+
lap
v.t.
To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
+
lantern
n.
A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.
+
lateness
n.
The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season.
+
lickerish
a.
Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.
+
legend
n.
An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
+
lathe
n.
A machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.
+
labiodental
n.
A labiodental sound or letter.
+
latitudinarian
n.
One who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking.
+
loculous
a.
Divided by internal partitions into cells, as the pith of the pokeweed.
+
lubricator
n.
A contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery.
+
lift
n.
Help; assistance, as by lifting; as, to give one a lift in a wagon.
+
lunacy
n.
A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism.
+
languish
v.i.
To cause to droop or pine.
+
loss
v.t.
The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.
+
lohock
n.
See Loch, a medicine.
+
longipennes
n.pl.
A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, petrels, etc.
+
lycanthropous
a.
Lycanthropic.
+
lightboat
n.
Light-ship.
+
lassie
n.
A young girl; a lass.
+
ladylike
a.
Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.
+
learned
imp.|p.p.
of Learn
+
lathereeve
n.
Alt. of Lathreeve
+
lord
n.
A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.
+
latinizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Latinize
+
loomed
imp.|p.p.
of Loom
+
lary
n.
A guillemot; -- called also lavy.
+
lallation
n.
An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.
+
leveling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Level
+
livercolored
a.
Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown.
+
leamer
n.
A dog held by a leam.
+
logwood
n.
The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called haematoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood.
+
louse
n.
Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals; as, the head louse of man (Pediculus capitis), the body louse (P. vestimenti), and the crab louse (Phthirius pubis), and many others. See Crab louse, Dog louse, Cattle louse, etc., under Crab, Dog, etc.
+
leaper
n.
One who, or that which, leaps.
+
lithotype
n.
A kind of stereotype plate made by lithotypy; also, that which in printed from it. See Lithotypy.
+
letting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Let
+
lasso
v.t.
To catch with a lasso.
+
lysis
n.
The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.
+
lethean
a.
Of or pertaining to Lethe; resembling in effect the water of Lethe.
+
large
superl.
Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
+
lignification
n.
A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an incrustation of lignin.
+
linoleum
n.
A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.
+
local
n.
On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published.
+
levy
v.t.
To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
+
lirella
n.
A linear apothecium furrowed along the middle; the fruit of certain lichens.
+
loose
superl.
Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
+
lapdog
n.
A small dog fondled in the lap.
+
loitering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Loiter
+
liquefacient
n.
That which serves to liquefy.
+
lacquer
n.
A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mache, and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made.
+
lethargy
v.t.
To lethargize.
+
lotteries
pl.
of Lottery
+
loll
v.i.
To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease.
+
lipothymic
a.
Tending to swoon; fainting.
+
levy
n.
That which is levied, as an army, force, tribute, etc.
+
longingly
adv.
With longing.
+
lustwort
n.
See Sundew.
+
leprous
a.
Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling leprosy.
+
libertarianism
n.
Libertarian principles or doctrines.
+
liquidized
imp.|p.p.
of Liquidize
+
lie
n.
Anything which misleads or disappoints.
+
level
a.
Even; flat; having no part higher than another; having, or conforming to, the curvature which belongs to the undisturbed liquid parts of the earth's surface; as, a level field; level ground; the level surface of a pond or lake.
+
limitour
n.
See Limiter, 2.
+
licentiate
n.
One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor.
+
lickspittle
n.
An abject flatterer or parasite.
+
labyrinth
n.
The internal ear. See Note under Ear.
+
limy
a.
Smeared with, or consisting of, lime; viscous.
+
liard
a.
Gray.
+
loadsman
n.
Alt. of Lodesman
+
linament
n.
Lint; esp., lint made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.
+
logicalness
n.
The quality of being logical.
+
leucophane
n.
A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine. Called also leucophanite.
+
lipped
a.
Labiate.
+
liberticide
n.
A destroyer of civil liberty.
+
liefsome
a.
Pleasing; delightful.
+
lop
v.t.
To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to sho/ -- by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches.
+
laniard
n.
See Lanyard.
+
lipinic
a.
Lipic.
+
leucite
n.
A leucoplast.
+
lombard
n.
A form of cannon formerly in use.
+
liquefacient
n.
An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.
+
limbus
n.
A border or margin; as, the limbus of the cornea.
+
languet
n.
Anything resembling the tongue in form or office; specif., the slip of metal in an organ pipe which turns the current of air toward its mouth.
+
lyrical
a.
Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
+
lastage
n.
A tax on wares sold by the last.
+
lording
n.
The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage.
+
loo
n.
An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo.
+
louvre
n.
A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a).
+
life
n.
The system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively.
+
lodgment
v.
The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged.
+
look
v.i.
To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance; as, the patient looks better; the clouds look rainy.
+
low
superl.
Submissive; humble.
+
launch
v.i.
To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
+
lady
n.
A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.
+
lock
v.t.
To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast.
+
luminaries
pl.
of Luminary
+
lore
n.
The space between the eye and bill, in birds, and the corresponding region in reptiles and fishes.
+
lingulate
a.
Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.
+
latinized
imp.|p.p.
of Latinize
+
leperous
a.
Leprous; infectious; corrupting; poisonous.
+
levulinic
a.
Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid (called also acetyl-propionic acid), C5H8O3, obtained by the action of dilute acids on various sugars (as levulose).
+
loggerhead
n.
A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, / caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle.
+
late
v.
Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.
+
lanyard
n.
A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube.
+
linguatulina
n.pl.
An order of wormlike, degraded, parasitic arachnids. They have two pairs of retractile hooks, near the mouth. Called also Pentastomida.
+
laborious
a.
Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic.
+
lapwing
n.
A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the "plover's eggs" of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea.
+
living
n.
Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.
+
low
v.t.
To depress; to lower.
+
labialism
n.
The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language.
+
limit
v.t.
A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent.
+
limn
v.t.
To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.
+
lamp
n.
A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light.
+
lamb
v.i.
To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.
+
liberty
n.
A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison.
+
larviparous
a.
Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; -- said of certain insects.
+
lattice
n.
Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework.
+
lurdan
a.
Stupid; blockish.
+
lose
v.t.
To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.
+
locomotiveness
n.
Alt. of Locomotivity
+
labor
n.
To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of.
+
lombardeer
n.
A pawnbroker.
+
lead
v.t.
To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps; the double five was led.
+
lay
v.t.
To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.
+
linoxin
n.
A resinous substance obtained as an oxidation product of linoleic acid.
+
lemures
n.pl.
Spirits or ghosts of the departed; specters.
+
lapidaries
pl.
of Lapidary
+
lease
v.i.
To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.
+
logge
n.|v.
See Lodge.
+
lapstreak
a.
Alt. of Lapstrake
+
lithophytic
a.
Of or pertaining to lithophytes.
+
loan
n.
A loanin.
+
litarge
n.
Litharge.
+
lexical
a.
Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words; according or conforming to a lexicon.
+
logcock
n.
The pileated woodpecker.
+
lunge
v.t.
To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter.
+
limitation
v.t.
A settling of an estate or property by specific rules.
+
log
n.
A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.
+
laurel
n.
An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus (L. nobilis), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also sweet bay.
+
lochaber ax

Alt. of Lochaber axe
+
labyrinthiform
a.
Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate.
+
laryngoscopy
n.
The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope.
+
leasow
n.
A pasture.
+
labyrinthodont
a.
Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthodonta.
+
lignify
v.i.
To become wood.
+
locale
n.
A place, spot, or location.
+
lamellas
pl.
of Lamella
+
lackeying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lackey
+
lew
a.
Lukewarm; tepid.
+
lanifical
a.
Working in wool.
+
light
n.
The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to shade.  Cf. Chiaroscuro.
+
liripipe
n.
See Liripoop.
+
longilateral
a.
Having long sides especially, having the form of a long parallelogram.
+
ladys finger

One of the branchiae of the lobster.
+
languished
imp.|p.p.
of Languish
+
lamellicorn
n.
A lamellicorn insect.
+
logged
a.
Made slow and heavy in movement; water-logged.
+
leaven
n.
Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.
+
letuary
n.
Electuary.
+
leakiness
n.
The quality of being leaky.
+
laity
a.
Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.
+
ries
pl.
of Lectionary
+
lowing
n.
The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.
+
lactic
a.
Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc.
+
lethy
a.
Lethean.
+
lantanuric
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usually called allanturic acid.
+
lake
v.i.
To play; to sport.
+
lette
v.t.
To let; to hinder. See Let, to hinder.
+
laccic
a.
Pertaining to lac, or produced from it; as, laccic acid.
+
lactucarium
n.
The inspissated juice of the common lettuce, sometimes used as a substitute for opium.
+
lyceum
n.
A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions.
+
lordkin
n.
A little lord.
+
lash
n.
In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
+
luster lustre
n.
A period of five years; a lustrum.
+
laxness
n.
The state of being lax; laxity.
+
lenient
n.
A lenitive; an emollient.
+
looking
n.
The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face.
+
lardery
n.
A larder.
+
lycopodite
n.
An old name for a fossil club moss.
+
lustring
n.
A kind of glossy silk fabric. See Lutestring.
+
lee
a.
Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to weather; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel.
+
lucidness
n.
The quality of being lucid; lucidity.
+
lapps
n.pl.
A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia.
+
lapfuls
pl.
of Lapful
+
lay
v.t.
To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
+
limit
v.t.
The space or thing defined by limits.
+
limb
v.t.
To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
+
let

A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet.
+
lactometer
n.
An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus.
+
lithium
n.
A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., and otherwise widely disseminated, though in small quantities.
+
larval
a.
Of or pertaining to a larva.
+
locket
n.
A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament.
+
learning
n.
The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning.
+
lusty
superl.
Lustful; lascivious.
+
like
a.
In a like or similar manner.
+
licentiate
n.
One who has a license to exercise a profession; as, a licentiate in medicine or theology.
+
lengthening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lengthen
+
latirostres
n.pl.
The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies.
+
liturgically
adv.
In the manner of a liturgy.
+
linguist
n.
A person skilled in languages.
+
lenticular
a.
Resembling a lentil in size or form; having the form of a double-convex lens.
+
learning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Learn
+
lacrymal
n.
Alt. of Lacrymal
+
lacrymal
n.
See Lachrymatory.
+
little
n.
A small degree or scale; miniature.
+
level
a.
Even with anything else; of the same height; on the same line or plane; on the same footing; of equal importance; -- followed by with, sometimes by to.
+
logan
n.
A rocking or balanced stone.
+
lousy
a.
Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave.
+
low
v.i.
To burn; to blaze.
+
lobulate
a.
Alt. of Lobulated
+
layman
n.
A lay figure. See under Lay, n. (above).
+
loos
n.
Praise; fame; reputation.
+
lloyds
n.
An association of underwriters and others in London, for the collection and diffusion of marine intelligence, the insurance, classification, registration, and certifying of vessels, and the transaction of business of various kinds connected with shipping.
+
laudanine
n.
A white organic base, resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of opium.
+
loamy
a.
Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.
+
ladys slipper

Any orchidaceous plant of the genus Cypripedium, the labellum of which resembles a slipper. Less commonly, in the United States, the garden balsam (Impatiens Balsamina).
+
lill
v.i.
To loll.
+
librate
v.t.
To poise; to balance.
+
legato
a.
Connected; tied; -- a term used when successive tones are to be produced in a closely connected, smoothly gliding manner. It is often indicated by a tie, thus /, /, or /, /, written over or under the notes to be so performed; -- opposed to staccato.
+
leafnosed
n.
Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; -- said of certain bats, esp. of the genera Phyllostoma and Rhinonycteris. See Vampire.
+
l
n.
An extension at right angles to the length of a main building, giving to the ground plan a form resembling the letter L; sometimes less properly applied to a narrower, or lower, extension in the direction of the length of the main building; a wing.
+
lighted
imp.|p.p.
of Light
+
lace
n.
Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage.
+
lend
v.t.
To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some article of food.
+
light
v.i.
To become ignited; to take fire; as, the match will not light.
+
littery
a.
Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or constituting litter.
+
laconizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Laconize
+
leniment
n.
An assuasive.
+
lockman
n.
A public executioner.
+
lift
v.t.
To live by theft.
+
litigate
v.t.
To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause.
+
lack
v.t.
To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
+
lightly
adv.
Without dejection; cheerfully.
+
link
n.
Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
+
lack
interj.
Exclamation of regret or surprise.
+
light
superl.
Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical strength; as, a light burden, or load.
+
limber
n.
Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
+
lusting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lust
+
laniariform
a.
Shaped like a laniary, or canine, tooth.
+
lair
n.
A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.
+
lazed
imp.|p.p.
of Laze
+
leviration
n.
Levirate marriage or marriages.
+
lastery
n.
A red color.
+
londonize
v.i.
To impart to (one) a manner or character like that which distinguishes Londoners.
+
linen
n.
Underclothing, esp. the shirt, as being, in former times, chiefly made of linen.
+
liliaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of which the lily, tulip, and hyacinth are well-known examples.
+
lumbering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lumber
+
loach
n.
Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish.
+
lovyer
n.
A lover.
+
less
adv.
Not so much; in a smaller or lower degree; as, less bright or loud; less beautiful.
+
languor
n.
Listless indolence; dreaminess. Pope.
+
lottery
n.
Allotment; thing allotted.
+
low
superl.
Numerically small; as, a low number.
+
laundress
v.i.
To act as a laundress.
+
lophobranchii
n.pl.
An order of teleostean fishes, having the gills arranged in tufts on the branchial arches, as the Hippocampus and pipefishes.
+
logchip
n.
A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of a circle attached to the log line; -- called also log-ship. See 2d Log, n., 2.
+
lammergeier
n.
A very large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle.
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levant
n.
The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.
+
lutanist
n.
A person that plays on the lute.
+
leer
a.
Destitute of a rider; and hence, led, not ridden; as, a leer horse.
+
laryngotome
n.
An instrument for performing laryngotomy.
+
liegance
n.
Same as Ligeance.
+
ludwigite
n.
A borate of iron and magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of a blackish green color.
+
lustic
a.
Lusty; vigorous.
+
looch
n.
See 2d Loch.
+
legal
a.
Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade; anything is legal which the laws do not forbid.
+
limuli
pl.
of Limulus
+
lophosteons
pl.
of Lophosteon
+
lithotriptic
a.|n.
Same as Lithontriptic.
+
lobster
n.
Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters.
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laminarite
n.
A broad-leafed fossil alga.
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leer
v.i.
To look with a leer; to look askance with a suggestive expression, as of hatred, contempt, lust, etc. ; to cast a sidelong lustful or malign look.
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leg
n.
A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot.
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leopard
n.
A large, savage, carnivorous mammal (Felis leopardus). It is of a yellow or fawn color, with rings or roselike clusters of black spots along the back and sides. It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard.
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lacing
n.
A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc.
+
lumachel
n.
Alt. of Lumachella
+
letter
n.
A writing; an inscription.
+
lawny
a.
Made of lawn or fine linen.
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locellate
a.
Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one cavity is separated into several smaller ones.
+
land
v.t.
To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark.
+
lithotyping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lithotype
+
lowlander
n.
A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander.
+
lightarmed
a.
Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
+
larderer
n.
One in charge of the larder.
+
lactate
n.
A salt of lactic acid.
+
littering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Litter
+
life
n.
Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life.
+
laevo

A prefix. See Levo.
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lacteal
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.
+
ligament
n.
A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints.
+
libament
n.
Libation.
+
lute
v.i.
To sound, as a lute. Piers Plowman. Keats.
+
lest
a.
Last; least.
+
logomachy
n.
A game of word making.
+
leviratical
a.
Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with, a law of the ancient Israelites and other tribes and races, according to which a woman, whose husband died without issue, was married to the husband's brother.
+
ligger
a.
See Ledger, 2.
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latian
a.
Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy. See Latin.
+
lynx
n.
One of the northern constellations.
+
lifting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lift
+
lizard
n.
A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.
+
lidless
a.
Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful.
+
latinize
v.t.
To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England.
+
leaving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Leave
+
lobspound
n.
A prison.
+
lemming
n.
Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera Myodes and Cuniculus, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found in both hemispheres.
+
linden
n.
A handsome tree (Tilia Europaea), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves. The tree is common in Europe.
+
legend
n.
A story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous nature.
+
lath
v.t.
To cover or line with laths.
+
later
n.
A brick or tile.
+
leonced
a.
See Lionced.
+
linnaeite
n.
A mineral of pale steel-gray color and metallic luster, occurring in isometric crystals, and also massive. It is a sulphide of cobalt containing some nickel or copper.
+
lusitanian
n.
One of the people of Lusitania.
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low
superl.
Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet.
+
lip
n.
The odd and peculiar petal in the Orchis family. See Orchidaceous.
+
lulled
imp.|p.p.
of Lull
+
linchi
n.
An esculent swallow.
+
lustre
v.t.
To make lustrous.
+
lapper
n.
One who takes up food or liquid with his tongue.
+
losenger
n.
A flatterer; a deceiver; a cozener.
+
licenser
n.
One who gives a license; as, a licenser of the press.
+
leucosphere
n.
The inner corona.
+
load
v.t.
To magnetize.
+
ladde
obs.imp.
of Lead, to guide.
+
lucernal
a.
Of or pertaining to a lamp.
+
leavening
n.
That which leavens or makes light.
+
lusorious
a.
Alt. of Lusory
+
levulose
n.
A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized, occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence called also fruit sugar. It is called levulose, because it rotates the plane of polarization to the left.
+
liquidating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Liquidate
+
loo
n.
A modification of the game of "all fours" in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack.
+
linearly
adv.
In a linear manner; with lines.
+
letoff
n.
A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom.
+
lacrimoso
a.
Plaintive; -- a term applied to a mournful or pathetic movement or style.
+
librate
v.i.
To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised.
+
lassoed
imp.|p.p.
of Lasso
+
lacunar
a.
Pertaining to, or having, lacunae; as, a lacunar circulation.
+
life
n.
The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual.
+
levirate
a.
Alt. of Leviratical
+
lest
a.
That (without the negative particle); -- after certain expressions denoting fear or apprehension.
+
lungfish
n.
Any fish belonging to the Dipnoi; -- so called because they have both lungs and gills.
+
lettic
a.
Of or pertaining to the Letts; Lettish.
+
levigate
v.t.
To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder or paste.
+
lacunous
a.
Furrowed or pitted; having shallow cavities or lacunae; as, a lacunose leaf.
+
lowed
imp.|p.p.
of Low
+
lettering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Letter
+
lunar
n.
The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus; -- called also semilunar, and intermedium.
+
lushburg
n.
See Lussheburgh.
+
lecherer
n.
See Lecher, n.
+
lip
n.
An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel.
+
lovery
n.
See Louver.
+
longiroster
n.
One of the Longirostres.
+
leech
n.
A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
+
lay
n.
An obligation; a vow.
+
lochaber axe

A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotch Highlanders.
+
lent
a.
See Lento.
+
latinity
n.
The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom.
+
lash
n.
The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
+
lately
adv.
Not long ago; recently; as, he has lately arrived from Italy.
+
lordly
superl.
Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
+
lecanorin
n.
See Lecanoric.
+
leontodon
n.
A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (L. autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also lion's tooth.
+
locomotivity
n.
The power of changing place.
+
lone
n.
A lane. See Loanin.
+
lengthen
v.t.
To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out.
+
lamping
a.
Shining; brilliant.
+
lowly
a.
Not high; not elevated in place; low.
+
latisternal
a.
Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.
+
launch
n.
The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
+
ladylike
a.
Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.
+
lunet
n.
A little moon or satellite.
+
latered
a.
Inclined to delay; dilatory.
+
lamblike
a.
Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive.
+
lining
n.
That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything.
+
lubricous
a.
Lubric.
+
leisurably
adv.
At leisure.
+
lazzaroni
n.pl.
The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge.
+
limacina
n.
A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.
+
looed
imp.|p.p.
of Loo
+
lewd
superl.
Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple.
+
lordly
adv.
In a lordly manner.
+
ladies
pl.
of Lady
+
la
interj.
Look; see; behold; -- sometimes followed by you.
+
lumbaginous
a.
Of or pertaining to lumbago.
+
lightning
n.
A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.
+
limb
v.t.
To supply with limbs.
+
leitmotif
n.
See Leading motive, under Leading, a.
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lex
n.
Law; as, lex talionis, the law of retaliation; lex terrae, the law of the land; lex fori, the law of the forum or court; lex loci, the law of the place; lex mercatoria, the law or custom of merchants.
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licour
n.
Liquor.
+
longimanous
a.
Having long hands.
+
lode
n.
A water course or way; a reach of water.
+
lady
n.
A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.
+
lift
n.
One of the steps of a cone pulley.
+
lilliputian
n.
One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."
+
lifesaving
a.
That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.
+
leaking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Leak
+
laity
a.
The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.
+
litter
v.i.
To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
+
line
n.
A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch.
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livid
a.
Black and blue; grayish blue; of a lead color; discolored, as flesh by contusion.
+
lurid
a.
Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.
+
loather
n.
One who loathes.
+
lave
v.i.
To bathe; to wash one's self.
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laplander
n.
A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp.
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lusty
superl.
Of large size; big. [Obs.] " Three lusty vessels." Evelyn. Hence, sometimes, pregnant.
+
ligniperdous
a.
Wood-destroying; -- said of certain insects.
+
labarraques solution

An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant.
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layship
n.
The condition of being a layman.
+
lefthanded
a.
Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.
+
leap
v.i.
To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse.
+
lacedaemonian
a.
Of or pertaining to Lacedaemon or Sparta, the chief city of Laconia in the Peloponnesus.
+
limitarian
a.
Tending to limit.
+
levelly
adv.
In an even or level manner.
+
legitimist
n.
Specifically, a supporter of the claims of the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty to the crown of France.
+
lateritious
a.
Like bricks; of the color of red bricks.
+
languish
v.i.
To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.
+
loiterer
n.
One who loiters; an idler.
+
leaver
n.
One who leaves, or withdraws.
+
liquidate
v.t.
To make liquid.
+
larry
n.
Same as Lorry, or Lorrie.
+
lithiasis
n.
The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages.
+
lumbermen
pl.
of Lumberman
+
largo
n.
A movement or piece in largo time.
+
loud
superl.
Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder.
+
lepadite
n.
Same as Lepadoid.
+
light
superl.
Not copious or heavy; not dense; not inconsiderable; as, a light rain; a light snow; light vapors.
+
lythontriptic
a.
See Lithontriptic.
+
languageless
a.
Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent.
+
locular
a.
Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as trilocular.
+
lexicologist
n.
One versed in lexicology.
+
luxuriate
v.i.
To grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance.
+
lovelock
n.
A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I.
+
langya
n.
One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes.
+
lift
n.
An exercising machine.
+
leech
n.
See 2d Leach.
+
limitation
v.t.
A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during which they were permitted to exercise their functions in such a district.
+
lobelia
n.
A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers.
+
low

strong imp. of Laugh.
+
ludibrious
a.
Sportive; ridiculous; wanton.
+
laureate
n.
One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
+
lemon
n.
An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of the genus Citrus, the common fruit known in commerce being that of the species C. Limonum or C. Medica (var. Limonum). There are many varieties of the fruit, some of which are sweet.
+
lister
n.
A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.
+
leavening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Leaven
+
lay
v.t.
To place (new type) properly in the cases.
+
labor
v.t.
To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care.
+
lammas
n.
The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide.
+
liberate
a.
To release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to free; to manumit; to disengage; as, to liberate a slave or prisoner; to liberate the mind from prejudice; to liberate gases.
+
lankness
n.
The state or quality of being lank.
+
lingua franca

The commercial language of the Levant, -- a mixture of the languages of the people of the region and of foreign traders.
+
lyricism
n.
A lyric composition.
+
lampic
a.
Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; -- formerly said of a supposed acid.
+
loggerheaded
a.
Dull; stupid.
+
lanifice
n.
Anything made of wool.
+
lunitidal
a.
Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon.
+
lesbian
a.
Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.
+
learning
n.
The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.
+
lote
n.
A large tree (Celtis australis), found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherrylike fruit. Called also nettle tree.
+
liner
n.
One who lines, as, a liner of shoes.
+
langue doil

The dialect formerly spoken north of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oil, F. oui).
+
literalness
n.
The quality or state of being literal; literal import.
+
livery
n.
Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the London tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of London.
+
liturgiologist
n.
One versed in liturgiology.
+
lithesome
a.
Pliant; limber; flexible; supple; nimble; lissom.
+
log
n.
Hence: The record of the rate of ship's speed or of her daily progress; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.
+
lipocephala
n.pl.
Same as Lamellibranchia.
+
lesser
adv.
Less.
+
ledge
n.
A layer or stratum.
+
lag
v.t.
To transport for crime.
+
lollingly
adv.
In a lolling manner.
+
lithotriptor
n.
An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.
+
low
superl.
Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.
+
lammaking
a.
Enacting laws; legislative.
+
lamenting
n.
Lamentation.
+
lineage
n.
Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
+
lighthouse
n.
A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.
+
lapling
n.
One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.
+
latticework
n.
Same as Lattice, n., 1.
+
lentiginous
a.
Of or pertaining to lentigo; freckly; scurfy; furfuraceous.
+
lignifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lignify
+
lickerish
a.
Lecherous; lustful.
+
librated
imp.|p.p.
of Librate
+
louse
n.
Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid.
+
lodge
v.i.
To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street.
+
laminary
a.
Laminar.
+
limulus
n.
The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot.
+
laying
n.
The act of one who, or that which, lays.
+
legitimate
a.
Following by logical sequence; reasonable; as, a legitimate result; a legitimate inference.
+
lag
n.
The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing.
+
legitimating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Legitimate
+
legal
a.
Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets.
+
laudably
adv.
In a laudable manner.
+
liripoop
n.
Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem.
+
leanly
adv.
Meagerly; without fat or plumpness.
+
lacklustre
a.
Wanting luster or brightness.
+
licensure
n.
A licensing.
+
lobworm
n.
The lugworm.
+
lessor
v.t.
One who leases; the person who lets to farm, or gives a lease.
+
loophole
n.
A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy.
+
lymhound
n.
A dog held in a leam; a bloodhound; a limehound.
+
lard
n.
To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.
+
landscapist
n.
A painter of landscapes.
+
laconic
n.
Laconism.
+
look
v.t.
To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as, to look down opposition.
+
laminated
imp.|p.p.
of Laminate
+
lin
v.t.
To cease from.
+
leipothymic
a.
See Lipothymic.
+
larve
n.
A larva.
+
legation
n.
The place of business or official residence of a diplomatic minister at a foreign court or seat of government.
+
locus
n.
A place; a locality.
+
lawe
v.t.
To cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore feet.
+
liage
n.
Union by league; alliance.
+
locate
v.t.
To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
+
lycopode
n.
Same as Lycopodium powder. See under Lycopodium.
+
level
v.i.
To be level; to be on a level with, or on an equality with, something; hence, to accord; to agree; to suit.
+
lifter
n.
One who, or that which, lifts.
+
laureate
v.i.
To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.
+
lubrication
n.
The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.
+
lineality
n.
The quality of being lineal.
+
laky
a.
Pertaining to a lake.
+
lustre
n.
A substance which imparts luster to a surface, as plumbago and some of the glazes.
+
lech
v.t.
To lick.
+
laureate
a.
Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
+
loculi
pl.
of Loculus
+
littoral
a.
Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.
+
lending
n.
The act of one who lends.
+
levee
n.
The act of rising.
+
list
n.
A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.
+
lie
adj.
To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
+
logodaedaly
n.
Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words.
+
lint
n.
Flax.
+
leopards bane

A name of several harmless plants, as Arnica montana, Senecio Doronicum, and Paris quadrifolia.
+
lantanium
n.
Alt. of Lantanum
+
lexicographical
a.
Of or pertaining to, or according to, lexicography.
+
laminability
n.
The quality or state of being laminable.
+
leech
v.t.
See Leach, v. t.
+
leban
n.
Alt. of Lebban
+
launch
v.i.
To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out.
+
leg
v.t.
To run.
+
lead
v.t.
To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party.
+
longirostres
n.pl.
A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division.
+
limb
n.
The border or upper spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, or of a petal, or sepal; blade.
+
lussheburgh
n.
A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called.
+
lurcation
n.
Gluttony; gormandizing.
+
lucidity
n.
The quality or state of being lucid.
+
levelled

of Level
+
loge
n.
A lodge; a habitation.
+
lucubration
n.
That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.
+
lobate
a.
Alt. of Lobated
+
lucubratory
a.
Composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking.
+
lubricity
n.
Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property, which diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of oil.
+
lace
v.t.
To add spirits to (a beverage).
+
lawyer
n.
The burbot (Lota maculosa).
+
lodestone
n.
A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.
+
lizards tail

A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flowers crowded in a slender terminal spike, somewhat resembling in form a lizard's tail; whence the name.
+
lodemanage
n.
Pilotage.
+
low
superl.
Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.
+
lacuna
n.
A small opening; a small depression or cavity; a space, as a vacant space between the cells of plants, or one of the spaces left among the tissues of the lower animals, which serve in place of vessels for the circulation of the body fluids, or the cavity or sac, usually of very small size, in a mucous membrane.
+
league
n.
A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
+
luxate
a.
Luxated.
+
louver
n.
Alt. of Louvre
+
lap
n.
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
+
liking
p.a.
Looking; appearing; as, better or worse liking. See Like, to look.
+
lopeman
n.
Leaper; ropedancer.
+
location
n.
A leasing on rent.
+
luff
n.
The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
+
lactoprotein
n.
A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk.
+
men
pl.
of Lightman
+
lacing
n.
A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut.
+
lavatories
pl.
of Lavatory
+
loanable
a.
Such as can be lent; available for lending; as, loanable funds; -- used mostly in financial business and writings.
+
lapidescent
n.
Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.
+
linger
a.
To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
+
liriodendra
pl.
of Liriodendron
+
lozengy
a.
Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister.
+
larves
pl.
of Larve
+
like
superl.
Equal, or nearly equal; as, fields of like extent.
+
lapidarian
a.
Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record.
+
lore
n.
The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
+
lopsided
a.
Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of idiosyncrasies.
+
lamellary
a.
Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellae; lamellar.
+
learner
n.
One who learns; a scholar.
+
leveful
n.
Allowable; permissible; lawful.
+
lowminded
a.
Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.
+
limiter
n.
A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district.
+
liturate
a.
Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.
+
lagenae
pl.
of Lagena
+
lithomancy
n.
Divination by means of stones.
+
linguae
pl.
of Lingua
+
lingence
n.
A linctus.
+
latifoliate
a.
Alt. of Latifolious
+
ladies tresses

A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.
+
lecture
n.
A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.
+
leaguerer
n.
A besieger.
+
lunulae
pl.
of Lunula
+
ladylove
n.
A sweetheart or mistress.
+
lifeblood
n.
Fig.: That which gives strength and energy.
+
leg
v.t.
To bow.
+
lifesize
a.
Of full size; of the natural size.
+
logographic
a.
Alt. of Logographical
+
lisper
n.
One who lisps.
+
lares
n.pl.
See 1st Lar.
+
luctual
a.
Producing grief; saddening.
+
lowly
a.
Not lofty or sublime; humble.
+
loquaciously
adv.
In a loquacious manner.
+
libertinism
n.
Licentious conduct; debauchery; lewdness.
+
laundryman
n.
A man who follows the business of laundering.
+
lengthiness
n.
The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.
+
leiotrichous
a.
Having smooth, or nearly smooth, hair.
+
levulosan
n.
An unfermentable carbohydrate obtained by gently heating levulose.
+
livor
n.
Malignity.
+
lute
n.
A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed.
+
lambing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lamb
+
ligature
n.
A thread or wire used to remove tumors, etc.
+
lewis
n.
Alt. of Lewisson
+
lachrymae christi

A rich, sweet, red Neapolitan wine.
+
leagued
imp.|p.p.
of League
+
lered
v.t.
Learned.
+
lithotome
n.
A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art.
+
lich
a.
A dead body; a corpse.
+
legion
n.
A military force; an army; military bands.
+
leveret
n.
A hare in the first year of its age.
+
lithoglyphic
a.
Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious stones.
+
laplandish
a.
Of or pertaining to Lapland.
+
llano
n.
An extensive plain with or without vegetation.
+
levanter
n.
A strong easterly wind peculiar to the Mediterranean.
+
loch
n.
A lake; a bay or arm of the sea.
+
lumbal
a.
Of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar arteries.
+
lacerti
pl.
of Lacertus
+
leeched
imp.|p.p.
of Leech
+
lactamic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also amido-propionic acid.
+
luxuries
pl.
of Luxury
+
legging
n.
Alt. of Leggin
+
lavisher
n.
One who lavishes.
+
lagging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lag
+
leadwort
n.
A genus of maritime herbs (Plumbago). P. Europaea has lead-colored spots on the leaves, and nearly lead-colored flowers.
+
light
n.
The time during which the light of the sun is visible; day; especially, the dawn of day.
+
latinist
n.
One skilled in Latin; a Latin scholar.
+
land
n.
Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land.
+
litmus
n.
A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.
+
lay
v.t.
To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table.
+
lieutenantry
n.
See Lieutenancy.
+
lixiviate
a.
Alt. of Lixivited
+
lessener
n.
One who, or that which, lessens.
+
leucoscope
n.
An instrument, devised by Professor Helmholtz, for testing the color perception of the eye, or for comparing different lights, as to their constituent colors or their relative whiteness.
+
lamm
v.t.
See Lam.
+
life
n.
Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy.
+
limaceous
a.
Pertaining to, or like, Limax, or the slugs.
+
lieutenant
n.
An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another in the performance of any duty.
+
larding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lard
+
lest
n.
Lust; desire; pleasure.
+
losable
a.
Such as can be lost.
+
literalized
imp.|p.p.
of Literalize
+
lugsail
n.
A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.
+
larviform
a.
Having the form or structure of a larva.
+
leap year

Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See Bissextile.
+
last
a.
Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize.
+
lampas
n.
An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also lampers.
+
layner
n.
A whiplash.
+
lunary
a.
Lunar.
+
letchy
a.
See Leachy.
+
liedertafel
n.
A popular name for any society or club which meets for the practice of male part songs.
+
laguay
n.
A lackey.
+
losingly
adv.
In a manner to incur loss.
+
langteraloo
n.
An old game at cards. See Loo (a).
+
lich
a.
Like.
+
legging

a. & vb. n., from Leg, v. t.
+
lewisson
n.
A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.
+
lunar
a.
Of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.
+
leech
n.
The border or edge at the side of a sail.
+
libelled

of Libel
+
languish
n.
See Languishiment.
+
landfall
n.
Sighting or making land when at sea.
+
laying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lay
+
lyncher
n.
One who assists in lynching.
+
laniferous
n.
Bearing or producing wool.
+
liveliness
n.
An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; as, the liveliness of the eye or the countenance in a portrait.
+
livable
a.
Such as in pleasant to live in; fit or suitable to live in.
+
longe
n.
A thrust. See Lunge.
+
lip
v.t.
To utter; to speak.
+
lobe
n.
The projecting part of a cam wheel or of a non-circular gear wheel.
+
men
pl.
of Low-churchman
+
lock
v.i.
To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing; as, the door locks close.
+
litotes
n.
A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, " a citizen of no mean city," that is, of an illustrious city.
+
lavsium
n.
A supposed new metallic element. It is said to have been discovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to be of a silver-white color, and malleable.
+
losing
a.
Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.
+
ladle
v.t.
A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.
+
lam
v.t.
To beat soundly; to thrash.
+
lunge
n.
Same as Namaycush.
+
lispingly
adv.
With a lisp; in a lisping manner.
+
lab
v.i.
To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab.
+
lamish
a.
Somewhat lame.
+
lumbering
n.
The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
+
lienteric
a.
Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, a lientery.
+
limy
a.
Containing lime; as, a limy soil.
+
lind
n.
The linden. See Linden.
+
libelluloid
a.
Like or pertaining to the dragon flies.
+
listed
imp.|p.p.
of List
+
line
n.
A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure.
+
lapilli
n.pl.
Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles.
+
level
v.t.
To bring to a lower level; to overthrow; to topple down; to reduce to a flat surface; to lower.
+
long
adv.
Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how long will you be gone?
+
list
v.t.
To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.
+
lap
v.i.
To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.
+
laughworthy
a.
Deserving to be laughed at.
+
livre
n.
A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc.
+
logotype
n.
A single type, containing two or more letters; as, ae, Ae, /, /, /, etc. ; -- called also ligature.
+
language
n.
The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.
+
laconical
a.
See Laconic, a.
+
lanch
v.t.
To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.
+
liberalizer
n.
One who, or that which, liberalizes.
+
lanate

Alt. of Lanated
+
line
n.
Lineament; feature; figure.
+
lorgnette
n.
elaborate double eyeglasses.
+
luxurist
n.
One given to luxury.
+
link
n.
Sausages; -- because linked together.
+
levant
a.
Eastern.
+
lige
v.t.|i.
To lie; to tell lies.
+
lettish
n.
The language spoken by the Letts. See Lettic.
+
lyencephala
n.pl.
A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary.
+
leese
v.t.
To hurt.
+
lustering
n.
The brightening of a metal in the crucible when it becomes pure, as in certain refining processes.
+
legionaries
pl.
of Legionary
+
lag
n.
The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
+
lap
n.
To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one.
+
largess
a.
Alt. of Largesse
+
land
v.t.
To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes.
+
leonid
n.
One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; -- so called because these shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo.
+
lance
v.t.
To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
+
lee
n.
That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.
+
landlordism
n.
The state of being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands.
+
linguadental
n.
An articulation pronounced by the aid or use of the tongue and teeth.
+
laniate
v.t.
To tear in pieces.
+
littoral
a.
Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark.
+
limited
imp.|p.p.
of Limit
+
level
n.
A measurement of the difference of altitude of two points, by means of a level; as, to take a level.
+
latitudinarian
n.
One who departs in opinion from the strict principles of orthodoxy.
+
levy
v.t.
To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
+
lager wine

Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar.
+
lymphangial
a.
Of or pertaining to the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic.
+
lend
v.t.
To let for hire or compensation; as, to lend a horse or gig.
+
latter
a.
Of two things, the one mentioned second.
+
lengthen
v.i.
To become longer.
+
lakelet
n.
A little lake.
+
lithic
a.
Pertaining to the formation of uric-acid concretions (stone) in the bladder and other parts of the body; as, lithic diathesis.
+
luxury
n.
Anything which pleases the senses, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury.
+
leatherneck
n.
The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus).
+
loresman
n.
An instructor.
+
lucernaria
n.
A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.
+
loose
a.
To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.
+
lunged
a.
Having lungs, or breathing organs similar to lungs.
+
landgrave
n.
A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.
+
lichwort
n.
An herb, the wall pellitory. See Pellitory.
+
lightheaded
a.
Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious.
+
lifehold
n.
Land held by a life estate.
+
libration
n.
A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to rest.
+
laundering
n.
The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.
+
loper
n.
A swivel at one end of a ropewalk, used in laying the strands.
+
lime
n.
A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.
+
linen
n.
Thread or cloth made of flax or (rarely) of hemp; -- used in a general sense to include cambric, shirting, sheeting, towels, tablecloths, etc.
+
limitation
v.t.
A restriction of power; as, a constitutional limitation.
+
lusk
n.
A lazy fellow; a lubber.
+
lang
a.|adv.
Long.
+
lance
v.t.
To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.
+
leaping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Leap
+
loom
v.i.
To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
+
like
a.
To liken; to compare.
+
lope
v.i.
To leap; to dance.
+
lighten
v.i.
To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.
+
leftoff
a.
Laid aside; cast-off.
+
limping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Limp
+
lapwork
n.
Work in which one part laps over another.
+
lubrical
a.
Lascivious; wanton; lewd.
+
leeme
v.|n.
See Leme.
+
loiter
v.i.
To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.
+
limmer
n.
A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
+
leaden
a.
Made of lead; of the nature of lead; as, a leaden ball.
+
light
superl.
Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
+
lieutenancy
n.
The body of lieutenants or subordinates.
+
loose
superl.
Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
+
landmark
n.
Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.
+
ladies eardrops

The small-flowered Fuchsia (F. coccinea), and other closely related species.
+
location
n.
The act or process of locating.
+
leave
v.
To withdraw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house.
+
loot
n.
The act of plundering.
+
lammaking
n.
The enacting of laws; legislation.
+
lyre bird

Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail.
+
lacertian
n.
One of the Lacertilia.
+
leasable
a.
Such as can be leased.
+
lug
n.
Anything which moves slowly.
+
line
n.
That which has length, but not breadth or thickness.
+
lobulated
a.
Made up of, or divided into, lobules; as, a lobulated gland.
+
lambale
n.
A feast at the time of shearing lambs.
+
lifted
imp.|p.p.
of Lift
+
luring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lure
+
laver
n.
The fronds of certain marine algae used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and P. vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also sloke, or sloakan.
+
loosestrife
n.
Any species of the genus Lythrum, having purple, or, in some species, crimson flowers.
+
leucoturic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic substance of the uric acid group, called leucoturic acid or oxalantin. See Oxalantin.
+
locofoco
n.
A friction match.
+
luxullianite
n.
A kind of granite from Luxullian, Cornwall, characterized by the presence of radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals.
+
last
dpers.sing.pres.
of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.
+
loller
n.
A Lollard.
+
landwehr
n.
That part of the army, in Germany and Austria, which has completed the usual military service and is exempt from duty in time of peace, except that it is called out occasionally for drill.
+
lark
v.i.
To catch larks; as, to go larking.
+
legendary
n.
One who relates legends.
+
lavoltateer
n.
A dancer of the lavolta.
+
laurestine
n.
The Viburnum Tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter mouths.
+
link
v.i.
To be connected.
+
lowlily
adv.
In a lowly place or manner; humbly.
+
liquable
v.i.
Capable of being melted.
+
lustring

of Lustre
+
lanciform
a.
Having the form of a lance.
+
luckily
adv.
In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; -- used in a good sense; as, they luckily escaped injury.
+
live
a.
Vivid; bright.
+
letheed
a.
Caused by Lethe.
+
loosestrife
n.
The name of several species of plants of the genus Lysimachia, having small star-shaped flowers, usually of a yellow color.
+
limitary
v.t.
Confined within limits; limited in extent, authority, power, etc.
+
lexigraphy
n.
The art or practice of defining words; definition of words.
+
lyingin
n.
The act of bearing a child.
+
loverwise
adv.
As lovers do.
+
locally
adv.
With respect to place; in place; as, to be locally separated or distant.
+
lounge
n.
A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline.
+
longsightedness
n.
See Hypermetropia.
+
lappet
n.
A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
+
lawsonia
n.
An Asiatic and North African shrub (Lawsonia inermis), with smooth oval leaves, and fragrant white flowers. Henna is prepared from the leaves and twigs. In England the shrub is called Egyptian privet, and in the West Indies, Jamaica mignonette.
+
lighterage
n.
The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.
+
lithoidal
a.
Like a stone; having a stony structure.
+
lotus
n.
A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphaea Lotus and N. caerulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments.
+
linguistically
adv.
In a linguistic manner; from the point of view of a linguist.
+
loath
a.
Hateful; odious; disliked.
+
lunch
v.i.
To take luncheon.
+
l
n.
A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles.
+
labia
n.pl.
See Labium.
+
lymphitis
n.
See Lymphadenitis.
+
locky
a.
Having locks or tufts.
+
lapidescence
n.
A stony concretion.
+
liberty
n.
A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.
+
lineman
n.
One who carries the line in surveying, etc.
+
luff
n.
The roundest part of a ship's bow.
+
lactam
n.
One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol.
+
lighten
v.t.
To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief.
+
lapsed
imp.|p.p.
of Lapse
+
lisle
n.
A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures.
+
lion
n.
An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at that time.
+
lynx
n.
Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears.
+
late
v.
Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.
+
lateral
a.
Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.
+
lop
n.
A flea.
+
light
n.
To set fire to; to cause to burn; to set burning; to ignite; to kindle; as, to light a candle or lamp; to light the gas; -- sometimes with up.
+
lizard
n.
Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of other orders, as the Hatteria.
+
laryngitis
n.
Inflammation of the larynx.
+
lowk
n.
See Louk.
+
low
adv.
With a low musical pitch or tone.
+
latreutical
a.
Of or pertaining to latria.
+
live
v.i.
To pass one's time; to pass life or time in a certain manner, as to habits, conduct, or circumstances; as, to live in ease or affluence; to live happily or usefully.
+
liberality
n.
A gift; a gratuity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, a prudent man is not impoverished by his liberalities.
+
leanness
n.
The condition or quality of being lean.
+
lapillation
n.
The state of being, or the act of making, stony.
+
lusty
superl.
Beautiful; handsome; pleasant.
+
leak
a.
Leaky.
+
lobated
a.
Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf.
+
licentiate
v.t.
To give a license to.
+
lasting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Last
+
locken
n.
The globeflower (Trollius).
+
leady
a.
Resembling lead.
+
let
v.t.
To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering.
+
lay
n.
The laity; the common people.
+
lute
v.t.
To play on a lute, or as on a lute.
+
lecture
v.i.
To deliver a lecture or lectures.
+
launch
n.
The act of launching.
+
lamper eel

See Lamprey.
+
lumping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lump
+
lament
v.
Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
+
lead
n.
A lode.
+
landamman
n.
The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.
+
lithontriptist
n.
Same as Lithotriptist.
+
looting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Loot
+
lust
n.
Inclination; desire.
+
leafed
a.
Having (such) a leaf or (so many) leaves; -- used in composition; as, broad-leafed; four-leafed.
+
leatherwood
n.
A small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy.
+
larcenous
a.
Having the character of larceny; as, a larcenous act; committing larceny.
+
loathing
n.
Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation.
+
lay
v.i.
To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.
+
ladle
v.t.
The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.
+
lope
n.
A leap; a long step.
+
lackadaisical
a.
Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental.
+
lignaloes
n.
A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bible.
+
line
n.
A number of shares taken by a jobber.
+
liege
n.
A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.
+
lading
n.
The act of loading.
+
latibulizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Latibulize
+
ling
a.
A New Zealand food fish of the genus Genypterus. The name is also locally applied to other fishes, as the cultus cod, the mutton fish, and the cobia.
+
lither
a.
Bad; wicked; false; worthless; slothful.
+
lough
obs.strongimp.
of Laugh.
+
legitimacy
a.
The state, or quality, of being legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock.
+
lilliputian
a.
Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
+
lion
n.
A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one variety, called the maneless lion, the male has only a slight mane.
+
lees
n.
A leash.
+
lumbosacral
n.
Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacral nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over the sacrum.
+
laminating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Laminate
+
logaoedic
a.
Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of ordinary speech.
+
lapse
n.
A fall or apostasy.
+
lighten
v.i.
To descend; to light.
+
legless
a.
Not having a leg.
+
loiter
v.i.
To wander as an idle vagrant.
+
lowchurchman
n.
One who holds low-church principles.
+
long
superl.
Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
+
leisured
a.
Having leisure.
+
lured
imp.|p.p.
of Lure
+
lunacies
pl.
of Lunacy
+
lick
v.
A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied.
+
lithophagous
a.
Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich.
+
larder
n.
A room or place where meat and other articles of food are kept before they are cooked.
+
lionized
imp.|p.p.
of Lionize
+
lock
v.t.
To fasten with a lock, or as with a lock; to make fast; to prevent free movement of; as, to lock a door, a carriage wheel, a river, etc.
+
lintseed
n.
See Linseed.
+
loupcervier
n.
The Canada lynx. See Lynx.
+
lagger
n.
A laggard.
+
lobosa
n.pl.
An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Amoeba.
+
lady
n.
A wife; -- not now in approved usage.
+
laborsome
a.
Likely or inclined to roll or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea; having a tendency to labor.
+
lozenge
n.
Anything in the form of lozenge.
+
lambdacism
n.
The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American.
+
lessoning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lesson
+
lacturamic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic amido acid, which is regarded as a derivative of lactic acid and urea.
+
lewisson
n.
An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc.
+
last
v.i.
To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.
+
lauded
imp.|p.p.
of Laud
+
lunar
a.
Influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties; as, lunar herbs.
+
lemuridous
a.
Alt. of Lemurine
+
label
n.
The name now generally given to the projecting molding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture. It always has a /quare form, as in the illustration.
+
labadist
n.
A follower of Jean de Labadie, a religious teacher of the 17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism, and the obligation of community of property among Christians.
+
lubricity
n.
Slipperiness; instability; as, the lubricity of fortune.
+
locker
n.
One who, or that which, locks.
+
loam
n.
A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.
+
liver
n.
The glossy ibis (Ibis falcinellus); -- said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.
+
lamellose
a.
Composed of, or having, lamellae; lamelliform.
+
lakeweed
n.
The water pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper), an aquatic plant of Europe and North America.
+
lacunar
n.
The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels.
+
line
n.
A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to column.
+
lyra
n.
A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega.
+
lavature
n.
A wash or lotion.
+
lordlike
a.
Befitting or like a lord; lordly.
+
litigant
a.
Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant.
+
labrum
n.
An organ in insects and crustaceans covering the upper part of the mouth, and serving as an upper lip. See Illust. of Hymenoptera.
+
laterality
n.
The state or condition of being lateral.
+
language
n.
The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
+
larcenist
n.
One who commits larceny.
+
legislatress
n.
Alt. of Legislatrix
+
loud
superl.
Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united effort.
+
leaser
n.
One who leases or gleans.
+
lambdacism
n.
A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.
+
letterwood
n.
The beautiful and highly elastic wood of a tree of the genus Brosimum (B. Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood. It is much used for bows and for walking sticks.
+
lively
superl.
Representing life; lifelike.
+
limbo
n.
Alt. of Limbus
+
legionary
n.
A member of a legion.
+
lithological
a.
Of or pertaining to lithology.
+
lash
n.
A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
+
loveful
a.
Full of love.
+
lustful
a.
Exciting lust; characterized by lust or sensuality.
+
leman
n.
A sweetheart, of either sex; a gallant, or a mistress; -- usually in a bad sense.
+
lupinin
n.
A glucoside found in the seeds of several species of lupine, and extracted as a yellowish white crystalline substance.
+
lant
n.
Urine.
+
list
v.i.
To hearken; to attend; to listen.
+
legalized
imp.|p.p.
of Legalize
+
liftable
a.
Such as can be lifted.
+
light
n.
Prosperity; happiness; joy; felicity.
+
lawyerlike
a.
Alt. of Lawyerly
+
liard
n.
A French copper coin of one fourth the value of a sou.
+
lecture
n.
A rehearsal of a lesson.
+
lauding
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Laud
+
leve
n.|v.
Same as 3d & 4th Leave.
+
lesser
a.
Less; smaller; inferior.
+
leptocardia
n.pl.
The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The blood is colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and the backbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. See Amphioxus.
+
levitically
adv.
After the manner of the Levites; in accordance with the levitical law.
+
limber
n.
The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage.
+
labor
v.t.
To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil.
+
ligger
n.
A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See Leger, a.
+
lactescence
n.
The state or quality of producing milk, or milklike juice; resemblance to milk; a milky color.
+
lum
n.
A chimney.
+
laundress
n.
A woman whose employment is laundering.
+
longevity
n.
Long duration of life; length of life.
+
loop
n.
A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
+
lapponian
a.
Alt. of Lapponic
+
longing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Long
+
loose
v.i.
To set sail.
+
leguleian
a.
Lawyerlike; legal.
+
lyingly
adv.
In a lying manner; falsely.
+
lousiness
n.
The state or quality of being lousy.
+
loord
n.
A dull, stupid fellow; a drone.
+
line
n.
The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad.
+
launderer
n.
One who follows the business of laundering.
+
liable
v.t.
Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
+
laminate
v.i.
To separate into laminae.
+
lavolta
n.
An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring or bound.
+
livered
a.
Having (such) a liver; used in composition; as, white-livered.
+
libel
n.
Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
+
limber
v.t.
To cause to become limber; to make flexible or pliant.
+
lienointestinal
a.
Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno-intestinal vein of the frog.
+
lag
v.i.
To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.
+
lactin
n.
See Lactose.
+
lard
v.i.
To grow fat.
+
loaves
n.
pl. of Loaf.
+
list
n.
A stripe.
+
least
adv.
In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.
+
lobby
n.
An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
+
lovely
superl.
Very pleasing; -- applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as, a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody.
+
limehound
n.
A dog used in hunting the wild boar; a leamer.
+
lutation
n.
The act or method of luting vessels.
+
lamplight
n.
Light from a lamp.
+
liberalism
n.
Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal party.
+
lineal
a.
Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs.
+
lobe
n.
A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot.
+
leave
v.
To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish.
+
lustred
imp.|p.p.
of Lustre
+
lust
n.
Licentious craving; sexual appetite.
+
larded
imp.|p.p.
of Lard
+
lower
v.i.
To frown; to look sullen.
+
lady
n.
A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.
+
lime
n.
A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller; also, the tree which bears it. There are two kinds; Citrus Medica, var. acida which is intensely sour, and the sweet lime (C. Medica, var. Limetta) which is only slightly sour.
+
lent
n.
A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.
+
lost
v.t.
Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope; as, a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul.
+
lied
n.
A lay; a German song. It differs from the French chanson, and the Italian canzone, all three being national.
+
likeliness
n.
Likelihood; probability.
+
levyne
n.
Alt. of Levynite
+
lodging
n.
Abiding place; harbor; cover.
+
luck
n.
That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill.
+
li
n.
A Chinese copper coin; a cash. See Cash.
+
liberalistic
a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, liberalism; as, liberalistic opinions.
+
lord
n.
A husband.
+
license
n.
Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors.
+
lithoclast
n.
An instrument for crushing stones in the bladder.
+
lycotropous
a.
Campylotropous.
+
labellums
pl.
of Labellum
+
lodge
n.
The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; -- called also platt.
+
lap
n.
To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth.
+
labella
pl.
of Labellum
+
laboredly
adv.
In a labored manner; with labor.
+
leaked
imp.|p.p.
of Leak
+
loggerhead
n.
A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.
+
livelihood
n.
Liveliness; appearance of life.
+
laying
n.
The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch.
+
lethargy
n.
A state of inaction or indifference.
+
lanching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lanch
+
literatus
n.
A learned man; a man acquainted with literature; -- chiefly used in the plural.
+
lard
n.
To smear with lard or fat.
+
lay
a.
A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.
+
las
n.
A lace. See Lace.
+
lunch
n.
A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner.
+
luxuriety
n.
Luxuriance.
+
latinize
v.i.
To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin.
+
lengest
a.
Longer; longest; -- obsolete compar. and superl. of long.
+
lamentin
n.
See Lamantin.
+
longly
adv.
For a long time; hence, wearisomely.
+
lithocyst
n.
A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (otoliths). They are found in many Medusae, and other invertebrates, and are supposed to be auditory organs.
+
lockram
n.
A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany.
+
leak
n.
To enter or escape, as a fluid, through a hole, crevice, etc. ; to pass gradually into, or out of, something; -- usually with in or out.
+
lithotype
v.t.
To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy. See Lithotypy.
+
larboard
a.
On or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel; port; as, the larboard quarter.
+
lamellarly
adv.
In thin plates or scales.
+
leafy
superl
Full of leaves; abounding in leaves; as, the leafy forest.
+
lettered
imp.|p.p.
of Letter
+
lop
a.
Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided.
+
luxurious
a.
Of or pertaining to luxury; ministering to luxury; supplied with the conditions of luxury; as, a luxurious life; a luxurious table; luxurious ease.
+
lay
n.
Faith; creed; religious profession.
+
lock hospital

A hospital for the treatment of venereal diseases.
+
luteous
a.
Yellowish; more or less like buff.
+
lad

p. p. of Lead, to guide.
+
lather
n.
Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
+
lair
n.
A pasture; sometimes, food.
+
leuc

A combining form signifying white, colorless; specif. (Chem.), denoting an extensive series of colorless organic compounds, obtained by reduction from certain other colored compounds; as, leucaniline, leucaurin, etc.
+
life
n.
Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity.
+
lovingness
n.
Affection; kind regard.
+
latch
n.
A latching.
+
lattice
n.
The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal.
+
linkman
n.
A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.
+
loob
n.
The clay or slimes washed from tin ore in dressing.
+
lice
pl.
of Louse
+
loll
v.t.
To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.
+
logroll
v.i.|t.
To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling.
+
lure
n.
To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.
+
loweringly
adv.
In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.
+
luteocobaltic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of cobalt having a yellow color.  Cf. Cobaltic.
+
lionced
a.
Adorned with lions' heads; having arms terminating in lions' heads; -- said of a cross.
+
lamaite
n.
One who believes in Lamaism.
+
liquidation
n.
The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated.
+
larum
n.
See Alarum, and Alarm.
+
lychee
n.
See Litchi.
+
locksmith
n.
An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.
+
luctation
n.
Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor.
+
liberal
a.
Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language.
+
lacunar
n.
One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling.
+
leveler
n.
One who, or that which, levels.
+
lyrism
n.
The act of playing on a lyre or harp.
+
lonesome
superl.
Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary.
+
lovesome
a.
Lovely.
+
little
a.
Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.
+
lump
v.i.
To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.
+
loudvoiced
a.
Having a loud voice; noisy; clamorous.
+
lathing
n.
The act or process of covering with laths; laths, collectively; a covering of laths.
+
leg
n.
That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or dividers.
+
lofty
superl.
Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride; haughty.
+
libel
v.t.
To proceed against by filing a libel, particularly against a ship or goods.
+
libration
n.
The act or state of librating.
+
leave
v.i.
To send out leaves; to leaf; -- often with out.
+
lithologically
adv.
From a lithological point of view; as, to consider a stratum lithologically.
+
local
a.
Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom.
+
lawless
a.
Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled.
+
logistic
a.
Alt. of Logistical
+
lose
v.t.
To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.
+
lurcher
n.
One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher.
+
licking
n.
A lapping with the tongue.
+
lactoscope
n.
An instrument for estimating the amount of cream contained in milk by ascertaining its relative opacity.
+
lithophyll
n.
A fossil leaf or impression of a leaf.
+
liquefied
imp.|p.p.
of Liquefy
+
lenticulae
pl.
of Lenticula
+
liverwort
n.
A flowerless plant (Marchantia polymorpha), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond.
+
lasting
adv.
In a lasting manner.
+
loxodremism
n.
The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.
+
lithological
a.
Of or pertaining to the character of a rock, as derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral contents.
+
landgraviate
n.
The territory held by a landgrave.
+
laissez faire

Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system government.
+
lithophagous
a.
Eating or destroying stone; -- applied to various animals which make burrows in stone, as many bivalve mollusks, certain sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. See Lithodomus.
+
leverock
n.
A lark.
+
lycanthropy
n.
The supposed act of turning one's self or another person into a wolf.
+
laureateship
n.
State, or office, of a laureate.
+
largehanded
a.
Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.
+
lords and ladies

The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), -- those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies.
+
latten
n.
Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten.
+
lift
n.
The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.
+
lama
n.
See Llama.
+
lunation
n.
The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29/ to 29/ days, the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s.
+
larkspur
n.
A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur (D. elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee.
+
lullingly
adv.
In a lulling manner; soothingly.
+
licorice
n.
The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes.
+
lunge
n.
A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.
+
limniad
n.
See Limoniad.
+
lok
n.
Alt. of Loki
+
lappish
a.
Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish.
+
legibly
adv.
In a legible manner.
+
late
v.
Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
+
limited
a.
Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited.
+
leaseholder
n.
A tenant under a lease.
+
llanos
pl.
of Llano
+
livery
n.
The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.
+
longly
adv.
With longing desire.
+
lithy
a.
Easily bent; pliable.
+
lather
v.t.
To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.
+
lunar
a.
Measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month.
+
lapis
n.
A stone.
+
lumbricus
n.
A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligochaeta, and including the common earthworms. See Earthworm.
+
laurite
n.
A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon.
+
lozenge
n.
A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.
+
lune
n.
A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles.
+
lake
n.
A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.
+
laurel
n.
A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
+
leeringly
adv.
In a leering manner.
+
lecturn
n.
A choir desk, or reading desk, in some churches, from which the lections, or Scripture lessons, are chanted or read; hence, a reading desk. [Written also lectern and lettern.]
+
ligature
v.t.
To ligate; to tie.
+
lifen
v.t.
To enliven.
+
likely
a.
Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; -- followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to rain.
+
lightfooted
a.
Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris.
+
lollardism
n.
Alt. of Lollardy
+
linked
imp.|p.p.
of Link
+
lycanthropy
n.
A kind of erratic melancholy, in which the patient imagines himself a wolf, and imitates the actions of that animal.
+
liquefiable
a.
Capable of being changed from a solid to a liquid state.
+
lophophore
n.
A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa. See Phylactolemata.
+
leader
n.
The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper; a leading or main editorial article.
+
liberty
n.
The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.
+
lap
n.
An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
+
laughingstock
n.
An object of ridicule; a butt of sport.
+
licorice
n.
A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (G. glabra), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions.
+
lout
n.
A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
+
lant
n.
Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (A. tobianus) and the American species (A. Americanus) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also launce, and sand eel.
+
lade
v.t.
To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern.
+
leaviness
n.
Leafiness.
+
lumbrical
a.
Resembling a worm; as, the lumbrical muscles of the hands of the hands and feet.
+
laodicean
a.
Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.
+
lift
v.i.
To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.
+
labyrinth
n.
A series of canals through which a stream of water is directed for suspending, carrying off, and depositing at different distances, the ground ore of a metal.
+
ly
a.
A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs, and denoting likeness or resemblance.
+
lool
n.
A vessel used to receive the washings of ores of metals.
+
leno
n.
A light open cotton fabric used for window curtains.
+
lathering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lather
+
luciform
a.
Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light.
+
lineolate
a.
Marked longitudinally with fine lines.
+
lever
n.
An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
+
lithophane
n.
Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, -- as when hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade.
+
lif
n.
The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.
+
left
a.
Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side; -- opposed to right, when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the left hand, or arm; the left ear. Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals.
+
lone
a.
Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.
+
limpid
a.
Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream.
+
labipalpus
n.
One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium.
+
literalism
n.
That which accords with the letter; a mode of interpreting literally; adherence to the letter.
+
longing
n.
An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.
+
liberalist
n.
A liberal.
+
line
n.
A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line.
+
language
n.
A race, as distinguished by its speech.
+
letheonize
v.t.
To subject to the influence of letheon.
+
labor
n.
To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth.
+
labial
n.
A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.
+
logos
n.
The divine Word; Christ.
+
lyme grass

A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, esp. E. Canadensis, and the European E. arenarius.
+
latitudinarian
a.
Lax in moral or religious principles.
+
lation
n.
Transportation; conveyance.
+
liability
n.
the sum of one's pecuniary obligations; -- opposed to assets.
+
lapse
v.i.
To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
+
lorel
n.
A good for nothing fellow; a vagabond.
+
letalone
a.
Letting alone.
+
lousily
adv.
In a lousy manner; in a mean, paltry manner; scurvily.
+
lamina
n.
A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
+
linguatulida
n.pl.
Same as Linguatulina.
+
legation
n.
The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another.
+
lyric
n.
The words of a song.
+
lifeblood
n.
The blood necessary to life; vital blood.
+
lobelet
n.
A small lobe; a lobule.
+
lacerta
n.
The Lizard, a northern constellation.
+
luckless
a.
Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid.
+
lyraid
n.
Same as Lyrid.
+
landpoor
a.
Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
+
landlouper
n.
A vagabond; a vagrant.
+
landholder
n.
A holder, owner, or proprietor of land.
+
loathe
v.i.
To feel disgust or nausea.
+
line
n.
The equator; -- usually called the line, or equinoctial line; as, to cross the line.
+
length
a.
Distance.
+
liquid
n.
A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not aeriform.
+
lorication
n.
The act of loricating; the protecting substance put on; a covering of scales or plates.
+
lexigraphic
a.
Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
+
literal
a.
Following the letter or exact words; not free.
+
legislatrix
n.
A woman who makes laws.
+
liquefying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Liquefy
+
lightwinged
a.
Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting.
+
lunule
n.
A small or narrow crescent.
+
librating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Librate
+
lamaistic
a.
Of or pertaining to Lamaism.
+
level
n.
A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all points are equally distant from the center of the earth, or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere.
+
laciniolate
a.
Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute laciniae.
+
libertinage
n.
Libertinism; license.
+
limer
n.
A limehound; a limmer.
+
louse
n.
Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira.
+
lemonade
n.
A beverage consisting of lemon juice mixed with water and sweetened.
+
ligure
n.
A kind of precious stone.
+
lear
v.t.
To learn. See Lere, to learn.
+
low
superl.
Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
+
litharge
n.
Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. Called also massicot.
+
loathe
v.t.
To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.
+
lifting
a.
Used in, or for, or by, lifting.
+
looking
n.
The act of one who looks; a glance.
+
loanin
n.
Alt. of Loaning
+
link
n.
Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
+
leavened
imp.|p.p.
of Leaven
+
liberal
a.
Free to excess; regardless of law or moral restraint; licentious.
+
light
n.
That which furnishes, or is a source of, light, as the sun, a star, a candle, a lighthouse, etc.
+
lombarhouse
n.
A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de piete.
+
loller
n.
One who lolls.
+
ley
n.
Law.
+
leaguing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of League
+
lapidary
a.
Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation.
+
latimer
n.
An interpreter. [Obs.] Coke.
+
longitudinal
n.
A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
+
labor
n.
To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
+
lectica
n.
A kind of litter or portable couch.
+
loving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Love
+
legitimism
n.
The principles or plans of legitimists.
+
latticing
n.
A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut.
+
lapstone
n.
A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.
+
lighting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Light
+
lithogenous
a.
Stone-producing; -- said of polyps which form coral.
+
lamdoidal
a.
Lambdoid.
+
laundries
pl.
of Laundry
+
laundry
n.
A place or room where laundering is done.
+
lascivious
a.
Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires.
+
lift
n.
A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
+
lithologist
n.
One who is skilled in lithology.
+
leatheret
n.
Alt. of Leatherette
+
liveries
pl.
of Livery
+
lobular
a.
Like a lobule; pertaining to a lobule or lobules.
+
lazy
superl.
Wicked; vicious.
+
lyrated
a.
Shaped like a lyre, as the tail of the blackcock, or that of the lyre bird.
+
ligniferous
a.
Yielding or producing wood.
+
leaching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Leach
+
lobe
n.
A round projecting part of an organ, as of the liver, lungs, brain, etc. See Illust. of Brain.
+
lauraceous
a.
Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Lauraceae) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc.
+
lernaeacea
n.pl.
A suborder of copepod Crustacea, including a large number of remarkable forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
lava
n.
The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.
+
lay
v.t.
To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.
+
lever
a.
More agreeable; more pleasing.
+
literal
a.
Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of fast; -- applied to persons.
+
lass
n.
A youth woman; a girl; a sweetheart.
+
lobar
a.
Of or pertaining to a lobe; characterized by, or like, a lobe or lobes.
+
legist
n.
One skilled in the laws; a writer on law.
+
low
adv.
In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
+
lathy
a.
Like a lath; long and slender.
+
low
n.
The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.
+
logarithmical
a.
Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms.
+
lapidist
n.
A lapidary.
+
leer
n.
A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion.
+
lumber
n.
A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
+
look
v.i.
To direct the attention (to something); to consider; to examine; as, to look at an action.
+
latin
a.
Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.
+
legitimateness
n.
The state or quality of being legitimate; lawfulness; genuineness.
+
lag
n.
One transported for a crime.
+
ligature
n.
The act of binding.
+
loser
n.
One who loses.
+
laminate
a.
Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
+
licensing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of License
+
lid
n.
A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti.
+
liberal
n.
One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters; an opponent of the established systems; a reformer; in English politics, a member of the Liberal party, so called.  Cf. Whig.
+
laccolith
n.
A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.
+
lungie
n.
A guillemot.
+
lare
v.t.
To feed; to fatten.
+
latinization
n.
The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country.
+
loudness
n.
The quality or state of being loud.
+
line
n.
A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers.
+
large
n.
A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.
+
longipalp
n.
One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi.
+
loobily
adv.
Awkwardly.
+
lardry
n.
A larder.
+
linseywoolsey
n.
Jargon.
+
lampblack
n.
The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements.
+
lignose
a.
Alt. of Lignous
+
lampate
n.
A supposed salt of lampic acid.
+
labellum
n.
The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape.
+
lode
n.
A metallic vein; any regular vein or course, whether metallic or not.
+
lime twig

See under 4th Lime.
+
legionary
a.
Belonging to a legion; consisting of a legion or legions, or of an indefinitely great number; as, legionary soldiers; a legionary force.
+
lemniscate
n.
A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbola meets the perpendicular on it drawn from the center.
+
lacteous
a.
Milky; resembling milk.
+
liquate
v.t.
To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
+
lentous
a.
Viscid; viscous; tenacious.
+
loess
n.
A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers.
+
labially
adv.
In a labial manner; with, or by means of, the lips.
+
lightly
adv.
With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.
+
lentamente
adv.
Slowly; in slow time.
+
liveryman
n.
One who keeps a livery stable.
+
larboard
n.
The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to starboard.
+
lighting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Light
+
lingered
imp.|p.p.
of Linger
+
luxive
a.
Given to luxury; voluptuous.
+
lean
v.t.
To conceal.
+
lache
n.
Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.
+
light
v.i.
To dismount; to descend, as from a horse or carriage; to alight; -- with from, off, on, upon, at, in.
+
legitimation
n.
Lawful birth.
+
longe
n.
The training ground for a horse.
+
low
adv.
With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low.
+
leasy
a.
Flimsy; vague; deceptive.
+
levelism
n.
The disposition or endeavor to level all distinctions of rank in society.
+
latter
a.
Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; -- opposed to former; as, the former and latter rain.
+
literature
n.
The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction from scientific treatises and works which contain positive knowledge; belles-lettres.
+
larker
n.
A catcher of larks.
+
lucent
a.
Shining; bright; resplendent.
+
lithographical
a.
Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the lithographic art; a lithographic picture.
+
lea
n.
A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
+
lashng
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lash
+
leany
a.
Lean.
+
lo
interj.
Look; see; behold; observe.
+
laelaps
n.
A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high.
+
leveling
n.
The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad.
+
lombardhouse
n.
Alt. of Lombar-house
+
laticiferous
a.
Containing the latex; -- applied to the tissue or tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found.
+
laity
a.
The state of a layman.
+
latterday saint

A Mormon; -- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons.
+
liquidambar
n.
The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid storax.
+
latidentate
a.
Broad-toothed.
+
lettering
n.
The letters made; as, the lettering of a sign.
+
loll
v.i.
To hand extended from the mouth, as the tongue of an ox or a log when heated with labor or exertion.
+
lowness
n.
The state or quality of being low.
+
lactescent
a.
Having a milky look; becoming milky.
+
literalist
n.
One who adheres to the letter or exact word; an interpreter according to the letter.
+
levant
n.
A levanter (the wind so called).
+
levelling

of Level
+
lieve
a.
Same as Lief.
+
lascar
n.
A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower.
+
lingot
n.
A linget or ingot; also, a mold for casting metals. See Linget.
+
lithoid
a.
Alt. of Lithoidal
+
law
n.
Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority.
+
leucitic
a.
Containing leucite; as, leucitic rocks.
+
lecherous
a.
Like a lecher; addicted to lewdness; lustful; also, lust-provoking.
+
lithograph
n.
A print made by lithography.
+
lymphy
a.
Containing, or like, lymph.
+
legalism
n.
Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness, in conforming to law.
+
lousewort
n.
Any species of Pedicularis, a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy.
+
laism
n.
See Lamaism.
+
libbards bane

Leopard's bane.
+
loader
n.
One who, or that which, loads; a mechanical contrivance for loading, as a gun.
+
lionhearted
a.
Very brave; brave and magnanimous.
+
live
v.i.
To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside.
+
lathe
n.
The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten.
+
lance
n.
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
+
lickerous
a.
Lickerish; eager; lustful.
+
lenient
a.
Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.
+
laudative
n.
A panegyric; a eulogy.
+
libertine
n.
A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.
+
languor
n.
A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity.
+
lugger
n.
An Indian falcon (Falco jugger), similar to the European lanner and the American prairie falcon.
+
lunette
n.
An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.
+
lactim
n.
One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a lactim.  Cf. Lactam.
+
leve
a.
Dear. See Lief.
+
live
v.i.
To enjoy or make the most of life; to be in a state of happiness.
+
lin
n.
A waterfall, or cataract; as, a roaring lin.
+
latinism
n.
A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model.
+
lithophosphoric
a.
Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat.
+
linking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Link
+
longitudinal
a.
Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body.
+
lacing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lace
+
liner
n.
A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.
+
lenitive
n.
A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.
+
lay
v.t.
A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).
+
lithoglyph
n.
An engraving on a gem.
+
lapidary
a.
Of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; as, lapidary adulation.
+
ligamentous
a.
Composing a ligament; of the nature of a ligament; binding; as, a strong ligamentous membrane.
+
lacrymose

See Lachrymary, Lachrymatory, Lachrymose.
+
laticostate
a.
Broad-ribbed.
+
leasing
a.
The act of lying; falsehood; a lie or lies.
+
literator
n.
A learned person; a literatus.
+
leucaniline
n.
A colorless, crystalline, organic base, obtained from rosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources. It forms colorless salts.
+
lyssa
n.
Hydrophobia.
+
lar
n.
A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah. Called also white-handed gibbon.
+
langsyne
adv.|n.
Long since; long ago.
+
leg
n.
A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.
+
launch
v.i.
To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.
+
leed
n.
Alt. of Leede
+
labiodental
a.
Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v.
+
legion
n.
A great number; a multitude.
+
liquidly
adv.
In a liquid manner; flowingly.
+
lupus
n.
A cutaneous disease occurring under two distinct forms.
+
lingeringly
adv.
With delay; slowly; tediously.
+
lift
v.t.
To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up.
+
lumpy
superl.
Full of lumps, or small compact masses.
+
likerous
n.
Alt. of Likerousness
+
legalize
v.t.
To make legal.
+
luggage
n.
That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents.
+
lixiviated
imp.|p.p.
of Lixiviate
+
laconically
adv.
In a laconic manner.
+
love
n.
To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God.
+
lepidodendroid
a.
Allied to, or resembling, Lepidodendron.
+
lubbard
a.
Lubberly.
+
labialization
n.
The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.
+
livery
n.
The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept.
+
lamming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lam
+
lancinated
imp.|p.p.
of Lanciname
+
loof
n.
The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
+
lothly
a.
Alt. of Lothsome
+
lear
n.
Lore; lesson.
+
libretti
pl.
of Libretto
+
long
adv.
Through the whole extent or duration.
+
lustration
n.
A sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.
+
leadership
n.
The office of a leader.
+
lurk
v.i.
To lie hid; to lie in wait.
+
living
n.
Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate.
+
lond
n.
Land.
+
lactamide
n.
An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine.
+
laminiferous
a.
Having a structure consisting of laminae, or thin layers.
+
lay
n.
A law.
+
longirosters
pl.
of Longiroster
+
light
superl.
Well leavened; not heavy; as, light bread.
+
lamellirostres
n.pl.
A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate.
+
lymail
n.
See Limaille.
+
loped
imp.|p.p.
of Lope
+
let
v.i.
To forbear.
+
litheness
n.
The quality or state of being lithe; flexibility; limberness.
+
lyriferous
a.
Having a lyre-shaped shoulder girdle, as certain fishes.
+
leguminous
a.
Pertaining to pulse; consisting of pulse.
+
little
a.
Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water.
+
lygodium
n.
A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs.
+
lap
n.
The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap.
+
leprosity
n.
The state or quality of being leprous or scaly; also, a scale.
+
lapse
n.
A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
+
luminous
a.
Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind.
+
lullaby
v.t.
A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets.
+
lone
a.
Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a lone house.
+
lisp
v.t.
To pronounce with a lisp.
+
lauder
n.
One who lauds.
+
lithe
v.i.|i.
To listen or listen to; to hearken to.
+
lardy
a.
Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard.
+
llanero
n.
One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America.
+
lendable
a.
Such as can be lent.
+
locao
n.
A green vegetable dye imported from China.
+
leave
v.
To have remaining at death; hence, to bequeath; as, he left a large estate; he left a good name; he left a legacy to his niece.
+
lotting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lot
+
lanyard
n.
A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc.
+
love
n.
To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, to love books; to love adventures.
+
loose
superl.
Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
+
lagemorpha
n.pl.
A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four incisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata.
+
lightning
vb.n.
Lightening.
+
last
v.i.
A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.
+
lombard
n.
A money lender or banker; -- so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by Lombards.
+
leprous
a.
Leprose.
+
long
superl.
Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book.
+
longicorn
a.
Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia.
+
lavender
n.
The pale, purplish color of lavender flowers, paler and more delicate than lilac.
+
leeway
n.
The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
+
legate
n.
An ambassador or envoy.
+
liquid
a.
Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air.
+
liplet
n.
A little lip.
+
leveled
imp.|p.p.
of Level
+
lepra
n.
Leprosy.
+
lie
n.
A fiction; a fable; an untruth.
+
lighty
a.
Illuminated.
+
leptology
n.
A minute and tedious discourse on trifling things.
+
leavy
a.
Leafy.
+
leg
n.
An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also water leg.
+
looper
n.
An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc.
+
lions leaf

A South European plant of the genus Leontice (L. leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which contain so much alkali that they are sometimes used as a substitute for soap.
+
leavings
n.pl.
Refuse; offal.
+
laqueary
a.
Using a noose, as a gladiator.
+
loof
n.
The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to curve toward bow and stern.
+
lamellate
a.
Alt. of Lamellated
+
lias
n.
The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a name given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestones underlying the Oolite. See the Chart of Geology.
+
lunggrown
a.
Having lungs that adhere to the pleura.
+
leaf
n.
Something which is like a leaf in being wide and thin and having a flat surface, or in being attached to a larger body by one edge or end; as : (a) A part of a book or folded sheet containing two pages upon its opposite sides. (b) A side, division, or part, that slides or is hinged, as of window shutters, folding doors, etc. (c) The movable side of a table. (d) A very thin plate; as, gold leaf. (e) A portion of fat lying in a separate fold or layer. (f) One of the teeth of a pinion, especially when small.
+
lanuginose
a.
Alt. of Lanuginous
+
lonesome
superl.
Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to feel lonesome.
+
landing
n.
A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.
+
lyonnaise
a.
Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley.
+
latch
v.t.
To smear; to anoint.
+
line
v.t.
To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers.
+
law
n.
An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community.
+
loveable
a.
See Lovable.
+
linguist
n.
A master of the use of language; a talker.
+
lesion
n.
Loss sustained from failure to fulfill a bargain or contract.
+
laconize
v.i.
To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.
+
lymph
n.
A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together.
+
lodged
a.
Lying down; -- used of beasts of the chase, as couchant is of beasts of prey.
+
lizard
n.
A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.
+
limonin
n.
A bitter, white, crystalline substance found in orange and lemon seeds.
+
lost
v.t.
Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible; as, an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd.
+
lection
n.
A lesson or selection, esp. of Scripture, read in divine service.
+
labyrinth
n.
A pattern or design representing a maze, -- often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church, etc.
+
loitered
imp.|p.p.
of Loiter
+
landlordry
n.
The state of a landlord.
+
lackadaisy
interj.
An expression of languor.
+
lark
v.i.
A frolic; a jolly time.
+
loop
n.
A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.
+
laste
obs.imp.
of Last, to endure.
+
level
a.
Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection.
+
liquidambar
n.
A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L. Orientalis is found in Asia Minor.
+
liquidator
n.
One who, or that which, liquidates.
+
lin
v.i.
To yield; to stop; to cease.
+
laundry
n.
A laundering; a washing.
+
leech
n.
A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.
+
loose
superl.
Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
+
loss
v.t.
Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.
+
latitude
n.
Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.
+
lienal
a.
Of or pertaining to the spleen; splenic.
+
lunary
n.
A low fleshy fern (Botrychium Lunaria) with lunate segments of the leaf or frond.
+
lodestar
n.
A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure.
+
levigable
v.t.
Capable of being levigated.
+
lanier
n.
A thong of leather; a whip lash.
+
lasslorn

Forsaken by a lass.
+
live
v.t.
To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
+
latitude
n.
The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
+
looseness
n.
The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.
+
legislatorial
a.
Of or pertaining to a legislator or legislature.
+
ladyclock
n.
See Ladyrird.
+
lecher
v.i.
To practice lewdness.
+
lomentaceous
a.
Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments.
+
liquor
v.t.
To grease.
+
lithophyse
n.
A spherulitic cavity often with concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic rocks, as in rhyolitic lavas. It is supposed to be produced by expanding gas, whence the name.
+
life
n.
That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of the company, or of the enterprise.
+
leaffooted
a.
Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus).
+
laced
imp.|p.p.
of Lace
+
levigation
n.
The act or operation of levigating.
+
lowry
n.
An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.
+
lutist
n.
One who plays on a lute.
+
lemniscata
n.
Alt. of Lemniscate
+
lock
n.
That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc.
+
long
superl.
Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.
+
lackey
v.i.
To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
+
livergrown
a.
Having an enlarged liver.
+
lebban
n.
Coagulated sour milk diluted with water; -- a common beverage among the Arabs. Also, a fermented liquor made of the same.
+
looker
n.
One who looks.
+
level
a.
Straightforward; direct; clear; open.
+
lent

imp. & p. p. of Lend.
+
line
n.
The longer and finer fiber of flax.
+
liner
n.
A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground.
+
lookout
n.
A careful looking or watching for any object or event.
+
loading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Load
+
loll
v.i.
To let the tongue hang from the mouth, as an ox, dog, or other animal, when heated by labor; as, the ox stood lolling in the furrow.
+
lugged
imp.|p.p.
of Lug
+
league
n.
An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc.
+
lengthways
adv.
Alt. of Lengthwise
+
lenocinant
a.
Given to lewdness.
+
lineally
adv.
In a lineal manner; as, the prince is lineally descended from the Conqueror.
+
lactarene
n.
A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico.
+
lay
v.t.
To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust.
+
ling
a.
The burbot of Lake Ontario.
+
lovingly
adv.
With love; affectionately.
+
lender
n.
One who lends.
+
lauric
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the European bay or laurel (Laurus nobilis).
+
labdanum
n.
See Ladanum.
+
lientery
n.
A diarrhea, in which the food is discharged imperfectly digested, or with but little change.
+
longan
n.
A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian tree (Nephelium Longan).
+
lochage
n.
An officer who commanded a company; a captain.
+
lowthoughted
a.
Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects.
+
livelihood
n.
Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance.
+
lave
n.
The remainder; others.
+
lance fish

A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance.
+
liberty
n.
Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.
+
luxury
n.
Lechery; lust.
+
limation
n.
The act of filing or polishing.
+
lactone
n.
One of a series of organic compounds, regarded as anhydrides of certain hydroxy acids. In general, they are colorless liquids, having a weak aromatic odor. They are so called because the typical lactone is derived from lactic acid.
+
lolled
imp.|p.p.
of Loll
+
lover
n.
One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.
+
lariating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lariat
+
length
a.
Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.
+
laughed
imp.|p.p.
of Laugh
+
lancing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lance
+
lustre
n.
Same as Luster.
+
lashed
imp.|p.p.
of Lash
+
loculate
a.
Divided into compartments.
+
layer
n.
An artificial oyster bed.
+
lozengeshaped
a.
Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb.
+
looked
imp.|p.p.
of Look
+
lesson
v.t.
To teach; to instruct.
+
leukoplast
n.
See Leucoplast.
+
lixivial
a.
Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.
+
levitate
v.t.
To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table.
+
liberator
n.
One who, or that which, liberates; a deliverer.
+
lampooning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lampoon
+
lateward
a.|adv.
Somewhat late; backward.
+
lineature
n.
Anything having outline.
+
locust
n.
The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases).
+
lamellicorn
a.
Having antennae terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of certain coleopterous insects.
+
literary
a.
Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation.
+
lavatory
a.
Washing, or cleansing by washing.
+
lettic
n.
The language of the Letts; Lettish.
+
ladys thumb

An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.
+
laton
n.
Alt. of Latoun
+
lymph
n.
An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart.
+
levies
pl.
of Levy
+
levana
n.
A goddess who protected newborn infants.
+
lattice
v.i.
To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice; as, to lattice a window.
+
leading
a.
Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example.
+
lose
v.t.
Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.
+
locomotive
a.
Used in producing motion; as, the locomotive organs of an animal.
+
lambkin
n.
A small lamb.
+
laconian
n.
An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.
+
litigating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Litigate
+
lymphatic
n.
A mad enthusiast; a lunatic.
+
leptus
n.
The six-legged young, or larva, of certain mites; -- sometimes used as a generic name. See Harvest mite, under Harvest.
+
lingam
n.
The phallic symbol under which Siva is principally worshiped in his character of the creative and reproductive power.
+
lingel
n.
A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts.
+
latency
n.
The state or quality of being latent.
+
lead
n.
An open way in an ice field.
+
lactant
a.
Suckling; giving suck.
+
lob
n.
Something thick and heavy.
+
limb
n.
A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
+
luminary
n.
One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Newton was a distinguished luminary.
+
line
n.
Instruction; doctrine.
+
lymphoma
n.
A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also lymphadenoma.
+
litanies
pl.
of Litany
+
ladykin
n.
A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary.
+
liberating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Liberate
+
lea
n.
A meadow or sward land; a grassy field.
+
lithologic
a.
Alt. of Lithological
+
librae
pl.
of Libra
+
logarithmetically
adv.
Logarithmically.
+
larmier
n.
See Tearpit.
+
lorica
n.
A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.
+
larixinic
a.
Of, or derived from, the larch (Larix); as, larixinic acid.
+
lightheaded
a.
Thoughtless; heedless; volatile; unsteady; fickle; loose.
+
legoliterary
a.
Pertaining to the literature of law.
+
lacunas
pl.
of Lacuna
+
lap
n.
The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.
+
littorina
n.
A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle.
+
lodgeable
a.
Capable of affording lodging; fit for lodging in.
+
liberty
n.
The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.
+
lonely
superl.
Having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome.
+
larine
a.
Of or pertaining to the Gull family (Laridae).
+
leave
n.
The act of leaving or departing; a formal parting; a leaving; farewell; adieu; -- used chiefly in the phrase, to take leave, i. e., literally, to take permission to go.
+
line
v.t.
To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
+
lure
n.
A velvet smoothing brush.
+
long
superl.
Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 22, 30.
+
lumbricoid
a.
Like an earthworm; belonging to the genus Lumbricus, or family Lumbricidae.
+
luckiness
n.
The state or quality of being lucky; as, the luckiness of a man or of an event.
+
leading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lead
+
limit
v.t.
To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word.
+
languaged
a.
Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition.
+
levy
v.t.
To raise, as a siege.
+
label
n.
A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.
+
lurcher
n.
A glutton; a gormandizer.
+
lowish
a.
Somewhat low.
+
landslide
n.
The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.
+
limbering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Limber
+
lowchurch
a.
Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; -- applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high-church. See High Church, under High.
+
lucky
superl.
Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.
+
longtongued
a.
Having a long tongue.
+
latin
n.
An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin.
+
laminae
pl.
of Lamina
+
lame
superl.
To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man.
+
light
superl
Having light; not dark or obscure; bright; clear; as, the apartment is light.
+
lurid
a.
Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal.
+
limitedness
n.
The quality of being limited.
+
loving
a.
Affectionate.
+
lumber
v.i.
To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.
+
lade
v.t.
To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.
+
loss
v.t.
The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.
+
log
v.t.
To enter in a ship's log book; as, to log the miles run.
+
leak
n.
To let water or other fluid in or out through a hole, crevice, etc.; as, the cask leaks; the roof leaks; the boat leaks.
+
logogriph
n.
A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which form other words; -- thus, to discover the chosen word chatter form cat, hat, rat, hate, rate, etc.
+
lettering
n.
The act or business of making, or marking with, letters, as by cutting or painting.
+
localitiees
pl.
of Locality
+
leader
n.
A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins.
+
livraison
n.
A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.
+
like
v.i.
To be pleased; to choose.
+
lodge
v.i.
To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
+
literate
n.
A literary man.
+
limber
a.
Easily bent; flexible; pliant; yielding.
+
lazarist
n.
Alt. of Lazarite
+
lamellirostral
a.
Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese.
+
limitation
v.t.
A certain period limited by statute after which the claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.
+
lagoon
n.
A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll.
+
lampless
a.
Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull.
+
leipoa
n.
A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant.
+
leaven
n.
Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.
+
leap
n.
Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
+
laze
v.t.
To waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; as, to laze away whole days.
+
lunarian
n.
An inhabitant of the moon.
+
lieutenant general

An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.
+
laryngological
a.
Of or pertaining to laryngology.
+
lavish
a.
Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.
+
levo

Turning the plane of polarized light to the left; as, levotartaric acid; levoracemic acid; levogyratory crystals, etc.
+
lisp
v.t.
To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially; as, to lisp treason.
+
literation
n.
The act or process of representing by letters.
+
locator
n.
One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim.
+
laugher
n.
A variety of the domestic pigeon.
+
lento
a.|adv.
Slow; in slow time; slowly; -- rarely written lente.
+
lump
v.i.
To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he does n't like it, he can lump it.
+
libelous
a.
Containing or involving a libel; defamatory; containing that which exposes some person to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule; as, a libelous pamphlet.
+
lacertilian
a.|n.
Same as Lacertian.
+
lie
v.i.
To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.
+
liturate
a.
Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins.
+
livering
n.
A kind of pudding or sausage made of liver or pork.
+
loosened
imp.|p.p.
of Loosen
+
limature
n.
That which is filed off; filings.
+
luny
a.
Crazy; mentally unsound.
+
labiate
v.t.
To labialize.
+
lachrymable
a.
Lamentable.
+
lammergeir
n.
Alt. of Lammergeier
+
landloper
n.
Same as Landlouper.
+
lightship
n.
A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners.
+
lene
a.
Smooth; as, the lene breathing.
+
lutebacked
a.
Having a curved spine.
+
live
v.t.
To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life.
+
lasher
n.
A weir in a river.
+
law
n.
Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice.
+
logarithmically
adv.
By the use of logarithms.
+
loimic
a.
Of or pertaining to the plague or contagious disorders.
+
loosely
adv.
In a loose manner.
+
libertarian
n.
One who holds to the doctrine of free will.
+
liability
n.
The state of being liable; as, the liability of an insurer; liability to accidents; liability to the law.
+
laved
imp.|p.p.
of Lave
+
lap
n.
To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
+
lying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lie
+
lamelliferous
a.
Bearing, or composed of, lamellae, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated.
+
levy
v.t.
To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a nuisance, etc.
+
limmer
n.
A man rope at the side of a ladder.
+
liparian
n.
Any species of a family (Liparidae) of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock moths.
+
leave
v.t.
To raise; to levy.
+
laryngotracheotomy
n.
The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing.
+
lay
n.
That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood.
+
lituite
n.
Any species of ammonites of the genus Lituites. They are found in the Cretaceous formation.
+
lexicon
n.
A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with the definition of each; a dictionary; especially, a dictionary of the Greek, Hebrew, or Latin language.
+
leakage
n.
An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.
+
leger
a.
Light; slender; slim; trivial.
+
littress
n.
A smooth kind of cartridge paper used for making cards.
+
leap
v.i.
To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
+
lobby
v.t.
To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill.
+
livery
n.
The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery.
+
lapidescence
n.
The state or quality of being lapidescent.
+
ladlefuls
pl.
of Ladleful
+
laminarian
a.
Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow.
+
lampooned
imp.|p.p.
of Lampoon
+
lacinia
n.
The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.
+
laramie group

An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology.
+
lean
v.i.
To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column.
+
luminiferous
a.
Producing light; yielding light; transmitting light; as, the luminiferous ether.
+
ligula
n.
The central process, or front edge, of the labium of insects. It sometimes serves as a tongue or proboscis, as in bees.
+
lothario
n.
A gay seducer of women; a libertine.
+
lie
adj.
To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
+
lug
n.
That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.
+
labrador
n.
A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland.
+
loggerheads
n.
The knapweed.
+
landing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Land
+
labyrinth
n.
An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths.
+
lick
v.t.
To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.
+
landless
a.
Having no property in land.
+
limicolae
n.pl.
A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallae.
+
lucern
n.
An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx).
+
linctus
n.
Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
+
lengthily
adv.
In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent.
+
line
n.
A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc.
+
lug
n.
A measure of length, being 16/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch.
+
lignitic
a.
Containing lignite; resembling, or of the nature of, lignite; as, lignitic clay.
+
lunching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lunch
+
long primer

A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois.
+
laboratory
n.
The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.
+
listing
n.
The selvedge of cloth; list.
+
latch
n.
That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
+
lean
v.i.
To rest or rely, for support, comfort, and the like; -- with on, upon, or against.
+
leucic
a.
Alt. of Leucinic
+
leisure
n.
Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease.
+
loggan
n.
See Logan.
+
lanseh
n.
The small, whitish brown fruit of an East Indian tree (Lansium domesticum). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable subacid taste.
+
labyrinthodon
n.
A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus.
+
lowbell
v.t.
To frighten, as with a lowbell.
+
lurdan
n.
A blockhead.
+
lesson
n.
Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one time.
+
long
n.
A long sound, syllable, or vowel.
+
limpidness
n.
Quality of being limpid; limpidity.
+
loma
n.
A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap.
+
lacklustre
n.
A want of luster.
+
luxuriated
imp.|p.p.
of Luxuriate
+
levite
n.
One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp., one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music of the services, etc.
+
law
interj.
An exclamation of mild surprise.
+
lopper
n.
One who lops or cuts off.
+
lank
superl.
Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
+
laborant
n.
A chemist.
+
lambrequin
n.
A leather flap hanging from a cuirass.
+
liza
n.
The American white mullet (Mugil curema).
+
load
v.
A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters.
+
lewd
superl.
Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious.
+
lena
n.
A procuress.
+
lutheran
a.
Of or pertaining to Luther; adhering to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church.
+
lithomarge
n.
A clay of a fine smooth texture, and very sectile.
+
leaguer
n.
The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.
+
lenience
n.
Alt. of Leniency
+
laconized
imp.|p.p.
of Laconize
+
lunulate
a.
Alt. of Lunulated
+
lageniform
a.
Shaped like a bottle or flask; flag-shaped.
+
lawnd
n.
See Laund.
+
label
n.
A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.
+
looming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Loom
+
ladybug
n.
Same as Ladybird.
+
lease
v.t.
To hold under a lease; to take lease of; as, a tenant leases his land from the owner.
+
lombard
n.
Same as Lombard-house.
+
leave
v.
To let remain unremoved or undone; to let stay or continue, in distinction from what is removed or changed.
+
leastways
adv.
Alt. of Leastwise
+
lady
n.
The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.
+
lit

a form of the imp. & p. p. of Light.
+
lighten
v.t.
To free from trouble and fill with joy.
+
lacmus
n.
See Litmus.
+
leaser
n.
A liar.
+
libertinism
n.
The state of a libertine or freedman.
+
letter
n.
Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.
+
less

A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of, not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.
+
labras
n.pl.
Lips.
+
lacinia
n.
A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
+
lithotypic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or produced by, lithotypy.
+
lammed
imp.|p.p.
of Lam
+
leash
n.
A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general.
+
lumination
n.
Illumination.
+
largesse
a.
A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.
+
lascivient
a.
Lascivious.
+
laroid
a.
Like or belonging to the Gull family (Laridae).
+
latirostral
a.
Alt. of Latirostrous
+
leader
n.
The principal wheel in any kind of machinery.
+
lank
v.i.|t.
To become lank; to make lank.
+
legitimize
v.t.
To legitimate.
+
leafing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Leaf
+
lose
v.t.
To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.
+
logothete

An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department.
+
loquacious
a.
Speaking; expressive.
+
located
imp.|p.p.
of Locate
+
limitaneous
v.t.
Of or pertaining to a limit.
+
lowlived
a.
Characteristic of, or like, one bred in a low and vulgar condition of life; mean dishonorable; contemptible; as, low-lived dishonesty.
+
learnt

of Learn
+
lasher
n.
A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another; -- called also lashing.
+
lithate
n.
A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate.
+
letter
n.
A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.
+
love
n.
Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
+
loveless
a.
Void of love; void of tenderness or kindness.
+
lenient
a.
Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence.
+
liberally
adv.
In a liberal manner.
+
lull
v.t.
To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.
+
lighthearted
a.
Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry.
+
lade
n.
A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
+
loosener
n.
One who, or that which, loosens.
+
leviner
n.
A swift hound.
+
lunar
a.
Resembling the moon; orbed.
+
loveless
a.
Not attracting love; unattractive.
+
licker
n.
One who, or that which, licks.
+
leaguer
n.
A siege or beleaguering.
+
laterite
n.
An argillaceous sandstone, of a red color, and much seamed; -- found in India.
+
lactimide
n.
A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.
+
lithargyrum
n.
Crystallized litharge, obtained by fusion in the form of fine yellow scales.
+
lag
n.
See Graylag.
+
logographer
n.
A chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences.
+
linseywoolsey
n.
Cloth made of linen and wool, mixed.
+
lutherism
n.
The doctrines taught by Luther or held by the Lutheran Church.
+
lapideous
a.
Of the nature of stone.
+
leiotrichan
n.
One of the Leiotrichi.
+
lustra
pl.
of Lustrum
+
luminant
a.
Luminous.
+
legislating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Legislate
+
lactose
n.
Sugar of milk or milk sugar; a crystalline sugar present in milk, and separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization. It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called lactin.
+
ladle
v.t.
A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.
+
languish
v.i.
To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.
+
linum
n.
A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax (Linum usitatissimum).
+
low
superl.
Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.
+
lethality
n.
The quality of being lethal; mortality.
+
largifluous
a.
Flowing copiously.
+
lascious
a.
Loose; lascivious.
+
leer
n.
An oven in which glassware is annealed.
+
lash
v.i.
To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.
+
lighting
n.
A name sometimes applied to the process of annealing metals.
+
lant
n.
See Lanterloo.
+
learn
v.i.
To acquire knowledge or skill; to make progress in acquiring knowledge or skill; to receive information or instruction; as, this child learns quickly.
+
love
v.i.
To have the feeling of love; to be in love.
+
luciferian
a.
Of or pertaining to Lucifer; having the pride of Lucifer; satanic; devilish.
+
lechery
n.
Selfish pleasure; delight.
+
lilac
n.
A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia.  Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac, and S. Persica, the Persian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies various other shrubs have this name.
+
linseed
n.
The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained.
+
locomotor
a.
Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.
+
lazy
superl.
Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.
+
lead
n.
The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
+
leg
n.
A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.
+
longhorn
n.
A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See Long-horned.
+
lanated

Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.
+
leer
a.
Empty; destitute; wanting
+
leguleian
n.
A lawyer.
+
lade
v.t.
To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object.
+
leanto
a.
Having only one slope or pitch; -- said of a roof.
+
leach
v.i.
To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
+
lead
v.i.
To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; -- used in most of the senses of lead, v. t.
+
leer
n.
The cheek.
+
light
superl.
Easy to be digested; not oppressive to the stomach; as, light food; also, containing little nutriment.
+
lutescent
a.
Of a yellowish color.
+
lithotomic
a.
Alt. of Lithotomical
+
lovely
superl.
Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
+
limbmeal
adv.
Piecemeal.
+
lithographer
n.
One who lithographs; one who practices lithography.
+
levari facias

A writ of execution at common law.
+
lurch
n.
An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
+
leucomaine
n.
An animal base or alkaloid, appearing in the tissue during life; hence, a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a ptomaine or cadaveric poison.
+
loophole
n.
A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or evasion.
+
lap
n.
The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).
+
lodge
n.
To lay down; to prostrate.
+
laxly
adv.
In a lax manner.
+
lions ear

A name given in Western South America to certain plants with shaggy tomentose leaves, as species of Culcitium, and Espeletia.
+
landscape
n.
A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.
+
lintwhite
n.
See Linnet.
+
laborer
n.
One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.
+
ligature
n.
A double character, or a type consisting of two or more letters or characters united, as ae, /, /.
+
luniform
a.
Resembling the moon in shape.
+
leptocardian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Leptocardia.
+
loof
v.i.
See Luff.
+
license
v.t.
To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach.
+
luteic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, weld (Reseda luteola).
+
like
v.i.
To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
+
lanthanite
n.
Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular while crystals.
+
lactyl
n.
An organic residue or radical derived from lactic acid.
+
lectureship
n.
The office of a lecturer.
+
lying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lie, to tell a falsehood.
+
luxuriating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Luxuriate
+
literally
adv.
With close adherence to words; word by word.
+
london
n.
The capital city of England.
+
leetman
n.
One subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet.
+
light
adv.
Lightly; cheaply.
+
letterless
a.
Not having a letter.
+
limosis
n.
A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.
+
lees
pl.
of Lee
+
lug
v.i.
To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome.
+
lurching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lurch
+
libertinism
n.
Licentiousness of principle or opinion.
+
libra
n.
The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc.
+
lowly
adv.
In a low condition; meanly.
+
lateral
a.
Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.
+
lunate
a.
Alt. of Lunated
+
lacunars
pl.
of Lacunar
+
lawyer
n.
The bowfin (Amia calva).
+
lernaea
n.
A Linnaean genus of parasitic Entomostraca, -- the same as the family Lernaeidae.
+
latibulized
imp.|p.p.
of Latibulize
+
laidly
a.
Ugly; loathsome.
+
look
v.i.
To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to anticipate.
+
lash
v.t.
To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.
+
lepidolite
n.
A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales. See Mica.
+
light
v.i.
To feel light; to be made happy.
+
loft
n.
A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft.
+
loathful
a.
Causing a feeling of loathing; disgusting.
+
lacuna
n.
A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
+
logy

A combining form denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science; as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy.
+
lucarne
n.
A dormer window.
+
leptorhine
a.
Having the nose narrow; -- said esp. of the skull. Opposed to platyrhine.
+
long
superl.
Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.
+
losange
n.
See Lozenge.
+
leavetaking
n.
Taking of leave; parting compliments.
+
landtag
n.
The diet or legislative body; as, the Landtag of Prussia.
+
lucubrate
n.
To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.
+
louri
n.
See Lory.
+
length
a.
The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.
+
lightlegged
a.
Nimble; swift of foot.
+
litate
a.
Forked, with the points slightly curved outward.
+
literator
n.
One who teaches the letters or elements of knowledge; a petty schoolmaster.
+
leering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Leer
+
leptynite
n.
See Granulite.
+
lignoceric
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the formic acid series, found in the tar, wax, or paraffine obtained by distilling certain kinds of wood, as the beech.
+
lathshaped
a.
Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections.
+
left
n.
Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who are in the opposition; the advanced republicans and extreme radicals. They have their seats at the left-hand side of the presiding officer. See Center, and Right.
+
legendary
n.
A book of legends; a tale or narrative.
+
lord
n.
A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.
+
li
n.
A Chinese measure of distance, being a little more than one third of a mile.
+
laborous
a.
Laborious.
+
lantanum
n.
See Lanthanum.
+
lament
v.t.
To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
+
lurch
v.i.
To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
+
landskip
n.
A landscape.
+
laced
v.t.
Decorated with the fabric lace.
+
light
superl.
Having little, or comparatively little, weight; not tending to the center of gravity with force; not heavy.
+
lamed
imp.|p.p.
of Lame
+
locomotion
n.
The power of moving from place to place, characteristic of the higher animals and some of the lower forms of plant life.
+
loup
n.
See 1st Loop.
+
ledge
n.
A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
+
leucoxene
n.
A nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the alteration of titanic iron.
+
liberation
n.
The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
+
leaflet
n.
A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes.
+
limp
a.
Flaccid; flabby, as flesh.
+
lieutenant
n.
A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander.
+
lament
v.i.
To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
+
log
n.
A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
+
library
n.
A considerable collection of books kept for use, and not as merchandise; as, a private library; a public library.
+
light
v.t.
To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
+
level
a.
Coinciding or parallel with the plane of the horizon; horizontal; as, the telescope is now level.
+
location
n.
The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc.
+
liquidizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Liquidize
+
leavings
n.pl.
Things left; remnants; relics.
+
leyden jar

Alt. of Leyden phial
+
latinly
adv.
In the manner of the Latin language; in correct Latin.
+
livelihed
n.
See Livelihood.
+
lowermost
superl.
Lowest.
+
linsey
n.
Linsey-woolsey.
+
libratory
a.
Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level.
+
liveforever
n.
A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine.
+
leg
n.
The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
+
larvated
a.
Masked; clothed as with a mask.
+
litre
n.
Same as Liter.
+
lentor
a.
Tenacity; viscidity, as of fluids.
+
lacquering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lacquer
+
lymphoid
a.
Resembling lymph; also, resembling a lymphatic gland; adenoid; as, lymphoid tissue.
+
lecanoric
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid which is obtained from several varieties of lichen (Lecanora, Roccella, etc.), as a white, crystalline substance, and is called also orsellic, / diorsellinic acid, lecanorin, etc.
+
line
v.t.
To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.
+
last
a.
Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the last person to be accused of theft.
+
lisp
v.i.
To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.
+
longeval
a.
Long-loved; longevous.
+
laicality
n.
The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman.
+
lutose
a.
Covered with clay; miry.
+
lord
n.
The Supreme Being; Jehovah.
+
lollard
n.
One of a sect of early reformers in Germany.
+
leet
n.
A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an office.
+
ladinos
pl.
of Ladino
+
ligulated
a.
Composed of ligules.
+
lunging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lunge
+
liniment
n.
A liquid or semiliquid preparation of a consistence thinner than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a stimulant.
+
lares
pl.
of Lar
+
loquat
n.
The fruit of the Japanese medlar (Photinia Japonica). It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds. Also, the tree itself.
+
lamellibranchia
n.pl.
Alt. of Lamellibranchiata
+
lockout
n.
The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.
+
lost
v.t.
Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor.
+
licit
a.
Lawful.
+
line
n.
A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline.
+
lionship
n.
The state of being a lion.
+
la
n.
The tone A; -- so called among the French and Italians.
+
labelling

of Label
+
loxodromy
n.
The science of loxodromics.
+
lineal
a.
Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant.
+
logship
n.
A part of the log. See Log-chip, and 2d Log, n., 2.
+
letterure
n.
Letters; literature.
+
legateship
n.
The office of a legate.
+
laryngean
a.
See Laryngeal.
+
link
n.
A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
+
latitude
n.
Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.
+
liking
n.
Appearance; look; figure; state of body as to health or condition.
+
luminary
n.
Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies.
+
liegemen
pl.
of Liegeman
+
leafless
a.
Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage.
+
linch
n.
A ledge; a right-angled projection.
+
lighter
v.t.
To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship.
+
leech
v.t.
To bleed by the use of leeches.
+
lyttae
pl.
of Lytta
+
lytta
n.
A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog.
+
local
n.
A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district.
+
leaper
n.
A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.
+
lawyer
n.
One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.
+
lobulette
n.
A little lobule, or subdivision of a lobule.
+
langdak
n.
A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal.
+
lenticula
n.
A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle.
+
landowner
n.
An owner of land.
+
lighten
v.t.
To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.
+
leaded
a.
Separated by leads, as the lines of a page.
+
labor
n.
The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
+
latch
n.
A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.
+
lithography
n.
The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See Lithographic limestone, under Lithographic.
+
legge
v.t.
To lighten; to allay.
+
legged
a.
Having (such or so many) legs; -- used in composition; as, a long-legged man; a two-legged animal.
+
lupine
n.
Wolfish; ravenous.
+
lodgement
n.
See Lodgment.
+
lumber
b.t.
To heap together in disorder.
+
littleease
n.
An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.
+
lithuanian
n.
A native, or one of the people, of Lithuania; also, the language of the Lithuanian people.
+
language
n.
The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.
+
latescence
n.
A slight withdrawal from view or knowledge.
+
liassic
a.
Of the age of the Lias; pertaining to the Lias formation.
+
license
n.
Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.
+
lightly
adv.
Without reason, or for reasons of little weight.
+
lodgment
v.
The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment.
+
leader
n.
A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached.
+
lock step

A mode of marching by a body of men going one after another as closely as possible, in which the leg of each moves at the same time with the corresponding leg of the person before him.
+
lucrative
a.
Yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as, a lucrative business or office.
+
latria
n.
The highest kind of worship, or that paid to God; -- distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship paid to saints.
+
liquidated
imp.|p.p.
of Liquidate
+
localizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Localize
+
lady
n.
A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.
+
lux
v.t.
To put out of joint; to luxate.
+
level
n.
A horizontal line or plane; that is, a straight line or a plane which is tangent to a true level at a given point and hence parallel to the horizon at that point; -- this is the apparent level at the given point.
+
lay
imp.
of Lie, to recline.
+
larking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lark
+
levigate
v.t.
To make smooth in action.
+
labial
a.
Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.
+
lep
obs.strongimp.
of Leap. Leaped.
+
length
a.
A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.
+
lovesickness
n.
The state of being love-sick.
+
linne
n.
Flax. See Linen.
+
laystall
n.
A place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or deposited.
+
lounged
imp.|p.p.
of Lounge
+
leucitoid
n.
The trapezohedron or tetragonal trisoctahedron; -- so called as being the form of the mineral leucite.
+
legific
a.
Of or pertaining to making laws.
+
leverage
n.
The action of a lever; mechanical advantage gained by the lever.
+
lay
v.t.
The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.
+
lopseed
n.
A perennial herb (Phryma Leptostachya), having slender seedlike fruits.
+
lugubrious
a.
Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look.
+
length
v.t.
To lengthen.
+
latinitaster
n.
One who has but a smattering of Latin.
+
lethe
n.
Death.
+
litigious
a.
Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation.
+
lantern
n.
See Aristotle's lantern.
+
lagopous
a.
Having a dense covering of long hair, like the foot of a hare.
+
lecama
n.
The hartbeest.
+
lanner
n.m.
Alt. of Lanneret
+
latticing
n.
The act or process of making a lattice of, or of fitting a lattice to.
+
lulling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lull
+
lapse
v.i.
To become ineffectual or void; to fall.
+
larynx
n.
The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis.
+
lavaret
n.
A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.
+
latrociny
n.
Theft; larceny.
+
latchstring
n.
A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside. It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above it in the door.
+
lamellar
a.
Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamellae.
+
lotong
n.
An East Indian monkey (Semnopithecus femoralis).
+
lernean
n.
One of a family (Lernaeidae) of parasitic Crustacea found attached to fishes and other marine animals. Some species penetrate the skin and flesh with the elongated head, and feed on the viscera. See Illust. in Appendix.
+
luth
n.
The leatherback.
+
les
n.
A leash.
+
lisbon
n.
A sweet, light-colored species of wine, produced in the province of Estremadura, and so called as being shipped from Lisbon, in Portugal.
+
lay
v.i.
To produce and deposit eggs.
+
laciniated
a.
Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed.
+
liquate
v.i.
To melt; to become liquid.
+
lymph
n.
A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.
+
liquidate
v.t.
To determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness); or, where there is an indebtedness to more than one person, to determine the precise amount of (each indebtedness); to make the amount of (an indebtedness) clear and certain.
+
lyencephalous
a.
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala.
+
literalty
n.
The state or quality of being literal.
+
leat
n.
An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill.
+
lobule
n.
A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.
+
laryngophony
n.
The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when the latter is placed upon the larynx.
+
likehood
n.
Likelihood.
+
longdrawn
a.
Extended to a great length.
+
lythonthriptic
a.
Alt. of Lythontriptic
+
leese
v.t.
To lose.
+
lurch
n.
A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.
+
lean
v.i.
To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; -- with to, toward, etc.
+
loaded
imp.|p.p.
of Load
+
loping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lope
+
loony
a.
See Luny.
+
liquid
n.
A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n also are called liquids.
+
ligulated
a.
Like a bandage, or strap; strap-shaped.
+
lophosteon
n.
The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.
+
light
superl.
Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light mind.
+
lodeship
n.
An old name for a pilot boat.
+
lethargized
imp.|p.p.
of Lethargize
+
lene
n.
The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
+
lay
a.
A melody; any musical utterance.
+
lacing
n.
A lace; specifically (Mach.), a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts.
+
lieutenancy
n.
The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant.
+
leggin
n.
A cover for the leg, like a long gaiter.
+
limiting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Limit
+
lighterman
n.
A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter.
+
lin
n.
A steep ravine.
+
leme
n.
A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.
+
labefaction
n.
The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.
+
lives
n.
pl. of Life.
+
list
n.
A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
+
lazar
n.
A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper.
+
likely
a.
Such as suits; good-looking; pleasing; agreeable; handsome.
+
lister
n.
One who makes a list or roll.
+
lotus
n.
The lote, or nettle tree. See Lote.
+
land
n.
The solid part of the surface of the earth; -- opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a long voyage.
+
lumine
v.i.
To illumine.
+
lug
n.
The leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
+
lacteously
adv.
In a lacteous manner; after the manner of milk.
+
large
superl.
Free; unembarrassed.
+
loppy
a.
Somewhat lop; inclined to lop.
+
loamed
imp.|p.p.
of Loam
+
luciferously
adv.
In a luciferous manner.
+
liberal
a.
Not bound by orthodox tenets or established forms in political or religious philosophy; independent in opinion; not conservative; friendly to great freedom in the constitution or administration of government; having tendency toward democratic or republican, as distinguished from monarchical or aristocratic, forms; as, liberal thinkers; liberal Christians; the Liberal party.
+
lefthanded
a.
Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment.
+
lateen
a.
Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below.
+
latescent
a.
Slightly withdrawn from view or knowledge; as, a latescent meaning.
+
lotus
n.
The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it.
+
lap
n.
A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
+
lichenographical
a.
Of or pertaining to lichenography.
+
lot
n.
A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city.
+
lat
v.t.
To let; to allow.
+
lent
imp.|p.p.
of Lend
+
leuco

Alt. of Leuc-
+
linen
n.
Made of linen; as, linen cloth; a linen stocking.
+
livable
a.
Such as can be lived.
+
lodde
n.
The capelin.
+
lackluster
n.
Alt. of Lacklustre
+
lawgiver
n.
One who makes or enacts a law or system of laws; a legislator.
+
livonian
a.
Of or pertaining to Livonia, a district of Russia near the Baltic Sea.
+
loading
n.
The act of putting a load on or into.
+
lap
v.t.
To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
+
leucopathy
n.
The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents.
+
latibulize
v.i.
To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid.
+
leiger
n.
See Leger, n., 2.
+
literalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Literalize
+
ledden
n.
Language; speech; voice; cry.
+
linget
n.
An ingot.
+
latoun
n.
Latten, 1.
+
longevous
a.
Living a long time; of great age.
+
lithophotography
n.
Same as Photolithography.
+
lapse
v.t.
To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.
+
logography
n.
A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words.
+
loke
n.
A private path or road; also, the wicket or hatch of a door.
+
loggia
n.
A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from a porch, in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room.
+
lye
n.
A falsehood.
+
living
n.
Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living.
+
lamb
n.
Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
+
luller
n.
One who, or that which, lulls.
+
latch
n.
To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
+
levied
imp.|p.p.
of Levy
+
life
n.
The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from the life.
+
labiate
n.
A plant of the order Labiatae.
+
laymen
pl.
of Layman
+
libant
a.
Sipping; touching lightly.
+
loosed
imp.|p.p.
of Loose
+
lightness
n.
Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as, the lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion.
+
lifeless
a.
Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story.
+
lib
v.t.
To castrate.
+
limitless
a.
Having no limits; unbounded; boundless.
+
lineal
a.
Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
+
limp
n.
A halt; the act of limping.
+
lucule
n.
A spot or fleck on the sun brighter than the surrounding surface.
+
labara
pl.
of Labarum
+
lewd
superl.
Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or language.
+
liking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Like
+
liparite
n.
A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.
+
leap
n.
A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
+
lighter
n.
A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery.
+
labored
imp.|p.p.
of Labor
+
landscape
n.
A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc.
+
legalize
v.t.
To interpret or apply in a legal spirit.
+
lustral
a.
Of or pertaining to a lustrum.
+
longtongue
n.
The wryneck.
+
lodge
n.
To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold.
+
length
a.
A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; -- often in the plural.
+
lowliness
n.
The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind.
+
levanter
v.
One who levants, or decamps.
+
labor
v.t.
To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge stre/uously; as, to labor a point or argument.
+
lakh
n.
Same as Lac, one hundred thousand.
+
lustrated
imp.|p.p.
of Lustrate
+
lamellated
a.
Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of Antennae.
+
lie
n.
See Lye.
+
likening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Liken
+
luminous
a.
Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous.
+
lift
n.
A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
+
legement
n.
See Ledgment.
+
lententide
n.
The season of Lenten or Lent.
+
lignified
imp.|p.p.
of Lignify
+
lander
n.
A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.
+
longipennine
a.
Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate.
+
laburnum
n.
A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.
+
lenger
a.
Alt. of Lengest
+
leviathan
n.
An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture.
+
lemnisci
pl.
of Lemniscus
+
laemodipod
n.
One of the Laemodipoda.
+
lump
n.
A mass or aggregation of things.
+
loot
v.t.|i.
To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.
+
lisne
n.
A cavity or hollow.
+
lith

Alt. of -lite
+
leer
a.
Empty of contents.
+
leucoplastid
n.
One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form.
+
lambskin
n.
A kind of woolen.
+
lumber
b.t.
To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.
+
lotoseater
n.
One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the Lotophagi.
+
labyrinth
n.
Any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden.
+
literal
a.
According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.
+
leavenous
a.
Containing leaven.
+
leucocythaemia
n.
Alt. of Leucocythemia
+
level
v.t.
To make level; to make horizontal; to bring to the condition of a level line or surface; hence, to make flat or even; as, to level a road, a walk, or a garden.
+
lime
n.
Birdlime.
+
lung
n.
An organ for aerial respiration; -- commonly in the plural.
+
luffing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Luff
+
lime
v.t.
To cement.
+
lopping
n.
A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings.
+
lurch
v.i.
To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.
+
lather
n.
To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.
+
lustrums
pl.
of Lustrum
+
lithe
a.
Capable of being easily bent; pliant; flexible; limber; as, the elephant's lithe proboscis.
+
labrose
a.
Having thick lips.
+
lilylivered
a.
White-livered; cowardly.
+
lap
n.
In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.
+
leave
v.i.
To depart; to set out.
+
lay
v.t.
To cause to lie dead or dying.
+
landslide
n.
The land which slips down.
+
latifolious
a.
Having broad leaves.
+
look
v.i.
In the imperative: see; behold; take notice; take care; observe; -- used to call attention.
+
limb
n.
A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
+
loathliness
n.
Loathsomeness.
+
leading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lead
+
lighterage
n.
The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
+
lepidote
a.
Alt. of Lepidoted
+
lachrymiform
a.
Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped.
+
liquorice
n.
See Licorice.
+
legend
n.
That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses.
+
labrums
pl.
of Labrum
+
lump
n.
A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.
+
lingbird
n.
The European meadow pipit; -- called also titling.
+
largiloquent
a.
Grandiloquent.
+
lamnunguia
n.pl.
Same as Hyracoidea.
+
lay
v.i.
To lay a wager; to bet.
+
lane
n.
A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice.
+
letheon
n.
Sulphuric ether used as an anaesthetic agent.
+
legalist
n.
One who practices or advocates strict conformity to law; in theology, one who holds to the law of works. See Legal, 2 (a).
+
leisure
n.
Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment.
+
loveliness
n.
The state or quality of being lovely.
+
lieutenant
n.
A commissioned officer in the army, next below a captain.
+
leapfrog
n.
A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.
+
larrup
v.t.
To beat or flog soundly.
+
light
superl.
Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
+
luteic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of Euphorbia cyparissias.
+
leach
n.
See Leech, a physician.
+
lucubrated
imp.|p.p.
of Lucubrate
+
leanwitted
a.
Having but little sense or shrewdness.
+
lepidoted
a.
Having a coat of scurfy scales, as the leaves of the oleaster.
+
lazaretto
n.
A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases.
+
lachrymatory
n.
A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.
+
logy
a.
Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought; as, a logy horse.
+
lute
n.
A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
+
lief
n.
Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.
+
light
v.i.
To come by chance; to happen; -- with on or upon; formerly with into.
+
like
v.i.
To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late.  Cf. Had like, under Like, a.
+
leprosy
n.
A cutaneous disease which first appears as blebs or as reddish, shining, slightly prominent spots, with spreading edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, anaesthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints. It is incurable, and is probably contagious.
+
lee
n.
A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship.
+
loathly
a.
Loathsome.
+
leaping
a.|n.
from Leap, to jump.
+
locum tenens

A substitute or deputy; one filling an office for a time.
+
liquor
n.
Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc.
+
levorotatory
a.
Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate, as levulose, left-handed quartz crystals, etc.
+
leafed
imp.|p.p.
of Leaf
+
legal
a.
According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.
+
lending
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lend
+
laryngologist
n.
One who applies himself to laryngology.
+
lief
adv.
Gladly; willingly; freely; -- now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief; as, I had, or would, as lief go as not.
+
longulite
n.
A kind of crystallite having a (slender) acicular form.
+
list
v.t.
To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.
+
leaded
a.
Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows.
+
lainere
n.
See Lanier.
+
lown
n.
A low fellow.
+
linguiform
a.
Having the form of the tongue; tongue-shaped.
+
loppered
imp.|p.p.
of Lopper
+
ley
a.
Fallow; unseeded.
+
laryngoscopic
a.
Of or pertaining to the inspection of the larynx.
+
lions foot

The edelweiss.
+
liberatory
a.
Tending, or serving, to liberate.
+
laky
a.
Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.
+
listerism
n.
The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon.
+
loevens larva

The peculiar larva of Polygordius. See Polygordius.
+
ladder
v.i.
A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.
+
lends
n.pl.
Loins.
+
lather
n.
Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
+
lacteous
a.
Lacteal; conveying chyle; as, lacteous vessels.
+
lined
imp.|p.p.
of Line
+
ledgment
n.
The development of the surface of a body on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained.
+
languente
adv.
In a languishing manner; pathetically.
+
lamasery
n.
A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc.
+
lief
n.
A dear one; a sweetheart.
+
lapjointed
a.
Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.
+
lingo
n.
Language; speech; dialect.
+
liberated
imp.|p.p.
of Liberate
+
lagan
n.|v.
See Ligan.
+
lambda
n.
The name of the Greek letter /, /, corresponding with the English letter L, l.
+
ladle
v.t.
A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
+
latence
n.
Latency.
+
lucifrian
a.
Luciferian; satanic.
+
lift
v.t.
To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden.
+
lurcher
n.
One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers.
+
lave
v.t.
To lade, dip, or pour out.
+
lick
n.
A slap; a quick stroke.
+
lording
n.
A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule.
+
laudator
n.
One who lauds.
+
latish
a.
Somewhat late.
+
lichenographist
n.
One who describes lichens; one versed in lichenography.
+
lodging
n.
A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; -- often in the plural with a singular meaning.
+
laud
v.i.
To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol.
+
limning
n.
The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced.
+
lepidopter
n.
One of the Lepidoptera.
+
lassitude
n.
A condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary functions are performed with difficulty, and only by a strong exertion of the will; languor; debility; weariness.
+
loaning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Loan
+
luckiness
n.
Good fortune; favorable issue or event.
+
lonis quatorze

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the art or style of the times of Louis XIV. of France; as, Louis quatorze architecture.
+
lashing
n.
The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
+
lotion
n.
A liquid preparation for bathing the skin, or an injured or diseased part, either for a medicinal purpose, or for improving its appearance.
+
liableness
n.
Quality of being liable; liability.
+
legislatively
adv.
In a legislative manner.
+
lanched
imp.|p.p.
of Lanch
+
lindia
n.
A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoologists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda.
+
lancely
a.
Like a lance.
+
lady
n.
A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right.
+
launch
n.
The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
+
latinize
v.t.
To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin.
+
lancination
n.
A tearing; laceration.
+
lamprey
n.
An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side.
+
lapidifying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lapidify
+
launder
v.i.
To lave; to wet.
+
licensed
a.
Having a license; permitted or authorized by license; as, a licensed victualer; a licensed traffic.
+
laystall
n.
A place where milch cows are kept, or cattle on the way to market are lodged.
+
lapboard
n.
A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.
+
lexicographist
n.
A lexicographer.
+
lost
v.t.
Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as to be insensible of external things; as, to be lost in thought.
+
laudableness
n.
The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.
+
low
superl.
Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight.
+
ladys bedstraw

The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels.
+
lumbriciform
a.
Resembling an earthworm; vermiform.
+
langret
n.
A kind of loaded die.
+
legitimatize
v.t.
To legitimate.
+
leadman
n.
One who leads a dance.
+
lusty
superl.
Exhibiting lust or vigor; stout; strong; vigorous; robust; healthful; able of body.
+
libidinosity
n.
The state or quality of being libidinous; libidinousness.
+
loafer
n.
One who loafs; a lazy lounger.
+
lamp
n.
A thin plate or lamina.
+
luster
v.t.
Alt. of Lustre
+
lignose
n.
See Lignin.
+
laccin
n.
A yellow amorphous substance obtained from lac.
+
loyalness
n.
Loyalty.
+
listen
v.i.
To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey.
+
livelong
a.
Lasting; durable.
+
leveling
n.
The act or operation of making level.
+
loren
obs.strongp.p.
of Lose.
+
longanimity
n.
Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.
+
lead
n.
A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
+
lag
v.t.
To cause to lag; to slacken.
+
levy
v.t.
To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority; as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
+
lob
v.t.
To let fall heavily or lazily.
+
loaning
n.
An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane.
+
latex
n.
A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation.
+
low
superl.
Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.
+
lesion
n.
A hurt; an injury.
+
lowbell
n.
A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.
+
lurch
v.t.
To steal; to rob.
+
lithotritor

A lithotriptor.
+
labimeter
n.
See Labidometer.
+
gies
pl.
of Lethargy
+
lower
a.
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
+
lippitude
n.
Soreness of eyes; the state of being blear-eyed; blearedness.
+
lap
n.
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.
+
lettrure
n.
See Letterure.
+
letter
n.
A single type; type, collectively; a style of type.
+
laving
v.i.
Ignited; glowing with heat; burning; live.
+
lustreless
a.
Destitute of luster; dim; dull.
+
lay
v.t.
A plan; a scheme.
+
luculent
a.
Clear; evident; luminous.
+
laceration
n.
The act of lacerating.
+
lockjaw
n.
A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus.
+
looped
a.
Bent, folded, or tied, so as to make a loop; as, a looped wire or string.
+
little
a.
Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
+
letterer
n.
One who makes, inscribes, or engraves, alphabetical letters.
+
lionize
v.t.
To show the lions or objects of interest to; to conduct about among objects of interest.
+
loobily
a.
Loobylike; awkward.
+
labiated
a.
Same as Labiate, a. (a).
+
lupulin
n.
A bitter principle extracted from hops.
+
leave
v.i.
To cease; to desist; to leave off.
+
logistics
n.
That branch of the military art which embraces the details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by some writers extended to include strategy.
+
loop
n.
A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight.
+
leached
imp.|p.p.
of Leach
+
lining
n.
The act of one who lines; the act or process of making lines, or of inserting a lining.
+
location
n.
A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
+
lightful
a.
Full of light; bright.
+
laded

of Lade
+
lyam
n.
A leash.
+
lefthandiness
n.
The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness.
+
look
v.i.
To show one's self in looking, as by leaning out of a window; as, look out of the window while I speak to you. Sometimes used figuratively.
+
ligature
n.
A thread or string for tying the blood vessels, particularly the arteries, to prevent hemorrhage.
+
leiotrichi
n.pl.
The division of mankind which embraces the smooth-haired races.
+
lampadist
n.
One who gained the prize in the lampadrome.
+
lifepreserver
n.
An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water.
+
lobe
n.
A rounded projection or division of a leaf.
+
light
superl.
Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light.
+
libel
n.
A malicious publication expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law.
+
limitable
a.
Capable of being limited.
+
lone
a.
Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher.
+
loose
superl.
Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.
+
lady
a.
Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.
+
libertine
n.
A defamatory name for a freethinker.
+
leek
n.
A plant of the genus Allium (A. Porrum), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion.
+
labidometer
n.
A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.
+
laurer
n.
Laurel.
+
listener
n.
One who listens; a hearkener.
+
losel
a.
Wasteful; slothful.
+
latching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Latch
+
lupulin
n.
The fine yellow resinous powder found upon the strobiles or fruit of hops, and containing this bitter principle.
+
late
a.
After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early.
+
lima
n.
The capital city of Peru, in South America.
+
lay
v.t.
To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.
+
lock
n.
A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
+
leucoline
n.
A nitrogenous organic base from coal tar, and identical with quinoline. Cf. Quinoline.
+
lacrosse
n.
A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field.
+
literalize
v.t.
To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; -- opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.
+
libel
v.t.
To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc.; to lampoon.
+
luff
n.
The side of a ship toward the wind.
+
leve
v.t.
To believe.
+
labarum
n.
The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (CHR) of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard.
+
lively
superl.
Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth.
+
lessee
v.t.
The person to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease.
+
lentil
n.
A leguminous plant of the genus Ervum (Ervum Lens), of small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is used for food on the continent.
+
likely
a.
Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story.
+
loculus
n.
One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.
+
lounge
a.
To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
+
lie
adj.
To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
+
lie
adj.
To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
+
lemurid
a.|n.
Same as Lemuroid.
+
latration
n.
A barking.
+
legatine
a.
Of or pertaining to a legate; as, legatine power.
+
limit
v.t.
A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.
+
lungless
a.
Being without lungs.
+
lithotint
n.
A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if made with India ink.
+
levity
n.
The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity.
+
legge
v.t.
To lay.
+
lead
n.
A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
+
logistical
a.
Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as, logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic.
+
labyrinthici
n.pl.
An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied fishes.
+
ladanum
n.
A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation.
+
lick
v.
A stroke of the tongue in licking.
+
lickspigot
n.
A tapster.
+
landladies
pl.
of Landlady
+
loadmanage
n.
Alt. of Lodemanage
+
labyrinthical
a.
Like or pertaining to a labyrinth.
+
literature
n.
The collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry.
+
laundrymen
pl.
of Laundryman
+
lorn
a.
Forsaken; abandoned; solitary; bereft; as, a lone, lorn woman.
+
lenitiveness
n.
The quality of being lenitive.
+
lorgnette
n.
An opera glass
+
lignitiferous
a.
Producing or containing lignite; lignitic.
+
loopholed
a.
Provided with loopholes.
+
lid
n.
The cover of the eye; an eyelid.
+
lord
v.t.
To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.
+
latch
n.
To catch so as to hold.
+
let
v.i.
To be let or leased; as, the farm lets for $500 a year. See note under Let, v. t.
+
longlegs
n.
A daddy longlegs.
+
lazaret
n.
Alt. of Lazaretto
+
liberty
n.
The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.
+
logical
a.
According to the rules of logic; as, a logical argument or inference; the reasoning is logical.
+
license
n.
The document granting such permission.
+
lustrical
a.
Pertaining to, or used for, purification.
+
levogyrate
a.
Turning or twisting the plane of polarization towards the left, as levulose, levotartaric acid, etc.
+
lentiginose
a.
Bearing numerous dots resembling freckles.
+
lozenge
n.
A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
+
load
v.
The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.
+
levo

Pertaining to, or toward, the left; as, levorotatory.
+
lappic
a.
Of or pertaining to Lapland, or the Lapps.
+
lieutenantship
n.
Same as Lieutenancy, 1.
+
labent
a.
Slipping; sliding; gliding.
+
lignous
a.
Ligneous.
+
latitudinous
a.
Having latitude, or wide extent.
+
largeness
n.
The quality or state of being large.
+
larvas
pl.
of Larva
+
loper
n.
One who, or that which, lopes; esp., a horse that lopes.
+
lacunal
a.
Alt. of Lacunar
+
lixt

2d pers. sing. pres. of Lige, to lie, to tell lies, -- contracted for ligest.
+
level
a.
Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial; as, a level head; a level understanding. [Colloq.] 
+
laggard
a.
Slow; sluggish; backward.
+
lifeweary
a.
Weary of living.
+
labiose
a.
Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.
+
lycanthrope
n.
One affected with lycanthropy.
+
longicorn
n.
One of the Longicornia.
+
loche
n.
See Loach.
+
laudatory
a.
Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden.
+
let
v.t.
To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e., cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought.
+
lake
n.
A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc.
+
loyalist
n.
A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution.
+
loftily
adv.
In a lofty manner or position; haughtily.
+
large
superl.
Prodigal in expending; lavish.
+
linga
n.
Alt. of Lingam
+
lipping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lip
+
lap
n.
One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold, 2.
+
likeminded
a.
Having a like disposition or purpose; of the same mind.
+
landlubber
n.
One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.
+
lamenting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lament
+
lasting
n.
A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.
+
last
a.
Being after all the others, similarly classed or considered, in time, place, or order of succession; following all the rest; final; hindmost; farthest; as, the last year of a century; the last man in a line of soldiers; the last page in a book; his last chance.
+
lactescent
a.
Producing milk or a milklike juice or fluid, as the milkweed. See Latex.
+
loan
n.
That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan.
+
listing
n.
The throwing up of the soil into ridges, -- a method adopted in the culture of beets and some garden crops.
+
landamman
n.
A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.
+
lowery
a.
Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather.
+
lash
n.
A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
+
lamellicornia
n.pl.
A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes.
+
levet
n.
A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
+
levitical
a.
Of or pertaining to, or designating, the law contained in the book of Leviticus.
+
logic
n.
The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic arrangement; correct reasoning.
+
lawless
a.
Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim.
+
ladder
v.i.
That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence.
+
looping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Loop.
+
laemodipoda
n.pl.
A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples.
+
loriot
n.
The golden oriole of Europe. See Oriole.
+
language
n.
The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
+
laterifolious
a.
Growing from the stem by the side of a leaf; as, a laterifolious flower.
+
lain
p.p.
of Lie, v. i.
+
lepid
a.
Pleasant; jocose.
+
log
n.
A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.
+
lingula
n.
A tonguelike process or part.
+
lightroom
n.
A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.
+
latitude
n.
Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.
+
lunatic
a.
Affected by lunacy; insane; mad.
+
luscious
a.
Cloying; fulsome.
+
lamel
n.
See Lamella.
+
lapp
n.
Same as Laplander.  Cf. Lapps.
+
legacy
n.
A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.
+
landlock
v.t.
To inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, with land.
+
leviable
a.
Fit to be levied; capable of being assessed and collected; as, sums leviable by course of law.
+
leden
n.
Alt. of Ledden
+
lapidescence
n.
A hardening into a stone substance.
+
lunulet
n.
A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects.
+
lectual
a.
Confining to the bed; as, a lectual disease.
+
lardoon
n.
A bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding.
+
lim naea
n.
A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail.
+
lune
n.
Anything in the shape of a half moon.
+
line
n.
The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name.
+
liquored
imp.|p.p.
of Liquor
+
lithographed
imp.|p.p.
of Lithograph
+
longsuffering
n.
Long patience of offense.
+
lightfingered
a.
Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts.
+
lager
n.
Lager beer.
+
lockdown
n.
A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen.
+
lord
n.
The Savior; Jesus Christ.
+
listen
v.t.
To attend to.
+
legion
n.
A group of orders inferior to a class.
+
land
n.
The ground or floor.
+
levo

A prefix from L. laevus
+
lichenology
n.
The science which treats of lichens.
+
leaning
n.
The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
+
linguacious
a.
Given to the use of the tongue; loquacious.
+
lingerer
n.
One who lingers.
+
levulin
n.
A substance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition it yields levulose.
+
loop
n.
A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
+
lions tooth

See Leontodon.
+
loir
n.
A large European dormouse (Myoxus glis).
+
locule
n.
A little hollow; a loculus.
+
lure
n.
Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.
+
letter
n.
One who retards or hinders.
+
lit

of Light
+
lagena
n.
The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians.
+
luff
n.
The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
+
little
a.
Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible.
+
lore
v.t.
That which is taught; hence, instruction; wisdom; advice; counsel.
+
leptostraca
n.pl.
An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms.
+
lugmark
n.
A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark.
+
lacwork
n.
Ornamentation by means of lacquer painted or carved, or simply colored, sprinkled with gold or the like; -- said especially of Oriental work of this kind.
+
lithotrity
n.
The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into small pieces capable of being voided.
+
lay
v.t.
To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
+
lowchurchism
n.
The principles of the low-church party.
+
list
n.
A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet.
+
limbered
imp.|p.p.
of Limber
+
line
n.
A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend.
+
levant
v.i.
To run away from one's debts; to decamp.
+
leadsman
n.
The man who heaves the lead.
+
lax
n.
A looseness; diarrhea.
+
labyrinthine
a.
Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal.
+
longe
n.
Same as 4th Lunge.
+
lambaste
v.t.
To beat severely.
+
lifelike
a.
Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait.
+
lichenous
a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, lichens; abounding in lichens; covered with lichens.
+
loco
adv.
A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher.
+
libertarian
a.
Pertaining to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.
+
linoleate
n.
A salt of linoleic acid.
+
lodge
n.
To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal.
+
loosen
v.t.
To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.
+
levantine
n.
Of or pertaining to the Levant.
+
lactucone
n.
A white, crystalline, tasteless substance, found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.
+
lope
imp.
of Leap.
+
lower
a.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
+
labyrinth
n.
An inextricable or bewildering difficulty.
+
loom
n.
See Loon, the bird.
+
lexiconist
n.
A writer of a lexicon.
+
lactifuge
n.
A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.
+
lavrock
n.
Same as Laverock.
+
luxation
n.
The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
+
livingly
adv.
In a living state.
+
languaging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Language
+
lease
v.t.
Any tenure by grant or permission; the time for which such a tenure holds good; allotted time.
+
lessen
v.i.
To become less; to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened.
+
lazarly
a.
Full of sores; leprous.
+
libel
n.
A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks.
+
lilt
v.i.
To sing cheerfully.
+
lithology
n.
The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.
+
limekiln
n.
A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime.
+
locked
imp.|p.p.
of Lock
+
light
superl
White or whitish; not intense or very marked; not of a deep shade; moderately colored; as, a light color; a light brown; a light complexion.
+
liberality
n.
The quality or state of being liberal; liberal disposition or practice; freedom from narrowness or prejudice; generosity; candor; charity.
+
locative
a.
Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein; as, a locative adjective; locative case of a noun.
+
lollop
v.i.
To move heavily; to lounge or idle; to loll.
+
laud
v.i.
High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory.
+
lackey
v.
An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
+
lawn
n.
An open space between woods.
+
levin
n.
Lightning.
+
linguality
n.
The quality of being lingual.
+
lapsing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lapse
+
lenticel
n.
A small, lens-shaped gland on the under side of some leaves.
+
light
superl.
Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin.
+
loutish
a.
Clownish; rude; awkward.
+
liane
n.
Alt. of Liana
+
locus
n.
The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law.
+
lignum rhodium

The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera.
+
libertine
n.
One free from restraint; one who acts according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee.
+
like
superl.
Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel like taking a walk.
+
lacquerer
n.
One who lacquers, especially one who makes a business of lacquering.
+
lithodomous
a.
Like, or pertaining to, Lithodomus; lithophagous.
+
lower
a.
Compar. of Low, a.
+
lanterloo
n.
An old name of loo (a).
+
legality
n.
The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.
+
ladyship
n.
The rank or position of a lady; -- given as a title (preceded by her or your).
+
laryngology
n.
Systematized knowledge of the action and functions of the larynx; in pathology, the department which treats of the diseases of the larynx.
+
libatory
a.
Pertaining to libation.
+
lavour
n.
A laver.
+
listen
v.i.
To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.
+
long
adv.
To a great extent in time; during a long time.
+
lipochrin
n.
A yellow coloring matter, soluble in ether, contained in the small round fat drops in the retinal epithelium cells. It is best obtained from the eyes of frogs.
+
landlouping
a.
Vagrant; wandering about.
+
legate
n.
An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with the authority of the Holy See.
+
latitancy
n.
Act or state of lying hid, or lurking.
+
leucite
n.
A mineral having a glassy fracture, occurring in translucent trapezohedral crystals. It is a silicate of alumina and potash. It is found in the volcanic rocks of Italy, especially at Vesuvius.
+
lastage
n.
A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
+
laving
v.i.
Producing life, action, animation, or vigor; quickening.
+
lin
n.
A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.
+
lunisolar
a.
Resulting from the united action, or pertaining to the mutual relations, of the sun and moon.
+
lye
n.
A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.
+
lot
n.
Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots.
+
legislator
n.
A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body.
+
liabilities
pl.
of Liability
+
lustering
n.
The act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery.
+
lucid
n.
Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval.
+
lazulite
n.
A mineral of a light indigo-blue color, occurring in small masses, or in monoclinic crystals; blue spar. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina and magnesia.
+
lixiviation
n.
Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance form one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching.
+
live
a.
Having life; alive; living; not dead.
+
lee
n.
That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.
+
levigating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Levigate
+
lithoglypher
n.
One who curs or engraves precious stones.
+
listless
a.
Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless.
+
logarithm
n.
One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division.
+
lubric
a.
Alt. of Lubrical
+
leaden
a.
Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky.
+
life
n.
A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton.
+
lutenist
n.
Same as Lutanist.
+
liberticide
n.
The destruction of civil liberty.
+
latrine
n.
A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc.
+
legitimate
v.t.
To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; esp., to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means; as, to legitimate a bastard child.
+
leer
n.
Complexion; aspect; appearance.
+
lucernarian
n.
One of the Lucernarida.
+
limpitude
n.
Limpidity.
+
levite
n.
A priest; -- so called in contempt or ridicule.
+
lenticula
n.
A lens of small size.
+
leme
v.i.
To shine.
+
lateritic
a.
Consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as, lateritic formations.
+
lucid
n.
Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear.
+
liken
a.
To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage.
+
latin
n.
The language of the ancient Romans.
+
lawm
n.
A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the office itself.
+
lymphate
a.
Alt. of Lymphated
+
laminate
v.t.
To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
+
labrus
n.
A genus of marine fishes, including the wrasses of Europe. See Wrasse.
+
lask
n.
A diarrhea or flux.
+
langarey
n.
One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and allied genera; called also wood swallow.
+
lastly
adv.
In the last place; in conclusion.
+
lutulent
a.
Muddy; turbid; thick.
+
legendary
a.
Of or pertaining to a legend or to legends; consisting of legends; like a legend; fabulous.
+
lemnian
a.
Of or pertaining to the isle of Lemnos.
+
longwaisted
a.
Having a long waist; long from the armpits to the armpits to the bottom of the waist; -- said of persons.
+
lentoid
a.
Having the form of a lens; lens-shaped.
+
loop
v.t.
To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.
+
lovely
adv.
In a manner to please, or to excite love.
+
loan
n.t.
To lend; -- sometimes with out.
+
lute
n.
A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called also luting.
+
lenten
n.
Of or pertaining to the fast called Lent; used in, or suitable to, Lent; as, the Lenten season.
+
libertine
n.
Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose in morals; as, libertine principles or manners.
+
lodge
n.
A collection of objects lodged together.
+
lamarckian
a.
Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism.
+
lutein
n.
A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yelk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum.
+
lepisma
n.
A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and furniture bug.
+
lancet
n.
A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.
+
lappeting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lappet
+
luskish
a.
Inclined to be lazy.
+
leful
a.
See Leveful.
+
lasse
a.|adv.
Less.
+
lardacein
n.
A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc.
+
like
n.
A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl.; as, we all have likes and dislikes.
+
lived
imp.|p.p.
of Live
+
listing
n.
The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb); as, the listing of a door; the listing of a stock at the Stock Exchange.
+
lucriferous
a.
Gainful; profitable.
+
likeness
n.
The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable.
+
lunistice
n.
The farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in its monthly revolution.
+
lastage
n.
Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.
+
lauriferous
a.
Producing, or bringing, laurel.
+
lenticulas
pl.
of Lenticula
+
licentious
a.
Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life.
+
lamb
n.
The young of the sheep.
+
lancegaye
n.
A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II.
+
lift
v.i.
To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
+
leo
n.
The Lion, the fifth sign of the zodiac, marked thus [/] in almanacs.
+
legislated
imp.|p.p.
of Legislate
+
loved
imp.|p.p.
of Love
+
lobbied
imp.|p.p.
of Lobby
+
listing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of List
+
lurked
imp.|p.p.
of Lurk
+
longitude
n.
Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense.
+
lassos
pl.
of Lasso
+
ley
n.
See Lye.
+
low
superl.
Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.
+
looped
a.
Full of holes.
+
loculus
n.
One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
+
latrate
v.i.
To bark as a dog.
+
lander
n.
One who lands, or makes a landing.
+
legate
n.
Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
+
loon
n.
A sorry fellow; a worthless person; a rogue.
+
lucky proach

See Fatherlasher.
+
lay
v.t.
To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
+
lacertiloid
a.
Like or belonging to the Lacertilia.
+
lose
v.t.
To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health.
+
libriform
a.
Having the form of liber, or resembling liber.
+
lagoon
n.
A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice.
+
lice
n.
pl. of Louse.
+
lyrated
a.
Lyre-shaped, or spatulate and oblong, with small lobes toward the base; as, a lyrate leaf.
+
latirostrous
a.
Having a broad beak.
+
laziness
n.
The state or quality of being lazy.
+
lithaemia
n.
A condition in which uric (lithic) acid is present in the blood.
+
label
n.
In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
+
labia
pl.
of Labium
+
lopped
imp.|p.p.
of Lop
+
laird
n.
A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown.
+
lease
v.t.
A demise or letting of lands, tenements, or hereditaments to another for life, for a term of years, or at will, or for any less interest than that which the lessor has in the property, usually for a specified rent or compensation.
+
leggiero
a.|adv.
Light or graceful; in a light, delicate, and brisk style.
+
longshore
a.
Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore.
+
ladyhood
n.
The state or quality of being a lady; the personality of a lady.
+
lingering
a.
Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease.
+
leverwood
n.
The American hop hornbeam (Ostrya Virginica), a small tree with very tough wood.
+
link
n.
Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of horsehair.
+
let
v.t.
To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent.
+
lappaceous
a.
Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.
+
lookdown
n.
See Moonfish (b).
+
leavening
n.
The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven.
+
langate
n.
A linen roller used in dressing wounds.
+
life
n.
A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many lives were sacrificed.
+
lace
v.t.
To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
+
levee
n.
A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.
+
lansquenet
n.
A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet.
+
little
a.
Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence.
+
lissom
a.
Alt. of Lissome
+
ladleful
n.
A quantity sufficient to fill a ladle.
+
leguminous
a.
Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosae), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas.
+
leopardwood
n.
See Letterwood.
+
lastage
n.
The lading of a ship; also, ballast.
+
limit
v.t.
That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor.
+
lowly
adv.
In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
+
londonize
v.i.
To imitate the manner of the people of London.
+
lombarhouse
n.
A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.
+
losing
imp.|p.p.
of Lose
+
legumens
pl.
of Legumen
+
lob
v.t.
See Cob, v. t.
+
lophobranchiate
a.
Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii.
+
lavatic
a.
Like lava, or composed of lava; lavic.
+
lacrymary

Alt. of Lacrymose
+
labiate
a.
Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip.
+
lynch law

The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.
+
lime
v.t.
To smear with a viscous substance, as birdlime.
+
lentor
a.
Slowness; delay; sluggishness.
+
lubricitate
v.i.
See Lubricate.
+
livinian
n.
A native or an inhabitant of Livonia; the language (allied to the Finnish) of the Livonians.
+
loris
n.
Any one of several species of small lemurs of the genus Stenops. They have long, slender limbs and large eyes, and are arboreal in their habits. The slender loris (S. gracilis), of Ceylon, in one of the best known species.
+
leucopyrite
n.
A mineral of a color between white and steel-gray, with a metallic luster, and consisting chiefly of arsenic and iron.
+
liquorish
a.
See Lickerish.
+
labor
n.
Any pang or distress.
+
linger
v.t.
To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed.
+
limbus
n.
An extramundane region where certain classes of souls were supposed to await the judgment.
+
let
n.
A stroke in which a ball touches the top of the net in passing over.
+
lotto
n.
A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno.
+
liquor
n.
Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like.
+
listful
a.
Attentive.
+
leet
n.
The European pollock.
+
law
n.
The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament.
+
lorette
n.
In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; -- so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many of them resided.
+
leafcup
n.
A coarse American composite weed (Polymnia Uvedalia).
+
locker
n.
A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock.
+
line
n.
A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline.
+
luncheon
v.i.
To take luncheon.
+
lyche
a.
Like.
+
lucency
n.
The quality of being lucent.
+
land
n.
The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing.
+
latchet
n.
The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.
+
ligsam
n.
Same as Ligan.
+
loot
n.
Plunder; booty; especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city.
+
leam
n.|v.i.
See Leme.
+
lionize
v.t.
To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest.
+
levigate
v.t.
Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments.
+
lenticellate
a.
Producing lenticels; dotted with lenticels.
+
language
n.
Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the organs of the throat and mouth.
+
lagenas
pl.
of Lagena
+
laburnine
n.
A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum.
+
lar
n.
A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods. Hence, Eng.: Hearth or dwelling house.
+
liegeman
n.
Same as Liege, n., 2.
+
lead
n.
The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
+
largeacred
a.
Possessing much land.
+
light
n.
To give light to; to illuminate; to fill with light; to spread over with light; -- often with up.
+
landward
adv.|a.
Toward the land.
+
lapel
n.
That part of a garment which is turned back; specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar.
+
leeboard
n.
A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught.
+
lithobilic
a.
Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaric acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtained from certain bile products, as bezoar stones.
+
lance
n.
A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
+
longbreathed
a.
Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.
+
leave
v.
To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from.
+
limitate
v.t.
Bounded by a distinct line.
+
literalism
n.
The tendency or disposition to represent objects faithfully, without abstraction, conventionalities, or idealization.
+
lockless
a.
Destitute of a lock.
+
limbed
a.
Having limbs; -- much used in composition; as, large-limbed; short-limbed.
+
lenticelle
n.
Lenticel.
+
lenvoy
n.
One or more detached verses at the end of a literary composition, serving to convey the moral, or to address the poem to a particular person; -- orig. employed in old French poetry.
+
lim
n.
A limb.
+
lametta
n.
Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass.
+
leniency
n.
The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.
+
lorikeet
n.
Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, with some forms in the East Indies. They are arboreal in their habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers. They belong to Trichoglossus, Loriculus, and several allied genera.
+
lunacy
n.
Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation.
+
lodge
n.
A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate.
+
lay
v.t.
To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.
+
lute
v.t.
To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.
+
labium
n.
The lip of an organ pipe.
+
legumin
n.
An albuminous substance resembling casein, found as a characteristic ingredient of the seeds of leguminous and grain-bearing plants.
+
lobby
n.
That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons, collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the legislators; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency.
+
librarian
n.
One who copies manuscript books.
+
laxity
a.
The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness, strictness, or exactness.
+
liege
n.
The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
+
limitary
n.
A limiter. See Limiter, 2.
+
lucimeter
n.
an instrument for measuring the intensity of light; a photometer.
+
levantine
n.
A stout twilled silk fabric, formerly made in the Levant.
+
lief
n.
Same as Lif.
+
lightable
a.
Such as can be lighted.
+
lefthanded
a.
Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction.
+
lax
v.t.
Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.
+
lamp
n.
Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.
+
listing
n.
The sapwood cut from the edge of a board.
+
lancewood
n.
A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae).
+
ligation
n.
The act of binding, or the state of being bound.
+
lusitanian
a.
Pertaining to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with Portugal.
+
lurker
n.
One who lurks.
+
lith

3d pers. sing. pres. of Lie, to recline, for lieth.
+
lovage
n.
An umbelliferous plant (Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.
+
lunule
n.
A lune. See Lune.
+
liqueur
n.
An aromatic alcoholic cordial.
+
lambrequin
n.
A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.
+
ladys mantle

A genus of rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla), esp. the European A. vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes.
+
liman
n.
The deposit of slime at the mouth of a river; slime.
+
lectionary
n.
A book, or a list, of lections, for reading in divine service.
+
lepidine
n.
An organic base, C9H6.N.CH3, metameric with quinaldine, and obtained by the distillation of cinchonine.
+
line
n.
A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column.
+
lookingglass
n.
A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver.
+
lancet
n.
An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
+
liquation
n.
The process of separating, by heat, an easily fusible metal from one less fusible; eliquation.
+
litchi
n.
The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form.
+
life
n.
The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all animal and vegetable organisms.
+
lodger
n.
One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's house.
+
lyrically
adv.
In a lyrical manner.
+
lych gate

See under Lich.
+
lingoa wood

Amboyna wood.
+
lampoon
v.t.
To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.
+
liripoop
n.
A pendent part of the old clerical tippet; afterwards, a tippet; a scarf; -- worn also by doctors, learned men, etc.
+
lithographing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lithograph
+
lead
n.
An article made of lead or an alloy of lead
+
labyrinthic
a.
Alt. of Labyrinthical
+
least
conj.
See Lest, conj.
+
lionel
n.
The whelp of a lioness; a young lion.
+
laugh
v.t.
To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
+
lighthouses
pl.
of Lighthouse
+
loculament
n.
The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
+
love
n.
Due gratitude and reverence to God.
+
ligeance
n.
The connection between sovereign and subject by which they were mutually bound, the former to protection and the securing of justice, the latter to faithful service; allegiance.
+
lynden
n.
See Linden.
+
lordship
n.
The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc.
+
leader
n.
A block of hard wood pierced with suitable holes for leading ropes in their proper places.
+
ludibund
a.
Sportive.
+
lattice
v.i.
To make a lattice of; as, to lattice timbers.
+
locust
n.
Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, / Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See Grasshopper.
+
leaky
superl.
Apt to disclose secrets; tattling; not close.
+
leviticus
n.
The third canonical book of the Old Testament, containing the laws and regulations relating to the priests and Levites among the Hebrews, or the body of the ceremonial law.
+
law
v.t.
Same as Lawe, v. t.
+
laically
adv.
As a layman; after the manner of a layman; as, to treat a matter laically.
+
laxativeness
n.
The quality of being laxative.
+
latitudinarian
a.
Indifferent to a strict application of any standard of belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely from such standard; lax in doctrine; as, latitudinarian divines; latitudinarian theology.
+
loom
n.
A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.
+
lithotome
n.
An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations for the stone.
+
lithotomist
n.
One who performs the operation of cutting for stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in the operation.
+
libel
n.
The crime of issuing a malicious defamatory publication.
+
lasting
n.
Continuance; endurance.
+
lost
v.t.
Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered; as, a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit.
+
lash
v.t.
To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail.
+
lutheran
n.
One who accepts or adheres to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church.
+
limoges
n.
A city of Southern France.
+
leal
a.
Faithful; loyal; true.
+
lapidifical
a.
Forming or converting into stone.
+
loss
v.t.
Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars.
+
look
n.
The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view; -- often in certain phrases; as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a look.
+
linnean
a.
Of or pertaining to Linnaeus, the celebrated Swedish botanist.
+
land
v.t.
To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish.
+
legitimate
a.
Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.
+
libra
n.
A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.
+
lig
v.i.
To recline; to lie still.
+
lock
n.
The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.
+
leader
n.
A branch or small vein, not important in itself, but indicating the proximity of a better one.
+
legatine
a.
Made by, proceeding from, or under the sanction of, a legate; as, a legatine constitution.
+
long
adv.
At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest.
+
langued
a.
Tongued; having the tongue visible.
+
ladify
v.t.
To make a lady of; to make ladylike.
+
learnable
a.
Such as can be learned.
+
loci
pl.
of Locus
+
lectern
n.
See Lecturn.
+
laund
n.
A plain sprinkled with trees or underbrush; a glade.
+
lick
v.
A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs.
+
lampadrome
n.
A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.
+
levitical
a.
Of or pertaining to a Levite or the Levites.
+
load
v.
That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care.
+
liquidamber
n.
See Liquidambar.
+
lear
n.
An annealing oven. See Leer, n.
+
likely
a.
Having such qualities as make success probable; well adapted to the place; promising; as, a likely young man; a likely servant.
+
legume
n.
The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.
+
literati
n.pl.
Learned or literary men. See Literatus.
+
ladylikeness
n.
The quality or state of being ladylike.
+
lining
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Line
+
lip
n.
One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speech essential to certain articulations. Hence, by a figure they denote the mouth, or all the organs of speech, and sometimes speech itself.
+
ligature
n.
Impotence caused by magic or charms.
+
link
v.t.
To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join; to attach; to unite; to couple.
+
lete
v.t.
To let; to leave.
+
luxuriation
n.
The act or process luxuriating.
+
lanigerous
a.
Bearing or producing wool.
+
lacedaemonian
n.
A Spartan.
+
lawing
n.
Expeditation.
+
level
n.
A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine.
+
letts
n.pl.
An Indo-European people, allied to the Lithuanians and Old Prussians, and inhabiting a part of the Baltic provinces of Russia.
+
lompish
a.
Lumpish.
+
lobcock
n.
A dull, sluggish person; a lubber; a lob.
+
leaden
a.
Heavy; dull; sluggish.
+
lorica
n.
The protective case or shell of an infusorian or rotifer.
+
linigerous
a.
Bearing flax; producing linen.
+
leap
v.t.
To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
+
lord
v.i.
To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.
+
lodgment
v.
An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.
+
ligement
n.
See Ledgment.
+
look
v.t.
To expect.
+
lobsided
a.
See Lopsided.
+
larker
n.
One who indulges in a lark or frolic.
+
luster
n.
Alt. of Lustre
+
limb
n.
An arm or a leg of a human being; a leg, arm, or wing of an animal.
+
lace
n.
A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
+
letted
imp.|p.p.
of Lette
+
lampreys
pl.
of Lamprey
+
lacking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lack
+
ligation
n.
That which binds; bond; connection.
+
loaves
pl.
of Loaf
+
laborsaving
a.
Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, labor-saving machinery.
+
lere
n.
Flesh; skin.
+
lob
n.
A dull, heavy person.
+
langrage
n.
Alt. of Langrel
+
leadhillite
n.
A mineral of a yellowish or greenish white color, consisting of the sulphate and carbonate of lead; -- so called from having been first found at Leadhills, Scotland.
+
labium
n.
A lip, or liplike organ.
+
lapse
n.
A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
+
lied
imp.|p.p.
of Lie
+
lankiness
n.
The condition or quality or being lanky.
+
lit

of Light
+
last
n.
The burden of a ship; a cargo.
+
lodge
n.
A family of North American Indians, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge, -- as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals.
+
lamarckism
n.
The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.
+
latreutical
a.
Acting as a hired servant; serving; ministering; assisting.
+
lichenic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens.
+
liguliflorous
a.
Bearing only ligulate flowers; -- said of a large suborder of composite plants, such as the dandelion, lettuce, hawkweed, etc.
+
lyric
n.
A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
+
lour
n.
An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil.
+
labial
a.
Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w.
+
lacunaria
pl.
of Lacunar
+
landfall
n.
A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
+
land
n.
Any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever, as meadows, pastures, woods, etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc., or by the hand of man, as buildings, fences, etc.; real estate.
+
limbless
a.
Destitute of limbs.
+
leased
imp.|p.p.
of Lease
+
las
a.|adv.
Less.
+
lacerate
v.t.
To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.
+
lanceolar
a.
Lanceolate.
+
lyric
a.
Alt. of Lyrical
+
lesion
n.
Any morbid change in the exercise of functions or the texture of organs.
+
lapsed
a.
Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy.
+
lacquered
imp.|p.p.
of Lacquer
+
ley
n.
Grass or meadow land; a lea.
+
lead
n.
A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in pencils.
+
live
v.i.
To have a spiritual existence; to be quickened, nourished, and actuated by divine influence or faith.
+
lentigo
n.
A freckly eruption on the skin; freckles.
+
line
v.t.
To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin.
+
line
v.t.
To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.
+
lycoperdon
n.
A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball.
+
luz
n.
A bone of the human body which was supposed by certain Rabbinical writers to be indestructible. Its location was a matter of dispute.
+
loneliness
n.
The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.
+
level
n.
An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.
+
lull
v.i.
To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.
+
ligule
n.
The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of a leaf of grass.
+
liss
n.
Release; remission; ease; relief.
+
lusus naturae

Sport or freak of nature; a deformed or unnatural production.
+
lignose
n.
An explosive compound of wood fiber and nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin.
+
level
n.
An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the earth; as, to climb from the level of the coast to the level of the plateau and then descend to the level of the valley or of the sea.
+
lecturer
n.
One who lectures; an assistant preacher.
+
low
superl.
Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
+
lorettine
n.
One of a order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the Western United States.
+
laughable
a.
Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene.
+
lay
a.
Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.
+
levigate
v.t.
To mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids.
+
lipothymy
n.
A fainting; a swoon.
+
luxating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Luxate
+
lodesman
n.
Same as Loadsman.
+
lithology
n.
A treatise on stones found in the body.
+
lacerate
p.a.
Alt. of Lacerated
+
lissome
a.
Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.
+
legality
n.
A conformity to, and resting upon, the letter of the law.
+
lighten
v.t.
To cheer; to exhilarate.
+
leaguer
v.t.
To besiege; to beleaguer.
+
lummox
n.
A fat, ungainly, stupid person; an awkward bungler.
+
looper
n.
The larva of any species of geometrid moths. See Geometrid.
+
lophobranch
a.
Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii.
+
lenten
n.
Lent.
+
lightermen
pl.
of Lighterman
+
lithiophilite
n.
A phosphate of manganese and lithium; a variety of triphylite.
+
lapidify
v.t.
To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.
+
lunatic
a.
Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.
+
log
n.
An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
+
limpet
n.
Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.
+
lash
v.t.
To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
+
lakh
n.
One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees.
+
lettered
a.
Inscribed or stamped with letters.
+
longsufferance
n.
Forbearance to punish or resent.
+
leader
n.
One having authority to direct; a chief; a commander.
+
linnaean
a.
Alt. of Linnean
+
landlady
n.
A woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants.
+
lights
n.pl.
The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.
+
lacteally
adv.
Milkily; in the manner of milk.
+
loral
a.
Of or pertaining to the lore; -- said of certain feathers of birds, scales of reptiles, etc.
+
leucophyll
n.
A colorless substance isomeric with chlorophyll, contained in parts of plants capable of becoming green.
+
low
superl.
Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.
+
lumbered
imp.|p.p.
of Lumber
+
lightolove
n.
Hence: A light or wanton woman.
+
lace
v.i.
To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.
+
liar
n.
A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies.
+
leniently
adv.
In a lenient manner.
+
languor
n.
Any enfeebling disease.
+
lioncel
n.
A small lion, especially one of several borne in the same coat of arms.
+
latibula
pl.
of Latibulum
+
ligula
n.
See Ligule.
+
lordosis
n.
A curvature of the spine forwards, usually in the lumbar region.
+
labial
n.
One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.
+
leatherhead
n.
The friar bird.
+
luncheon
n.
A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner.
+
lowh

strong imp. of Laugh.
+
label
n.
A tassel.
+
likelihood
n.
Appearance; show; sign; expression.
+
laniary
a.
Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth.
+
lute
n.
A straight-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.
+
looping
n.
The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.
+
lilt
n.
A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.
+
loggerhead
n.
An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike.
+
literati
pl.
of Literatus
+
lophiomys
n.
A very singular rodent (Lophiomys Imhausi) of Northeastern Africa. It is the only known representative of a special family (Lophiomyidae), remarkable for the structure of the skull. It has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in structure and arrangement.
+
lineolate
a.
Marked with little lines.
+
lier
n.
One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment.
+
leyser
n.
Leisure.
+
lentitude
a.
Slowness; sluggishness.
+
lampern
n.
The river lamprey (Ammocoetes, / Lampetra, fluviatilis).
+
lead
n.
The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead.
+
lathe
n.
A granary; a barn.
+
lambed
imp.|p.p.
of Lamb
+
lactucic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the juice of the Lactuca virosa; -- said of certain acids.
+
leanto
n.
A shed or slight building placed against the wall of a larger structure and having a single-pitched roof; -- called also penthouse, and to-fall.
+
leptothrix
n.
A genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistinctly articulated.
+
lookout
n.
Object or duty of forethought and care; responsibility.
+
lowlihood
n.
Alt. of Lowlihead
+
leatherback
n.
A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc.
+
live
v.i.
To be or continue in existence; to exist; to remain; to be permanent; to last; -- said of inanimate objects, ideas, etc.
+
littered
imp.|p.p.
of Litter
+
lichenin
n.
A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.
+
lunated
a.
Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross.
+
lope
v.i.
To move with a lope, as a horse.
+
loquacity
n.
The habit or practice of talking continually or excessively; inclination to talk too much; talkativeness; garrulity.
+
leered
imp.|p.p.
of Leer
+
louis dor

Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640.
+
lifestring
n.
A nerve, or string, that is imagined to be essential to life.
+
lendes
n.pl.
See Lends.
+
lupinine
n.
An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (Lupinus luteus, L. albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance.
+
loaned
imp.|p.p.
of Loan
+
list
v.i.
To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
+
laxative
a.
Having a tendency to loosen or relax.
+
linnaea borealis

The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates.
+
liquidator
n.
An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company.
+
laryngoscopist
n.
One skilled in laryngoscopy.
+
locution
n.
Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.
+
legally
adv.
In a legal manner.
+
lawmaker
n.
A legislator; a lawgiver.
+
lochan
n.
A small lake; a pond.
+
lossless
a.
Free from loss.
+
litre
n.
A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.
+
lithotyped
imp.|p.p.
of Lithotype
+
lucubration
n.
The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation.
+
lien
obs.p.p.
of Lie. See Lain.
+
lip
n.
One of the two opposite divisions of a labiate corolla.
+
lynched
imp.|p.p.
of Lynch
+
likerousness
n.
See Lickerish, Lickerishness.
+
letch
v.|n.
See Leach.
+
line
n.
Flax; linen.
+
losel
n.
One who loses by sloth or neglect; a worthless person; a lorel.
+
lodge
n.
The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge.
+
laver
n.
A large brazen vessel placed in the court of the Jewish tabernacle where the officiating priests washed their hands and feet.
+
lop
v.t.
To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge.
+
lexicographer
n.
The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.
+
lancer
n.
A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement.
+
lyrie
n.
A European fish (Peristethus cataphractum), having the body covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck, pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead.
+
lineated
a.
Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf.
+
lesson
n.
A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
+
lavement
n.
A washing or bathing; also, a clyster.
+
linear
a.
Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf.
+
lithic
a.
Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds.
+
laparotomy
n.
A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section.
+
levy
n.
A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
+
lithograph
v.t.
To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lithograph a painting. See Lithography.
+
line
n.
The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
+
longitude
n.
The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74° or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich.
+
levirostres
n.pl.
A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, and related forms.
+
laurone
n.
The ketone of lauric acid.
+
loss
v.t.
Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.
+
lanthanum
n.
A rare element of the group of the earth metals, allied to aluminium. It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite, orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of separating it from cerium, didymium, and other rare elements with which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.5. Symbol La.
+
loch
n.
A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture.
+
lace
v.t.
To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with anything resembling laces.
+
lymphadenitis
n.
Inflammation of the lymphatic glands; -- called also lymphitis.
+
lethargic
a.
Alt. of Lethargical
+
labyrinthal
a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a labyrinth; intricate; labyrinthian.
+
likeliness
n.
Suitableness; agreeableness.
+
lawbreaker
n.
One who disobeys the law; a criminal.
+
live
a.
Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator.
+
litherly
a.
Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.
+
los
n.
Praise. See Loos.
+
leadmen
pl.
of Leadman
+
likely
adv.
In all probability; probably.
+
limbate
a.
Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
+
low
adv.
In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.
+
loss
v.t.
The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.
+
lankly
adv.
In a lank manner.
+
lovedrury
n.
Affection.
+
lying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lie
+
lincture
n.
Alt. of Linctus
+
likeness
n.
That which closely resembles; a portrait.
+
lettuce
n.
A composite plant of the genus Lactuca (L. sativa), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, from which lactucarium is obtained. The commonest wild lettuce of the United States is L. Canadensis.
+
load
v.
Weight or violence of blows.
+
limpkin
n.
Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species (A. giganteus) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other (A. scolopaceus) is found in South America. Called also courlan, and crying bird.
+
liege
a.
Full; perfect; complete; pure.
+
leeward
adv.
Toward the lee.
+
loud
superl.
Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a loud style of dress; loud colors.
+
litui
pl.
of Lituus
+
lean
v.i.
Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages.
+
liquid
a.
Being in such a state that the component parts move freely among themselves, but do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do; neither solid nor aeriform; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor.
+
lutarious
a.
Of, pertaining to, or like, mud; living in mud.
+
laconian
a.
Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan.
+
lapidification
n.
The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.
+
lamellibranchiata
n.pl.
A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc.
+
longways
adv.
Lengthwise.
+
lunatic
n.
A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.
+
lacerta
n.
A fathom.
+
loon
n.
Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the genus Urinator (formerly Colymbus), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water. The common loon, or great northern diver (Urinator imber, or Colymbus torquatus), and the red-throated loon or diver (U. septentrionalis), are the best known species. See Diver.
+
lentiform
a.
Lenticular.
+
liquidate
v.t.
To make clear and intelligible.
+
lobefooted
a.
Lobiped.
+
landing
n.
A going or bringing on shore.
+
landau
n.
A four-wheeled covered vehicle, the top of which is divided into two sections which can be let down, or thrown back, in such a manner as to make an open carriage.
+
land
n.
The inhabitants of a nation or people.
+
lest
a.
For fear that; that . . . not; in order that . . . not.
+
lilt
n.
Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.
+
likelihood
n.
Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude.
+
lilies
pl.
of Lily
+
lawful
a.
Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.
+
limitary
v.t.
Limiting, or tending to limit; restrictive.
+
lobiped
a.
Having lobate toes, as a coot.
+
lingel
n.
A shoemaker's thread.
+
lead
v.t.
To guide or conduct one's self in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course).
+
lead
v.t.
To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
+
lifelong
a.
Lasting or continuing through life.
+
lipless
a.
Having no lips.
+
lapidate
v.t.
To stone.
+
locomotion
n.
The act of moving from place to place.
+
lipoma
n.
A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue.
+
longiloquence
n.
Long-windedness.
+
lory
n.
Any one of many species of small parrots of the family Trichoglossidae, generally having the tongue papillose at the tip, and the mandibles straighter and less toothed than in common parrots. They are found in the East Indies, Australia, New Guinea, and the adjacent islands.  They feed mostly on soft fruits and on the honey of flowers.
+
laundered
imp.|p.p.
of Launder
+
limper
n.
One who limps.
+
lowercase
a.
Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.
+
lightly
adv.
Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.
+
laquearia
pl.
of Laquear
+
lesson
n.
That which is learned or taught by an express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience, observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a lesson in drawing.
+
likeable
a.
See Likable.
+
laevulose
n.
See Levulose.
+
lenvoy
n.
A conclusion; a result.
+
litigiousness
n.
The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits.
+
last
a.
Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.
+
legislature
n.
The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body.
+
limb
n.
The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon.
+
lifetime
n.
The time that life continues.
+
loculicidal
a.
Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell; -- said of capsules.
+
leap
v.t.
To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
+
losengerie
n.
Flattery; deceit; trickery.
+
loneliness
n.
The state of being unfrequented by human beings; as, the loneliness of a road.
+
lexiphanic
a.
Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing.
+
laurin
n.
A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
+
lithocarp
n.
Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite.
+
lovee
n.
One who is loved.
+
ledger
n.
A large flat stone, esp. one laid over a tomb.
+
long
a.
To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for.
+
layer
n.
That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.
+
lukewarm
a.
Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent.
+
latch
n.
A crossbow.
+
lodesman
n.
A pilot.
+
live
a.
Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe.
+
leucoryx
n.
A large antelope of North Africa (Oryx leucoryx), allied to the gemsbok.
+
lafte

imp. of Leave.
+
locomotive
a.
Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; as, a locomotive animal.
+
lere
a.
Empty.
+
lowered
imp.|p.p.
of Lower
+
ledge
n.
A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
+
longshoreman
n.
One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.
+
limenean
a.
Of or pertaining to Lima, or to the inhabitants of Lima, in Peru.
+
lose
v.t.
To cause to part with; to deprive of.
+
leer
v.t.
To learn.
+
lungworm
n.
Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other animals, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle (Strongylus micrurus) and that of sheep (S. filaria) are the best known.
+
lag
a.
Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
+
liveryman
n.
One who wears a livery, as a servant.
+
longer
n.
One who longs for anything.
+
lacrytory

Alt. of Lacrymose
+
lychnis
n.
A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). Most of the species have brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may have anciently answered as wicks for lamps. The botanical name is in common use for the garden species. The corn cockle (Lychnis Githago) is a common weed in wheat fields.
+
literator
n.
A person devoted to the study of literary trifles, esp. trifles belonging to the literature of a former age.
+
lorcha
n.
A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.
+
lymphatic
a.
pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
+
launder
n.
A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore.
+
liberalization
n.
The act of liberalizing.
+
locutory
n.
A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse.
+
logic
n.
A treatise on logic; as, Mill's Logic.
+
legibleness
n.
The state or quality of being legible.
+
legume
n.
A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea.
+
levying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Levy
+
laughing
a.|n.
from Laugh, v. i.
+
loxodromics
n.
The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.
+
lived
a.
Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.
+
lighten
v.t.
To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets.
+
longinquity
n.
Greatness of distance; remoteness.
+
limit
v.t.
That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
+
lethal
a.
Deadly; mortal; fatal.
+
lichwale
n.
The gromwell.
+
long
adv.
To a great extent in apace; as, a long drawn out line.
+
label
v.t.
To affix in or on a label.
+
lamp
n.
A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent.
+
lower
n.
A frowning; sullenness.
+
lightwood
n.
Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.
+
langue doc

The dialect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oc); Provencal.
+
loose
a.
To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
+
litigator
n.
One who litigates.
+
limpingly
adv.
In a limping manner.
+
longhorned
a.
Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antennae, as certain beetles (Longicornia).
+
lilacin
n.
See Syringin.
+
lead
v.t.
To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter.
+
lonely
superl.
Not frequented by human beings; as, a lonely wood.
+
luxuriantly
adv.
In a luxuriant manner.
+
lay
imp.
of Lie
+
laches
n.
Alt. of Lache
+
lacewing
n.
Any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Chrysopa and allied genera. They have delicate, lacelike wings and brilliant eyes. Their larvae are useful in destroying aphids. Called also lace-winged fly, and goldeneyed fly.
+
least
a.
Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.
+
likewise
n.
In like manner; also; moreover; too. See Also.
+
loxodromic
a.
Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables.
+
logography
n.
A method of printing in which whole words or syllables, cast as single types, are used.
+
lap
n.
To wrap or wind around something.
+
luke
a.
Moderately warm; not hot; tepid.
+
lightly
adv.
Without deep impression.
+
large
adv.
Freely; licentiously.
+
lamentation
n.
The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.
+
ligan
n.
Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again. See Jetsam and Flotsam.
+
lacked
imp.|p.p.
of Lack
+
lay
v.t.
To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.
+
lattermath
n.
The latter, or second, mowing; the aftermath.
+
labor
n.
Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history.
+
lintel
n.
A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture.
+
lyingin
n.
The state attending, and consequent to, childbirth; confinement.
+
lantern
n.
A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
+
ladys lookingglass

See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus.
+
like
a.
Likely; probably.
+
loathness
n.
Unwillingness; reluctance.
+
label
v.t.
To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.
+
leap
n.
The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
+
limmer
n.
A limehound; a leamer.
+
liability
n.
That which one is under obligation to pay, or for which one is liable.
+
liner
n.
A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim.
+
linear
a.
Of or pertaining to a line; consisting of lines; in a straight direction; lineal.
+
lurker
n.
A small fishing boat.
+
let
v.t.
To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.
+
labor
n.
That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
+
leader
n.
A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.
+
lane
a.
Alone.
+
ligustrin
n.
A bitter principle found in the bark of the privet (Ligustrum vulgare), and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a warm, bitter taste; -- called also ligustron.
+
loop
n.
A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
+
literal
a.
Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
+
loading
n.
A load; cargo; burden.
+
limu
n.
The Hawaiian name for seaweeds. Over sixty kinds are used as food, and have species names, as Limu Lipoa, Limu palawai, etc.
+
laminiplantar
a.
Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.
+
liquor
v.t.
To supply with liquor.
+
loobies
pl.
of Looby
+
location
n.
That which is located; a tract of land designated in place.
+
lance
n.
One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
+
labeler
n.
One who labels.
+
lag
n.
One who lags; that which comes in last.
+
laconism
n.
An instance of laconic style or expression.
+
loam
n.
A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
+
lay
v.t.
To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
+
laugh
v.i.
Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
+
leafy
superl
Consisting of leaves.
+
longwinded
a.
Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.
+
limsy
a.
Limp; flexible; flimsy.
+
lazybones
n.
A lazy person.
+
lochial
a.
Of or pertaining to the lochia.
+
large
superl.
Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.
+
lames
n.pl.
Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the other and form a piece of armor.
+
libretto
n.
A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music.
+
lambert pine

The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States.
+
limmer
a.
Limber.
+
lipse
v.i.
To lisp.
+
lavatory
n.
A wash or lotion for a diseased part.
+
ledgement
n.
See Ledgment.
+
leech
v.t.
To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.
+
lyterian
a.
Terminating a disease; indicating the end of a disease.
+
leash
n.
A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog.
+
lawgiving
a.
Enacting laws; legislative.
+
leptomeningitis
n.
Inflammation of the pia mater or of the arachnoid membrane.
+
lamellibranch
n.
One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.
+
lax
v.t.
Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
+
locustella
n.
The European cricket warbler.
+
liege
a.
Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject.
+
levesel
n.
A leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage.
+
lives
a.|adv.
Alive; living; with life.
+
liberty
n.
A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
+
libyan
a.
Of or pertaining to Libya, the ancient name of that part of Africa between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean, or of Africa as a whole.
+
legitimate
a.
Conforming to known principles, or accepted rules; as, legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard, or method; a legitimate combination of colors.
+
linden
n.
In America, the basswood, or Tilia Americana.
+
locustic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; -- formerly used to designate a supposed acid.
+
levee en masse

See Levy in mass, under Levy, n.
+
longwaisted
a.
Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt; -- said of garments; as, a long-waisted coat.
+
limp
v.i.
To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively.
+
lantern
n.
A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).
+
lagly
adv.
Laggingly.
+
life
n.
Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government.
+
lieberkuhns glands

The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called also crypts of Lieberkuhn.
+
ladykiller
n.
A gallant who captivates the hearts of women.
+
light
superl.
Not strong or violent; moderate; as, a light wind.
+
lathe
n.
Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent.
+
lungwort
n.
An herb of the genus Pulmonaria (P. officinalis), of Europe; -- so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung.
+
limned
imp.|p.p.
of Limn
+
laureled
a.
Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.
+
longboat
n.
Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.
+
louploup
n.
The Pomeranian or Spitz dog.
+
lemur
n.
One of a family (Lemuridae) of nocturnal mammals allied to the monkeys, but of small size, and having a sharp and foxlike muzzle, and large eyes. They feed upon birds, insects, and fruit, and are mostly natives of Madagascar and the neighboring islands, one genus (Galago) occurring in Africa. The slow lemur or kukang of the East Indies is Nycticebus tardigradus. See Galago, Indris, and Colugo.
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labroid
a.
Like the genus Labrus; belonging to the family Labridae, an extensive family of marine fishes, often brilliantly colored, which are very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The tautog and cunner are American examples.
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largehearted
a.
Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.
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letch
n.
Strong desire; passion. (Archaic).
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lymphangeitis
n.
Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
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law
n.
In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature.
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liquefaction
n.
The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat.
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laverock
n.
The lark.
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lucernarida
n.pl.
A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true lucernarida and the Discophora.
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long
superl.
Far-reaching; extensive.
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lay
v.t.
A job, price, or profit.
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lere
n.
Learning; lesson; lore.
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legend
v.t.
To tell or narrate, as a legend.
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leon
n.
A lion.
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labri
pl.
of Labrus
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lapelled
a.
Furnished with lapels.
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longsighted
a.
Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand; hypermetropic.
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lowering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lower
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leer
a.
Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer words.
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lithic
n.
A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.
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lowpressure
a.
Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.
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lord
n.
A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.
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like
a.
In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; as, do not act like him.
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lap
v.i.
To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.
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languet
n.
That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard.
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lisp
n.
The habit or act of lisping. See Lisp, v. i., 1.
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liveliness
n.
The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age.
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liquefier
n.
That which liquefies.
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lampooner
n.
The writer of a lampoon.
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linger
v.t.
To protract; to draw out.
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lunulite
n.
Any bryozoan of the genus Lunulites, having a more or less circular form.
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longbow
n.
The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one.
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leptodactyl
n.
A bird or other animal having slender toes.
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luculent
a.
Bright; shining in beauty.
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lose
v.t.
To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.
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lyceum
n.
An association for debate and literary improvement.
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lightfoot
a.
Alt. of Light-footed
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line
v.t.
To put something in the inside of; to fill; to supply, as a purse with money.
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land
n.
Any portion, large or small, of the surface of the earth, considered by itself, or as belonging to an individual or a people, as a country, estate, farm, or tract.
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lamplighter
n.
The calico bass.
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lilac
n.
A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac.
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lividness
n.
Lividity.
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liked
imp.|p.p.
of Like
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lanthopine
n.
An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
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lear
a.
See Leer, a.
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lettish
a.
Of or pertaining to the Letts.
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lacertilia
n.pl.
An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards.
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lightsome
a.
Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.
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lethal
n.
One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. It is so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.
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life
n.
A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners.
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light
superl.
Slight; not important; as, a light error.
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lupine
n.
A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, especially L. albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is L. perennis. There are many species in California.
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leg
n.
A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.
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lurid
a.
Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
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licorous
a.
See Lickerish.
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lazy
superl.
Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.
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lead
v.t.
To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, esp. by going with or going in advance of. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler; to lead a pupil.
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limner
n.
One who illuminates books.
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liliaceous
a.
Like the blossom of a lily in general form.
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libration point
n.
any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions.  A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body.
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lampers
n.
See Lampas.
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language
n.
The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.
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lug
n.
The lugworm.
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latitude
n.
Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.
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lyre
n.
One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
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ling
a.
A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried. Called also drizzle.
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luciferous
a.
Giving light; affording light or means of discovery.
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longheaded
a.
Having unusual foresight or sagacity.
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lanugo
n.
The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.
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loud
adv.
With loudness; loudly.
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larceny
n.
The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft.  Cf. Embezzlement.
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ludicrous
a.
Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive.
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lead
n.
precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat's length, or of half a second.
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lighthanded
a.
Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.
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leve
v.t.
To grant; -- used esp. in exclamations or prayers followed by a dependent clause.
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lay
n.
A meadow. See Lea.
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lumpsucker
n.
The lumprish.
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like
a.
To suit; to please; to be agreeable to.
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lapsible
a.
Liable to lapse.
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live
a.
Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers.
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lifeboat
n.
A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.
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lampoonry
n.
The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.
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ladys thimble

The harebell.
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loth
a.
Alt. of Lothsome
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lote
n.
The European burbot.
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liturgiology
n.
The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies.
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laying
n.
The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.
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labor
n.
To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.
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ludification
n.
The act of deriding.
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laureated
imp.|p.p.
of Laureate
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lever
n.
A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
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leaveless
a.
Leafless.
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luna
n.
Silver.
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lepidodendron
n.
A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks.
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leechcraft
n.
The art of healing; skill of a physician.
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lithochromatics
n.
See Lithochromics.
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lupercal
a.
Of or pertaining to the Lupercalia.
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lot
v.t.
To allot; to sort; to portion.
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letup
n.
Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up.
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lob
n.
The European pollock.
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ludlow group

A subdivision of the British Upper Silurian lying below the Old Red Sandstone; -- so named from the Ludlow, in Western England. See the Chart of Geology.
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loutou
n.
A crested black monkey (Semnopithecus maurus) of Java.
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leucophyllous
a.
Having white or silvery foliage.
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laced
a.
Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.
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land
v.i.
To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to the end of a course.
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lodgment
v.
A lodging place; a room.
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lord
n.
One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.
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lacashire boiler

A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.
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ligature
n.
A curve or line connecting notes; a slur.
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lambdoid
a.
Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (/); as, the lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull.
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landgraviate
n.
The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave.
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lithographic
a.
Alt. of Lithographical
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lherzolite
n.
An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium).
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lathered
imp.|p.p.
of Lather
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lagenian
a.
Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell.
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lustering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lustre
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law
n.
In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence.
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leashed
imp.|p.p.
of Leash
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lae
pl.
of Lingula
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lingual
a.
Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.
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leach
n.
A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
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lure
v.i.
To recall a hawk or other animal.
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luteo

A combining form signifying orange yellow or brownish yellow.
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lapstrake
a.
Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.
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loffe
v.i.
To laugh.
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leak
v.
The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps.
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loricae
pl.
of Lorica
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lilyhanded
a.
Having white, delicate hands.
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liter
n.
Alt. of Litre
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lip
n.
One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
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link
n.
A single ring or division of a chain.
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laundering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Launder
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limitation
v.t.
That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a restraining condition, defining circumstance, or qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought.
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light
superl.
Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; wanting dignity or solemnity; trifling; gay; frivolous; airy; unsubstantial.
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loadstar
n.
Alt. of Lodestar
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lithuanian
a.
Of or pertaining to Lithuania (formerly a principality united with Poland, but now Russian and Prussian territory).
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lusern
n.
A lynx. See 1st Lucern and Loup-cervier.
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ligament
n.
A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place; as, the gastrophrenic ligament, connecting the diaphragm and stomach.
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lacunae
pl.
of Lacuna
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lose
v.t.
To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.
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liaison
n.
A union, or bond of union; an intimacy; especially, an illicit intimacy between a man and a woman.
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lineary
a.
Linear.
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law
n.
Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law.
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lamaic
a.
Of or pertaining to Lamaism.
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lodge
n.
To drive to shelter; to track to covert.
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lag
a.
Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.
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lorry
n.
A small cart or wagon, as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish; also, a barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.
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leucocytogenesis
n.
The formation of leucocytes.
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leviathan
n.
The whale, or a great whale.
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loop
n.
The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment.
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lupus
n.
The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio.
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librarian
n.
One who has the care or charge of a library.
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lustiness
n.
State of being lusty; vigor; strength.
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literacy
n.
State of being literate.
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liquescent
a.
Tending to become liquid; inclined to melt; melting.
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lack
v.i.
To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.
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lanioid
a.
Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family Laniidae).
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lecture
n.
A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.
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labyrinthibranch
a.
Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthici.
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lignone
n.
See Lignin.
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leve
v.i.
To live.
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limberness
n.
The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness.
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leach
n.
See 3d Leech.
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lithoglyptics
n.
The art of cutting and engraving gems.
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lot
n.
A prize in a lottery.
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lightminded
a.
Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate.
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lilied
a.
Covered with, or having many, lilies.
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leisurable
a.
Vacant of employment; not occupied; idle; leisure; as leisurable hours.
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lambent
a.
Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.
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lieutenant
n.
A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander.
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litigiously
adv.
In a litigious manner.
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ladys garters

Ribbon grass.
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lemmas
pl.
of Lemma
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lidded
a.
Covered with a lid.
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live
v.i.
To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation for a continuance of existence; as, animals and plants that live to a great age are long in reaching maturity.
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lacing
n.
The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.
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listened
imp.|p.p.
of Listen
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limous
a.
Muddy; slimy; thick.
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limpidity
n.
The quality or state of being limpid.
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lappish
n.
The language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan language.
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latticing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lattice
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lurched
imp.|p.p.
of Lurch
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loquaciousness
n.
Loquacity.
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last
v.t.
To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; as, to last a boot.
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ling
a.
An American hake of the genus Phycis.
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languisher
n.
One who languishes.
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lionism
n.
An attracting of attention, as a lion; also, the treating or regarding as a lion.
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larruping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Larrup
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languid
a.
Slow in progress; tardy.
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lophostea
pl.
of Lophosteon
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lyopomata
n.pl.
An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms.
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lavatory
n.
A place for washing.
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ladys bower

A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba).
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limp
n.
A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
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look
v.i.
To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below.
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lance
n.
An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
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longshoremen
pl.
of Longshoreman
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lakao
n.
Sap green.
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lions tail

A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. L. Cardiaca is the common motherwort.
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lentiscus
n.
Alt. of Lentisk
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lingle
n.
See Lingel.
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light
n.
Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
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late
a.
Not long ago; lately.
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launder
n.
A washerwoman.
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lock
n.
A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
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logistical
a.
Logical.
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liegiancy
n.
See Ligeance.
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lycanthrope
n.
A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf.
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ligniform
a.
Like wood.
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ledger
n.
A horizontal piece of timber secured to the uprights and supporting floor timbers, a staircase, scaffolding, or the like. It differs from an intertie in being intended to carry weight.
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liberty
n.
Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.
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lowering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lower
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lactobutyrometer
n.
An instrument for determining the amount of butter fat contained in a given sample of milk.
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lusk
a.
Lazy; slothful.
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leonese
a.
Of or pertaining to Leon, in Spain.
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long
prep.
By means of; by the fault of; because of.
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ladle
v.t.
To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle.
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laciniated
a.
Fringed; having a fringed border.
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latchkey
n.
A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch.
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lum
n.
A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.
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lucubrated
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lucubrate
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lenticel
n.
One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either in the air, or more commonly when the stem or branch is covered with water or earth.
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lace
v.t.
To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver.
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lope
n.
An easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps.
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lockup
n.
A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.
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lunule
n.
Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune.
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limbus
n.
Hence: Any real or imaginary place of restraint or confinement; a prison; as, to put a man in limbo.
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lucid
n.
Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven.
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lathed
imp.|p.p.
of Lath
+
lard
n.
To fatten; to enrich.
+
leaves
pl.
of Leaf
+
labefy
v.t.
To weaken or impair.
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loosening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Loosen
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latently
adv.
In a secret or concealed manner; invisibly.
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lighten
v.t.
To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden.
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laveeared
a.
Having large, pendent ears.
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lawmonger
n.
A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade.
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luciferian
n.
One of the followers of Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in the fourth century, who separated from the orthodox churches because they would not go as far as he did in opposing the Arians.
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lycanthropic
a.
Pertaining to lycanthropy.
+
lorries
pl.
of Lorry
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licitation
n.
The act of offering for sale to the highest bidder.
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listerian
a.
Of or pertaining to listerism.
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lovesick
a.
Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.
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lake
n.
A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area.
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lignite
n.
Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the proper coal series. Called also brown coal, wood coal.
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lad
n.
A companion; a comrade; a mate.
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lions foot

A composite plant of the genus Prenanthes, of which several species are found in the United States.
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languishingly
adv.
In a languishing manner.
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lack
v.t.
To blame; to find fault with.
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languid
a.
Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day.
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livery
n.
The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery.
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lard
n.
To stuff with bacon; to dress or enrich with lard; esp., to insert lardons of bacon or pork in the surface of, before roasting; as, to lard poultry.
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locate
v.t.
To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant.
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linearensate
a.
Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow.
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lock
v.t.
To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.
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liquid
a.
Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
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laparocele
n.
A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.
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lomonite
n.
Same as Laumontite.
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leach
v.t.
To remove the soluble constituents from by subjecting to the action of percolating water or other liquid; as, to leach ashes or coffee.
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lithofracteur
n.
An explosive compound of nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin.
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loss
v.t.
Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.
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laggingly
adv.
In a lagging manner; loiteringly.
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logically
adv.
In a logical manner; as, to argue logically.
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love
n.
A thin silk stuff.
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legend
n.
Any wonderful story coming down from the past, but not verifiable by historical record; a myth; a fable.
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largesse
a.
Liberality; generosity; bounty.
+
landsman
n.
One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.
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lightsome
a.
Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
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landaulet
n.
A small landau.
+
luxuriate
v.i.
To feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the pastures.
+
lain
p.p.
of Lie
+
loquacious
a.
Apt to blab and disclose secrets.
+
load
v.t.
To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine.
+
lemurine
a.
Lemuroid.
+
li bella
n.
A level, or leveling instrument.
+
lopping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lop
+
lipped
a.
Having a lip or lips; having a raised or rounded edge resembling the lip; -- often used in composition; as, thick-lipped, thin-lipped, etc.
+
laryngeal
a.
Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to operations on the larynx; as, laryngeal forceps.
+
lift
n.
Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.
+
litter
v.t.
To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room.
+
longtail
n.
An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail.  Cf. Curtail. Dog.
+
lactean
a.
Lacteal; conveying chyle.
+
lowborn
a.
Born in a low condition or rank; -- opposed to highborn.
+
laving
v.i.
Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as, a living spring; -- opposed to stagnant.
+
lambskinnet
n.
See Lansquenet.
+
loath
a.
Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part.
+
libation
n.
The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.
+
laudation
v.t.
The act of lauding; praise; high commendation.
+
lame
v.t.
To make lame.
+
light
superl.
Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence, having an easy, graceful manner; delicate; as, a light touch; a light style of execution.
+
lithotypy
n.
The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotypeplate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.
+
luciferian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Luciferians or their leader.
+
log
v.i.
To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber; to get out logs.
+
labium
n.
The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum).
+
load
v.t.
To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.
+
lip
v.t.
To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss.
+
little
a.
Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.
+
leading
n.
Suggestion; hint; example.
+
lepas
n.
Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also goose barnacle. See Barnacle.
+
lace
n.
That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc.
+
linarite
n.
A hydrous sulphate of lead and copper occurring in bright blue monoclinic crystals.
+
lap
v.i.
To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; as, the cloth laps back; the boats lap; the edges lap.
+
liquid
a.
Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.
+
louse
n.
Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga.
+
lucrative
a.
Greedy of gain.
+
lap
v.t.
To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10.
+
libeling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Libel
+
lodge
n.
To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.
+
ledger
n.
A book in which a summary of accounts is laid up or preserved; the final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads.
+
lethargy
n.
Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked.
+
lobated
a.
Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. See Illust. (m) under Aves.
+
lixivited
a.
Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.
+
longbeak
n.
The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher.
+
lodicule
n.
One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses.
+
lanterned
imp.|p.p.
of Lantern
+
lasciviency
n.
Lasciviousness; wantonness.
+
lace
n.
A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.
+
luting
n.
See Lute, a cement.
+
litigious
a.
Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.
+
ligamental
a.
Alt. of Ligamentous
+
lepidoptera
n.pl.
An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored.
+
livery stable

A stable where horses are kept for hire, and where stabling is provided. See Livery, n., 3 (e) (f) & (g).
+
lengthwise
adv.
In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.
+
lisping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lisp
+
livery
n.
The writ by which possession is obtained.
+
linage
n.
See Lineage.
+
liquation
n.
The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.
+
lameness
n.
The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an argument.
+
levy
v.i.
To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution; to make a levy; as, to levy on property; the usual mode of levying, in England, is by seizing the goods.
+
legibility
n.
The quality of being legible; legibleness.
+
loam
v.i.
To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
+
lending
n.
That which is lent or furnished.
+
late
v.
Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.
+
librarianship
n.
The office of a librarian.
+
libkin
n.
A house or lodging.
+
likeness
n.
A comparison; parable; proverb.
+
lorrie
n.
Alt. of Lorry
+
leisurely
a.
Characterized by leisure; taking abundant time; not hurried; as, a leisurely manner; a leisurely walk.
+
level
v.t.
To bring to a horizontal position, as a gun; hence, to point in taking aim; to aim; to direct.
+
live
v.i.
To outlast danger; to float; -- said of a ship, boat, etc.; as, no ship could live in such a storm.
+
l

As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language.
+
lustrating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lustrate
+
laryngotracheal
a.
Pertaining to both larynx and trachea; as, the laryngotracheal cartilage in the frog.
+
lost
v.t.
Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep.
+
lutheranism
n.
Alt. of Lutherism
+
list
v.t.
To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a board.
+
laver
n.
One who laves; a washer.
+
lacquer
v.t.
To cover with lacquer.
+
lustrum
n.
A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years.
+
link
n.
The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.  Cf. Chain, n., 4.
+
literate
a.
Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered.
+
loral
n.
Of or pertaining to the lores.
+
ladys traces

Alt. of Ladies' tresses
+
la
n.
A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music in solmization.
+
levigate
v.t.
To make smooth in various senses
+
lure
n.
A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.
+
lackbrain
n.
One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person.
+
lochia
n.pl.
The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth.
+
licentiate
n.
A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy.
+
laxative
n.
A laxative medicine. See the Note under Cathartic.
+
lixivious
a.
See Lixivial.
+
liquefaction
n.
The state of being liquid.
+
line
n.
Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
+
landscape
n.
The pictorial aspect of a country.
+
lab
n.
A telltale; a prater; a blabber.
+
leveler
n.
One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist.
+
list
v.t.
To listen or hearken to.
+
logman
n.
A man who carries logs.
+
lollard
n.
One of the followers of Wyclif in England.
+
lumbrical
n.
A lumbrical muscle.
+
lafayette
n.
The dollar fish.
+
lawful
a.
Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands.
+
luxated
imp.|p.p.
of Luxate
+
lamented
imp.|p.p.
of Lament
+
low
adv.
In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice.
+
lycopodiaceous
a.
Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiaceae, an order of cryptogamous plants (called also club mosses) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.
+
lisp
v.i.
To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as a child learning to talk.
+
lay
v.t.
To apply; to put.
+
lordling
n.
A little or insignificant lord.
+
legumina
pl.
of Legumen
+
labradorite
n.
A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See Feldspar.
+
languishment
n.
Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.
+
limitation
v.t.
The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council.
+
lavation
n.
A washing or cleansing.
+
latrant
a.
Barking.
+
leather
v.t.
To beat, as with a thong of leather.
+
laconic
a.
Alt. of Laconical
+
lotus
n.
A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover.
+
ladling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Ladle
+
larked
imp.|p.p.
of Lark
+
largely
adv.
In a large manner.
+
literary
a.
Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.
+
labium
n.
The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.
+
lasher
n.
One who whips or lashes.
+
loaf
v.i.
To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.
+
lustless
a.
Free from sexual lust.
+
laminas
pl.
of Lamina
+
lambskin
n.
The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.
+
leede
n.
A caldron; a copper kettle.
+
lobated
a.
Having lobes; -- said of the tails of certain fishes having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays.
+
laserwort
n.
Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Laserpitium, of several species (as L. glabrum, and L. siler), the root of which yields a resinous substance of a bitter taste. The genus is mostly European.
+
larvalia
n.pl.
An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia.
+
lap
n.
That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.
+
loricate
v.
Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo.
+
limning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Limn
+
lyerman
n.
The cicada.
+
longlived
a.
Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a longlived family; long-lived prejudices.
+
light
v.i.
To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a bird or insect.
+
lapwelded
a.
Having edges or ends united by a lap weld; as, a lap-welded pipe.
+
launder
v.i.
To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts.
+
lad
n.
A boy; a youth; a stripling.
+
lightly
adv.
Swiftly; nimbly; with agility.
+
loiteringly
adv.
In a loitering manner.
+
loft
n.
That which is lifted up; an elevation.
+
lithia
n.
The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See Lithium.
+
lightly
adv.
Not chastely; wantonly.
+
lough
n.
A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.
+
livery
n.
Release from wardship; deliverance.
+
limner
n.
A painter; an artist
+
lacerating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lacerate
+
leucoethiops
n.
An albino.
+
list
n.
An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.
+
latitudinal
a.
Of or pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude.
+
ludlamite
n.
A mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monoclinic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.
+
lover
n.
A friend; one strongly attached to another; one who greatly desires the welfare of any person or thing; as, a lover of his country.
+
loud
superl.
Clamorous; boisterous.
+
loneliness
n.
A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
+
landed
a.
Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property; landed security.
+
levelness
n.
The state or quality of being level.
+
landwaiter
n.
See Landing waiter, under Landing, a.
+
lubrifaction
n.
The act of lubricating, or making smooth.
+
leze majesty

Any crime committed against the sovereign power.
+
laugh
v.i.
To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
+
lite
adv.|n.
Little.
+
liming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lime
+
limitation
v.t.
A limited time within or during which something is to be done.
+
leukeness
n.
See Luke, etc.
+
linener
n.
A dealer in linen; a linen draper.
+
laburnic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the laburnum.
+
laboring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Labor
+
lepry
n.
Leprosy.
+
list
v.t.
To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border.
+
laas
n.
A lace. See Lace.
+
larva
n.
The early, immature form of any animal when more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the assumption of the mature shape.
+
lubbard
n.
A lubber.
+
lockage
n.
Materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a lock or locks.
+
laconical
a.
Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.
+
launce
n.
A lance.
+
leptocardian
n.
One of the Leptocardia.
+
locative
n.
The locative case.
+
labipalpi
pl.
of Labipalpus
+
lucern
n.
A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa.
+
lineation
n.
Delineation; a line or lines.
+
let
v.t.
To leave; to relinquish; to abandon.
+
league
n.
A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.
+
liturgic

Alt. of Liturgical
+
lowspirited
a.
Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly.
+
lepidopteral
a.
Alt. of Lepidopterous
+
lama
n.
In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.
+
lactuca
n.
A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated foe salad; lettuce.
+
leucosoid
a.
Like or pertaining to the Leucosoidea, a tribe of marine crabs including the box crab or Calappa.
+
lobbing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lob
+
leuchaemia
n.
See Leucocythaemia.
+
lactose
n.
See Galactose.
+
laft

p. p. of Leave.
+
line
n.
Direction; as, the line of sight or vision.
+
lychnoscope
n.
Same as Low side window, under Low, a.
+
lighte

imp. of Light, to alight.
+
limb
n.
An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
+
lutulence
n.
The state or quality of being lutulent.
+
locust tree

A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender racemes of white, fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia.
+
lithonthriptic
a.|n.
Alt. of Lithonthryptic
+
leapt

of Leap
+
lyceums
pl.
of Lyceum
+
liberalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Liberalize
+
levy
n.
The act of levying or collecting by authority; as, the levy of troops, taxes, etc.
+
label
n.
A slip of silk, paper, parchment, etc., affixed to anything, usually by an inscription, the contents, ownership, destination, etc.; as, the label of a bottle or a package.
+
lixivium
n.
A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; hence, any solution obtained by lixiviation.
+
list
n.
The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.
+
licheniform
a.
Having the form of a lichen.
+
logometric
a.
Serving to measure or ascertain chemical equivalents; stoichiometric.
+
laniary
a.
The shambles; a place of slaughter.
+
limpet
n.
Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between tides.
+
laudable
v.i.
Healthy; salubrious; normal; having a disposition to promote healing; not noxious; as, laudable juices of the body; laudable pus.
+
lazarwort
n.
Laserwort.
+
lowing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Low
+
laggard
n.
One who lags; a loiterer.
+
lycanthropia
n.
See Lycanthropy, 2.
+
l

L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid. Its form and value are from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being from the Phoenician, and the ultimate origin prob. Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to r and u; as in pilgrim, peregrine, couch (fr. collocare), aubura (fr. LL. alburnus).
+
longitudinally
adv.
In the direction of length.
+
lunar
n.
A lunar distance.
+
lazyback
n.
A support for the back, attached to the seat of a carriage.
+
loftiness
n.
The state or quality of being lofty.
+
lactary
n.
a dairyhouse.
+
lordliness
n.
The state or quality of being lordly.
+
lariat
n.
A long, slender rope made of hemp or strips of hide, esp. one with a noose; -- used as a lasso for catching cattle, horses, etc., and for picketing a horse so that he can graze without wandering.
+
lachrymary
a.
Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal.
+
likeness
n.
Appearance or form; guise.
+
lated
a.
Belated; too late.
+
late
v.
Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.
+
lithophyte
n.
A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals.
+
lithotrite

Alt. of Lithotritor
+
lorn
a.
Lost; undone; ruined.
+
luting
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lute
+
leten

p. p. of Lete.
+
leaflet
n.
A little leaf; also, a little printed leaf or a tract.
+
limuloidea
n.pl.
An order of Merostomata, including among living animals the genus Limulus, with various allied fossil genera, mostly of the Carboniferous period. Called also Xiphosura.
+
law
n.
Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law.
+
ladys finger

A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.
+
list
n.
Inclination; desire.
+
lichened
a.
Belonging to, or covered with, lichens.
+
lithoxyl
n.
Petrified wood.
+
light
n.
The power of perception by vision.
+
languorous
a.
Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor.
+
lent
a.
Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.
+
lag
n.
A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine.
+
light
n.
Appearance due to the particular facts and circumstances presented to view; point of view; as, to state things fairly and put them in the right light.
+
lot
n.
The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
+
low
adv.
Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.
+
ligature
n.
Anything that binds; a band or bandage.
+
lying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lie, to be supported horizontally.
+
lapidify
v.i.
To become stone or stony.
+
larghetto
a.|adv.
Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.
+
lombardic
a.
Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards.
+
llandeilo group

A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; -- so named from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart of Geology.
+
lustre
n.
Renown; splendor; distinction; glory.
+
lavatory
n.
A place where gold is obtained by washing.
+
lym
n.
Alt. of Lymhound
+
libelant
n.
One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.
+
lipped
imp.|p.p.
of Lip
+
lacertian
a.
Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia.
+
lophobranch
n.
One of the Lophobranchii.
+
latin
v.t.
To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin.
+
litigable
a.
Such as can be litigated.
+
less
a.
Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before.
+
leonine
a.
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the lion; as, a leonine look; leonine rapacity.
+
lactodensimeter
n.
A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed.
+
linearshaped
a.
Of a linear shape.
+
lere
v.t.|i.
To learn; to teach.
+
lead
v.t.
To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages.
+
lapponic
a.
Laplandish; Lappish.
+
lierne rib

In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.
+
locusta
n.
The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses.
+
lead
n.
The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another.
+
lyrist
n.
A musician who plays on the harp or lyre; a composer of lyrical poetry.
+
litterateur
n.
One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus.
+
logogram
n.
A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it.  Cf. Grammalogue.
+
luculent
a.
Lucid; clear; transparent.
+
landsturm
n.
That part of the reserve force in Germany which is called out last.
+
level
v.t.
Figuratively, to bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.; as, to level all the ranks and conditions of men.
+
lacerable
a.
That can be lacerated or torn.
+
liquidity
n.
The state or quality of being liquid.
+
leeching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Leech
+
little
n.
That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.
+
leeward
n.
The lee side; the lee.
+
location
n.
Situation; place; locality.
+
leister
n.
Alt. of Lister
+
linchpin
n.
A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.
+
limpsy
a.
Alt. of Limsy
+
lamelliform
a.
Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar.
+
lambsquarters
n.
A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa.
+
leeward
a.
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship.
+
lovelorn
a.
Forsaken by one's love.
+
lappeted
imp.|p.p.
of Lappet
+
light
superl.
Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons; as, light troops; a troop of light horse.
+
lacinulas
pl.
of Lacinula
+
languishing
a.
Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.
+
list
n.
The first thin coat of tin.
+
legislate
v.i.
To make or enact a law or laws.
+
lazarlike
a.
Alt. of Lazarly
+
lightning
n.
The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.
+
lacertine
a.
Lacertian.
+
lac
n.
Alt. of Lakh
+
leven
n.
Lightning.
+
lardon
n.
Alt. of Lardoon
+
less
n.
A smaller portion or quantity.
+
living
n.
The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence.
+
loanmonger
n.
A dealer in, or negotiator of, loans.
+
lamenter
n.
One who laments.
+
labyrinth
n.
Any object or arrangement of an intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature.
+
lethe
n.
Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness.
+
leg
n.
The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers.
+
lumberer
n.
One employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman.
+
lacemen
pl.
of Laceman
+
loafing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Loaf
+
letterless
a.
Illiterate.
+
loggerhead
n.
An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast.
+
liveried
a.
Wearing a livery. See Livery, 3.
+
liverwort
n.
A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups.
+
low
v.i.
To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.
+
linguadental
a.
Formed or uttered by the joint use of the tongue and teeth, or rather that part of the gum just above the front teeth; dentolingual, as the letters d and t.
+
lemon
n.
The tree which bears lemons; the lemon tree.
+
latibulum
n.
A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole.
+
loyally
adv.
In a loyal manner; faithfully.
+
lophine
n.
A nitrogenous organic base obtained by the oxidation of amarine, and regarded as a derivative of benzoic aldehyde. It is obtained in long white crystalline tufts, -- whence its name.
+
lustful
a.
Strong; lusty.
+
leptothrix
n.
Having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform individuals.
+
lugworm
n.
A large marine annelid (Arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back. It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm.
+
litraneter
n.
An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of liquids.
+
lixivial
a.
Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium.
+
live
n.
Life.
+
loving
a.
Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words.
+
lenitive
a.
Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
+
lilt
v.i.
To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop.
+
lingering
a.
Delaying.
+
low
superl.
Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes.
+
lisp
v.t.
To utter with imperfect articulation; to express with words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike language.
+
lower
a.
To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.
+
legerdemain
n.
Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick.
+
lavish
v.t.
To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
+
lobefoot
n.
A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope.
+
livelong
a.
Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness.
+
lounger
n.
One who lounges; ar idler.
+
lotion
n.
A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.
+
lithely
adv.
In a lithe, pliant, or flexible manner.
+
libeler
n.
One who libels.
+
libraries
pl.
of Library
+
leap
n.
A weel or wicker trap for fish.
+
lunular
a.
Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.
+
ries
pl.
of Limitary
+
legatee
n.
One to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
+
laemodipodous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Laemodipoda.
+
legerity
n.
Lightness; nimbleness.
+
labyrinthodont
n.
One of the Labyrinthodonta.
+
luddite
n.
One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames.
+
loose
superl.
Unconnected; rambling.
+
lionhood
n.
State of being a lion.
+
line
n.
Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
+
lese
v.t.
To lose.
+
lustre
n.
The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.
+
load
v.
The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
+
letterpress
n.
Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations.
+
lethargical
a.
Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy.
+
lagarto
n.
An alligator.
+
logrolling
n.
Hence: A combining to assist another in consideration of receiving assistance in return; -- sometimes used of a disreputable mode of accomplishing political schemes or ends.
+
labyrinthodonta
n.pl.
An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus Labyrinthodon, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent writers they are divided into two or more orders. See Stegocephala.
+
linguidental
a.|n.
Linguadental.
+
liquor
n.
A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from tincture and aqua.
+
lancinating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lanciname
+
lecture
v.t.
To reprove formally and with authority.
+
lark
n.
Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidae). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors.
+
livery
n.
Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance.
+
link motion

A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.
+
limetwigged
a.
Beset with snares; insnared, as with birdlime.
+
low
superl.
Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.
+
ledge
n.
A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
+
like
n.
That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy.
+
lusted
imp.|p.p.
of Lust
+
lore
obs.imp.|p.p.
Lost.
+
logarithmetical
a.
See Logarithmic.
+
lucid
n.
Clear; transparent.
+
lyrid
n.
One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.
+
ling

A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.
+
lumbar
a.
Alt. of Lumbal
+
leperize
v.t.
To affect with leprosy.
+
lifeful
a.
Full of vitality.
+
lard
n.
Bacon; the flesh of swine.
+
lid
n.
The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts.
+
lepidodendrid
n.
One of an extinct family of trees allied to the modern club mosses, and including Lepidodendron and its allies.
+
lucchese
n.sing.|pl.
A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.
+
legator
n.
A testator; one who bequeaths a legacy.
+
litany
n.
A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences. It is usually of a penitential character.
+
leave
n.
Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed; permission; allowance; license.
+
lost
v.t.
Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way; bewildered; perplexed; as, a child lost in the woods; a stranger lost in London.
+
liturgy
a.
An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass.
+
lapicide
n.
A stonecutter.
+
leucocyte
n.
A colorless corpuscle, as one of the white blood corpuscles, or those found in lymph, marrow of bone, connective tissue, etc.
+
leaf
v.i.
To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May.
+
lash
n.
A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
+
ligator
n.
An instrument for ligating, or for placing and fastening a ligature.
+
laminaria
n.
A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp.
+
lene
n.
Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. /, /, /).
+
lapidary
n.
An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones.
+
lesson
n.
A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson.
+
lacertus
n.
A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers.
+
list
n.
A limit or boundary; a border.
+
lend
v.t.
To afford; to grant or furnish in general; as, to lend assistance; to lend one's name or influence.
+
linkage
n.
Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule.
+
look
n.
Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look.
+
laughsome
a.
Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
+
lifely
a.
In a lifelike manner.
+
longirostral
a.
Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.
+
lixiviate
v.t.
To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.
+
lunched
imp.|p.p.
of Lunch
+
liturgies
pl.
of Liturgy
+
lunula
n.
Same as Lunule.
+
listening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Listen
+
loom
v.i.
To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high.
+
laurinol
n.
Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name (Lauraceae) of the camphor trees. See Camphor.
+
labor
n.
Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work.
+
lucuma
n.
An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.
+
lively
superl.
Bright; vivid; glowing; strong; vigorous.
+
lick
v.t.
To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter.
+
linemen
pl.
of Lineman
+
longmynd rocks

The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and states of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire.
+
legislatorship
n.
The office of a legislator.
+
loudful
a.
Noisy.
+
lithochromics
n.
The art of printing colored pictures on canvas from oil paintings on stone.
+
lavolt
n.
Alt. of Lavolta
+
lesemajesty
n.
See Leze majesty.
+
loose
a.
To solve; to interpret.
+
lustration
n.
The act of lustrating or purifying.
+
lubricate
v.t.
To apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow.
+
leucin
n.
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance formed in the decomposition of albuminous matter by pancreatic digestion, by the action of boiling dilute sulphuric acid, and by putrefaction. It is also found as a constituent of various tissues and organs, as the spleen, pancreas, etc., and likewise in the vegetable kingdom. Chemically it is to be considered as amido-caproic acid.
+
luxuriancy
n.
The state or quality of being luxuriant; luxuriance.
+
lolling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Loll
+
laboring
a.
Suffering pain or grief.
+
lamentation
n.
A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.
+
lepered
a.
Affected or tainted with leprosy.
+
loathed
imp.|p.p.
of Loathe
+
lemman
n.
A leman.
+
lantern
n.
A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass.
+
level
n.
Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard, degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in one of several planes of different elevation.
+
linoleic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically (Chem.), designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts.
+
lazarite
n.
One of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission, a religious institute founded by Vincent de Paul in 1624, and popularly called Lazarists or Lazarites from the College of St. Lazare in Paris, which was occupied by them until 1792.
+
latitat
n.
A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.
+
landreeve
n.
A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward.
+
lascivious
a.
Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.
+
logical
a.
Skilled in logic; versed in the art of thinking and reasoning; as, he is a logical thinker.
+
lifesome
a.
Animated; sprightly.
+
laborless
a.
Not involving labor; not laborious; easy.
+
lowlihead
n.
A lowly state.
+
leet
n.
A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court-leet; the day on which a court-leet is held.
+
londonism
n.
A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.
+
ladys hair

A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass.
+
lubber
n.
A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.
+
loreal
a.
Alt. of Loral
+
lablab
n.
an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean (Dolichos Lablab).
+
liver
n.
One who, or that which, lives.
+
lawless
a.
Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior.
+
legitimist
n.
One who supports legitimate authority; esp., one who believes in hereditary monarchy, as a divine right.
+
lackeyed
imp.|p.p.
of Lackey
+
lipogrammatist
n.
One who makes a lipogram.
+
lastly
adv.
at last; finally.
+
luffer
n.
See Louver.
+
longarmed
a.
Having long arms; as, the long-armed ape or gibbon.
+
litter
v.t.
To supply with litter, as cattle; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
+
layland
n.
Land lying untilled; fallow ground.
+
lechered
imp.|p.p.
of Lecher
+
lexiphanicism
n.
The use of pretentious words, language, or style.
+
ladys seal

The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum verticillatum).
+
low
superl.
Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.
+
library
n.
A building or apartment appropriated for holding such a collection of books.
+
loture
n.
See Lotion.
+
laden
p.|a.
Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart.
+
largition

The bestowment of a largess or gift.
+
legible
a.
Capable of being discovered or understood by apparent marks or indications; as, the thoughts of men are often legible in their countenances.
+
litter
n.
Straw, hay, etc., scattered on a floor, as bedding for animals to rest on; also, a covering of straw for plants.
+
limule
n.
A limulus.
+
letter
n.
A letter; an epistle.
+
lituus
n.
A curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens.
+
lenticula
n.
A lenticel.
+
lever
adv.
Rather.
+
lachrymose
a.
Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.
+
lairdship
n.
The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property.
+
lire
pl.
of Lira
+
lay
v.t.
To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
+
lettern
n.
See Lecturn.
+
lounge
n.
An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging.
+
limitary
v.t.
Placed at the limit, as a guard.
+
logged
imp.|p.p.
of Log
+
loathly
adv.
Unwillingly; reluctantly.
+
looted
imp.|p.p.
of Loot
+
luxe
n.
Luxury.
+
lanceolate
a.
Alt. of Lanceolated
+
limpet
n.
In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod shell.
+
lycopod
n.
A plant of the genus Lycopodium.
+
lamb
n.
A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
+
latinistic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or idiom.
+
labor
n.
Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.
+
leaned
imp.|p.p.
of Lean
+
love
n.
Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
+
levator
n.
A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.
+
likelihood
n.
Likeness; resemblance.
+
lionheart
n.
A very brave person.
+
lyken
v.t.
To please; -- chiefly used impersonally.
+
loathing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Loathe
+
lakke
n.|v.
See Lack.
+
lovemonger
n.
One who deals in affairs of love.
+
literal
n.
Literal meaning.
+
lyric
n.
A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
+
louk
n.
An accomplice; a "pal."
+
libethenite
n.
A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper.
+
lanceolated
a.
Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.
+
libidinous
a.
Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious.
+
lead
n.
One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide.
+
larget
n.
A sport piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet.
+
lantern
n.
A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
+
legantine
a.
See Legatine.
+
low
n.
The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
+
lobbyist
n.
A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation.
+
lanuginous
a.
Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy.
+
ligulae
pl.
of Ligula
+
latin
a.
Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom.
+
lose
v.t.
To prevent from gaining or obtaining.
+
liberalize
v.t.
To make liberal; to free from narrow views or prejudices.
+
lapidescent
a.
Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.
+
longsightedness
n.
The state or condition of being long-sighted; hence, sagacity; shrewdness.
+
luwack
n.
See Paradoxure.
+
linkwork
n.
A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain.
+
lamellicorn
a.
Terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of antennae.
+
leachy
a.
Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.
+
lienculus
n.
One of the small nodules sometimes found in the neighborhood of the spleen; an accessory or supplementary spleen.
+
laughing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Laugh
+
lappet
v.t.
To decorate with, or as with, a lappet.
+
larkcolored
a.
Having the sandy brown color of the European larks.
+
lienculi
pl.
of Lienculus
+
lucre
n.
Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense.
+
lamaism
n.
A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Thibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d Lama.
+
laconical
a.
Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.
+
long
a.
To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for.
+
laminitis
n.
Inflammation of the laminae or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder.
+
level
n.
A uniform or average height; a normal plane or altitude; a condition conformable to natural law or which will secure a level surface; as, moving fluids seek a level.
+
laud
v.i.
Music or singing in honor of any one.
+
lively
superl.
Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
+
leg
n.
The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.
+
lucern
n.
A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland.
+
lower
a.
To reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
+
leasehold
a.
Held by lease.
+
levy
n.
The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution.
+
light
v.i.
To be illuminated; to receive light; to brighten; -- with up; as, the room lights up very well.
+
laical
a.
Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity.
+
lithodomus
n.
A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus.
+
lift
v.t.
To bear; to support.
+
letted

of Let
+
lozenged
a.
Alt. of Lozenge-shaped
+
leges
pl.
of Lex
+
lurch
v.i.
To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
+
lean
v.i.
Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; -- opposed to fat; as, lean copy, matter, or type.
+
lyceum
n.
A place of exercise with covered walks, in the suburbs of Athens, where Aristotle taught philosophy.
+
luffed
imp.|p.p.
of Luff
+
lead
v.t.
To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices.
+
leonese
n.sing.|pl.
A native or natives of Leon.
+
loose
a.
To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.
+
lullaby
v.t.
Hence: Good night; good-by.
+
li bella
n.
A small balance.
+
locating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Locate
+
litter
n.
The young brought forth at one time, by a sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively. Also Fig.
+
lowbell
n.
A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
+
laemmergeyer
n.
See Lammergeir.
+
labial
n.
An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.
+
lazing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Laze
+
lithophytous
a.
Lithophytic.
+
level
v.i.
To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally; hence, to aim or point a weapon in direct line with the mark; fig., to direct the eye, mind, or effort, directly to an object.
+
luthern
n.
A dormer window. See Dormer.
+
law
n.
In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist.
+
lordlike
a.
Haughty; proud; insolent; arrogant.
+
lockweir
n.
A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber.
+
leant

of Lean
+
lacert
n.
A muscle of the human body.
+
lordolatry
n.
Worship of, or reverence for, a lord as such.
+
loppering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lopper
+
limbec
v.t.
To distill.
+
lichen
n.
One of a class of cellular, flowerless plants, (technically called Lichenes), having no distinction of leaf and stem, usually of scaly, expanded, frond-like forms, but sometimes erect or pendulous and variously branched. They derive their nourishment from the air, and generate by means of spores. The species are very widely distributed, and form irregular spots or patches, usually of a greenish or yellowish color, upon rocks, trees, and various bodies, to which they adhere with great tenacity. They are often improperly called rock moss or tree moss.
+
lixivited
a.
Of or pertaining to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.
+
line
n.
One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
+
lore
v.t.
That which is or may be learned or known; the knowledge gained from tradition, books, or experience; often, the whole body of knowledge possessed by a people or class of people, or pertaining to a particular subject; as, the lore of the Egyptians; priestly lore; legal lore; folklore.
+
lanneret
n.m.
A long-tailed falcon (Falco lanarius), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon.
+
laocoon
n.
A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil.
+
lily
n.
That end of a compass needle which should point to the north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
+
lenitive
n.
That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.
+
lantern
n.
An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
+
luxate
v.t.
To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate.
+
lowly
a.
Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
+
lardaceous
a.
Consisting of, or resembling, lard.
+
lexicology
n.
The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.
+
laster
n.
A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts; a tool for stretching leather on a last.
+
ley
v.t.|i.
To lay; to wager.
+
lionlike
a.
Like a lion; brave as a lion.
+
low
superl.
Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, / (/m), / (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 10, 11.
+
lacrymal
n.|a.
See Lachrymatory, n., and Lachrymal, a.
+
lichenographic
a.
Alt. of Lichenographical
+
laurus
n.
A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus.
+
libellulid
n.
A dragon fly.
+
liken
a.
To make or cause to be like.
+
langridge
n.
See Langrage.
+
lamely
adv.
An a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walk lamely; a figure lamely drawn.
+
landed
imp.|p.p.
of Land
+
lively
adv.
With strong resemblance of life.
+
lichenologist
n.
One versed in lichenology.
+
labeling
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Label
+
linguistics
n.
The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.
+
locken
obs.p.p.
of Lock.
+
lunary
n.
The herb moonwort or "honesty".
+
light
n.
That which illumines or makes clear to the mind; mental or spiritual illumination; enlightenment; knowledge; information.
+
lovingkindness
n.
Tender regard; mercy; favor.
+
lithotriptist
n.
One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
+
largifical
a.
Generous; ample; liberal.
+
lioness
n.
A female lion.
+
lose
v.i.
To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.
+
ligneous
a.
Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or resembling, wood; woody.
+
liripoop
n.
A silly person.
+
leucophlegmatic
a.
Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin.
+
lockage
n.
Toll paid for passing the locks of a canal.
+
latten
n.
A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass.
+
longed
imp.|p.p.
of Long
+
liking
n.
The state of being pleasing; a suiting. See On liking, below.
+
lyne
n.
Linen.
+
lave
v.t.
To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.
+
levir
n.
A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate marriages.
+
leper
n.
A person affected with leprosy.
+
light
n.
The medium through which light is admitted, as a window, or window pane; a skylight; in architecture, one of the compartments of a window made by a mullion or mullions.
+
loggat
n.
A small log or piece of wood.
+
loppard
n.
A tree, the top of which has been lopped off.
+
leukaemia
n.
Leucocythaemia.
+
left
imp.|p.p.
of Leave.
+
luter
n.
One who applies lute.
+
lowered
imp.|p.p.
of Lower
+
libral
a.
Of a pound weight.
+
lewdster
n.
A lewd person.
+
line
n.
A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
+
lithe
a.
To smooth; to soften; to palliate.
+
lapping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lap
+
lumachella
n.
A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections.
+
lade
v.t.
To draw water.
+
lasted
imp.|p.p.
of Last
+
lobscouse
n.
A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked; an olio.
+
luxury
n.
A free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.
+
ladys comb

An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb.
+
literalization
n.
The act of literalizing; reduction to a literal meaning.
+
limmer
n.
A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute.
+
laded
p.p.
of Lade
+
lump
n.
A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
+
landlocked
a.
Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the landlocked salmon.
+
lobbish
a.
Like a lob; consisting of lobs.
+
lamination
n.
The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated.
+
levigated
imp.|p.p.
of Levigate
+
lodge
v.i.
To come to a rest; to stop and remain; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.
+
limitive
a.
Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers.
+
loculose
a.
Alt. of Loculous
+
lease
v.t.
The contract for such letting.
+
leisurely
adv.
In a leisurely manner.
+
lone
a.
Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.
+
languishness
n.
Languishment.
+
louchettes
n.pl.
Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only directly in front.
+
luminosity
n.
The quality or state of being luminous; luminousness.
+
lege
v.t.
To allege; to assert.
+
leptodactylous
a.
Having slender toes.
+
lithagogue
n.
A medicine having, or supposed to have, the power of expelling calculous matter with the urine.
+
ladled
imp.|p.p.
of Ladle
+
liking
n.
The state of being pleased with, or attracted toward, some thing or person; hence, inclination; desire; pleasure; preference; -- often with for, formerly with to; as, it is an amusement I have no liking for.
+
lodemanage
n.
Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman.
+
lambative
a.
Taken by licking with the tongue.
+
legerdemainist
n.
One who practices sleight of hand; a prestidigitator.
+
lumped
imp.|p.p.
of Lump
+
leapful
n.
A basketful.
+
labialize
v.t.
To modify by contraction of the lip opening.
+
lathwork
n.
Same as Lathing.
+
lodge
n.
The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
+
levigate
a.
Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.
+
legation
n.
A district under the jurisdiction of a legate.
+
lobby
n.
A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.
+
longitude
n.
The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; as, the longitude of Capella is 79°.
+
lubricant
a.
Lubricating.
+
liana
n.
A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abundant in the forests of the Amazon region.
+
laic
a.
Alt. of Laical
+
lasting
a.
Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color.
+
lagged
imp.|p.p.
of Lag
+
lowmindedness
n.
The quality of being lowminded; meanness; baseness.
+
lienteric
n.
A lientery.
+
loose
superl.
Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
+
loover
n.
See Louver.
+
limpet
n.
A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella.
+
lickerish
a.
Tempting the appetite; dainty.
+
lunt
n.
The match cord formerly used in firing cannon.
+
luxuriance
n.
The state or quality of being luxuriant; rank, vigorous growth; excessive abundance produced by rank growth.
+
lookout
n.
The place from which such observation is made.
+
latched
imp.|p.p.
of Latch
+
lifemate
n.
Companion for life.
+
labile
a.
Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
+
lungwort
n.
Any plant of the genus Mertensia (esp. M. Virginica and M. Sibirica) plants nearly related to Pulmonaria. The American lungwort is Mertensia Virginica, Virginia cowslip.
+
laminable
a.
Capable of being split into laminae or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip.
+
ladyfish
n.
A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabe.
+
linen
n.
Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
+
liss
v.t.
To free, as from care or pain; to relieve.
+
laminar
a.
Alt. of Laminal
+
linkage
n.
The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.
+
limbous
a.
With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.
+
limewater
n.
Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.
+
leptiform
a.
Having a form somewhat like leptus; -- said of active insect larvae having three pairs of legs. See Larva.
+
loft
n.
The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story.
+
latterly
adv.
Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as distinguished from a former, period.
+
lambative
n.
A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture.
+
lapse
n.
The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege.
+
lowland
n.
Land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country; -- opposed to highland.
+
loof
n.
Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind.
+
loathe
v.t.
To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate.
+
localization
n.
Act of localizing, or state of being localized.
+
litigious
a.
Of or pertaining to legal disputes.
+
longish
a.
Somewhat long; moderately long.
+
ledgment
n.
A string-course or horizontal suit of moldings, such as the base moldings of a building.
+
lighten
v.t.
To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
+
log
n.
A record and tabulated statement of the work done by an engine, as of a steamship, of the coal consumed, and of other items relating to the performance of machinery during a given time.
+
lustrate
v.t.
To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.
+
ladino
n.
One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge.
+
lawyerly
a.
Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity.
+
limpin
n.
A limpet.
+
litigate
v.i.
To carry on a suit by judicial process.
+
lust
n.
Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.
+
light
n.
That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
+
lisped
imp.|p.p.
of Lisp
+
launce
n.
A balance.
+
lenticularly
adv.
In the manner of a lens; with a curve.
+
loellingite
n.
A tin-white arsenide of iron, isomorphous with arsenopyrite.
+
levier
n.
One who levies.
+
lacunose
a.
Alt. of Lacunous
+
lori
n.
Same as Lory.
+
latewake
n.
See Lich wake, under Lich.
+
lubrical
a.
Having a smooth surface; slippery.
+
limenean
n.
A native or inhabitant of Lima.
+
loco
n.
A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed.
+
list
n.
A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
+
legacies
pl.
of Legacy
+
labial
a.
Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium.
+
lobbies
pl.
of Lobby
+
loathly
adv.
(/) So as to cause loathing.
+
lacteal
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.
+
leche
n.
See water buck, under 3d Buck.
+
legate
n.
An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.
+
load
v.
The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.
+
leet
obs.imp.
of Let, to allow.
+
licking
n.
A flogging or castigation.
+
locality
n.
The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
+
lather
v.i.
To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse.
+
leanfaced
a.
Having a thin face.
+
logging
n.
The business of felling trees, cutting them into logs, and transporting the logs to sawmills or to market.
+
lanky
a.
Somewhat lank.
+
last
a.
At a time or on an occasion which is the latest of all those spoken of or which have occurred; the last time; as, I saw him last in New York.
+
last
v.i.
To endure use, or continue in existence, without impairment or exhaustion; as, this cloth lasts better than that; the fuel will last through the winter.
+
lobby
n.
A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
+
loose
superl.
Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
+
linnet
n.
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L. cannabina), which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its head are grayish brown, tipped with crimson. Called also gray linnet, red linnet, rose linnet, brown linnet, lintie, lintwhite, gorse thatcher, linnet finch, and greater redpoll. The American redpoll linnet (Acanthis linaria) often has the crown and throat rosy. See Redpoll, and Twite.
+
lynching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lynch
+
loligo
n.
A genus of cephalopods, including numerous species of squids, common on the coasts of America and Europe. They are much used for fish bait.
+
logician
n.
A person skilled in logic.
+
lodging
n.
The act of one who, or that which, lodges.
+
limn
v.t.
To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.
+
ligroin
n.
A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum. It is a complex and variable mixture of several hydrocarbons, generally boils below 170° Fahr., and is more inflammable than safe kerosene. It is used as a solvent, as a carburetant for air gas, and for illumination in special lamps.
+
lowgh

Alt. of Lowh
+
lecturing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lecture
+
lipaemia
n.
A condition in which fat occurs in the blood.
+
logmen
pl.
of Logman
+
laurentian
a.
Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian hills.
+
levitate
v.i.
To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate.
+
laming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lame
+
lives
pl.
of Life
+
leod
n.
People; a nation; a man.
+
locusting
p.a.
Swarming and devastating like locusts.
+
lymphatic
a.
Madly enthusiastic; frantic.
+
locket
n.
A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain.
+
lay
v.t.
To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.
+
litigation
n.
The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.
+
labrum
n.
A lip or edge, as of a basin.
+
lissome
a.
Light; nimble; active.
+
lythe
a.
Soft; flexible.
+
license
n.
That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc.
+
lymphadenoma
n.
See Lymphoma.
+
lower
a.
To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
+
lac
n.
A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance.
+
labra
pl.
of Labrum
+
lictor
n.
An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals.
+
laxator
n.
That which loosens; -- esp., a muscle which by its contraction loosens some part.
+
loaf
n.
Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.
+
liquidate
v.t.
In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of , and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness).
+
lene
v.t.
To lend; to grant; to permit.
+
lanterning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lantern
+
labiatifloral
a.
Alt. of Labiatifloral
+
leucadendron
n.
A genus of evergreen shrubs from the Cape of Good Hope, having handsome foliage. Leucadendron argenteum is the silverboom of the colonists.
+
lease
v.t.
To grant to another by lease the possession of, as of lands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes with out.
+
luxuriant
a.
Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage.
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lapse
v.i.
To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses.
+
labial
a.
Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as / (f/d), / (/ld), etc., and as eu and u in French, and o, u in German. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 11, 178.
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lay
a.
Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
+
larksheel
n.
Indian cress.
+
lid
n.
The cover of the spore cases of mosses.
+
lepidomelane
n.
An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See Mica.
+
lotophagi
n.pl.
A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. See Lotus (b), and Lotus-eater.
+
laciniae
pl.
of Lacinia
+
licked
imp.|p.p.
of Lick
+
lucubrate
v.t.
To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.
+
lime
v.t.
To entangle; to insnare.
+
lechery
n.
Free indulgence of lust; lewdness.
+
laconism
n.
A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style.
+
lokorys
n.
Liquorice.
+
lachrymation
n.
The act of shedding tears; weeping.
+
longsuffering
n.
Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked.
+
locofoco
n.
A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party.
+
lay
v.t.
A wager.
+
lawyer
n.
The black-necked stilt. See Stilt.
+
laciniate
a.
Alt. of Laciniated
+
luted
imp.|p.p.
of Lute
+
lanolin
n.
A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.
+
lepidosauria
n.pl.
A division of reptiles, including the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata.
+
lip
v.t.
To clip; to trim.
+
lyre
n.
A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.
+
logger
n.
One engaged in logging. See Log, v. i.
+
lackaday
interj.
Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.
+
lakin
n.
See Ladykin.
+
locking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lock
+
lightening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lighten
+
light
superl.
Easy to be endured or performed; not severe; not difficult; as, a light affliction or task.
+
lambdoidal
a.
Same as Lambdoid.
+
latus rectum

The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See Focus, and Parameter.
+
lisp
v.i.
To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
+
leap
v.t.
To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.
+
lactean
a.
Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk.
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lean
v.i.
Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle.
+
leafet
n.
A leaflet.
+
lush
a.
Full of juice or succulence.
+
last
n.
A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers; of pitch and tar, fourteen barrels; of wool, twelve sacks; of flax or feathers, 1,700 lbs.
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lindiform
a.
Resembling the genus Lindia; -- said of certain apodous insect larvae.
+
lurking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lurk
+
lepidopterist
n.
One who studies the Lepidoptera.
+
lassoing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lasso
+
legalization
n.
The act of making legal.
+
lacerated
p.a.
Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound.
+
lovely
superl.
Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship.
+
latter
a.
Last; latest; final.
+
laevigate
a.
Having a smooth surface, as if polished.
+
lumper
n.
One who lumps.
+
lightness
n.
Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room.
+
ladys finger

A long, slender variety of the potato.
+
loller
n.
An idle vagabond.
+
lipothymous
a.
Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting.
+
lions teeth
pl.
of Lion's tooth
+
lightness
n.
The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.
+
lars
pl.
of Lar
+
limber
v.t.
To attach to the limber; as, to limber a gun.
+
lagging
n.
Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches.
+
luxury
n.
Luxuriance; exuberance.
+
lettered
a.
Literate; educated; versed in literature.
+
lineate
a.
Alt. of Lineated
+
leaven
v.t.
To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
+
lotuseater
n.
Alt. of Lotos-eater
+
lucubrator
n.
One who studies by night; also, one who produces lucubrations.
+
lacquering
n.
The act or business of putting on lacquer; also, the coat of lacquer put on.
+
limax
n.
A genus of airbreathing mollusks, including the common garden slugs. They have a small rudimentary shell. The breathing pore is on the right side of the neck. Several species are troublesome in gardens. See Slug.
+
limestone
n.
A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone is called marble.
+
lading
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lade
+
lycea
pl.
of Lyceum
+
loosen
v.t.
To free from restraint; to set at liberty..
+
legislative
a.
Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from executive; as, a legislative act; a legislative body.
+
livery
n.
That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc.
+
lemniscus
n.
One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.
+
loricating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Loricate
+
leggiadro
a.|adv.
Alt. of Leggiero
+
leather
n.
The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.
+
lucific
a.
Producing light.
+
leech
n.
Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species  used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species.
+
lowering
a.
Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or sky.
+
ludificatory
a.
Making sport; tending to excite derision.
+
lineament
n.
One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the plural.
+
low
adv.
In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
+
leaded
imp.|p.p.
of Lead
+
laumontite
n.
A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles.
+
literatim
adv.
Letter for letter.
+
lag
a.
Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end.
+
lashing
n.
See 2d Lasher.
+
luminous
a.
Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.
+
lentando
a.
Slackening; retarding. Same as Rallentando.
+
lightolove
n.
An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters.
+
looter
n.
A plunderer.
+
ladylike
a.
Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners.
+
lafayette
n.
A market fish, the goody, or spot (Liostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States.
+
limpness
n.
The quality or state of being limp.
+
leaved
a.
Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long-leaved.
+
legumen
n.
Same as Legume.
+
large
superl.
Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart.
+
lavic
a.
See Lavatic.
+
list
n.
A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also listel.
+
laxation
n.
The act of loosening or slackening, or the state of being loosened or slackened.
+
lot
n.
A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so.
+
line
v.t.
To impregnate; -- applied to brute animals.
+
laboratories
pl.
of Laboratory
+
line
n.
The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel.
+
logomachist
n.
One who contends about words.
+
long
superl.
Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
+
lame
superl.
Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.
+
lum
n.
A woody valley; also, a deep pool.
+
lobby
v.i.
To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes.
+
leashing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Leash
+
legitim
a.
The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.
+
men
pl.
of Light-horseman
+
lilial
a.
Having a general resemblance to lilies or to liliaceous plants.
+
leuconic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid, obtained as a yellowish white gum by the oxidation of croconic acid.
+
lee
v.i.
To lie; to speak falsely.
+
larcenies
pl.
of Larceny
+
ladys laces

A slender climbing plant; dodder.
+
lerot
n.
A small European rodent (Eliomys nitela), allied to the dormouse.
+
laura
n.
A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.
+
lamellibranchiate
a.
Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia.
+
lonely
superl.
Alone, or in want of company; forsaken.
+
loquacious
a.
Given to continual talking; talkative; garrulous.
+
longirostres
pl.
of Longiroster
+
licensed
imp.|p.p.
of License
+
lactucin
n.
A white, crystalline substance, having a bitter taste and a neutral reaction, and forming one of the essential ingredients of lactucarium.
+
living
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Live
+
lowliness
n.
Low condition, especially as to manner of life.
+
larch
n.
A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see Illust. of Fascicle).
+
looplight
n.
A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.
+
laudable
v.i.
Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.
+
lactary
a.
Milky; full of white juice like milk.
+
lote
v.i.
To lurk; to lie hid.
+
lunule
n.
A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shaped. See Illust. of Bivalve.
+
ligature
n.
The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness; as, the ligature of a joint.
+
lydine
n.
A violet dye derived from aniline.
+
lloyds
n.
A part of the Royal Exchange, in London, appropriated to the use of underwriters and insurance brokers; -- called also Lloyd's Rooms.
+
literalizer
n.
A literalist.
+
langure
v.i.
To languish.
+
lest
v.i.
To listen.
+
ligula
n.
A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See Parapodium.
+
laudator
n.
An arbitrator.
+
lucern
n.
A lamp.
+
lash
v.t.
To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
+
loathy
a.
Loathsome.
+
lock
n.
A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
+
lycine
n.
A weak base identical with betaine; -- so called because found in the boxthorn (Lycium barbarum). See Betaine.
+
lacteal
n.
One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.
+
lare
n.
Pasture; feed. See Lair.
+
labyrinthian
a.
Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.
+
lactific
a.
Alt. of Lactifical
+
land
n.
The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing.
+
lucrific
a.
Producing profit; gainful.
+
lineman
n.
A man employed to examine the rails of a railroad to see if they are in good condition; also, a man employed to repair telegraph lines.
+
lessening
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lessen
+
longspur
n.
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (C. Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (C. ornatus), and other species, inhabit the United States.
+
liturgist
n.
One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy.
+
lupercalia
n.pl.
A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan.
+
leak
v.
A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.
+
lift
v.t.
To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
+
lunette
n.
Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line.
+
landed
a.
Having an estate in land.
+
landflood
n.
An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.
+
longsight
n.
Long-sightedness.
+
look
v.t.
To seek; to search for.
+
lady

The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.
+
lowstudded
a.
Furnished or built with short studs; as, a low-studded house or room.
+
luster
n.
One who lusts.
+
leader
n.
A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.
+
lennilenape
n.pl.
A general name for a group of Algonquin tribes which formerly occupied the coast region of North America from Connecticut to Virginia. They included the Mohicans, Delawares, Shawnees, and several other tribes.
+
ladied
a.
Ladylike; not rough; gentle.
+
looped
imp.|p.p.
of Loop
+
lactory
a.
Lactiferous.
+
lubricity
n.
Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency.
+
lien

of Lie
+
lagging
n.
The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading.
+
lightless
a.
Destitute of light; dark.
+
lipic
a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of oleic acid, tallow, wax, etc.
+
lagophthalmos
n.
A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance.
+
lunulated
a.
Resembling a small crescent.
+
leaped
imp.|p.p.
of Leap
+
lemuroidea
n.pl.
A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species.
+
lancer
n.
One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations.
+
leathered
imp.|p.p.
of Leather
+
leger
n.
Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
+
laureation
n.
The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
+
liriodendron
n.
A genus of large and very beautiful trees of North America, having smooth, shining leaves, and handsome, tuliplike flowers; tulip tree; whitewood; -- called also canoewood. Liriodendron tulipifera is the only extant species, but there were several others in the Cretaceous epoch.
+
laze
v.i.
To be lazy or idle.
+
lombard
a.
Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.
+
lively
adv.
In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously.
+
luteolin
n.
A yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom (Reseda luteola).
+
leasing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lease
+
language
v.t.
To communicate by language; to express in language.
+
lumber
n.
Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber.
+
leucoethiopic
a.
White and black; -- said of a white animal of a black species, or the albino of the negro race.
+
landlord
n.
The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.
+
limbec
n.
An alembic; a still.
+
leap
n.
A fault.
+
loom
n.
The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.
+
lade
v.t.
To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.
+
localized
imp.|p.p.
of Localize
+
laputan
a.
Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy.
+
lord
n.
One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor.
+
lucidly
adv.
In a lucid manner.
+
loadstone
n.
Alt. of Lodestone
+
langrel
n.
A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister.
+
legitimation
n.
The act of making legitimate.
+
lusterless
a.
Alt. of Lustreless
+
looping
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Loop
+
luter
n.
One who plays on a lute.
+
losing
v.t.
Causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business.
+
lifespring
n.
Spring or source of life.
+
laughingly
adv.
With laughter or merriment.
+
lading
n.
That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship.
+
left
n.
That part of surrounding space toward which the left side of one's body is turned; as, the house is on the left when you face North.
+
latinize
v.t.
To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech.
+
leaf
n.
A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage.
+
lawsuit
n.
An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.
+
lipyl
n.
A hypothetical radical of glycerin.
+
lychnobite
n.
One who labors at night and sleeps in the day.
+
lustihood
n.
State of being lusty; vigor of body.
+
letter
n.
Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement.
+
lithodome
n.
Any one of several species of bivalves, which form holes in limestone, in which they live; esp., any species of the genus Lithodomus.
+
lepal
n.
A sterile transformed stamen.
+
lymphography
n.
A description of the lymphatic vessels, their origin and uses.
+
looby
n.
An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber.
+
lighten
v.i.
To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.
+
latterkin
n.
A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice.
+
lenify
v.t.
To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate.
+
lick
v.t.
To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk.
+
legal
a.
According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.
+
line
n.
A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark.
+
lira
n.
An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.
+
lucerne
n.
See Lucern, the plant.
+
larungoscope
n.
An instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image.
+
lop
n.
That which is lopped from anything, as branches from a tree.
+
lenses
pl.
of Lens
+
lodestone
n.
Same as Loadstone.
+
lightly
adv.
In a small degree; slightly; not severely.
+
last
a.
At a time next preceding the present time.
+
lawn
n.
Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
+
laxative
a.
Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent.
+
lightman
n.
A man who carries or takes care of a light.
+
likely
a.
Similar; like; alike.
+
liquorous
a.
Eagerly desirous. See Lickerish.
+
law
n.
An oath, as in the presence of a court.
+
leef
a.|adv.
See Lief.
+
line
n.
The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line.
+
labionasal
n.
A labionasal sound or letter.
+
leatherette
n.
An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.
+
ligge
v.i.
To lie or recline.
+
lutestring
n.
A plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon.
+
ligule
n.
A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.
+
laceration
n.
A breach or wound made by lacerating.
+
lettic
n.
The language of the Lettic race, including Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian.
+
leucophlegmacy
n.
A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats.
+
lecture
n.
The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.
+
lack
v.i.
To be in want.
+
laughter
v.i.
A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the face, particularly of the lips, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction, or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, v. i.
+
laborsome
a.
Made with, or requiring, great labor, pains, or diligence.
+
lacker
n.
One who lacks or is in want.
+
loosing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Loose
+
luscious
a.
Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich.
+
longipennate
a.
Having long wings, or quills.
+
lightheeled
a.
Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.
+
law
n.
In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts.
+
lanciferous
a.
Bearing a lance.
+
loggat
n.
An old game in England, played by throwing pieces of wood at a stake set in the ground.
+
libken
n.
Alt. of Libkin
+
lithogenesy
n.
The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composing the globe.
+
loosen
v.t.
To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string, or a knot; to loosen a rock in the earth.
+
lair
n.
A burying place.
+
loneliness
n.
Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.
+
libelist
n.
A libeler.
+
legitimate
a.
Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions.
+
looming
n.
The indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen in particular states of the atmosphere. See Mirage.
+
loss
v.t.
That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to gain or increase; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable.
+
landing
n.
The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
+
lovable
a.
Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.
+
looking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Look
+
light
n.
One who is conspicuous or noteworthy; a model or example; as, the lights of the age or of antiquity.
+
lucernarida
n.pl.
A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; -- called also Calycozoa.
+
loosen
v.i.
To become loose; to become less tight, firm, or compact.
+
litigant
n.
A person engaged in a lawsuit.
+
lepidosiren
n.
An eel-shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to a related African species (Protopterus annectens). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also doko.
+
loose
n.
A letting go; discharge.
+
lazily
adv.
In a lazy manner.
+
lexipharmic
a.
See Alexipharmic.
+
lie
n.
The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.
+
licensee
n.
The person to whom a license is given.
+
leam
n.
A cord or strap for leading a dog.
+
lift
n.
The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.
+
lubberly
adv.
Clumsily; awkwardly.
+
lackadaisy
a.
Lackadaisical.
+
lollipop
n.
A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth.
+
legible
a.
Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript.
+
lapidarious
a.
Consisting of stones.
+
lactonic
a.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, lactone.
+
lever
n.
A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; -- used for transmitting and modifying force and motion. Specif., a bar of metal, wood, or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
+
laic
n.
A layman.
+
lodestar
n.
Same as Loadstar.
+
labor
n.
To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.
+
libel
v.i.
To spread defamation, written or printed; -- with against.
+
lactiferous
a.
Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants.
+
laughterless
a.
Not laughing; without laughter.
+
lap
n.
The sound of lapping.
+
laugher
n.
One who laughs.
+
loricate
v.t.
To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.
+
lust
n.
To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after.
+
loricate
n.
An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals.
+
libeled
imp.|p.p.
of Libel
+
load
v.
A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.
+
lachrymal
a.
Pertaining to the lachrymal organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct.
+
lamellibranchiate
n.
One of the Lamellibranchia.
+
legion
n.
A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.
+
leaning
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lean
+
leakage
n.
A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.
+
lues
n.
Disease, especially of a contagious kind.
+
litho

A combining form from Gr. li`qos, stone.
+
legitimated
imp.|p.p.
of Legitimate
+
lacerated
p.a.
Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.
+
liver
n.
A very large glandular and vascular organ in the visceral cavity of all vertebrates.
+
lanyer
n.
See Lanier.
+
lignireose
n.
See Lignin.
+
laetere sunday

The fourth Sunday of Lent; -- so named from the Latin word Laetare (rejoice), the first word in the antiphone of the introit sung that day in the Roman Catholic service.
+
lien
n.
A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty; a right in one to control or hold and retain the property of another until some claim of the former is paid or satisfied.
+
liquid
a.
Clear; definite in terms or amount.
+
loose
n.
Freedom from restraint.
+
lazuli
n.
A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by yellow spots or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued for ornamental work. Called also lapis lazuli, and Armenian stone.
+
lavishness
n.
The quality or state of being lavish.
+
lichen
n.
A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion.
+
lower
a.
To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
+
learned
a.
Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory.
+
laveer
v.i.
To beat against the wind; to tack.
+
locality
n.
The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits.
+
lauriol
n.
Spurge laurel.
+
lappic
n.
The language of the Lapps. See Lappish.
+
liquefaction
n.
The act, process, or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid by means of cold or pressure; as, the liquefaction of oxygen or hydrogen.
+
lemuroid
a.
Like or pertaining to the lemurs or the Lemuroidea.
+
lunt
n.
A puff of smoke.
+
lionizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lionize
+
limit
v.t.
A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
+
lamppost
n.
A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.
+
lakedweller
n.
See Lake dwellers, under Lake.
+
lactage
n.
The produce of animals yielding milk; milk and that which is made from it.
+
legalizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Legalize
+
lurk
v.i.
To keep out of sight.
+
labrum
n.
The external margin of the aperture of a shell. See Univalve.
+
lovesick
a.
Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid.
+
liturgics
n.
The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies.
+
lot
n.
A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot.
+
live
v.i.
To feed; to subsist; to be nourished or supported; -- with on; as, horses live on grass and grain.
+
let
n.
A retarding; hindrance; obstacle; impediment; delay; -- common in the phrase without let or hindrance, but elsewhere archaic.
+
lance
n.
A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
+
lavatory
n.
A basin or other vessel for washing in.
+
lates
n.
A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes.
+
lug
n.
A projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.
+
latitudinarianism
n.
A latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion in matters pertaining to religious belief.
+
leucoplast
n.
Alt. of Leucoplastid
+
leucorrhoea
n.
A discharge of a white, yellowish, or greenish, viscid mucus, resulting from inflammation or irritation of the membrane lining the genital organs of the female; the whites.
+
length
a.
The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.
+
lignin
n.
A substance characterizing wood cells and differing from cellulose in its conduct with certain chemical reagents.
+
livelode
n.
Course of life; means of support; livelihood.
+
landowning
a.
Having property in land; of or pertaining to landowners.
+
legacy
n.
A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like.
+
luminate
v.t.
To illuminate.
+
lordship
n.
Dominion; power; authority.
+
longitudinal
a.
Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance.
+
literate
n.
One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders.
+
localism
n.
A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.
+
laceman
n.
A man who deals in lace.
+
latitant
a.
Lying hid; concealed; latent.
+
laurel
n.
An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
+
loafed
imp.|p.p.
of Loaf
+
love
n.
A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters.
+
labelled

of Label
+
levator
n.
A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.
+
logographer
n.
One skilled in logography.
+
labiatifloral
a.
Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon.
+
lansquenet
n.
A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.
+
labor
v.t.
To belabor; to beat.
+
linkwork
n.
Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another.
+
leash
v.t.
To tie together, or hold, with a leash.
+
lingula
n.
Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix.
+
ladys smock

A plant of the genus Cardamine (C. pratensis); cuckoo flower.
+
loaf
v.t.
To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.
+
lift
n.
A lift gate. See Lift gate, below.
+
laniary
a.
A laniary, or canine, tooth.
+
lobeliaceous
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the genus Lobelia is the type.
+
learn
v.t.
To communicate knowledge to; to teach.
+
liquidness
n.
The quality or state of being liquid; liquidity; fluency.
+
logos
n.
A word; reason; speech.
+
lighter
n.
One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.
+
lees
n.pl.
Dregs. See 2d Lee.
+
lipogrammatic
a.
Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings.
+
liver
n.
One whose course of life has some marked characteristic (expressed by an adjective); as, a free liver.
+
landsman
n.
A sailor on his first voyage.
+
loaming
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Loam
+
lamantin
n.
The manatee.
+
leathery
a.
Resembling leather in appearance or consistence; tough.
+
lie
n.
A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
+
ligulate
a.
Alt. of Ligulated
+
lubberly
a.
Like a lubber; clumsy.
+
leapingly
adv.
By leaps.
+
lanary
n.
A place for storing wool.
+
locale
n.
A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality.
+
logographical
a.
Of or pertaining to logography.
+
lupercal
n.
A grotto on the Palatine Hill sacred to Lupercus, the Lycean Pan.
+
living
n.
The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives.
+
lint
n.
Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics.
+
ladle
v.t.
An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
+
letter
n.
One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.
+
low
n.
Fire; a flame; a light.
+
lodge
n.
A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.
+
loggerhead
n.
A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar.
+
logrolling
n.
The act or process of rolling logs from the place where they were felled to the stream which floats them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor neighboring camps of loggers combine to assist each other in turn.
+
lathreeve
n.
Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe.
+
luncheon
n.
A lump of food.
+
laminal
a.
In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina.
+
line
v.t.
To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines; as, to line a copy book.
+
leather
n.
The skin.
+
laocoon
n.
A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)
+
language
n.
The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.
+
lengthy
superl.
Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like.
+
ling

An adverbial suffix; as, darkling, flatling.
+
ladyfish
n.
A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies.
+
lamella
n.
a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.
+
literature
n.
The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary work.
+
lacker
n.|v.
See Lacquer.
+
light
n.
A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or colored flame; as, a Bengal light.
+
limonite
n.
Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called brown hematite.
+
liflode
n.
Livelihood.
+
longsome
a.
Extended in length; tiresome.
+
launch
v.i.
To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
+
lifter
n.
A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted.
+
lurch
n.
A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
+
lymphogenic
a.
Connected with, or formed in, the lymphatic glands.
+
lapped
imp.|p.p.
of Lap
+
lingering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Linger
+
love
n.
The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address.
+
lavishment
n.
The act of lavishing.
+
light
superl.
Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; as, a light soil.
+
luscious
a.
Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene.
+
light
n.
Life; existence.
+
lock stitch

A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch.
+
lability
n.
Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize.
+
lavender
n.
An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (L. vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. The Spike lavender (L. Spica) yields a coarser oil (oil of spike), used in the arts.
+
lurg
n.
A large marine annelid (Nephthys caeca), inhabiting the sandy shores of Europe and America. It is whitish, with a pearly luster, and grows to the length of eight or ten inches.
+
lot
n.
That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.
+
lefthandedness
n.
Alt. of Left-handiness
+
line
n.
A trench or rampart.
+
labyrinthibranch
n.
One of the Labyrinthici.
+
lymphated
a.
Frightened into madness; raving.
+
longhand
n.
The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand.
+
ladybird
n.
Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidae); -- called also ladybug, ladyclock, lady cow, lady fly, and lady beetle. Coccinella seplempunctata in one of the common European species. See Coccinella.
+
lotted
imp.|p.p.
of Lot
+
lilt
v.t.
To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.
+
lodging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lodge
+
landsmen
pl.
of Landsman
+
lodge
n.
A den or cave.
+
lancepesade
n.
An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance corporal.
+
limy
a.
Resembling lime; having the qualities of lime.
+
larchen
a.
Of or pertaining to the larch.
+
languishment
n.
The state of languishing.
+
localize
v.t.
To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place.
+
lituus
n.
A spiral whose polar equation is r2/ = a; that is, a curve the square of whose radius vector varies inversely as the angle which the radius vector makes with a given line.
+
lief
n.
Dear; beloved.
+
lingism
n.
A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics.
+
lateran
n.
The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world.
+
lewd
superl.
Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous.
+
leisurable
a.
Leisurely.
+
lymphatic
n.
One of the lymphatic or absorbent vessels, which carry lymph and discharge it into the veins; lymph duct; lymphatic duct.
+
limbat
n.
A cooling periodical wind in the Isle of Cyprus, blowing from the northwest from eight o'clock, A. M., to the middle of the day or later.
+
leger
a.
Lying or remaining in a place; hence, resident; as, leger ambassador.
+
lichenography
n.
A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.
+
lecanomancy
n.
divination practiced with water in a basin, by throwing three stones into it, and invoking the demon whose aid was sought.
+
linguistic
a.
Alt. of Linguistical
+
lithontriptor
n.
See Lithotriptor.
+
lothsome
a.
See Loath, Loathly, etc.
+
lorded
imp.|p.p.
of Lord
+
lotus
n.
An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily.
+
light
n.
The brightness of the eye or eyes.
+
lariat
v.t.
To secure with a lariat fastened to a stake, as a horse or mule for grazing; also, to lasso or catch with a lariat.
+
lapidation
n.
The act of stoning.
+
liquefy
v.t.
To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.
+
lapidific
a.
Alt. of Lapidifical
+
landowning
n.
The owning of land.
+
lead
n.
The course of a rope from end to end.
+
lyceum
n.
A higher school, in Europe, which prepares youths for the university.
+
luna
n.
The moon.
+
lean
v.i.
To cause to lean; to incline; to support or rest.
+
loudmouthed
a.
Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.
+
layering
n.
A propagating by layers.
+
lecithin
n.
A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles.
+
lalo
n.
The powdered leaves of the baobab tree, used by the Africans to mix in their soup, as the southern negroes use powdered sassafras.  Cf. Couscous.
+
lumping
a.
Bulky; heavy.
+
lecythis
n.
A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceae, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers.
+
lancegay
n.
Alt. of Lancegaye
+
longimetry
n.
The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths.
+
lapsided
a.
See Lopsided.
+
legitimate
a.
Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir.
+
lemma
n.
A preliminary or auxiliary proposition demonstrated or accepted for immediate use in the demonstration of some other proposition, as in mathematics or logic.
+
laid
imp.|p.p.
of Lay.
+
la
interj.
An exclamation of surprise; -- commonly followed by me; as, La me!
+
linseywoolsey
a.
Made of linen and wool; hence, of different and unsuitable parts; mean.
+
lavishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lavish
+
light
n.
To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
+
lean
n.
Unremunerative copy or work.
+
loups
n.pl.
The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf.
+
lookout
n.
A person engaged in watching.
+
lowchurchmanship
n.
The state of being a low-churchman.
+
lecher
n.
A man given to lewdness; one addicted, in an excessive degree, to the indulgence of sexual desire, or to illicit commerce with women.
+
light
superl.
Wanton; unchaste; as, a woman of light character.
+
libretto
n.
The words themselves.
+
lynxeyed
a.
Having acute sight.
+
labial
a.
Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.
+
lower
v.i.
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
+
loring
n.
Instructive discourse.
+
lack
n.
Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.
+
lie
adj.
To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.
+
lopeared
a.
Having ears which lop or hang down.
+
lector
n.
A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate.
+
lionly
a.
Like a lion; fierce.
+
lustihead
n.
See Lustihood.
+
lessened
imp.|p.p.
of Lessen
+
lily
n.
A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary.
+
logarithmic
a.
Alt. of Logarithmical
+
liable
v.t.
Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident.
+
loto
n.
See Lotto.
+
laryngotomy
n.
The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removing foreign bodies.
+
lonely
superl.
Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.
+
ledgy
a.
Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgy island.
+
ladys cushion

An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift (Armeria vulgaris).
+
lethargizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lethargize
+
lenitude
n.
The quality or habit of being lenient; lenity.
+
liberty
n.
Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
+
lenitive
n.
A mild purgative; a laxative.
+
latin
n.
A member of the Roman Catholic Church.
+
lumpish
a.
Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless.
+
lecture
v.t.
To read or deliver a lecture to.
+
lager beer

Originally a German beer, but now also made in immense quantities in the United States; -- so called from its being laid up or stored for some months before use.
+
liner
n.
A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line.
+
lime
n.
Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat driving off carbon dioxide and leaving lime. It develops great heat when treated with water, forming slacked lime, and is an essential ingredient of cement, plastering, mortar, etc.
+
lavished
imp.|p.p.
of Lavish
+
loopie
a.
Deceitful; cunning; sly.
+
languaged
imp.|p.p.
of Language
+
league
v.i.
To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.
+
likened
imp.|p.p.
of Liken
+
laminating
a.
Forming, or separating into, scales or thin layers.
+
lime
n.
The linden tree. See Linden.
+
lift
n.
A handle.
+
look
n.
Expression of the eyes and face; manner; as, a proud or defiant look.
+
ladys finger

The kidney vetch.
+
lock
n.
A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.
+
lade
n.
The mouth of a river.
+
lord
v.t.
To rule or preside over as a lord.
+
leo
n.
A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle.
+
larvae
pl.
of Larva
+
log
v.i.
To move to and fro; to rock.
+
ries
pl.
of Lachrymatory
+
lichi
n.
See Litchi.
+
levee
v.t.
To attend the levee or levees of.
+
leash
n.
A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
+
list
n.
A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat.
+
looking
a.
Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc.
+
litter
n.
A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.
+
lethe
n.
A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past.
+
loan
n.
The act of lending; a lending; permission to use; as, the loan of a book, money, services.
+
linkboy
n.
Alt. of Linkman
+
let
v.t.
To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out horses.
+
libel
n.
A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
+
laudative
a.
Laudatory.
+
linstock
n.
A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon.
+
lap
n.
A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.
+
lambda
n.
The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.
+
lustful
a.
Full of lust; excited by lust.
+
leaky
superl.
Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask.
+
laconicism
n.
Same as Laconism.
+
ligule
n.
A strap-shaped corolla of flowers of Compositae.
+
large
superl.
Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language.
+
lip
n.
The sharp cutting edge on the end of an auger.
+
lugging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lug
+
leprose
a.
Covered with thin, scurfy scales.
+
lull
n.
The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby.
+
lap
n.
To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working.
+
lateral
a.
Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial.
+
line
n.
Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
+
life
n.
An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood.
+
leaving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Leave
+
lapsable
a.
Lapsible.
+
lanarkite
n.
A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.
+
lessen
a.
To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.
+
luff
v.i.
To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.
+
last
a.
In conclusion; finally.
+
lightly
adv.
Commonly; usually.
+
lower
v.i.
To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
+
leuke
n.
Alt. of Leukeness
+
laud
v.i.
A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; -- usually in the pl.
+
lavish
a.
Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
+
lucky
superl.
Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour.
+
liquid
a.
Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters.
+
lissencephala
n.pl.
A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc.
+
lurch
v.t.
To leave in the lurch; to cheat.
+
leastwise
adv.
At least; at all events.
+
lillypilly
n.
An Australian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Smithii), having smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard and fine-grained.
+
lexicography
n.
The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.
+
land
n.
The mainland, in distinction from islands.
+
lenity
n.
The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor.
+
lapping
n.
A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
+
leasehold
n.
A tenure by lease; specifically, land held as personalty under a lease for years.
+
limber
n.
The detachable fore part of a gun carriage, consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon which the cannoneers sit.
+
languid
a.
Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull.
+
levitation
n.
Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.
+
lucifer
n.
Hence, Satan.
+
lachrymal
a.
Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions.
+
live
v.i.
To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils.
+
lydian
a.
Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character.
+
langaha
n.
A curious colubriform snake of the genus Xyphorhynchus, from Madagascar. It is brownish red, and its nose is prolonged in the form of a sharp blade.
+
locality
n.
Limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality of trial.
+
lutidine
n.
Any one of several metameric alkaloids, C5H3N.(CH3)2, of the pyridine series, obtained from bone oil as liquids, and having peculiar pungent odors. These alkaloids are also called respectively dimethyl pyridine, ethyl pyridine, etc.
+
lathing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lath
+
lowbred
a.
Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar; as, a lowbred fellow; a lowbred remark.
+
label
n.
A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living.
+
leporine
a.
Of or pertaining to a hare; like or characteristic of, a hare.
+
licentiate
n.
On the continent of Europe, a university degree intermediate between that of bachelor and that of doctor.
+
lyra
n.
The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; -- so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
+
latitudinarian
a.
Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.
+
lamented
a.
Mourned for; bewailed.
+
lay
v.t.
To impute; to charge; to allege.
+
leaven
v.t.
To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.
+
lithophosphor
n.
A stone that becomes phosphoric by heat.
+
lantern
v.t.
To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.
+
lambent
a.
Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
+
laths
pl.
of Lath
+
libertine
n.
One of a sect of Anabaptists, in the fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth century, who rejected many of the customs and decencies of life, and advocated a community of goods and of women.
+
low
n.
A hill; a mound; a grave.
+
lucullite
n.
A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes.
+
line
n.
The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver.
+
lifegiving
a.
Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating.
+
launcegaye
n.
See Langegaye.
+
lacerta
n.
A genus of lizards. See Lizard.
+
latter
a.
Recent; modern.
+
lariated
imp.|p.p.
of Lariat
+
lithofellic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline, organic acid, resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions (bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope.
+
loca
pl.
of Locus
+
lingua
n.
A median process of the labium, at the under side of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
+
lout
v.i.
To bend; to box; to stoop.
+
lover
n.
Alt. of Lovery
+
lustre
n.
Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.
+
ladrone
n.
A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal.
+
lith
n.
A joint or limb; a division; a member; a part formed by growth, and articulated to, or symmetrical with, other parts.
+
legatura
n.
A tie or brace; a syncopation.
+
laureating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Laureate
+
level
v.t.
To adjust or adapt to a certain level; as, to level remarks to the capacity of children.
+
lordship
n.
Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.
+
logarithmetic
a.
Alt. of Logarithmetical
+
lion
n.
A sign and a constellation; Leo.
+
lamentable
a.
Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error.
+
list
v.i.
To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.
+
logomachy
n.
Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.
+
legature
n.
Legateship.
+
launching
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Launch
+
lumbago
n.
A rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back.
+
lightly
adv.
With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.
+
leggy
a.
Having long legs.
+
list
v.t.
To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.
+
limicoline
a.
Shore-inhabiting; of or pertaining to the Limicolae.
+
latinize
v.i.
To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church.
+
lemuroid
n.
One of the Lemuroidea.
+
leach
v.t.
To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes.
+
labiums
pl.
of Labium
+
lugger
n.
A small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix.
+
largo
a.|adv.
Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn.
+
lophopoda
n.pl.
Same as Phylactolemata.
+
littleness
n.
The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc.
+
lobbed
imp.|p.p.
of Lob
+
laterad
adv.
Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed to mesiad.
+
levitation
n.
The act or process of making buoyant.
+
lanced
imp.|p.p.
of Lance
+
lactonic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of milk sugar (lactose).
+
levity
n.
Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity.
+
livery
n.
A low grade of wool.
+
limit
v.i.
To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
+
lickpenny
n.
A devourer or absorber of money.
+
largish
a.
Somewhat large.
+
lie
adj.
To lodge; to sleep.
+
led
imp.|p.p.
of Lead
+
liassic
n.
Same as Lias.
+
lozenge
n.
A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon.  Cf. Fusil.
+
lozenge
n.
A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.
+
livery
v.t.
To clothe in, or as in, livery.
+
lengthened
imp.|p.p.
of Lengthen
+
lithonthryptic
a.|n.
Same as Lithontriptic.
+
longwise
adv.
Lengthwise.
+
leap
n.
A basket.
+
layer
n.
A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.
+
lu
n.|v.t.
See Loo.
+
llama
n.
A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes.
+
lance
v.t.
To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
+
labeled
imp.|p.p.
of Label
+
lacustrine
a.
Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers.
+
low
adv.
In time approaching our own.
+
lateres
pl.
of Later
+
like
superl.
Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely.
+
love
n.
To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.
+
linguistical
a.
Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or to the affinities of languages.
+
lubricant
n.
That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.
+
lean
n.
That part of flesh which consist principally of muscle without the fat.
+
lentisk
n.
A tree; the mastic. See Mastic.
+
longshanks
n.
The stilt.
+
lazaroni
n.pl.
See Lazzaroni.
+
lieu
n.
Place; room; stead; -- used only in the phrase in lieu of, that is, instead of.
+
lituus
n.
An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.
+
lumberman
n.
One who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment.
+
laugh
v.t.
To express by, or utter with, laughter; -- with out.
+
lime
v.t.
To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime; as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them.
+
lepismoid
a.
Like or pertaining to the Lepisma.
+
lechering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lecher
+
leave
v.
To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver; to commit; to submit -- with a sense of withdrawing one's self from; as, leave your hat in the hall; we left our cards; to leave the matter to arbitrators.
+
laniation
n.
A tearing in pieces.
+
lamaist
n.
Alt. of Lamaite
+
large
superl.
Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.
+
latitudinarian
n.
A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed.
+
lank
superl.
Languid; drooping.
+
layman
n.
One of the people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from those who do.
+
lantern
n.
Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light.
+
leuc

Same as Leuco-.
+
landlady
n.
The mistress of an inn or lodging house.
+
lift
n.
That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted
+
lapidary
n.
A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.
+
leach
n.
A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
+
leader
n.
A horse placed in advance of others; one of the forward pair of horses.
+
landmen
pl.
of Landman
+
lucifer
n.
A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.
+
litigated
imp.|p.p.
of Litigate
+
lacebark
n.
A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.
+
leaflet
n.
One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole.
+
libbard
n.
A leopard.
+
loricated
imp.|p.p.
of Loricate
+
levity
n.
Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility.
+
lubricate
v.t.
To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied.
+
liquidate
v.t.
To discharge; to pay off, as an indebtedness.
+
logging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Log
+
lection
n.
A reading; a variation in the text.
+
libertine
n.
Free from restraint; uncontrolled.
+
luce
n.
A pike when full grown.
+
levant
a.
Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.
+
lame
superl.
Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
+
ligament
n.
Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond.
+
later
a.
Compar. of Late, a. & adv.
+
lipogram
n.
A writing composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on.
+
librettos
pl.
of Libretto
+
latakia
n.
A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea.
+
lard
n.
The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.
+
line
n.
A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line.
+
loathingly
adv.
With loathing.
+
leghorn
n.
A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation.
+
look
v.t.
To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
+
lambrequin
n.
A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.
+
lust
n.
Pleasure.
+
launched
imp.|p.p.
of Launch
+
lovely
superl.
Loving; tender.
+
lampyris
n.
A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.
+
lunicurrent
a.
Having relation to changes in currents that depend on the moon's phases.
+
lament
v.
An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
+
lay
v.t.
A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.
+
loft
n.
A floor or room placed above another; a story.
+
leathern
a.
Made of leather; consisting of. leather; as, a leathern purse.
+
legitimately
adv.
In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.
+
laborious
a.
Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome.
+
landlocked
a.
Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land.
+
lamprel
n.
See Lamprey.
+
liber
n.
The inner bark of plants, lying next to the wood. It usually contains a large proportion of woody, fibrous cells, and is, therefore, the part from which the fiber of the plant is obtained, as that of hemp, etc.
+
lackey
v.t.
To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
+
locomotive
n.
A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
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loriner
n.
A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and saddles; hence, a saddler.
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locality
n.
Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant.
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loose
superl.
Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
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little
adv.
In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it.
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lunged
imp.|p.p.
of Lunge
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landman
n.
An occupier of land.
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loneness
n.
Solitude; seclusion.
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less
n.
The inferior, younger, or smaller.
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lie
adj.
To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.
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lumbric
n.
An earthworm, or a worm resembling an earthworm.
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listel
n.
Same as List, n., 6.
+
lanthorn
n.
See Lantern.
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leer
v.t.
To entice with a leer, or leers; as, to leer a man to ruin.
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librettist
n.
One who makes a libretto.
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landleaper
n.
See Landlouper.
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legitimatist
n.
See Legitimist.
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lamplighter
n.
One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.
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lithotomy
n.
The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder.
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licking
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lick
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loathful
a.
Full of loathing; hating; abhorring.
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lilliputian
a.
Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
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liroconite
n.
A hydrated arseniate of copper, occurring in obtuse pyramidal crystals of a sky-blue or verdigris-green color.
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lacustral
a.
Alt. of Lacustrine
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lignumvitae
n.
A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum.
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lost
v.t.
Parted with; no longer held or possessed; as, a lost limb; lost honor.
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lock
v.t.
To link together; to clasp closely; as, to lock arms.
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liberal
a.
Bestowing in a large and noble way, as a freeman; generous; bounteous; open-handed; as, a liberal giver.
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lemmata
pl.
of Lemma
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lop
v.t.
To let hang down; as, to lop the head.
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lofty
superl.
Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
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like
a.
To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy.
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lorica
n.
Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.
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lignaloes
n.
Aloes wood, or agallochum. See  Agallochum.
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love
n.
Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.
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levantine
n.
A native or inhabitant of the Levant.
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lene
a.
Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /).
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leere
n.
Tape or braid; an ornament.
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lettered
a.
Of or pertaining to learning or literature; learned.
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lorate
a.
Having the form of a thong or strap; ligulate.
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leader
n.
a row of dots, periods, or hyphens, used in tables of contents, etc., to lead the eye across a space to the right word or number.
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lordosis
n.
Any abnormal curvature of the bones.
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ladin
n.
A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.
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latin
n.
A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.
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lye
n.
A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
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leathering
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Leather
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lubricator
n.
One who, or that which, lubricates.
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lug
v.i.
To move slowly and heavily.
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lack
n.
Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.
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laterally
adv.
By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.
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label
n.
A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.
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landslip
n.
Alt. of Landslide
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lamina
n.
The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.
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lacinula
n.
A diminutive lacinia.
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legitimized
imp.|p.p.
of Legitimize
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light
v.i.
To come down suddenly and forcibly; to fall; -- with on or upon.
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lockage
n.
Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal.
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leaf
n.
A special organ of vegetation in the form of a lateral outgrowth from the stem, whether appearing as a part of the foliage, or as a cotyledon, a scale, a bract, a spine, or a tendril.
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lighthorseman
n.
A West Indian fish of the genus Ephippus, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and brilliant colors.
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loose
superl.
Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
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longtongued
a.
Talkative; babbling; loquacious.
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landlord
n.
The master of an inn or of a lodging house.
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lituiform
a.
Having the form of a lituus; like a lituite.
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low
superl.
Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.
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luxuriate
v.i.
To indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to luxuriate in description.
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londoner
n.
A native or inhabitant of London.
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latching
n.
A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch and lasket.
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landman
n.
A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman.
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lachrymal
a.
Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal gland.
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large
superl.
Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.
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laver
n.
A vessel for washing; a large basin.
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lustral
a.
Of or pertaining to, or used for, purification; as, lustral days; lustral water.
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levee
n.
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
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laboring
a.
That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days.
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liner
n.
A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
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land
n.
Urine. See Lant.
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laminate
v.t.
To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
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let
imp.|p.p.
of Let
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lipans
n.pl.
A tribe of North American Indians, inhabiting the northern part of Mexico. They belong to the Tinneh stock, and are closely related to the Apaches.
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lumber
v.i.
To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.
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law
n.
In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation.
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lead
n.
the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
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lynde
n.
Alt. of Lynden
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lapis lazuli

An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. Same as Lazuli, which see.
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litter
n.
Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.
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laving
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lave
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lividity
n.
The state or quality of being livid.
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loo
v.t.
To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick.
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lapidified
imp.|p.p.
of Lapidify
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laurate
n.
A salt of lauric acid.
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lanternjawed
a.
Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.
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laving
v.i.
Being alive; having life; as, a living creature.
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lavishly
adv.
In a lavish manner.
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lopper
v.i.
To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk.
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lapides
pl.
of Lapis
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longness
n.
Length.
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lotos
n.
See Lotus.
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look
v.t.
To express or manifest by a look.
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lug
n.
The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.
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levigate
v.t.
To polish.
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lepadoid
n.
A stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas, or family Lepadidae; a goose barnacle. Also used adjectively.
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loudly
adv.
In a loud manner.
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liturgical

Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a liturgy; of or pertaining to public prayer and worship.
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lover
n.
One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music.
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lithic
a.
Of or pertaining to stone; as, lithic architecture.
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lancelet
n.
A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.
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linsang
n.
Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (P. gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang (Porana Richardsonii) is brown with black spots.
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lamellae
pl.
of Lamella
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lug
n.
The ear, or its lobe.
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lively
superl.
Gay; airy; animated; spirited.
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lupuline
n.
An alkaloid extracted from hops as a colorless volatile liquid.
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lief
adv.
Willing; disposed.
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liver
n.
A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn.
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legation
n.
A legate, or envoy, and the persons associated with him in his mission; an embassy; or, in stricter usage, a diplomatic minister and his suite; a deputation.
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lawer
n.
A lawyer.
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lettic
a.
Of or pertaining to a branch of the Slavic family, subdivided into Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian.
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lumpfish
n.
A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl.
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lasting
n.
The act or process of shaping on a last.
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liberties
pl.
of Liberty
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link
n.
A torch made of tow and pitch, or the like.
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labor
n.
A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177/ acres.
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lurry
n.
A confused heap; a throng, as of persons; a jumble, as of sounds.
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lesses
v.t.
The leavings or dung of beasts.
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lift
n.
A layer of leather in the heel.
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lademan
n.
One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant.
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lucifer
n.
The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.
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launce
n.
See Lant, the fish.
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lucernarian
a.
Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida.
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lingua
n.
A tongue.
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levynite
n.
A whitish, reddish, or yellowish, transparent or translucent mineral, allied to chabazite.
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loblolly
n.
Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.
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lepre
n.
Leprosy.
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litter
n.
Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter.
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lobeline
n.
A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor.
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legatary
n.
A legatee.
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lawny
a.
Having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like a lawn.
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lapse
v.t.
To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.
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liquescency
n.
The quality or state of being liquescent.
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leaved
imp.|p.p.
of Leave
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ladys seal

The black bryony (Tamus communis).
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leadsmen
pl.
of Leadsman
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loomgale
n.
A gentle gale of wind.
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lacune
n.
A lacuna.
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lilliputian
n.
A person or thing of very small size.
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lore
v.t.
Workmanship.
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looing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Loo
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leger
n.
A minister or ambassador resident at a court or seat of government.
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lyn
n.
A waterfall. See Lin.
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lousy
a.
Infested with lice.
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lacinulae
pl.
of Lacinula
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leafiness
n.
The state of being leafy.
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lacasterian
a.
Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them.
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lepidodendroid
n.
A lepidodendrid.
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lithotint
n.
A picture produced by this process.
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logics
n.
See Logic.
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limitedly
adv.
With limitation.
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likable
a.
Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person.
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lamentable
a.
Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.
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ladykilling
n.
The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women.
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lax
v.t.
Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
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lapse
v.i.
To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc.
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leading
n.
The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance.
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lobe
n.
Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form
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lunge
v.i.
To make a lunge.
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lily
n.
A name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a true lily, as Pancratium, Crinum, Amaryllis, Nerine, etc.
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lancinating
a.
Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains (i.e., severe, darting pains).
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low
superl.
Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.
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lycopodium
n.
A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceae; club moss.
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lea
n.
A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.
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liberalities
pl.
of Liberality
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lanier
n.
A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like.
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lobed
a.
Having lobes; lobate.
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lithotripsy
n.
The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.
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lingual
n.
A consonant sound formed by the aid of the tongue; -- a term especially applied to certain articulations (as those of t, d, th, and n) and to the letters denoting them.
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lopsided
a.
Leaning to one side because of some defect of structure; as, a lopsided ship.
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lampyrine
n.
An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family Lampyridae. See Lampyris.
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ling
n.
Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
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laving
v.i.
Active; lively; vigorous; -- said esp. of states of the mind, and sometimes of abstract things; as, a living faith; a living principle.
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lemuria
n.
A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant.
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logroller
n.
One who engages in logrolling.
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longstop
n.
One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.
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lethargize
v.t.
To make lethargic.
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lune
n.
A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
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lash
n.
To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back.
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list
v.t.
To enroll; to place or register in a list.
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love
n.
Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object.
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leanfaced
a.
slender or narrow; -- said of type the letters of which have thin lines, or are unusually narrow in proportion to their height.
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lobbying
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lobby
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limaille
n.
Filings of metal.
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letter
v.t.
To impress with letters; to mark with letters or words; as, a book gilt and lettered.
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laudanum
n.
Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes.
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lare
n.
Lore; learning.
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lumper
n.
A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.
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lend
v.t.
To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow.
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lesson
n.
An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
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lithontriptic
n.
A lithontriptic remedy or agent, as distilled water.
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lithotomical
a.
Pertaining to, or performed by, lithotomy.
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lionet
n.
A young or small lion.
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loiterer
n.
An idle vagrant; a tramp.
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land
n.
In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level part of a millstone between the furrows, or the surface of the bore of a rifled gun between the grooves.
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lysimeter
n.
An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil.
+
lepidopterous
a.
Of or pertaining to the Lepidoptera.
+
lucratively
adv.
In a lucrative manner.
+
longsighted
a.
Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing.
+
leger
n.
A ledger.
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lupulinic
a.
Pertaining to, or obtained from, hops; specifically, designating an acid obtained by the decomposition of lupulin.
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lapsed
a.
Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses.
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lock
v.t.
To furnish with locks; also, to raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
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louse
v.t.
To clean from lice.
+
longnose
n.
The European garfish.
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laminated
a.
Laminate.
+
libelling

of Libel
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loosish
a.
Somewhat loose.
+
lilywort
n.
Any plant of the Lily family or order.
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lens
n.
A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure.
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list
n.
A roll or catalogue, that is row or line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate.
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lownecked
a.
Cut low in the neck; decollete; -- said of a woman's dress.
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lachrymate
v.i.
To weep.
+
lacerated
imp.|p.p.
of Lacerate
+
litter
v.t.
To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human beings, in abhorrence or contempt.
+
lithosian
n.
Any one of various species of moths belonging to the family Lithosidae. Many of them are beautifully colored.
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lurchline
n.
The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the birds.
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lenten
n.
Spare; meager; plain; somber; unostentatious; not abundant or showy.
+
line
n.
A measuring line or cord.
+
lactation
n.
A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.
+
lug
n.
A rod or pole.
+
lanciname
v.t.
To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab.
+
let
v.t.
To consider; to think; to esteem.
+
leafage
n.
Leaves, collectively; foliage.
+
loricata
n.pl.
The crocodilia.
+
latitude
n.
Extent; size; amplitude; scope.
+
lengthful
a.
Long.
+
lustre
n.
A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an ornamental character.
+
lobately
adv.
As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner.
+
litter
v.i.
To produce a litter.
+
laver
n.
That which washes or cleanses.
+
localism
n.
The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place.
+
longicornia
n.pl.
A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennae are very long.  Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust.
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lordly
superl.
Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.
+
logistics
n.
A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.
+
lasso
n.
A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc.
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lirelliform
a.
Like a lirella.
+
lunette
n.
A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
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licentious
a.
Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.
+
lustily
adv.
In a lusty or vigorous manner.
+
lieberkuhn
n.
A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector.
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labiate
a.
Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatae), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs.
+
liverleaf
n.
Same as Liverwort.
+
lock
n.
A grapple in wrestling.
+
lomata
pl.
of Loma
+
lamentingly
adv.
In a lamenting manner.
+
lath
n.
A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used.
+
lawabiding
a.
Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law-abiding people.
+
laevorotatory
a.
Same as Levorotatory.  Cf. Dextrorotatory.
+
lusk
v.i.
To be idle or unemployed.
+
levee
v.t.
To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
+
liveliness
n.
Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors.
+
lidge
n.
Same as Ledge.
+
lift
n.
A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.
+
legislation
n.
The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted.
+
ledge
n.
A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.
+
list
v.i.
To desire or choose; to please.
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locate
v.i.
To place one's self; to take up one's residence; to settle.
+
legioned
a.
Formed into a legion or legions; legionary.
+
laticlave
n.
A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office.
+
lightened
imp.|p.p.
of Lighten
+
lampad
n.
A lamp or candlestick.
+
lepidoganoid
n.
Any one of a division (Lepidoganoidei) of ganoid fishes, including those that have scales forming a coat of mail. Also used adjectively.
+
limaon
n.
A curve of the fourth degree, invented by Pascal. Its polar equation is r = a cos / + b.
+
loricata
n.pl.
A suborder of edentates, covered with bony plates, including the armadillos.
+
lactifical
a.
Producing or yielding milk.
+
leiotrichan
a.
Of or pertaining to the Leiotrichi.
+
lieder
pl.
of Lied
+
loy
n.
A long, narrow spade for stony lands.
+
lubrification
n.
Alt. of Lubrifaction
+
line
n.
The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline.
+
lusory
a.
Used in play; sportive; playful.
+
landgravine
n.
The wife of a landgrave.
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lithe
a.
Mild; calm; as, lithe weather.
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like
superl.
Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of the resemblance; as, they are like each other in features, complexion, and many traits of character.
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lister
n.
Same as Leister.
+
linoleum
n.
Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied.
+
lyden
n.
See Leden.
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leucous
a.
White; -- applied to albinos, from the whiteness of their skin and hair.
+
lovemaking
n.
Courtship.
+
lineated
a.
Marked with lines.
+
lackeys
pl.
of Lackey
+
levitical
a.
Priestly.
+
lust
n.
Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.
+
liquidize
v.t.
To render liquid.
+
linkage
n.
A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane.
+
legitimizing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Legitimize
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livingness
n.
The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.
+
lottery
n.
A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.
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launch
v.i.
To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise.
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lift
v.t.
To steal; to carry off by theft (esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.
+
lamia
n.
A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch.
+
loyal
a.
True to any person or persons to whom one owes fidelity, especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each other, and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a principle.
+
light
superl.
Easily bestowed; inconsiderately rendered.
+
lyrate
a.
Alt. of Lyrated
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leafstalk
n.
The stalk or petiole which supports a leaf.
+
leftward
adv.
Toward or on the left side.
+
leep
strongimp.
Leaped.
+
livery
n.
The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.
+
landstreight
n.
A narrow strip of land.
+
licensable
a.
That can be licensed.
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liberal
a.
Bestowed in a large way; hence, more than sufficient; abundant; bountiful; ample; profuse; as, a liberal gift; a liberal discharge of matter or of water.
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lay
v.t.
To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.
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liege
a.
Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.
+
lyric
n.
A composer of lyric poems.
+
legionry
n.
A body of legions; legions, collectively.
+
lay
a.
Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
+
larruped
imp.|p.p.
of Larrup
+
lasket
n.
latching.
+
levigate
a.
Made smooth, as if polished.
+
liverymen
pl.
of Liveryman
+
lurch
v.i.
To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
+
lactide
n.
A white, crystalline substance, obtained from also, by extension, any similar substance.
+
long
n.
A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
+
led
imp.|p.p.
of Lead.
+
liquoring
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Liquor
+
limitary
n.
That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land.
+
line
n.
That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
+
lamarckianism
n.
Lamarckism.
+
lockedjaw
n.
See Lockjaw.
+
lawing
n.
Going to law; litigation.
+
life
n.
Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; -- used as a term of endearment.
+
lactoabumin
n.
The albumin present on milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk.
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lithontriptic
a.
Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys; as, lithontriptic forceps.
+
lombard
n.
A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.
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landing
a.
Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.
+
literally
adv.
According to the primary and natural import of words; not figuratively; as, a man and his wife can not be literally one flesh.
+
limp
a.
Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.
+
leetmen
pl.
of Leetman
+
laded
imp.
of Lade
+
look
v.i.
To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front.
+
lincoln green

A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln, England; the cloth itself.
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lethiferous
a.
Deadly; bringing death or destruction.
+
lid
n.
That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.
+
letter
n.
A mark or character used as the representative of a sound, or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a first element of written language.
+
lamentable
a.
Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance.
+
loin
n.
That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of Beef.
+
lag
v.t.
To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4.
+
laudability
n.
Laudableness; praiseworthiness.
+
latitation
n.
A lying in concealment; hiding.
+
love
n.
A climbing species of Clematis (C. Vitalba).
+
lumper
n.
The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.
+
limed
imp.|p.p.
of Lime
+
lodgeable
a.
That may be or can be lodged; as, so many persons are not lodgeable in this village.
+
logical
a.
Of or pertaining to logic; used in logic; as, logical subtilties.
+
leisure
a.
Unemployed; as, leisure hours.
+
leader
n.
One who goes first.
+
lash
n.
A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
+
limner
n.
One who paints portraits.
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labored
a.
Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style.
+
lucifer
n.
A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco.
+
loom
n.
That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
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lowly
a.
Low in rank or social importance.
+
loft
a.
Lofty; proud.
+
lapful
n.
As much as the lap can contain.
+
lighthorseman
n.
A soldier who serves in the light horse. See under 5th Light.
+
lock
v.t.
To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
+
lunette
n.
A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge.
+
leaves
n.
pl. of Leaf.
+
lead
v.t.
To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man.
+
lignify
v.t.
To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.
+
lancer
n.
A lancet.
+
livelily
adv.
In a lively manner.
+
leave
v.
To let be or do without interference; as, I left him to his reflections; I leave my hearers to judge.
+
limb
n.
A border or edge, in certain special uses.
+
loment
n.
An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.
+
lodged
imp.|p.p.
of Lodge
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lynch
v.t.
To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.
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loyal
a.
Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in allegiance.
+
lumber
n.
Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.
+
literature
n.
Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.
+
lungoor
n.
A long-tailed monkey (Semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of India.
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latent
a.
Not visible or apparent; hidden; springs of action.
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lull
n.
A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.
+
lustless
a.
Lacking vigor; weak; spiritless.
+
lintie
n.
Alt. of Lintwhite
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leyden phial

A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland.
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lossful
a.
Detrimental.
+
labionasal
a.
Formed by the lips and the nose.
+
labellum
n.
A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.
+
last
a.
Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
+
ligate
v.t.
To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage.
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learn
v.t.
To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something.
+
lycanthropist
n.
One affected by the disease lycanthropy.
+
lounging
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lounge
+
line
n.
A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings.
+
leg
v.t.
To use as a leg, with it as object
+
laver
n.
One of several vessels in Solomon's Temple in which the offerings for burnt sacrifices were washed.
+
lop
v.i.
To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
+
lobelin
n.
A yellowish green resin from Lobelia, used as an emetic and diaphoretic.
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lust
n.
To list; to like.
+
leucinic
a.
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from leucin, and called also oxycaproic acid.
+
levy
v.t.
To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
+
lomatinous
a.
Furnished with lobes or flaps.
+
liberalized
imp.|p.p.
of Liberalize
+
liberal
a.
Free by birth; hence, befitting a freeman or gentleman; refined; noble; independent; free; not servile or mean; as, a liberal ancestry; a liberal spirit; liberal arts or studies.
+
lamboys
n.pl.
Same as Base, n., 19.
+
longspun
a.
Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious.
+
lagune
n.
See Lagoon.
+
logicality
n.
Logicalness.
+
livery
n.
An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.
+
laddie
n.
A lad; a male sweetheart.
+
lexicographic
a.
Alt. of Lexicographical
+
levation
n.
The act of raising; elevation; upward motion, as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
+
labium
n.
Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.
+
languishing
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Languish
+
love
n.
Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc.
+
limiter
n.
One who, or that which, limits.
+
laid
imp.|p.p.
of Lay
+
laugh
n.
An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i.
+
laquear
n.
A lacunar.
+
lambdacism
n.
A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of the letters lli in billion.
+
limped
imp.|p.p.
of Limp
+
lixiviating
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lixiviate
+
layer
n.
One who, or that which, lays.
+
liberty
n.
A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
+
lovelily
adv.
In manner to excite love; amiably.
+
less
v.t.
To make less; to lessen.
+
latticed
imp.|p.p.
of Lattice
+
larva
n.
Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvae of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larvae are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc.
+
larypgismus
n.
A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening.
+
leucocythemia
n.
A disease in which the white corpuscles of the blood are largely increased in number, and there is enlargement of the spleen, or the lymphatic glands; leuchaemia.
+
leader
n.
One who, or that which, leads or conducts; a guide; a conductor.
+
limature
n.
The act of filing.
+
lower
n.
Cloudiness; gloominess.
+
liquefy
v.i.
To become liquid.
+
lectured
imp.|p.p.
of Lecture
+
lampoon
n.
A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.
+
long
n.
The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it.
+
liberal
a.
Not narrow or contracted in mind; not selfish; enlarged in spirit; catholic.
+
less
conj.
Unless.
+
lagomorph
n.
One of the Lagomorpha.
+
loki
n.
The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief, answering to the African of the Persians.
+
lustrous
a.
Bright; shining; luminous.
+
lacerative
a.
Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors.
+
liveryman
n.
A freeman of the city, in London, who, having paid certain fees, is entitled to wear the distinguishing dress or livery of the company to which he belongs, and also to enjoy certain other privileges, as the right of voting in an election for the lord mayor, sheriffs, chamberlain, etc.
+
lunette
n.
A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.
+
lories
pl.
of Lory
+
lording
p.pr.|vb.n.
of Lord
+
lock
n.
An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also lift lock.
+
languishing
a.
Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.
+
limoniad
n.
A nymph of the meadows; -- called also Limniad.
+
lieger
n.
A resident ambassador.
+
lift
n.
That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
+
limb
n.
The graduated margin of an arc or circle, in an instrument for measuring angles.
+
leucoma
n.
A white opacity in the cornea of the eye; -- called also albugo.
+
lead
v.t.
To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause.
+
lyncean
a.
Of or pertaining to the lynx.
+
lefthand
a.
Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road.
+
lyrical
a.
Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet.
+
lead
n.
Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
+
landmark
n.
A mark to designate the boundary of land; any , mark or fixed object (as a marked tree, a stone, a ditch, or a heap of stones) by which the limits of a farm, a town, or other portion of territory may be known and preserved.
+
lark
v.i.
To sport; to frolic.
+
league
v.t.
To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.
+
legislative
a.
Of or pertaining to the making of laws; suitable to legislation; as, the transaction of legislative business; the legislative style.
+
lecticae
pl.
of Lectica
+
liminess
n.
The state or quality of being limy.
+
ligulas
pl.
of Ligula
+
luculently
adv.
In a luculent manner; clearly.
+
lampron
n.
See Lamprey.
+
lessoned
imp.|p.p.
of Lesson
+
laccolite
n.
Alt. of Laccolith
+
lump
v.i.
To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
+
libidinist
n.
One given to lewdness.
+
lunette
n.
A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.
+
ladkin
n.
A little lad.
+
lenvoi
n.
Alt. of L'envoy
+
lollardy
n.
The doctrines or principles of the Lollards.
+
lacinia
n.
One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
+
larcener
n.
Alt. of Larcenist
+
late
a.
Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.
+
lout
v.t.
To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
+
lorimer
n.
Alt. of Loriner
+
link
n.
Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond.
+
lock
n.
Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened.
+
lacewinged
a.
Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies.
+
lithotritist
n.
A lithotriptist.
+
lixivial
a.
Of the color of lye; resembling lye.
+
lungis
n.
A lingerer; a dull, drowsy fellow.
+
loyalty
n.
The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc.
+
lumber
v.i.
To move heavily, as if burdened.
+
left
imp.|p.p.
of Leave
+
lamina
n.
A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
+
lactescence
n.
The latex of certain plants. See Latex.
+
lustre
n.
A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, -- used for women's dresses.
+
laus
a.
Loose.
+
lite

Combining forms fr. Gr. li`qos a stone; -- used chiefly in naming minerals and rocks.
+
low
superl.
Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison.
+
lythe
n.
The European pollack; -- called also laith, and leet.
+
lineal
a.
In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude.
+
litholatry
n.
The worship of a stone or stones.
+
lighted
imp.|p.p.
of Light
+
lagophthalmia
n.
Alt. of Lagophthalmos
+
loathsome
a.
Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting.
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