo-european, or aryan, family.
teutonic: of or pertaining to the teutons, esp. the ancient teutons; germanic.-of or pertaining to any of the teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages.-the language of the ancient germans; the teutonic languages, collectively.
teutonicism: a mode of speech peculiar to the teutons; a teutonic idiom, phrase, or expression; a teutonic mode or custom; a germanism.
tew: to prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.-hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex.-to work hard; to strive; to fuse.-to tow along, as a vessel.-a rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string.
tewan: a tribe of american indians including many of the pueblos of new mexico and adjacent regions.
tewel: a pipe, funnel, or chimney, as for smoke.-the tuyere of a furnace.
texas: a structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc.
text: a discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.-the four gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.-a verse or passage of scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.-hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.-a style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, german text.-to write in large characters, as in text hand.
text-book: a book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.-a volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook.
text-hand: a large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand.
textile: pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.-that which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving.
textrine: of or pertaining to weaving, textorial; as, the textrine art.
textual: of, pertaining to, or contained in, the text; as, textual criticism; a textual reading.-serving for, or depending on, texts.-familiar with texts or authorities so as to cite them accurately.
textually: in a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text.
textuary: contained in the text; textual.-serving as a text; authoritative.-one who is well versed in the scriptures; a textman.-one who adheres strictly or rigidly to the text.
texture: the act or art of weaving.-that which woven; a woven fabric; a web.-the disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web.-the disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture.-a tissue. see tissue.-to form a texture of or with; to interweave.
th: in old english, the article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elision as if a part of the word. thus in chaucer, the forms thabsence, tharray, thegle, thend, thingot, etc., are found for the absence, the array, the eagle, the end, etc.
thalamencephalon: the segment of the brain next in front of the midbrain, including the thalami, pineal gland, and pituitary body; the diencephalon; the interbrain.
thalamiflorous: bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of de candolle.
thalamocoele: the cavity or ventricle of the thalamencephalon; the third ventricle.
thalamus: a mass of nervous matter on either side of the third ventricle of the brain; -- called also optic thalamus.-same as thallus.-the receptacle of a flower; a torus.
thalassic: of or pertaining to the sea; -- sometimes applied to rocks formed from sediments deposited upon the sea bottom.
thalassinian: any species of thalaassinidae, a family of burrowing macrurous crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen.
thaler: a german silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents.
thalia: that one of the nine muses who presided over comedy.-one of the three graces.-one of the nereids.
thaliacea: a division of tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as salpa and doliolum.
thalian: of or pertaining to thalia; hence, of or pertaining to comedy; comic.
thallene: a hydrocarbon obtained from coal-tar residues, and remarkable for its intense yellowish green fluorescence.
thallic: of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with the thallous compounds; as, thallic oxide.
thalline: consisting of a thallus.-an artificial alkaloid of the quinoline series, obtained as a white crystalline substance, c10h13no, whose salts are valuable as antipyretics; -- so called from the green color produced in its solution by certain oxidizing agents.
thallium: a rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites, and also in the lead-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. it is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. symbol tl. atomic weight 203.7.
thallogen: one of a large class or division of the vegetable kingdom, which includes those flowerless plants, such as fungi, algae, and lichens, that consist of a thallus only, composed of cellular tissue, or of a congeries of cells, or even of separate cells, and never show a distinction into root, stem, and leaf.
thallous: of or pertaining to thallium; derived from, or containing, thallium; specifically, designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as contrasted with the thallic compounds.
thallus: a solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens.
thamyn: an asiatic deer (rucervus eldi) resembling the swamp deer; -- called also eld's deer.
than: a particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. it is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, i would rather suffer than that you should want.-then. see then.
thane: a dignitary under the anglo-saxons and danes in england. of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. after the conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.
thaneship: the state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.
thank: a expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural.-to express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; -- used also ironically for blame.
thankful: obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.-impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful.
thankless: not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.-not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.
thanksgiving: the act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.-a public acknowledgment or celebration of divine goodness; also, a day set apart for religious services, specially to acknowledge the goodness of god, either in any remarkable deliverance from calamities or danger, or in the ordinary dispensation of his bounties.
thar: a goatlike animal (capra jemlaica) native of the himalayas. it has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. the hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. called also serow, and imo.-it needs; need.
tharos: a small american butterfly (phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also pearl crescent.
that: as a demonstrative pronoun (pl. those), that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. that, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; as, that which he has said is true; those in the basket are good apples.-as an adjective, that has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun.-as a relative pronoun, that is equivalent to who or which, serving to point out, and make definite, a person or thing spoken of, or alluded to, before, and may be either singular or plural.-as a conjunction, that retains much of its force as a demonstrative pronoun.-to introduce a clause employed as the object of the preceding verb, or as the subject or predicate nominative of a verb.-to introduce, a reason or cause; -- equivalent to for that, in that, for the reason that, because.-to introduce a purpose; -- usually followed by may, or might, and frequently preceded by so, in order, to the end, etc.-to introduce a consequence, result, or effect; -- usually preceded by so or such, sometimes by that.-in an elliptical sentence to introduce a dependent sentence expressing a wish, or a cause of surprise, indignation, or the like.-as adverb: to such a degree; so; as, he was that frightened he could say nothing.
thatch: straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.-a name in the west indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.-to cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.
thatching: of thatch-the act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc.-the materials used for this purpose; thatch.
thaumatrope: an optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.
thaumaturgist: one who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker.
thaumaturgus: a miracle worker; -- a title given by the roman catholics to some saints.
thaumaturgy: the act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain.
thaw: to melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.-to become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.-fig.: to grow gentle or genial.-to cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.-the melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed.
thawy: liquefying by heat after having been frozen; thawing; melting.
the: see thee.-a word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.-by that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
the gapes: a fit of yawning.-a disease of young poultry and other birds, attended with much gaping. it is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (syngamus trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. see gapeworm.
theandric: relating to, or existing by, the union of divine and human operation in christ, or the joint agency of the divine and human nature.
theanthropism: a state of being god and man.-the ascription of human atributes to the deity, or to a polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism.
theatine: one of an order of italian monks, established in 1524, expressly to oppose reformation, and to raise the tone of piety among roman catholics. they hold no property, nor do they beg, but depend on what providence sends. their chief employment is preaching and giving religious instruction.-one of an order of nuns founded by ursula benincasa, who died in 1618.
theatre: an edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed.-any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc.-that which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater.-a sphere or scheme of operation.-a place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war.
theatrical: of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures.
thebaic: of or pertaining to thebes in egypt; specifically, designating a version of the bible preserved by the copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. this version is also called the sahidic version.
thebaine: a poisonous alkaloid, c19h21no3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.
theban: of or pertaining to thebes.-a native or inhabitant of thebes; also, a wise man.
theca: a sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord.-the chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids.-the more or less cuplike calicle of a coral.-the wall forming a calicle of a coral.
thecal: of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess.
thecaphore: a surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae.-see basigynium.
thecla: any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin.
thecodactyl: any one of a group of lizards of the gecko tribe, having the toes broad, and furnished with a groove in which the claws can be concealed.
thecodont: having the teeth inserted in sockets in the alveoli of the jaws.-of or pertaining to the thecodonts.-one of the thecodontia.
thecodontia: a group of fossil saurians having biconcave vertebrae and the teeth implanted in sockets.
thecophora: a division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thecae and the gonophores in capsules. the campanularians and sertularians are examples. called also thecata. see illust. under hydroidea.
thecosomata: an order of pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. see pteropoda.
theft: the act of stealing; specifically, the felonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.-the thing stolen.
theftbote: the receiving of a man's goods again from a thief, or a compensation for them, by way of composition, with the intent that the thief shall escape punishment.
their: the possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country.
theism: the belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a god, as opposed to atheism, pantheism, or polytheism.
theist: one who believes in the existence of a god; especially, one who believes in a personal god; -- opposed to atheist.
theistical: of or pertaining to theism, or a theist; according to the doctrine of theists.
thelphusian: one of a tribe of fresh-water crabs which live in or on the banks of rivers in tropical countries.
thematic: of or pertaining to the theme of a word. see theme, n., 4.-of or pertaining to a theme, or subject.
theme: a subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.-discourse on a certain subject.-a composition or essay required of a pupil.-a noun or verb, not modified by inflections; also, that part of a noun or verb which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) in declension or conjugation; stem.-that by means of which a thing is done; means; instrument.-the leading subject of a composition or a movement.
then: at that time (referring to a time specified, either past or future).-soon afterward, or immediately; next; afterward.-at another time; later; again.-than.-in that case; in consequence; as a consequence; therefore; for this reason.
thenar: of or pertaining to the thenar; corresponding to thenar; palmar.-the palm of the hand.-the prominence of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar eminence; the ball of the thumb. sometimes applied to the corresponding part of the foot.
thenardite: anhydrous sodium sulphate, a mineral of a white or brown color and vitreous luster.
thence: from that place.-from that time; thenceforth; thereafter.-for that reason; therefore.-not there; elsewhere; absent.
theobromic: of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from cacao butter (from the theobroma cacao), peanut oil (from arachis hypogaea), etc., as a white waxy crystalline substance.
theobromine: an alkaloidal ureide, c7h8n4o2, homologous with and resembling caffeine, produced artificially, and also extracted from cacao and chocolate (from theobroma cacao) as a bitter white crystalline substance; -- called also dimethyl xanthine.
theocracy: government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of god; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the deity.-the state thus governed, as the hebrew commonwealth before it became a kingdom.
theocrasy: a mixture of the worship of different gods, as of jehovah and idols.-an intimate union of the soul with god in contemplation, -- an ideal of the neoplatonists and of some oriental mystics.
theocrat: one who lives under a theocratic form of government; one who in civil affairs conforms to divine law.
theocratical: of or pertaining to a theocracy; administred by the immediate direction of god; as, the theocratical state of the israelites.
theodicy: a vindication of the justice of god in ordaining or permitting natural and moral evil.-that department of philosophy which treats of the being, perfections, and government of god, and the immortality of the soul.
theodolite: an instrument used, especially in trigonometrical surveying, for the accurate measurement of horizontal angles, and also usually of vertical angles. it is variously constructed.
theodolitic: of or pertaining to a theodolite; made by means of a theodolite; as, theodolitic observations.
theogony: the generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the theogony of hesiod.
theologian: a person well versed in theology; a professor of theology or divinity; a divine.
theological: of or pertaining to theology, or the science of god and of divine things; as, a theological treatise.
theologize: to render theological; to apply to divinity; to reduce to a system of theology.-to frame a system of theology; to theorize or speculate upon theological subjects.
theology: the science of god or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of god, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) "the knowledge derivable from the scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of christian faith and life."
theomachist: one who fights against the gods; one who resists god of the divine will.
theomachy: a fighting against the gods, as the battle of the gaints with the gods.-a battle or strife among the gods.-opposition to god or the divine will.
theomancy: a kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations.
theophanic: of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.