Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
locale |
noun |
A place, spot, or location., A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality. |
locate |
verb t. |
To place; to set in a particular spot or position., To designate the site or place of; to define the limits of; as, to locate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant., To place one’s self; to take up one’s residence; to settle. |
lochan |
noun |
A small lake; a pond. |
lochia |
noun pl. |
The discharge from the womb and vagina which follows childbirth. |
locked |
imp. & past participle |
of Lock |
locken |
obs. past participle |
of Lock., The globeflower (Trollius). |
locker |
noun |
One who, or that which, locks., A drawer, cupboard, compartment, or chest, esp. one in a ship, that may be closed with a lock. |
locket |
noun |
A small lock; a catch or spring to fasten a necklace or other ornament., A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain. |
lockup |
noun |
A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse. |
locule |
noun |
A little hollow; a loculus. |
loculi |
plural |
of Loculus |
locust |
noun |
Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, / Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See Grasshopper., The locust tree. See Locust Tree (definition, note, and phrases). |