| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| laboratories | plural | of Laboratory |
| labor-saving | adjective | Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, labor-saving machinery. |
| labyrinthian | adjective | Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal. |
| labyrinthici | noun pl. | An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied fishes. |
| labyrinthine | adjective | Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal. |
| lachrymation | noun | The act of shedding tears; weeping. |
| lachrymatory | noun | 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 | adjective | Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped. |
| lactoprotein | noun | A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk. |
| lady-killing | noun | The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women. |
| ladylikeness | noun | The quality or state of being ladylike. |
| lady’s bower | A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba). | |
| lady’s laces | A slender climbing plant; dodder. | |
| lady’s smock | A plant of the genus Cardamine (C. pratensis); cuckoo flower. | |
| lady’s thumb | An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle. | |
| laemmergeyer | noun | See Lammergeir. |
| lake-dweller | noun | See Lake dwellers, under Lake. |
| 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. | |
| laminability | noun | The quality or state of being laminable. |
| laminiferous | adjective | Having a structure consisting of laminae, or thin layers. |
| landgraviate | noun | The territory held by a landgrave., The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave. |
| landstreight | noun | A narrow strip of land. |
| languageless | adjective | Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent. |
| langue d’oil | The dialect formerly spoken north of the Loire (in which the word for “yes” was oil, F. oui). | |
| languishment | noun | The state of languishing., Tenderness of look or mien; amorous pensiveness. |
| languishness | noun | Languishment. |
| lapidescence | noun | The state or quality of being lapidescent., A hardening into a stone substance., A stony concretion. |
| lapis lazuli | An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. Same as Lazuli, which see. | |
| large-handed | adjective | Having large hands, Fig.: Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful. |
| largiloquent | adjective | Grandiloquent. |
| lark-colored | adjective | Having the sandy brown color of the European larks. |
| laryngophony | noun | The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when the latter is placed upon the larynx. |
| larungoscope | noun | An instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image. |
| laryngoscopy | noun | The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope. |
| latibulizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Latibulize |
| laticiferous | adjective | Containing the latex; — applied to the tissue or tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found. |
| latinitaster | noun | One who has but a smattering of Latin. |
| latinization | noun | The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country. |
| latirostrous | adjective | Having a broad beak. |
| latitudinous | adjective | Having latitude, or wide extent. |
| latus rectum | The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See Focus, and Parameter. | |
| laudableness | noun | The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness. |
| laughterless | adjective | Not laughing; without laughter. |
| laureateship | noun | State, or office, of a laureate. |
| laxativeness | noun | The quality of being laxative. |