| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| loading | present participle & vb. noun | of Load, The act of putting a load on or into., A load; cargo; burden. |
| loafing | present participle & vb. noun | of Loaf |
| loaming | present participle & vb. noun | of Loam |
| loaning | present participle & vb. noun | of Loan, An open space between cultivated fields through which cattle are driven, and where the cows are sometimes milked; also, a lane. |
| loathed | imp. & past participle | of Loathe |
| loather | noun | One who loathes. |
| loathly | adjective | Loathsome., Unwillingly; reluctantly., (/) So as to cause loathing. |
| lobbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Lob |
| lobated | adjective | Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf., Having lobes; — said of the tails of certain fishes having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays., Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. See Illust. (m) under Aves. |
| lobbish | adjective | Like a lob; consisting of lobs. |
| lobbies | plural | of Lobby |
| lobbied | imp. & past participle | of Lobby |
| lobcock | noun | A dull, sluggish person; a lubber; a lob. |
| lobelet | noun | A small lobe; a lobule. |
| lobelia | noun | A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose leaves contain a poisonous white viscid juice, of an acrid taste. It has often been used in medicine as an emetic, expectorant, etc. L. cardinalis is the cardinal flower, remarkable for the deep and vivid red color of its flowers. |
| lobelin | noun | A yellowish green resin from Lobelia, used as an emetic and diaphoretic. |
| lobiped | adjective | Having lobate toes, as a coot. |
| lobster | noun | Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus; as the American lobster (H. Americanus), and the European lobster (H. vulgaris). The Norwegian lobster (Nephrops Norvegicus) is similar in form. All these have a pair of large unequal claws. The spiny lobsters of more southern waters, belonging to Palinurus, Panulirus, and allied genera, have no large claws. The fresh-water crayfishes are sometimes called lobsters. |
| lobular | adjective | Like a lobule; pertaining to a lobule or lobules. |
| lobworm | noun | The lugworm. |
| locally | adverb | With respect to place; in place; as, to be locally separated or distant. |
| located | imp. & past participle | of Locate |
| locator | noun | One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim. |
| lochage | noun | An officer who commanded a company; a captain. |
| lochial | adjective | Of or pertaining to the lochia. |
| locking | present participle & vb. noun | of Lock |
| lockage | noun | Materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a lock or locks., Toll paid for passing the locks of a canal., Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a canal. |
| lockjaw | noun | A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus. |
| lockman | noun | A public executioner. |
| lockout | noun | The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages. |
| lockram | noun | A kind of linen cloth anciently used in England, originally imported from Brittany. |
| locular | adjective | Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as trilocular. |
| loculus | noun | One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa., One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament. |
| locusta | noun | The spikelet or flower cluster of grasses. |
| lodging | present participle & vb. noun | of Lodge, The act of one who, or that which, lodges., A place of rest, or of temporary habitation; esp., a sleeping apartment; — often in the plural with a singular meaning., Abiding place; harbor; cover. |
| loftily | adverb | In a lofty manner or position; haughtily. |
| logging | present participle & vb. noun | of Log, The business of felling trees, cutting them into logs, and transporting the logs to sawmills or to market. |
| logcock | noun | The pileated woodpecker. |
| logical | adjective | Of or pertaining to logic; used in logic; as, logical subtilties., According to the rules of logic; as, a logical argument or inference; the reasoning is logical., Skilled in logic; versed in the art of thinking and reasoning; as, he is a logical thinker. |
| logroll | verb i. & t. | To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling. |
| logwood | noun | The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called haematoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called Campeachy wood, and bloodwood. |
| lokorys | noun | Liquorice. |
| lolling | present participle & vb. noun | of Loll |
| lollard | noun | One of a sect of early reformers in Germany., One of the followers of Wyclif in England. |
| lombard | adjective | Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy., A native or inhabitant of Lombardy., A money lender or banker; — so called because the business of banking was first carried on in London by Lombards., Same as Lombard-house., A form of cannon formerly in use. |
| lompish | adjective | Lumpish. |
| longing | present participle & vb. noun | of Long, An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration. |
| longbow | noun | The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; — so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one. |
| longish | adjective | Somewhat long; moderately long. |
| loobily | adjective | Loobylike; awkward., Awkwardly. |
| loobies | plural | of Looby |
| looking | present participle & vb. noun | of Look, Having a certain look or appearance; — often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc., The act of one who looks; a glance., The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face. |
| lookout | noun | A careful looking or watching for any object or event., The place from which such observation is made., A person engaged in watching., Object or duty of forethought and care; responsibility. |
| looming | present participle & vb. noun | of Loom, The indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen in particular states of the atmosphere. See Mirage. |
| looping | present participle & vb. noun | of Loop, The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination., of Loop. |
| loosing | present participle & vb. noun | of Loose |
| loosely | adverb | In a loose manner. |
| loosish | adjective | Somewhat loose. |
| looting | present participle & vb. noun | of Loot |
| lopping | present participle & vb. noun | of Lop, A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings. |
| lopeman | noun | Leaper; ropedancer. |
| lophine | noun | A nitrogenous organic base obtained by the oxidation of amarine, and regarded as a derivative of benzoic aldehyde. It is obtained in long white crystalline tufts, — whence its name. |
| loppard | noun | A tree, the top of which has been lopped off. |
| lopseed | noun | A perennial herb (Phryma Leptostachya), having slender seedlike fruits. |
| lording | present participle & vb. noun | of Lord, The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage., A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule. |
| lordkin | noun | A little lord. |
| lorette | noun | In France, a name for a woman who is supported by her lovers, and devotes herself to idleness, show, and pleasure; — so called from the church of Notre Dame de Lorette, in Paris, near which many of them resided. |
| loricae | plural | of Lorica |
| lorimer | noun | Alt. of Loriner |
| loriner | noun | A maker of bits, spurs, and metal mounting for bridles and saddles; hence, a saddler. |
| lorries | plural | of Lorry |
| losable | adjective | Such as can be lost. |
| losange | noun | See Lozenge. |
| lossful | adjective | Detrimental. |
| lotting | present participle & vb. noun | of Lot |
| lottery | noun | A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance., Allotment; thing allotted. |
| loudful | adjective | Noisy. |
| lounged | imp. & past participle | of Lounge |
| lounger | noun | One who lounges; ar idler. |
| lousily | adverb | In a lousy manner; in a mean, paltry manner; scurvily. |
| loutish | adjective | Clownish; rude; awkward. |
| lovable | adjective | Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love. |
| loveful | adjective | Full of love. |
| lowbell | noun | A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net., A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep., To frighten, as with a lowbell. |
| lowborn | adjective | Born in a low condition or rank; — opposed to highborn. |
| lowbred | adjective | Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar; as, a lowbred fellow; a lowbred remark. |
| lowered | imp. & past participle | of Lower, of Lower |
| lowland | noun | Land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country; — opposed to highland. |
| lowlily | adverb | In a lowly place or manner; humbly. |
| lowness | noun | The state or quality of being low. |
| loyally | adverb | In a loyal manner; faithfully. |
| loyalty | noun | The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc. |
| lozenge | noun | A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil., A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men., A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb., Anything in the form of lozenge., A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. — originally in the form of a lozenge. |
| lozengy | adjective | Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister. |