English Language Dictionary

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).

L () As a numeral, L stands for fifty in the English, as in the Latin language.

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.

L (n.) A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles.

La (n.) A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music in solmization.

La (n.) The tone A; -- so called among the French and Italians.

La (interj.) Look; see; behold; -- sometimes followed by you.

La (interj.) An exclamation of surprise; -- commonly followed by me; as, La me!

Laas (n.) A lace. See Lace.

Lab (v. i.) To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab.

Lab (n.) A telltale; a prater; a blabber.

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.

Labarraque's solution () An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant.

Labara (pl. ) of Labarum

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.

Labdanum (n.) See Ladanum.

Labefaction (n.) The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.

Labefy (v. t.) To weaken or impair.

Label (n.) A tassel.

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.

Label (n.) A slip of ribbon, parchment, etc., attached to a document to hold the appended seal; also, the seal.

Label (n.) A writing annexed by way of addition, as a codicil added to a will.

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.

Label (n.) A brass rule with sights, formerly used, in connection with a circumferentor, to take altitudes.

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.

Label (n.) In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.

Labeled (imp. & p. p.) of Label

Labelled () of Label

Labeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Label

Labelling () of Label

Label (v. t.) To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.

Label (v. t.) To affix in or on a label.

Labeler (n.) One who labels.

Labella (pl. ) of Labellum

Labellums (pl. ) of Labellum

Labellum (n.) The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape.

Labellum (n.) A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.

Labent (a.) Slipping; sliding; gliding.

Labia (n. pl.) See Labium.

Labial (a.) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.

Labial (a.) Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.

Labial (a.) Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w.

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.

Labial (a.) Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium.

Labial (n.) A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.

Labial (n.) An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.

Labial (n.) One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.

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.

Labialization (n.) The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.

Labialize (v. t.) To modify by contraction of the lip opening.

Labially (adv.) In a labial manner; with, or by means of, the lips.

Labiate (v. t.) To labialize.

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.

Labiate (a.) Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatae), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs.

Labiate (n.) A plant of the order Labiatae.

Labiated (a.) Same as Labiate, a. (a).

Labiatifloral (a.) Alt. of Labiatifloral

Labiatifloral (a.) Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon.

Labidometer (n.) A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.

Labile (a.) Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.

Lability (n.) Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize.

Labimeter (n.) See Labidometer.

Labiodental (a.) Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v.

Labiodental (n.) A labiodental sound or letter.

Labionasal (a.) Formed by the lips and the nose.

Labionasal (n.) A labionasal sound or letter.

Labiose (a.) Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.

Labipalpi (pl. ) of Labipalpus

Labipalpus (n.) One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium.

Labia (pl. ) of Labium

Labiums (pl. ) of Labium

Labium (n.) A lip, or liplike organ.

Labium (n.) The lip of an organ pipe.

Labium (n.) The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.

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).

Labium (n.) Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.

Lablab (n.) an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean (Dolichos Lablab).

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.

Labor (n.) Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history.

Labor (n.) That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.

Labor (n.) Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.

Labor (n.) Any pang or distress.

Labor (n.) The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.

Labor (n.) A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177/ acres.

Labored (imp. & p. p.) of Labor

Laboring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Labor

Labor (n.) To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.

Labor (n.) To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.

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.

Labor (n.) To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth.

Labor (n.) To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.

Labor (v. t.) To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil.

Labor (v. t.) To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care.

Labor (v. t.) To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge stre/uously; as, to labor a point or argument.

Labor (v. t.) To belabor; to beat.

Laborant (n.) A chemist.

Laboratories (pl. ) of Laboratory

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.

Labored (a.) Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style.

Laboredly (adv.) In a labored manner; with labor.

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.

Laboring (a.) That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days.

Laboring (a.) Suffering pain or grief.

Laborious (a.) Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome.

Laborious (a.) Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic.

Laborless (a.) Not involving labor; not laborious; easy.

Laborous (a.) Laborious.

Labor-saving (a.) Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, labor-saving machinery.

Laborsome (a.) Made with, or requiring, great labor, pains, or diligence.

Laborsome (a.) Likely or inclined to roll or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea; having a tendency to labor.

Labrador (n.) A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland.

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.

Labras (n. pl.) Lips.

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.

Labrose (a.) Having thick lips.

Labra (pl. ) of Labrum

Labrums (pl. ) of Labrum

Labrum (n.) A lip or edge, as of a basin.

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.

Labrum (n.) The external margin of the aperture of a shell. See Univalve.

Labri (pl. ) of Labrus

Labrus (n.) A genus of marine fishes, including the wrasses of Europe. See Wrasse.

Laburnic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the laburnum.

Laburnine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum.

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.

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.

Labyrinth (n.) Any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden.

Labyrinth (n.) Any object or arrangement of an intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature.

Labyrinth (n.) An inextricable or bewildering difficulty.

Labyrinth (n.) The internal ear. See Note under Ear.

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.

Labyrinth (n.) A pattern or design representing a maze, -- often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church, etc.

Labyrinthal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a labyrinth; intricate; labyrinthian.

Labyrinthian (a.) Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.

Labyrinthibranch (a.) Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthici.

Labyrinthibranch (n.) One of the Labyrinthici.

Labyrinthic (a.) Alt. of Labyrinthical

Labyrinthical (a.) Like or pertaining to a labyrinth.

Labyrinthici (n. pl.) An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied fishes.

Labyrinthiform (a.) Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate.

Labyrinthine (a.) Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal.

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.

Labyrinthodont (a.) Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthodonta.

Labyrinthodont (n.) One of the Labyrinthodonta.

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.

Lac (n.) Alt. of Lakh

Lakh (n.) One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees.

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.

Laccic (a.) Pertaining to lac, or produced from it; as, laccic acid.

Laccin (n.) A yellow amorphous substance obtained from lac.

Laccolite (n.) Alt. of Laccolith

Laccolith (n.) A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.

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.

Lace (n.) A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.

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.

Lace (n.) Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage.

Laced (imp. & p. p.) of Lace

Lacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lace

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.

Lace (v. t.) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver.

Lace (v. t.) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.

Lace (v. t.) To add spirits to (a beverage).

Lace (v. i.) To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.

Lace-bark (n.) A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.

Laced (a.) Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.

Laced (v. t.) Decorated with the fabric lace.

Lacedaemonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lacedaemon or Sparta, the chief city of Laconia in the Peloponnesus.

Lacedaemonian (n.) A Spartan.

Lacemen (pl. ) of Laceman

Laceman (n.) A man who deals in lace.

Lacerable (a.) That can be lacerated or torn.

Lacerated (imp. & p. p.) of Lacerate

Lacerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lacerate

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.

Lacerate (p. a.) Alt. of Lacerated

Lacerated (p. a.) Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound.

Lacerated (p. a.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.

Laceration (n.) The act of lacerating.

Laceration (n.) A breach or wound made by lacerating.

Lacerative (a.) Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors.

Lacert (n.) A muscle of the human body.

Lacerta (n.) A fathom.

Lacerta (n.) A genus of lizards. See Lizard.

Lacerta (n.) The Lizard, a northern constellation.

Lacertian (a.) Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia.

Lacertian (n.) One of the Lacertilia.

Lacertilia (n. pl.) An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards.

Lacertilian (a. & n.) Same as Lacertian.

Lacertiloid (a.) Like or belonging to the Lacertilia.

Lacertine (a.) Lacertian.

Lacerti (pl. ) of Lacertus

Lacertus (n.) A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers.

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.

Lace-winged (a.) Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies.

Laches (n.) Alt. of Lache

Lache (n.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.

Lachrymable (a.) Lamentable.

Lachrymae Christi () A rich, sweet, red Neapolitan wine.

Lachrymal (a.) Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions.

Lachrymal (a.) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal gland.

Lachrymal (a.) Pertaining to the lachrymal organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct.

Lacrymal (n.) Alt. of Lacrymal

Lacrymal (n.) See Lachrymatory.

Lachrymary (a.) Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal.

Lachrymate (v. i.) To weep.

Lachrymation (n.) The act of shedding tears; weeping.

ries (pl. ) of Lachrymatory

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.

Lachrymiform (a.) Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped.

Lachrymose (a.) Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.

Lacing (n.) The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.

Lacing (n.) A lace; specifically (Mach.), a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts.

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.

Lacing (n.) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut.

Laciniae (pl. ) of Lacinia

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.

Lacinia (n.) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.

Lacinia (n.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.

Laciniate (a.) Alt. of Laciniated

Laciniated (a.) Fringed; having a fringed border.

Laciniated (a.) Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed.

Laciniolate (a.) Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute laciniae.

Lacinulae (pl. ) of Lacinula

Lacinulas (pl. ) of Lacinula

Lacinula (n.) A diminutive lacinia.

Lack (n.) Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

Lack (n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.

Lacked (imp. & p. p.) of Lack

Lacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lack

Lack (v. t.) To blame; to find fault with.

Lack (v. t.) To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.

Lack (v. i.) To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.

Lack (v. i.) To be in want.

Lack (interj.) Exclamation of regret or surprise.

Lackadaisical (a.) Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental.

Lackadaisy (interj.) An expression of languor.

Lackadaisy (a.) Lackadaisical.

Lackaday (interj.) Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.

Lackbrain (n.) One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person.

Lacker (n.) One who lacks or is in want.

Lacker (n. & v.) See Lacquer.

Lackeys (pl. ) of Lackey

Lackey (v.) An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.

Lackey (v. t.) To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.

Lackeyed (imp. & p. p.) of Lackey

Lackeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lackey

Lackey (v. i.) To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.

Lackluster (n.) Alt. of Lacklustre

Lacklustre (n.) A want of luster.

Lacklustre (a.) Wanting luster or brightness.

Lacmus (n.) See Litmus.

Laconian (a.) Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan.

Laconian (n.) An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.

Laconic (a.) Alt. of Laconical

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.

Laconical (a.) Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.

Laconic (n.) Laconism.

Laconical (a.) See Laconic, a.

Laconically (adv.) In a laconic manner.

LaconIcism (n.) Same as Laconism.

Laconism (n.) A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style.

Laconism (n.) An instance of laconic style or expression.

Laconized (imp. & p. p.) of Laconize

Laconizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laconize

Laconize (v. i.) To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.

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.

Lacquered (imp. & p. p.) of Lacquer

Lacquering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lacquer

Lacquer (v. t.) To cover with lacquer.

Lacquerer (n.) One who lacquers, especially one who makes a business of lacquering.

Lacquering (n.) The act or business of putting on lacquer; also, the coat of lacquer put on.

Lacrimoso (a.) Plaintive; -- a term applied to a mournful or pathetic movement or style.

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.

Lacrymal (n. & a.) See Lachrymatory, n., and Lachrymal, a.

Lacrymary () Alt. of Lacrymose

Lacrytory () Alt. of Lacrymose

Lacrymose () See Lachrymary, Lachrymatory, Lachrymose.

Lactage (n.) The produce of animals yielding milk; milk and that which is made from it.

Lactam (n.) One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol.

Lactamic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also amido-propionic acid.

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.

Lactant (a.) Suckling; giving suck.

Lactarene (n.) A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico.

Lactary (a.) Milky; full of white juice like milk.

Lactary (n.) a dairyhouse.

Lactate (n.) A salt of lactic acid.

Lactation (n.) A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.

Lacteal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.

Lacteal (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.

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.

Lacteally (adv.) Milkily; in the manner of milk.

Lactean (a.) Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk.

Lactean (a.) Lacteal; conveying chyle.

Lacteous (a.) Milky; resembling milk.

Lacteous (a.) Lacteal; conveying chyle; as, lacteous vessels.

Lacteously (adv.) In a lacteous manner; after the manner of milk.

Lactescence (n.) The state or quality of producing milk, or milklike juice; resemblance to milk; a milky color.

Lactescence (n.) The latex of certain plants. See Latex.

Lactescent (a.) Having a milky look; becoming milky.

Lactescent (a.) Producing milk or a milklike juice or fluid, as the milkweed. See Latex.

Lactic (a.) Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc.

Lactide (n.) A white, crystalline substance, obtained from also, by extension, any similar substance.

Lactiferous (a.) Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants.

Lactific (a.) Alt. of Lactifical

Lactifical (a.) Producing or yielding milk.

Lactifuge (n.) A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.

Lactim (n.) One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a lactim. Cf. Lactam.

Lactimide (n.) A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.

Lactin (n.) See Lactose.

Lactoabumin (n.) The albumin present on milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk.

Lactobutyrometer (n.) An instrument for determining the amount of butter fat contained in a given sample of milk.

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.

Lactometer (n.) An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus.

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.

Lactonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, lactone.

Lactonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of milk sugar (lactose).

Lactoprotein (n.) A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk.

Lactory (a.) Lactiferous.

Lactoscope (n.) An instrument for estimating the amount of cream contained in milk by ascertaining its relative opacity.

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.

Lactose (n.) See Galactose.

Lactuca (n.) A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated foe salad; lettuce.

Lactucarium (n.) The inspissated juice of the common lettuce, sometimes used as a substitute for opium.

Lactucic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the juice of the Lactuca virosa; -- said of certain acids.

Lactucin (n.) A white, crystalline substance, having a bitter taste and a neutral reaction, and forming one of the essential ingredients of lactucarium.

Lactucone (n.) A white, crystalline, tasteless substance, found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.

Lacturamic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic amido acid, which is regarded as a derivative of lactic acid and urea.

Lactyl (n.) An organic residue or radical derived from lactic acid.

Lacunae (pl. ) of Lacuna

Lacunas (pl. ) of Lacuna

Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.

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.

Lacunal (a.) Alt. of Lacunar

Lacunar (a.) Pertaining to, or having, lacunae; as, a lacunar circulation.

Lacunars (pl. ) of Lacunar

Lacunaria (pl. ) of Lacunar

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.

Lacunar (n.) One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling.

Lacune (n.) A lacuna.

Lacunose (a.) Alt. of Lacunous

Lacunous (a.) Furrowed or pitted; having shallow cavities or lacunae; as, a lacunose leaf.

Lacustral (a.) Alt. of Lacustrine

Lacustrine (a.) Found in, or pertaining to, lakes or ponds, or growing in them; as, lacustrine flowers.

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.

Lad () p. p. of Lead, to guide.

Lad (n.) A boy; a youth; a stripling.

Lad (n.) A companion; a comrade; a mate.

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.

Ladde (obs. imp.) of Lead, to guide.

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.

Ladder (v. i.) That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence.

Laddie (n.) A lad; a male sweetheart.

Laded (imp.) of Lade

Laded (p. p.) of Lade

Laded () of Lade

Lading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lade

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.

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.

Lade (v. t.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.

Lade (v. t.) To draw water.

Lade (v. t.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.

Lade (n.) The mouth of a river.

Lade (n.) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.

Lademan (n.) One who leads a pack horse; a miller's servant.

Laden (p. & a.) Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart.

Ladied (a.) Ladylike; not rough; gentle.

Ladies' eardrops () The small-flowered Fuchsia (F. coccinea), and other closely related species.

Ladify (v. t.) To make a lady of; to make ladylike.

Ladin (n.) A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.

Lading (n.) The act of loading.

Lading (n.) That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship.

Ladinos (pl. ) of Ladino

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.

Ladkin (n.) A little lad.

Ladle (v. t.) A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.

Ladle (v. t.) A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.

Ladle (v. t.) The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.

Ladle (v. t.) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.

Ladle (v. t.) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.

Ladled (imp. & p. p.) of Ladle

Ladling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ladle

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.

Ladlefuls (pl. ) of Ladleful

Ladleful (n.) A quantity sufficient to fill a ladle.

Ladrone (n.) A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal.

Ladies (pl. ) of Lady

Lady (n.) A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.

Lady (n.) A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.

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.

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.

Lady (n.) A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.

Lady (n.) A wife; -- not now in approved usage.

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.

Lady (a.) Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.

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.

Ladybug (n.) Same as Ladybird.

Ladyclock (n.) See Ladyrird.

Lady () The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.

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.

Ladyfish (n.) A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies.

Ladyhood (n.) The state or quality of being a lady; the personality of a lady.

Lady-killer (n.) A gallant who captivates the hearts of women.

Lady-killing (n.) The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women.

Ladykin (n.) A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary.

Ladylike (a.) Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.

Ladylike (a.) Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners.

Ladylike (a.) Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.

Ladylikeness (n.) The quality or state of being ladylike.

Ladylove (n.) A sweetheart or mistress.

Lady's bedstraw () The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels.

Lady's bower () A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba).

Lady's comb () An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb.

Lady's cushion () An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift (Armeria vulgaris).

Lady's finger () The kidney vetch.

Lady's finger () A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.

Lady's finger () A long, slender variety of the potato.

Lady's finger () One of the branchiae of the lobster.

Lady's garters () Ribbon grass.

Lady's hair () A plant of the genus Briza (B. media); a variety of quaking grass.

Ladyship (n.) The rank or position of a lady; -- given as a title (preceded by her or your).

Lady's laces () A slender climbing plant; dodder.

Lady's looking-glass () See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus.

Lady's mantle () A genus of rosaceous herbs (Alchemilla), esp. the European A. vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes.

Lady's seal () The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum verticillatum).

Lady's seal () The black bryony (Tamus communis).

Lady's 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).

Lady's smock () A plant of the genus Cardamine (C. pratensis); cuckoo flower.

Lady's thimble () The harebell.

Lady's thumb () An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.

Lady's traces () Alt. of Ladies' tresses

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.

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.

Laemmergeyer (n.) See Lammergeir.

Laemodipod (n.) One of the Laemodipoda.

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.

Laemodipodous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Laemodipoda.

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.

Laevigate (a.) Having a smooth surface, as if polished.

Laevo- () A prefix. See Levo.

Laevorotatory (a.) Same as Levorotatory. Cf. Dextrorotatory.

Laevulose (n.) See Levulose.

Lafayette (n.) The dollar fish.

Lafayette (n.) A market fish, the goody, or spot (Liostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States.

Laft () p. p. of Leave.

Lafte () imp. of Leave.

Lag (a.) Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.

Lag (a.) Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end.

Lag (a.) Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.

Lag (n.) One who lags; that which comes in last.

Lag (n.) The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.

Lag (n.) The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing.

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.

Lag (n.) See Graylag.

Lagged (imp. & p. p.) of Lag

Lagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lag

Lag (v. i.) To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.

Lag (v. t.) To cause to lag; to slacken.

Lag (v. t.) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4.

Lag (n.) One transported for a crime.

Lag (v. t.) To transport for crime.

Lagan (n. & v.) See Ligan.

Lagarto (n.) An alligator.

Lagenae (pl. ) of Lagena

Lagenas (pl. ) of Lagena

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.

Lagenian (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell.

Lageniform (a.) Shaped like a bottle or flask; flag-shaped.

Lager (n.) Lager beer.

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.

Lager wine () Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar.

Laggard (a.) Slow; sluggish; backward.

Laggard (n.) One who lags; a loiterer.

Lagger (n.) A laggard.

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.

Lagging (n.) Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches.

Laggingly (adv.) In a lagging manner; loiteringly.

Lagly (adv.) Laggingly.

Lagomorph (n.) One of the Lagomorpha.

Lagemorpha (n. pl.) A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four incisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata.

Lagoon (n.) A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice.

Lagoon (n.) A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll.

Lagophthalmia (n.) Alt. of Lagophthalmos

Lagophthalmos (n.) A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance.

Lagopous (a.) Having a dense covering of long hair, like the foot of a hare.

Lagune (n.) See Lagoon.

Laic (a.) Alt. of Laical

Laical (a.) Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity.

Laic (n.) A layman.

Laicality (n.) The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman.

Laically (adv.) As a layman; after the manner of a layman; as, to treat a matter laically.

Laid (imp. & p. p.) of Lay.

Laidly (a.) Ugly; loathsome.

Lain (p. p.) of Lie, v. i.

Lainere (n.) See Lanier.

Lair (n.) A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.

Lair (n.) A burying place.

Lair (n.) A pasture; sometimes, food.

Laird (n.) A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown.

Lairdship (n.) The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property.

Laism (n.) See Lamaism.

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.

Laity (a.) The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.

Laity (a.) The state of a layman.

Laity (a.) Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.

Lakao (n.) Sap green.

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.

Lake (n.) A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.

Lake (v. i.) To play; to sport.

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.

Lake-dweller (n.) See Lake dwellers, under Lake.

Lakelet (n.) A little lake.

Lakeweed (n.) The water pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper), an aquatic plant of Europe and North America.

Lakh (n.) Same as Lac, one hundred thousand.

Lakin (n.) See Ladykin.

Lakke (n. & v.) See Lack.

Laky (a.) Pertaining to a lake.

Laky (a.) Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.

Lallation (n.) An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.

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.

Lammed (imp. & p. p.) of Lam

Lamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lam

Lam (v. t.) To beat soundly; to thrash.

Lama (n.) See Llama.

Lama (n.) In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.

Lamaic (a.) Of or pertaining to Lamaism.

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.

Lamaist (n.) Alt. of Lamaite

Lamaite (n.) One who believes in Lamaism.

Lamaistic (a.) Of or pertaining to Lamaism.

Lamantin (n.) The manatee.

Lamarckian (a.) Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism.

Lamarckianism (n.) Lamarckism.

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.

Lamasery (n.) A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc.

Lamb (n.) The young of the sheep.

Lamb (n.) Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.

Lamb (n.) A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.

Lambed (imp. & p. p.) of Lamb

Lambing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lamb

Lamb (v. i.) To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.

Lambale (n.) A feast at the time of shearing lambs.

Lambaste (v. t.) To beat severely.

Lambative (a.) Taken by licking with the tongue.

Lambative (n.) A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture.

Lambda (n.) The name of the Greek letter /, /, corresponding with the English letter L, l.

Lambda (n.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

Lambdacism (n.) A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.

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.

Lambdacism (n.) The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American.

Lambdoid (a.) Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (/); as, the lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull.

Lambdoidal (a.) Same as Lambdoid.

Lambent (a.) Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.

Lambent (a.) Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.

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.

Lambkin (n.) A small lamb.

Lamblike (a.) Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive.

Lamboys (n. pl.) Same as Base, n., 19.

Lambrequin (n.) A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.

Lambrequin (n.) A leather flap hanging from a cuirass.

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.

Lambskin (n.) The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.

Lambskin (n.) A kind of woolen.

Lambskinnet (n.) See Lansquenet.

Lamb's-quarters (n.) A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa.

Lamdoidal (a.) Lambdoid.

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.

Lame (superl.) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man.

Lame (superl.) Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.

Lamed (imp. & p. p.) of Lame

Laming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lame

Lame (v. t.) To make lame.

Lamel (n.) See Lamella.

Lamellae (pl. ) of Lamella

Lamellas (pl. ) of Lamella

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.

Lamellar (a.) Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamellae.

Lamellarly (adv.) In thin plates or scales.

Lamellary (a.) Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellae; lamellar.

Lamellate (a.) Alt. of Lamellated

Lamellated (a.) Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of Antennae.

Lamellibranch (n.) One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.

Lamellibranchia (n. pl.) Alt. of Lamellibranchiata

Lamellibranchiata (n. pl.) A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc.

Lamellibranchiate (a.) Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia.

Lamellibranchiate (n.) One of the Lamellibranchia.

Lamellicorn (a.) Having antennae terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of certain coleopterous insects.

Lamellicorn (a.) Terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of antennae.

Lamellicorn (n.) A lamellicorn insect.

Lamellicornia (n. pl.) A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes.

Lamelliferous (a.) Bearing, or composed of, lamellae, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated.

Lamelliform (a.) Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar.

Lamellirostral (a.) Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese.

Lamellirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate.

Lamellose (a.) Composed of, or having, lamellae; lamelliform.

Lamely (adv.) An a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walk lamely; a figure lamely drawn.

Lameness (n.) The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an argument.

Lament (v. i.) To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.

Lamented (imp. & p. p.) of Lament

Lamenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lament

Lament (v. t.) To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.

Lament (v.) Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.

Lament (v.) An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.

Lamentable (a.) Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance.

Lamentable (a.) Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error.

Lamentable (a.) Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.

Lamentation (n.) The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.

Lamentation (n.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.

Lamented (a.) Mourned for; bewailed.

Lamenter (n.) One who laments.

Lamentin (n.) See Lamantin.

Lamenting (n.) Lamentation.

Lamentingly (adv.) In a lamenting manner.

Lames (n. pl.) Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the other and form a piece of armor.

Lametta (n.) Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass.

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.

Laminae (pl. ) of Lamina

Laminas (pl. ) of Lamina

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.

Lamina (n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.

Lamina (n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.

Laminability (n.) The quality or state of being laminable.

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.

Laminar (a.) Alt. of Laminal

Laminal (a.) In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina.

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.

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.

Laminarite (n.) A broad-leafed fossil alga.

Laminary (a.) Laminar.

Laminate (a.) Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.

Laminated (imp. & p. p.) of Laminate

Laminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laminate

Laminate (v. t.) To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.

Laminate (v. t.) To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.

Laminate (v. i.) To separate into laminae.

Laminated (a.) Laminate.

Laminating (a.) Forming, or separating into, scales or thin layers.

Lamination (n.) The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated.

Laminiferous (a.) Having a structure consisting of laminae, or thin layers.

Laminiplantar (a.) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.

Laminitis (n.) Inflammation of the laminae or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder.

Lamish (a.) Somewhat lame.

Lamm (v. t.) See Lam.

Lammas (n.) The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide.

Lammergeir (n.) Alt. of Lammergeier

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.

Lamnunguia (n. pl.) Same as Hyracoidea.

Lamp (n.) A thin plate or lamina.

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.

Lamp (n.) Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.

Lamp (n.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent.

Lampad (n.) A lamp or candlestick.

Lampadist (n.) One who gained the prize in the lampadrome.

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.

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.

Lampate (n.) A supposed salt of lampic acid.

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.

Lamper eel () See Lamprey.

Lampern (n.) The river lamprey (Ammocoetes, / Lampetra, fluviatilis).

Lampers (n.) See Lampas.

Lampic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; -- formerly said of a supposed acid.

Lamping (a.) Shining; brilliant.

Lampless (a.) Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull.

Lamplight (n.) Light from a lamp.

Lamplighter (n.) One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.

Lamplighter (n.) The calico bass.

Lampoon (n.) A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.

Lampooned (imp. & p. p.) of Lampoon

Lampooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lampoon

Lampoon (v. t.) To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.

Lampooner (n.) The writer of a lampoon.

Lampoonry (n.) The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.

Lamp-post (n.) A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.

Lamprel (n.) See Lamprey.

Lampreys (pl. ) of Lamprey

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.

Lampron (n.) See Lamprey.

Lampyrine (n.) An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family Lampyridae. See Lampyris.

Lampyris (n.) A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.

Lanarkite (n.) A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.

Lanary (n.) A place for storing wool.

Lanate () Alt. of Lanated

Lanated () Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.

Lacashire boiler () A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.

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.

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.

Lance (n.) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.

Lance (n.) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.

Lance (n.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.

Lance (n.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.

Lanced (imp. & p. p.) of Lance

Lancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lance

Lance (v. t.) To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.

Lance (v. t.) To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.

Lance (v. t.) To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.

Lance fish () A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance.

Lancegay (n.) Alt. of Lancegaye

Lancegaye (n.) A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II.

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.

Lancely (a.) Like a lance.

Lanceolar (a.) Lanceolate.

Lanceolate (a.) Alt. of Lanceolated

Lanceolated (a.) Rather narrow, tapering to a point at the apex, and sometimes at the base also; as, a lanceolate leaf.

Lancepesade (n.) An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance corporal.

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.

Lancer (n.) A lancet.

Lancer (n.) A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement.

Lancet (n.) A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.

Lancet (n.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.

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).

Lanched (imp. & p. p.) of Lanch

Lanching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lanch

Lanch (v. t.) To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.

Lanciferous (a.) Bearing a lance.

Lanciform (a.) Having the form of a lance.

Lancinated (imp. & p. p.) of Lanciname

Lancinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lanciname

Lanciname (v. t.) To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab.

Lancinating (a.) Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains (i.e., severe, darting pains).

Lancination (n.) A tearing; laceration.

Land (n.) Urine. See Lant.

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.

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.

Land (n.) Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land.

Land (n.) The inhabitants of a nation or people.

Land (n.) The mainland, in distinction from islands.

Land (n.) The ground or floor.

Land (n.) The ground left unplowed between furrows; any one of several portions into which a field is divided for convenience in plowing.

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.

Land (n.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing.

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.

Landed (imp. & p. p.) of Land

Landing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Land

Land (v. t.) To set or put on shore from a ship or other water craft; to disembark; to debark.

Land (v. t.) To catch and bring to shore; to capture; as, to land a fish.

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.

Land (v. i.) To go on shore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to come to the end of a course.

Landamman (n.) A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.

Landamman (n.) The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.

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.

Landaulet (n.) A small landau.

Landed (a.) Having an estate in land.

Landed (a.) Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property; landed security.

Lander (n.) One who lands, or makes a landing.

Lander (n.) A person who waits at the mouth of the shaft to receive the kibble of ore.

Landfall (n.) A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.

Landfall (n.) Sighting or making land when at sea.

Landflood (n.) An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.

Landgrave (n.) A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France.

Landgraviate (n.) The territory held by a landgrave.

Landgraviate (n.) The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave.

Landgravine (n.) The wife of a landgrave.

Landholder (n.) A holder, owner, or proprietor of land.

Landing (a.) Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore.

Landing (n.) A going or bringing on shore.

Landing (n.) A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc.

Landing (n.) The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

Landladies (pl. ) of Landlady

Landlady (n.) A woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants.

Landlady (n.) The mistress of an inn or lodging house.

Landleaper (n.) See Landlouper.

Landless (a.) Having no property in land.

Landlock (v. t.) To inclose, or nearly inclose, as a harbor or a vessel, with land.

Landlocked (a.) Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land.

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.

Landloper (n.) Same as Landlouper.

Landlord (n.) The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.

Landlord (n.) The master of an inn or of a lodging house.

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.

Landlordry (n.) The state of a landlord.

Landlouper (n.) A vagabond; a vagrant.

Landlouping (a.) Vagrant; wandering about.

Landlubber (n.) One who passes his life on land; -- so called among seamen in contempt or ridicule.

Landmen (pl. ) of Landman

Landman (n.) A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman.

Landman (n.) An occupier of land.

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.

Landmark (n.) Any conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide; some prominent object, as a hill or steeple.

Landowner (n.) An owner of land.

Landowning (n.) The owning of land.

Landowning (a.) Having property in land; of or pertaining to landowners.

Land-poor (a.) Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.

Landreeve (n.) A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward.

Landscape (n.) A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains.

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.

Landscape (n.) The pictorial aspect of a country.

Landscapist (n.) A painter of landscapes.

Landskip (n.) A landscape.

Landslip (n.) Alt. of Landslide

Landslide (n.) The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc.

Landslide (n.) The land which slips down.

Landsmen (pl. ) of Landsman

Landsman (n.) One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.

Landsman (n.) A sailor on his first voyage.

Landstreight (n.) A narrow strip of land.

Landsturm (n.) That part of the reserve force in Germany which is called out last.

Landtag (n.) The diet or legislative body; as, the Landtag of Prussia.

Landwaiter (n.) See Landing waiter, under Landing, a.

Landward (adv. & a.) Toward the land.

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.

Lane (a.) Alone.

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.

Lang (a. & adv.) Long.

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.

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.

Langate (n.) A linen roller used in dressing wounds.

Langdak (n.) A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal.

Langrage (n.) Alt. of Langrel

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.

Langret (n.) A kind of loaded die.

Langridge (n.) See Langrage.

Langsyne (adv. & n.) Long since; long ago.

Langteraloo (n.) An old game at cards. See Loo (a).

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.

Language (n.) The expression of ideas by writing, or any other instrumentality.

Language (n.) The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas, peculiar to a particular nation.

Language (n.) The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.

Language (n.) The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man express their feelings or their wants.

Language (n.) The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.

Language (n.) The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or department of knowledge; as, medical language; the language of chemistry or theology.

Language (n.) A race, as distinguished by its speech.

Languaged (imp. & p. p.) of Language

Languaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Language

Language (v. t.) To communicate by language; to express in language.

Languaged (a.) Having a language; skilled in language; -- chiefly used in composition.

Languageless (a.) Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent.

Langued (a.) Tongued; having the tongue visible.

Langue d'oc () The dialect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oc); Provencal.

Langue d'oil () The dialect formerly spoken north of the Loire (in which the word for "yes" was oil, F. oui).

Languente (adv.) In a languishing manner; pathetically.

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.

Languet (n.) That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard.

Languid (a.) Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull.

Languid (a.) Slow in progress; tardy.

Languid (a.) Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day.

Languished (imp. & p. p.) of Languish

Languishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Languish

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.

Languish (v. i.) To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.

Languish (v. i.) To cause to droop or pine.

Languish (n.) See Languishiment.

Languisher (n.) One who languishes.

Languishing (a.) Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health and strength.

Languishing (a.) Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look.

Languishingly (adv.) In a languishing manner.

Languishment (n.) The state of languishing.

Languishment (n.) Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness.

Languishness (n.) Languishment.

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.

Languor (n.) Any enfeebling disease.

Languor (n.) Listless indolence; dreaminess. Pope.

Languorous (a.) Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor.

Langure (v. i.) To languish.

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.

Laniard (n.) See Lanyard.

Laniariform (a.) Shaped like a laniary, or canine, tooth.

Laniary (a.) Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth.

Laniary (a.) The shambles; a place of slaughter.

Laniary (a.) A laniary, or canine, tooth.

Laniate (v. t.) To tear in pieces.

Laniation (n.) A tearing in pieces.

Lanier (n.) A thong of leather; a whip lash.

Lanier (n.) A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like.

Laniferous (n.) Bearing or producing wool.

Lanifical (a.) Working in wool.

Lanifice (n.) Anything made of wool.

Lanigerous (a.) Bearing or producing wool.

Lanioid (a.) Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family Laniidae).

Lank (superl.) Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.

Lank (superl.) Languid; drooping.

Lank (v. i. & t.) To become lank; to make lank.

Lankiness (n.) The condition or quality or being lanky.

Lankly (adv.) In a lank manner.

Lankness (n.) The state or quality of being lank.

Lanky (a.) Somewhat lank.

Lanner (n. m.) Alt. of Lanneret

Lanneret (n. m.) A long-tailed falcon (Falco lanarius), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon.

Lanolin (n.) A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.

Lanseh (n.) The small, whitish brown fruit of an East Indian tree (Lansium domesticum). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable subacid taste.

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.

Lansquenet (n.) A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet.

Lant (n.) Urine.

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.

Lant (n.) See Lanterloo.

Lantanium (n.) Alt. of Lantanum

Lantanum (n.) See Lanthanum.

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.

Lanterloo (n.) An old name of loo (a).

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.

Lantern (n.) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.

Lantern (n.) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.

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.

Lantern (n.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).

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.

Lantern (n.) A perforated barrel to form a core upon.

Lantern (n.) See Aristotle's lantern.

Lanterned (imp. & p. p.) of Lantern

Lanterning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lantern

Lantern (v. t.) To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.

Lantern-jawed (a.) Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.

Lanthanite (n.) Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular while crystals.

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.

Lanthopine (n.) An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Lanthorn (n.) See Lantern.

Lanuginose (a.) Alt. of Lanuginous

Lanuginous (a.) Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy.

Lanugo (n.) The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.

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.

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.

Lanyer (n.) See Lanier.

Laocoon (n.) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)

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.

Laodicean (a.) Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.

Lap (n.) The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.

Lap (n.) An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Lap (n.) A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.

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.

Lapped (imp. & p. p.) of Lap

Lapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lap

Lap (v. t.) To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.

Lap (v. t.) To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10.

Lap (n.) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth.

Lap (n.) To wrap or wind around something.

Lap (n.) To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.

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.

Lap (n.) To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working.

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.

Lap (v. i.) To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.

Lap (v. i.) To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.

Lap (v. t.) To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.

Lap (n.) The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap.

Lap (n.) The sound of lapping.

Laparocele (n.) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.

Laparotomy (n.) A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section.

Lapboard (n.) A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.

Lapdog (n.) A small dog fondled in the lap.

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.

Lapelled (a.) Furnished with lapels.

Lapfuls (pl. ) of Lapful

Lapful (n.) As much as the lap can contain.

Lapicide (n.) A stonecutter.

Lapidarian (a.) Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record.

Lapidarious (a.) Consisting of stones.

Lapidaries (pl. ) of Lapidary

Lapidary (n.) An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones.

Lapidary (n.) A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.

Lapidary (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation.

Lapidary (a.) Of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; as, lapidary adulation.

Lapidate (v. t.) To stone.

Lapidation (n.) The act of stoning.

Lapideous (a.) Of the nature of stone.

Lapidescence (n.) The state or quality of being lapidescent.

Lapidescence (n.) A hardening into a stone substance.

Lapidescence (n.) A stony concretion.

Lapidescent (a.) Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.

Lapidescent (n.) Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.

Lapidific (a.) Alt. of Lapidifical

Lapidifical (a.) Forming or converting into stone.

Lapidification (n.) The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.

Lapidified (imp. & p. p.) of Lapidify

Lapidifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lapidify

Lapidify (v. t.) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.

Lapidify (v. i.) To become stone or stony.

Lapidist (n.) A lapidary.

Lapillation (n.) The state of being, or the act of making, stony.

Lapilli (n. pl.) Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles.

Lapides (pl. ) of Lapis

Lapis (n.) A stone.

Lapis lazuli () An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. Same as Lazuli, which see.

Lap-jointed (a.) Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.

Laplander (n.) A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp.

Laplandish (a.) Of or pertaining to Lapland.

Lapling (n.) One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.

Lapp (n.) Same as Laplander. Cf. Lapps.

Lappaceous (a.) Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.

Lapper (n.) One who takes up food or liquid with his tongue.

Lappet (n.) A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.

Lappeted (imp. & p. p.) of Lappet

Lappeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lappet

Lappet (v. t.) To decorate with, or as with, a lappet.

Lappic (a.) Of or pertaining to Lapland, or the Lapps.

Lappic (n.) The language of the Lapps. See Lappish.

Lapping (n.) A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.

Lappish (a.) Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish.

Lappish (n.) The language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan language.

Lapponian (a.) Alt. of Lapponic

Lapponic (a.) Laplandish; Lappish.

Lapps (n. pl.) A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia.

Lapsable (a.) Lapsible.

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.

Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.

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.

Lapse (n.) A fall or apostasy.

Lapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Lapse

Lapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lapse

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.

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.

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.

Lapse (v. i.) To become ineffectual or void; to fall.

Lapse (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.

Lapse (v. t.) To surprise in a fault or error; hence, to surprise or catch, as an offender.

Lapsed (a.) Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses.

Lapsed (a.) Ineffectual, void, or forfeited; as, a lapsed policy of insurance; a lapsed legacy.

Lapsible (a.) Liable to lapse.

Lapsided (a.) See Lopsided.

Lapstone (n.) A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.

Lapstreak (a.) Alt. of Lapstrake

Lapstrake (a.) Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.

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.

Lap-welded (a.) Having edges or ends united by a lap weld; as, a lap-welded pipe.

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.

Lapwork (n.) Work in which one part laps over another.

Laguay (n.) A lackey.

Laquearia (pl. ) of Laquear

Laquear (n.) A lacunar.

Laqueary (a.) Using a noose, as a gladiator.

Lares (pl. ) of Lar

Lars (pl. ) of Lar

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.

Lar (n.) A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah. Called also white-handed gibbon.

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.

Larboard (n.) The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to starboard.

Larboard (a.) On or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel; port; as, the larboard quarter.

Larcener (n.) Alt. of Larcenist

Larcenist (n.) One who commits larceny.

Larcenous (a.) Having the character of larceny; as, a larcenous act; committing larceny.

Larcenies (pl. ) of Larceny

Larceny (n.) The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement.

Larch (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see Illust. of Fascicle).

Larchen (a.) Of or pertaining to the larch.

Lard (n.) Bacon; the flesh of swine.

Lard (n.) The fat of swine, esp. the internal fat of the abdomen; also, this fat melted and strained.

Larded (imp. & p. p.) of Lard

Larding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lard

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.

Lard (n.) To fatten; to enrich.

Lard (n.) To smear with lard or fat.

Lard (n.) To mix or garnish with something, as by way of improvement; to interlard.

Lard (v. i.) To grow fat.

Lardacein (n.) A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc.

Lardaceous (a.) Consisting of, or resembling, lard.

Larder (n.) A room or place where meat and other articles of food are kept before they are cooked.

Larderer (n.) One in charge of the larder.

Lardery (n.) A larder.

Lardon (n.) Alt. of Lardoon

Lardoon (n.) A bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding.

Lardry (n.) A larder.

Lardy (a.) Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard.

Lare (n.) Lore; learning.

Lare (n.) Pasture; feed. See Lair.

Lare (v. t.) To feed; to fatten.

Lares (n. pl.) See 1st Lar.

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.

Large (superl.) Abundant; ample; as, a large supply of provisions.

Large (superl.) Full in statement; diffuse; full; profuse.

Large (superl.) Having more than usual power or capacity; having broad sympathies and generous impulses; comprehensive; -- said of the mind and heart.

Large (superl.) Free; unembarrassed.

Large (superl.) Unrestrained by decorum; -- said of language.

Large (superl.) Prodigal in expending; lavish.

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.

Large (adv.) Freely; licentiously.

Large (n.) A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.

Large-acred (a.) Possessing much land.

Large-handed (a.) Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.

Large-hearted (a.) Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.

Largely (adv.) In a large manner.

Largeness (n.) The quality or state of being large.

Largess (a.) Alt. of Largesse

Largesse (a.) Liberality; generosity; bounty.

Largesse (a.) A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.

Larget (n.) A sport piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet.

Larghetto (a. & adv.) Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.

Largifical (a.) Generous; ample; liberal.

Largifluous (a.) Flowing copiously.

Largiloquent (a.) Grandiloquent.

Largish (a.) Somewhat large.

Largition () The bestowment of a largess or gift.

Largo (a. & adv.) Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn.

Largo (n.) A movement or piece in largo time.

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.

Lariated (imp. & p. p.) of Lariat

Lariating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lariat

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.

Larine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Gull family (Laridae).

Larixinic (a.) Of, or derived from, the larch (Larix); as, larixinic acid.

Lark (v. i.) A frolic; a jolly time.

Larked (imp. & p. p.) of Lark

Larking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lark

Lark (v. i.) To sport; to frolic.

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.

Lark (v. i.) To catch larks; as, to go larking.

Lark-colored (a.) Having the sandy brown color of the European larks.

Larker (n.) A catcher of larks.

Larker (n.) One who indulges in a lark or frolic.

Lark's-heel (n.) Indian cress.

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.

Larmier (n.) See Tearpit.

Laroid (a.) Like or belonging to the Gull family (Laridae).

Larruped (imp. & p. p.) of Larrup

Larruping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Larrup

Larrup (v. t.) To beat or flog soundly.

Larry (n.) Same as Lorry, or Lorrie.

Larum (n.) See Alarum, and Alarm.

Larvae (pl. ) of Larva

Larvas (pl. ) of Larva

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.

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.

Larval (a.) Of or pertaining to a larva.

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.

Larvated (a.) Masked; clothed as with a mask.

Larves (pl. ) of Larve

Larve (n.) A larva.

Larviform (a.) Having the form or structure of a larva.

Larviparous (a.) Depositing living larvae, instead of eggs; -- said of certain insects.

Lary (n.) A guillemot; -- called also lavy.

Laryngeal (a.) Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to operations on the larynx; as, laryngeal forceps.

Laryngean (a.) See Laryngeal.

Larypgismus (n.) A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening.

Laryngitis (n.) Inflammation of the larynx.

Laryngological (a.) Of or pertaining to laryngology.

Laryngologist (n.) One who applies himself to laryngology.

Laryngology (n.) Systematized knowledge of the action and functions of the larynx; in pathology, the department which treats of the diseases of the larynx.

Laryngophony (n.) The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when the latter is placed upon the larynx.

Larungoscope (n.) An instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image.

Laryngoscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to the inspection of the larynx.

Laryngoscopist (n.) One skilled in laryngoscopy.

Laryngoscopy (n.) The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope.

Laryngotome (n.) An instrument for performing laryngotomy.

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.

Laryngotracheal (a.) Pertaining to both larynx and trachea; as, the laryngotracheal cartilage in the frog.

Laryngotracheotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing.

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.

Las (n.) A lace. See Lace.

Las (a. & adv.) Less.

Lascar (n.) A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower.

Lascious (a.) Loose; lascivious.

Lasciviency (n.) Lasciviousness; wantonness.

Lascivient (a.) Lascivious.

Lascivious (a.) Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires.

Lascivious (a.) Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.

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.

Lash (n.) The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

Lash (n.) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.

Lash (n.) A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.

Lash (n.) A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

Lash (n.) A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.

Lash (n.) In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

Lashed (imp. & p. p.) of Lash

Lashng (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lash

Lash (v. t.) To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

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.

Lash (v. t.) To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

Lash (v. t.) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.

Lash (v. i.) To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.

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.

Lasher (n.) One who whips or lashes.

Lasher (n.) A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another; -- called also lashing.

Lasher (n.) A weir in a river.

Lashing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.

Lashing (n.) See 2d Lasher.

Lask (n.) A diarrhea or flux.

Lasket (n.) latching.

Lass (n.) A youth woman; a girl; a sweetheart.

Lasse (a. & adv.) Less.

Lassie (n.) A young girl; a lass.

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.

Lasslorn () Forsaken by a lass.

Lassos (pl. ) of Lasso

Lasso (n.) A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc.

Lassoed (imp. & p. p.) of Lasso

Lassoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lasso

Lasso (v. t.) To catch with a lasso.

Last (3d pers. sing. pres.) of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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.

Last (a.) Next before the present; as, I saw him last week.

Last (a.) Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.

Last (a.) Lowest in rank or degree; as, the last prize.

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.

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 (a.) In conclusion; finally.

Last (a.) At a time next preceding the present time.

Lasted (imp. & p. p.) of Last

Lasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Last

Last (v. i.) To continue in time; to endure; to remain in existence.

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.

Last (v. i.) A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots and shoes are formed.

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.

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.

Last (n.) The burden of a ship; a cargo.

Lastage (n.) A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.

Lastage (n.) A tax on wares sold by the last.

Lastage (n.) The lading of a ship; also, ballast.

Lastage (n.) Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.

Laste (obs. imp.) of Last, to endure.

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.

Lastery (n.) A red color.

Lasting (a.) Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color.

Lasting (n.) Continuance; endurance.

Lasting (n.) A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.

Lasting (n.) The act or process of shaping on a last.

Lasting (adv.) In a lasting manner.

Lastly (adv.) In the last place; in conclusion.

Lastly (adv.) at last; finally.

Lat (v. t.) To let; to allow.

Latakia (n.) A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea.

Latch (v. t.) To smear; to anoint.

Latch (n.) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.

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.

Latch (n.) A latching.

Latch (n.) A crossbow.

Latched (imp. & p. p.) of Latch

Latching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Latch

Latch (n.) To catch so as to hold.

Latch (n.) To catch or fasten by means of a latch.

Latchet (n.) The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.

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.

Latchkey (n.) A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch.

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.

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.

Late (v.) Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.

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.

Late (v.) Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.

Late (v.) Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.

Late (a.) After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early.

Late (a.) Not long ago; lately.

Late (a.) Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.

Lated (a.) Belated; too late.

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.

Lately (adv.) Not long ago; recently; as, he has lately arrived from Italy.

Latence (n.) Latency.

Latency (n.) The state or quality of being latent.

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.

Latent (a.) Not visible or apparent; hidden; springs of action.

Latently (adv.) In a secret or concealed manner; invisibly.

Lateres (pl. ) of Later

Later (n.) A brick or tile.

Later (a.) Compar. of Late, a. & adv.

Laterad (adv.) Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed to mesiad.

Lateral (a.) Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.

Lateral (a.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial.

Lateral (a.) Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.

Laterality (n.) The state or condition of being lateral.

Laterally (adv.) By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.

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.

Latered (a.) Inclined to delay; dilatory.

Laterifolious (a.) Growing from the stem by the side of a leaf; as, a laterifolious flower.

Laterite (n.) An argillaceous sandstone, of a red color, and much seamed; -- found in India.

Lateritic (a.) Consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as, lateritic formations.

Lateritious (a.) Like bricks; of the color of red bricks.

Lates (n.) A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inha