| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| lubbard | noun | A lubber., Lubberly. |
| lucarne | noun | A dormer window. |
| lucency | noun | The quality of being lucent. |
| lucerne | noun | See Lucern, the plant. |
| lucidly | adverb | In a lucid manner. |
| lucifer | noun | The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; — applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon., Hence, Satan., A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; — called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco., A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages. |
| lucific | adjective | Producing light. |
| luckily | adverb | In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; — used in a good sense; as, they luckily escaped injury. |
| luctual | adjective | Producing grief; saddening. |
| luddite | noun | One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; — so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames. |
| luffing | present participle & vb. noun | of Luff |
| lugging | present participle & vb. noun | of Lug |
| luggage | noun | That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler’s trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents. |
| lugmark | noun | A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark. |
| lugsail | noun | A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail. |
| lugworm | noun | A large marine annelid (Arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back. It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm. |
| lulling | present participle & vb. noun | of Lull |
| lullaby | verb t. | A song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets., Hence: Good night; good-by. |
| lumbago | noun | A rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back. |
| lumbric | noun | An earthworm, or a worm resembling an earthworm. |
| lumping | present participle & vb. noun | of Lump, Bulky; heavy. |
| lumpish | adjective | Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless. |
| lunated | adjective | Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross. |
| lunatic | adjective | Affected by lunacy; insane; mad., Of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum., A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind. |
| lunched | imp. & past participle | of Lunch |
| lunette | noun | A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion., A half horseshoe, which wants the sponge., A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles., A piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse., Any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line., An iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage. |
| lunging | present participle & vb. noun | of Lunge |
| lungoor | noun | A long-tailed monkey (Semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of India. |
| lunulae | plural | of Lunula |
| lunular | adjective | Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent. |
| lunulet | noun | A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects. |
| lupinin | noun | A glucoside found in the seeds of several species of lupine, and extracted as a yellowish white crystalline substance. |
| lupulin | noun | A bitter principle extracted from hops., The fine yellow resinous powder found upon the strobiles or fruit of hops, and containing this bitter principle. |
| lurched | imp. & past participle | of Lurch |
| lurcher | noun | One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher., One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers., A glutton; a gormandizer. |
| lurking | present participle & vb. noun | of Lurk |
| luskish | adjective | Inclined to be lazy. |
| lusting | present participle & vb. noun | of Lust |
| lustred | imp. & past participle | of Lustre |
| lustful | adjective | Full of lust; excited by lust., Exciting lust; characterized by lust or sensuality., Strong; lusty. |
| lustily | adverb | In a lusty or vigorous manner. |
| lustral | adjective | Of or pertaining to, or used for, purification; as, lustral days; lustral water., Of or pertaining to a lustrum. |
| lustrum | noun | A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years. |
| luteous | adjective | Yellowish; more or less like buff. |
| luthern | noun | A dormer window. See Dormer. |
| luxated | imp. & past participle | of Luxate |