AbstractPhil/geometric-vocab-english-full-a-to-z huggingface dataset:
whiteness: the quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.-want of a sanguineous tinge; paleness; as from terror, grief, etc.-freedom from stain or blemish; purity; cleanness.-nakedness.-a flock of swans.
whitening: of whiten-the act or process of making or becoming white.-that which is used to render white; whiting.
whites: leucorrh/a.-the finest flour made from white wheat.-cloth or garments of a plain white color.
whitesmith: one who works in tinned or galvanized iron, or white iron; a tinsmith.-a worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it.
whitethroat: any one of several species of old world warblers, esp. the common european species (sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (s. hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (s. curruca).
whitewall: the spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts.
whitewash: any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.-a composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime.-to apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.-to make white; to give a fair external appearance to; to clear from imputations or disgrace; hence, to clear (a bankrupt) from obligation to pay debts.
whiteweed: a perennial composite herb (chrysanthemum leucanthemum) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also oxeye daisy.
whitewing: the chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing.-the velvet duck.
whitewood: the soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree (liriodendron). it is much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc.
whitewort: wild camomile.-a kind of solomon's seal (polygonum officinale).
whither: to what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou?-to what or which place; -- used relatively.-to what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical.
whithersoever: to whatever place; to what place soever; wheresoever; as, i will go whithersoever you lead.
whiting: of white-a common european food fish (melangus vulgaris) of the codfish family; -- called also fittin.-a north american fish (merlucius vulgaris) allied to the preceding; -- called also silver hake.-any one of several species of north american marine sciaenoid food fishes belonging to genus menticirrhus, especially m. americanus, found from maryland to brazil, and m. littoralis, common from virginia to texas; -- called also silver whiting, and surf whiting.-chalk prepared in an impalpable powder by pulverizing and repeated washing, used as a pigment, as an ingredient in putty, for cleaning silver, etc.
whitish: somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree.-covered with an opaque white powder.
whitleather: leather dressed or tawed with alum, salt, etc., remarkable for its pliability and toughness; white leather.-the paxwax.  see paxwax.
whitlow: an inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. the inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone.-an inflammatory disease of the feet. it occurs round the hoof, where an acrid matter is collected.
whitsun: of, pertaining to, or observed at, whitsuntide; as, whitsun week; whitsun tuesday; whitsun pastorals.
whitsunday: the seventh sunday, and the fiftieth day, after easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the holy spirit on the day of pentecost; pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between easter and pentecost in white garments.-see the note under term, n., 12.
whitsuntide: the week commencing with whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- whitsunday, whitsun monday, and whitsun tuesday; the time of pentecost.
whitten tree: either of two shrubs (viburnum lantana, and v. opulus), so called on account of their whitish branches.
whittle: a grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of england, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.-same as whittle shawl, below.-a knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife.-to pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife.-to edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate.-to cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.
whittlings: chips made by one who whittles; shavings cut from a stick with a knife.
whitworth gun: a form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by sir joseph whitworth, of manchester, england.
whiz: to make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound.-a hissing and humming sound.
who: originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural.  see the note under what, pron., 1.  as interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: what or which person or persons? who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc.  who and whom, as compound relatives, are also used especially of persons, meaning the person that; the persons that; the one that; whosoever.-one; any; one.
whoever: whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be.
whole: containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation.-complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.-possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well.-the entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.-a regular combination of parts; a system.
whole-length: representing the whole figure; -- said of a picture or statue.-a portrait or statue representing the whole figure.
wholeness: the quality or state of being whole, entire, or sound; entireness; totality; completeness.
wholesale: sale of goods by the piece or large quantity, as distinguished from retail.-pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price.-extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter.
wholesome: tending to promote health; favoring health; salubrious; salutary.-contributing to the health of the mind; favorable to morals, religion, or prosperity; conducive to good; salutary; sound; as, wholesome advice; wholesome doctrines; wholesome truths; wholesome laws.-sound; healthy.
wholly: in a whole or complete manner; entirely; completely; perfectly.-to the exclusion of other things; totally; fully.
whoop: the hoopoe.-to utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl.-to cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.-to insult with shouts; to chase with derision.-a shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl.-a loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
whop: to throw one's self quickly, or by an abrupt motion; to turn suddenly; as, she whapped down on the floor; the fish whapped over.-to beat or strike.-a blow, or quick, smart stroke.-same as whap.-same as whap.
whopper: something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie.-one who, or that which, whops.-same as whapper.
whopping: very large; monstrous; astonishing; as, a whapping story.
whore: a woman who practices unlawful sexual commerce with men, especially one who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.-to have unlawful sexual intercourse; to practice lewdness.-to worship false and impure gods.-to corrupt by lewd intercourse; to make a whore of; to debauch.
whoredom: the practice of unlawful intercourse with the other sex; fornication; lewdness.-the sin of worshiping idols; idolatry.
whoremasterly: having the character of a whoremaster; lecherous; libidinous.
whoremonger: a whoremaster; a lecher; a man who frequents the society of whores.
whoreson: a bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. also used adjectively.
whorish: resembling a whore in character or conduct; addicted to unlawful pleasures; incontinent; lewd; unchaste.
whorl: a circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.-a volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.-the fly of a spindle.
whorled: furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves.
whort: the whortleberry, or bilberry.  see whortleberry (a).
whortleberry: in england, the fruit of vaccinium myrtillus; also, the plant itself.  see bilberry, 1.-the fruit of several shrubby plants of the genus gaylussacia; also, any one of these plants.  see huckleberry.
whur: to make a rough, humming sound, like one who pronounces the letter r with too much force; to whir; to birr.-to snarl or growl, as a dog.-a humming or whirring sound, like that of a body moving through the air with velocity; a whir.
why: for what cause, reason, or purpose; on what account; wherefore; -- used interrogatively.  see the note under what, pron., 1.-for which; on account of which; -- used relatively.-the reason or cause for which; that on account of which; on what account; as, i know not why he left town so suddenly; -- used as a compound relative.-a young heifer.
why-not: a violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening.
wich: a variant of 1st wick.-a street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, warwick, greenwick.-a narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.
wichitas: a tribe of indians native of the region between the arkansas and red rivers. they are related to the pawnees.  see pawnees.
wick: alt. of wich-a bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned.-to strike a stone in an oblique direction.
wicked: having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.-evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; -- said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs.-cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.-ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish.
wickedly: in a wicked manner; in a manner, or with motives and designs, contrary to the divine law or the law of morality; viciously; corruptly; immorally.
wickedness: the quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness.-a wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity.
wicker: a small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.-wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket.-same as 1st wike.-made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.
wickerwork: a texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture.
wicket: a small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture. piers plowman.-a small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated.-a small framework at which the ball is bowled. it consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top.-the ground on which the wickets are set.-a place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc.-the space between the pillars, in postand-stall working.
wicking: the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.
widdy: a rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch.
wide: having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.-having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference.-of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding.-of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet wide.-remote; distant; far.-far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.-on one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.-made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by mr. bell, and to narrow as used by mr. sweet. the effect, as explained by mr. bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by mr. sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. the wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd), etc.  see guide to pronunciation, / 13-15.-to a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.-so as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.-so as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.-that which is wide; wide space; width; extent.-that which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.
wide-awake: fully awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert.-a broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat.
widely: in a wide manner; to a wide degree or extent; far; extensively; as, the gospel was widely disseminated by the apostles.-very much; to a great degree or extent; as, to differ widely in opinion.
widen: to make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.-to grow wide or wider; to enlarge; to spread; to extend.
wideness: the quality or state of being wide; breadth; width; great extent from side to side; as, the wideness of a room.-large extent in all directions; broadness; greatness; as, the wideness of the sea or ocean.
widespread: spread to a great distance; widely extended; extending far and wide; as, widespread wings; a widespread movement.
widgeon: any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus mareca, of the genus anas. the common european widgeon (anas penelope) and the american widgeon (a. americana) are the most important species. the latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and whitebelly.
widmanstatten figures: certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron; -- so called after a. b. widmanstatten, of vienna, who first described them in 1808.  see the note and illust. under meteorite.
widow: a woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.-widowed.-to reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.-to deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.-to endow with a widow's right.-to become, or survive as, the widow of.
widow-wail: a low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (cneorum tricoccon) found in southern europe.
widowhood: the state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower.-estate settled on a widow.
width: the quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.
wield: to govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess.-to direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.-to use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.
wieldy: capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed to unwieldy.
wife: a woman; an adult female; -- now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like.-the lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; -- correlative of husband.
wifehood: womanhood.-the state of being a wife; the character of a wife.
wig: a covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in england by judges and barristers.-an old seal; -- so called by fishermen.-to censure or rebuke; to hold up to reprobation; to scold.-a kind of raised seedcake.
wigan: a kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from wigan, the name of a town in lancashire, england.
wigged: of wig-having the head covered with a wig; wearing a wig.
wiggery: a wig or wigs; false hair.-any cover or screen, as red-tapism.
wiggle: to move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water.-act of wiggling; a wriggle.
wiggler: the young, either larva or pupa, of the mosquito; -- called also wiggletail.
wight: weight.-a whit; a bit; a jot.-a supernatural being.-a human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language.-swift; nimble; agile; strong and active.
wigwag: to signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose.
wigwam: an indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also tepee.
wike: a temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be mowed in common ground, etc.; -- called also wicker.-a home; a dwelling.
wild: living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.-growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey.-desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land.-savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of africa or america.-not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy.-exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.-indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or /ewilderment; as, a wild look.-hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.-an uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of america; the wilds of africa.-wildly; as, to talk wild.
wild-cat: unsound; worthless; irresponsible; unsafe; -- said to have been originally applied to the notes of an insolvent bank in michigan upon which there was the figure of a panther.-running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.
wildering: of wilder-a plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation.
wilderness: a tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind.-a disorderly or neglected place.-quality or state of being wild; wildness.
wildfire: a composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; greek fire.-an old name for erysipelas.-a disease of sheep, attended with inflammation of the skin.-a sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder.
wilding: a wild or uncultivated plant; especially, a wild apple tree or crab apple; also, the fruit of such a plant.-not tame, domesticated, or cultivated; wild.
wildly: in a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly.
wildness: the quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.
wildwood: a wild or unfrequented wood. also used adjectively; as, wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes.
wile: a trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.-to practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure.-to draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly.
wiliness: the quality or state of being wily; craftiness; cunning; guile.