| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| labarum | noun | 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. |
| labeled | imp. & past participle | of Label |
| labeler | noun | One who labels. |
| labella | plural | of Labellum |
| labiate | verb t. | To labialize., 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., Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatae), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs., A plant of the order Labiatae. |
| labiose | adjective | Having the appearance of being labiate; — said of certain polypetalous corollas. |
| labiums | plural | of Labium |
| labored | imp. & past participle | of Labor, Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style. |
| laborer | noun | 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. |
| labroid | adjective | 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 | adjective | Having thick lips. |
| labrums | plural | of Labrum |
| lacemen | plural | of Laceman |
| laceman | noun | A man who deals in lace. |
| lacerta | noun | A fathom., A genus of lizards. See Lizard., The Lizard, a northern constellation. |
| lacerti | plural | of Lacertus |
| lacinia | noun | One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers., A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf., The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects. |
| lacking | present participle & vb. noun | of Lack |
| lackeys | plural | of Lackey |
| laconic | adjective | Alt. of Laconical, Laconism. |
| lacquer | noun | 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., To cover with lacquer. |
| lactage | noun | The produce of animals yielding milk; milk and that which is made from it. |
| lactant | adjective | Suckling; giving suck. |
| lactary | adjective | Milky; full of white juice like milk., a dairyhouse. |
| lactate | noun | A salt of lactic acid. |
| lacteal | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid., Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels., One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel. |
| lactean | adjective | Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk., Lacteal; conveying chyle. |
| lactide | noun | A white, crystalline substance, obtained from also, by extension, any similar substance. |
| lactone | noun | 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. |
| lactory | adjective | Lactiferous. |
| lactose | noun | 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., See Galactose. |
| lactuca | noun | A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated foe salad; lettuce. |
| lacunae | plural | of Lacuna |
| lacunas | plural | of Lacuna |
| lacunal | adjective | Alt. of Lacunar |
| lacunar | adjective | Pertaining to, or having, lacunae; as, a lacunar circulation., The ceiling or under surface of any part, especially when it consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels., One of the sunken panels in such a ceiling. |
| lacwork | noun | 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. |
| ladanum | noun | 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. |
| lademan | noun | One who leads a pack horse; a miller’s servant. |
| ladinos | plural | of Ladino |
| ladling | present participle & vb. noun | of Ladle |
| ladrone | noun | A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal. |
| ladybug | noun | Same as Ladybird. |
| ladykin | noun | A little lady; — applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth’s time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary. |
| laelaps | noun | 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. |
| lagging | present participle & vb. noun | of Lag, 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., Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches. |
| lagarto | noun | An alligator. |
| lagenae | plural | of Lagena |
| lagenas | plural | of Lagena |
| laggard | adjective | Slow; sluggish; backward., One who lags; a loiterer. |
| lainere | noun | See Lanier. |
| lakelet | noun | A little lake. |
| lamming | present participle & vb. noun | of Lam |
| lamaism | noun | 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 | noun | Alt. of Lamaite |
| lamaite | noun | One who believes in Lamaism. |
| lambing | present participle & vb. noun | of Lamb |
| lambale | noun | A feast at the time of shearing lambs. |
| lambent | adjective | Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over., Twinkling or gleaming; fickering. |
| lambkin | noun | A small lamb. |
| lamboys | noun pl. | Same as Base, n., 19. |
| lamella | noun | 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. |
| lametta | noun | Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass. |
| laminae | plural | of Lamina |
| laminas | plural | of Lamina |
| laminar | adjective | Alt. of Laminal |
| laminal | adjective | In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina. |
| lampate | noun | A supposed salt of lampic acid. |
| lampern | noun | The river lamprey (Ammocoetes, / Lampetra, fluviatilis). |
| lampers | noun | See Lampas. |
| lamping | adjective | Shining; brilliant. |
| lampoon | noun | A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress., To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon. |
| lamprel | noun | See Lamprey. |
| lamprey | noun | 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 | noun | See Lamprey. |
| lanated | Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments. | |
| lancing | present participle & vb. noun | of Lance |
| lancely | adjective | Like a lance. |
| lanched | imp. & past participle | of Lanch |
| landing | present participle & vb. noun | of Land, Of, pertaining to or used for, setting, bringing, or going, on shore., A going or bringing on shore., A place for landing, as from a ship, a carriage. etc., The level part of a staircase, at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another. |
| landmen | plural | of Landman |
| landman | noun | A man who lives or serves on land; — opposed to seaman., An occupier of land. |
| landtag | noun | The diet or legislative body; as, the Landtag of Prussia. |
| langaha | noun | 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. |
| langate | noun | A linen roller used in dressing wounds. |
| langdak | noun | A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal. |
| langrel | noun | 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 | noun | A kind of loaded die. |
| langued | adjective | Tongued; having the tongue visible. |
| languet | noun | 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., That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard. |
| languid | adjective | Drooping or flagging from exhaustion; indisposed to exertion; without animation; weak; weary; heavy; dull., Slow in progress; tardy., Promoting or indicating weakness or heaviness; as, a languid day. |
| languor | noun | A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity., Any enfeebling disease., Listless indolence; dreaminess. Pope. |
| langure | verb i. | To languish. |
| laniard | noun | See Lanyard. |
| laniary | adjective | Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth., The shambles; a place of slaughter., A laniary, or canine, tooth. |
| laniate | verb t. | To tear in pieces. |
| lanioid | adjective | Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family Laniidae). |
| lanolin | noun | A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally. |
| lantern | noun | 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., An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior., A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns., 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., A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below)., 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., A perforated barrel to form a core upon., See Aristotle’s lantern., To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse. |
| lanyard | noun | 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., 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. |
| laocoon | noun | A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.), 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. |
| lapping | present participle & vb. noun | of Lap, A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers. |
| lapfuls | plural | of Lapful |
| lapilli | noun pl. | Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles. |
| lapides | plural | of Lapis |
| lapling | noun | One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; — a term of contempt. |
| lappish | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish., The language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan language. |
| lapsing | present participle & vb. noun | of Lapse |
| laputan | adjective | 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. |
| lapwing | noun | 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 | noun | Work in which one part laps over another. |
| laquear | noun | A lacunar. |
| larceny | noun | The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement. |
| larchen | adjective | Of or pertaining to the larch. |
| larding | present participle & vb. noun | of Lard |
| lardery | noun | A larder. |
| lardoon | noun | A bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding. |
| largely | adverb | In a large manner. |
| largess | adjective | Alt. of Largesse |
| largish | adjective | Somewhat large. |
| larking | present participle & vb. noun | of Lark |
| larmier | noun | See Tearpit. |
| lashing | noun | The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement., See 2d Lasher. |
| lassoed | imp. & past participle | of Lasso |
| lasting | present participle & vb. noun | of Last, Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color., Continuance; endurance., A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women’s shoes; everlasting., The act or process of shaping on a last., In a lasting manner. |
| lastage | noun | A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will., A tax on wares sold by the last., The lading of a ship; also, ballast., Room for stowing goods, as in a ship. |
| lastery | noun | A red color. |
| latakia | noun | A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea. |
| latched | imp. & past participle | of Latch |
| latchet | noun | The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring. |
| latence | noun | Latency. |
| latency | noun | The state or quality of being latent. |
| lateres | plural | of Later |
| laterad | adverb | Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; — opposed to mesiad. |
| lateral | adjective | Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree., Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; — opposed to mesial., Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing. |
| lateran | noun | 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 | adjective | Inclined to delay; dilatory. |
| lathing | present participle & vb. noun | of Lath, The act or process of covering with laths; laths, collectively; a covering of laths. |
| latimer | noun | An interpreter. [Obs.] Coke. |
| latinly | adverb | In the manner of the Latin language; in correct Latin. |
| latitat | noun | A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding. |
| latrant | adjective | Barking. |
| latrate | verb i. | To bark as a dog. |
| latrine | noun | A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc. |
| lattice | noun | Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; — called also latticework., The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal., To make a lattice of; as, to lattice timbers., To close, as an opening, with latticework; to furnish with a lattice; as, to lattice a window. |
| lauding | present participle & vb. noun | of Laud |
| laughed | imp. & past participle | of Laugh |
| laugher | noun | One who laughs., A variety of the domestic pigeon. |
| launder | noun | A washerwoman., A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore., To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts., To lave; to wet. |
| laundry | noun | A laundering; a washing., A place or room where laundering is done. |
| laurate | noun | A salt of lauric acid. |
| lauriol | noun | Spurge laurel. |
| laurite | noun | A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon. |
| laurone | noun | The ketone of lauric acid. |
| lavaret | noun | A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland. |
| lavatic | adjective | Like lava, or composed of lava; lavic. |
| lavolta | noun | An old dance, for two persons, being a kind of waltz, in which the woman made a high spring or bound. |
| lavrock | noun | Same as Laverock. |
| lawless | adjective | Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim., Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior., Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled. |
| lawsuit | noun | An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim. |
| laxator | noun | That which loosens; — esp., a muscle which by its contraction loosens some part. |
| laxness | noun | The state of being lax; laxity. |
| layland | noun | Land lying untilled; fallow ground. |
| layship | noun | The condition of being a layman. |
| lazaret | noun | Alt. of Lazaretto |
| lazarly | adjective | Full of sores; leprous. |