| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| loadsman | noun | Alt. of Lodesman |
| lodesman | noun | A pilot., Same as Loadsman. |
| loadstar | noun | Alt. of Lodestar |
| lodestar | noun | A star that leads; a guiding star; esp., the polestar; the cynosure., Same as Loadstar. |
| loanable | adjective | Such as can be lent; available for lending; as, loanable funds; — used mostly in financial business and writings. |
| loathing | present participle & vb. noun | of Loathe, Extreme disgust; a feeling of aversion, nausea, abhorrence, or detestation. |
| loathful | adjective | Full of loathing; hating; abhorring., Causing a feeling of loathing; disgusting. |
| lobately | adverb | As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner. |
| lobbying | present participle & vb. noun | of Lobby |
| lobbyist | noun | A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation. |
| lobefoot | noun | A bird having lobate toes; esp., a phalarope. |
| lobeline | noun | A poisonous narcotic alkaloid extracted from the leaves of Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata) as a yellow oil, having a tobaccolike taste and odor. |
| loblolly | noun | Gruel; porridge; — so called among seamen. |
| lobsided | adjective | See Lopsided. |
| lobulate | adjective | Alt. of Lobulated |
| localism | noun | The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place., A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase. |
| locality | noun | The state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits., Position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant., Limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality of trial., The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places. |
| localize | verb t. | To make local; to fix in, or assign to, a definite place. |
| locating | present participle & vb. noun | of Locate |
| location | noun | The act or process of locating., Situation; place; locality., That which is located; a tract of land designated in place., A leasing on rent., A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire., The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc. |
| locative | adjective | Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein; as, a locative adjective; locative case of a noun., The locative case. |
| lockless | adjective | Destitute of a lock. |
| locofoco | noun | A friction match., A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic party. |
| loculate | adjective | Divided into compartments. |
| loculose | adjective | Alt. of Loculous |
| loculous | adjective | Divided by internal partitions into cells, as the pith of the pokeweed. |
| locustic | adjective | Pertaining to, or derived from, the locust; — formerly used to designate a supposed acid. |
| locution | noun | Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression. |
| locutory | noun | A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse. |
| lodgment | verb | The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged., A lodging place; a room., An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest., The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment. |
| lodicule | noun | One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses. |
| log-chip | noun | A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of a circle attached to the log line; — called also log-ship. See 2d Log, n., 2. |
| logician | noun | A person skilled in logic. |
| logistic | adjective | Alt. of Logistical |
| logogram | noun | A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue. |
| logotype | noun | A single type, containing two or more letters; as, ae, Ae, /, /, /, etc. ; — called also ligature. |
| log-ship | noun | A part of the log. See Log-chip, and 2d Log, n., 2. |
| loitered | imp. & past participle | of Loiter |
| loiterer | noun | One who loiters; an idler., An idle vagrant; a tramp. |
| lollardy | noun | The doctrines or principles of the Lollards. |
| lollipop | noun | A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth. |
| lomonite | noun | Same as Laumontite. |
| londoner | noun | A native or inhabitant of London. |
| loneness | noun | Solitude; seclusion. |
| lonesome | superl. | Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary., Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to feel lonesome. |
| longbeak | noun | The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); — called also long-billed dowitcher. |
| longboat | noun | Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel. |
| longeval | adjective | Long-loved; longevous. |
| longhand | noun | The written characters used in the common method of writing; — opposed to shorthand. |
| longhorn | noun | A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See Long-horned. |
| longlegs | noun | A daddy longlegs. |
| longness | noun | Length. |
| longnose | noun | The European garfish. |
| longsome | adjective | Extended in length; tiresome. |
| longspun | adjective | Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious. |
| longspur | noun | Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (C. Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (C. ornatus), and other species, inhabit the United States. |
| longtail | noun | An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail. Cf. Curtail. Dog. |
| longways | adverb | Lengthwise. |
| longwise | adverb | Lengthwise. |
| lookdown | noun | See Moonfish (b). |
| loophole | noun | A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy., A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or evasion. |
| loosened | imp. & past participle | of Loosen |
| loosener | noun | One who, or that which, loosens. |
| lopeared | adjective | Having ears which lop or hang down. |
| loppered | imp. & past participle | of Lopper |
| lopsided | adjective | Leaning to one side because of some defect of structure; as, a lopsided ship., Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; full of idiosyncrasies. |
| lordlike | adjective | Befitting or like a lord; lordly., Haughty; proud; insolent; arrogant. |
| lordling | noun | A little or insignificant lord. |
| lordosis | noun | A curvature of the spine forwards, usually in the lumbar region., Any abnormal curvature of the bones. |
| lordship | noun | The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc., Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor., Dominion; power; authority. |
| loresman | noun | An instructor. |
| loricata | noun pl. | A suborder of edentates, covered with bony plates, including the armadillos., The crocodilia. |
| loricate | verb t. | To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates., Covered with a shell or exterior made of plates somewhat like a coat of mail, as in the armadillo., An animal covered with bony scales, as crocodiles among reptiles, and the pangolins among mammals. |
| lorikeet | noun | Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, with some forms in the East Indies. They are arboreal in their habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers. They belong to Trichoglossus, Loriculus, and several allied genera. |
| losenger | noun | A flatterer; a deceiver; a cozener. |
| losingly | adverb | In a manner to incur loss. |
| lossless | adjective | Free from loss. |
| lothsome | adjective | See Loath, Loathly, etc. |
| lothario | noun | A gay seducer of women; a libertine. |
| loudness | noun | The quality or state of being loud. |
| lounging | present participle & vb. noun | of Lounge |
| loveable | adjective | See Lovable. |
| loveless | adjective | Void of love; void of tenderness or kindness., Not attracting love; unattractive. |
| lovelily | adverb | In manner to excite love; amiably. |
| lovelock | noun | A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; — worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. |
| lovelorn | adjective | Forsaken by one’s love. |
| lovesome | adjective | Lovely. |
| lovingly | adverb | With love; affectionately. |
| lowering | present participle & vb. noun | of Lower, of Lower, Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or sky. |
| loyalist | noun | A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution. |
| lozenged | adjective | Alt. of Lozenge-shaped |