| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| labelling | of Label | |
| labellums | plural | of Labellum |
| labialism | noun | The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language. |
| labialize | verb t. | To modify by contraction of the lip opening. |
| labimeter | noun | See Labidometer. |
| labipalpi | plural | of Labipalpus |
| laboredly | adverb | In a labored manner; with labor. |
| laborious | adjective | Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome., Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic. |
| laborless | adjective | Not involving labor; not laborious; easy. |
| laborsome | adjective | Made with, or requiring, great labor, pains, or diligence., Likely or inclined to roll or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea; having a tendency to labor. |
| laburnine | noun | A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum. |
| labyrinth | noun | An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths., Any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden., Any object or arrangement of an intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature., An inextricable or bewildering difficulty., The internal ear. See Note under Ear., A series of canals through which a stream of water is directed for suspending, carrying off, and depositing at different distances, the ground ore of a metal., A pattern or design representing a maze, — often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church, etc. |
| laccolite | noun | Alt. of Laccolith |
| laccolith | noun | A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata. |
| lace-bark | noun | A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); — so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark. |
| lacerable | adjective | That can be lacerated or torn. |
| lacerated | imp. & past participle | of Lacerate, Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound., Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge. |
| lacertian | adjective | Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia., One of the Lacertilia. |
| lacertine | adjective | Lacertian. |
| lachrymal | adjective | Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions., Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal gland., Pertaining to the lachrymal organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct. |
| laciniate | adjective | Alt. of Laciniated |
| lacinulae | plural | of Lacinula |
| lacinulas | plural | of Lacinula |
| lackbrain | noun | One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. |
| lackeying | present participle & vb. noun | of Lackey |
| laconical | adjective | Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form., Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching., See Laconic, a. |
| laconized | imp. & past participle | of Laconize |
| lacquered | imp. & past participle | of Lacquer |
| lacquerer | noun | One who lacquers, especially one who makes a business of lacquering. |
| lacrimoso | adjective | Plaintive; — a term applied to a mournful or pathetic movement or style. |
| lacrymary | Alt. of Lacrymose | |
| lacrytory | Alt. of Lacrymose | |
| lacrymose | See Lachrymary, Lachrymatory, Lachrymose. | |
| lactamide | noun | An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine. |
| lactarene | noun | A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico. |
| lactation | noun | A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland. |
| lacteally | adverb | Milkily; in the manner of milk. |
| lactifuge | noun | A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body. |
| lactimide | noun | A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid. |
| lactucone | noun | A white, crystalline, tasteless substance, found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium. |
| lacunaria | plural | of Lacunar |
| lacustral | adjective | Alt. of Lacustrine |
| ladlefuls | plural | of Ladleful |
| ladyclock | noun | See Ladyrird. |
| laevigate | adjective | Having a smooth surface, as if polished. |
| laevulose | noun | See Levulose. |
| lafayette | noun | The dollar fish., A market fish, the goody, or spot (Liostomus xanthurus), of the southern coast of the United States. |
| laggingly | adverb | In a lagging manner; loiteringly. |
| lagomorph | noun | One of the Lagomorpha. |
| laicality | noun | The state or quality of being laic; the state or condition of a layman. |
| lairdship | noun | The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property. |
| lallation | noun | An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l. |
| lamaistic | adjective | Of or pertaining to Lamaism. |
| lambative | adjective | Taken by licking with the tongue., A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture. |
| lamdoidal | adjective | Lambdoid. |
| lamellary | adjective | Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellae; lamellar. |
| lamellate | adjective | Alt. of Lamellated |
| lamellose | adjective | Composed of, or having, lamellae; lamelliform. |
| lamenting | present participle & vb. noun | of Lament, Lamentation. |
| laminable | adjective | Capable of being split into laminae or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip. |
| laminaria | noun | A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil’s apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp. |
| laminated | imp. & past participle | of Laminate, Laminate. |
| laminitis | noun | Inflammation of the laminae or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder. |
| lampadist | noun | One who gained the prize in the lampadrome. |
| lampblack | noun | The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers’ ink, and various black pigments and cements. |
| lamplight | noun | Light from a lamp. |
| lampooned | imp. & past participle | of Lampoon |
| lampooner | noun | The writer of a lampoon. |
| lampoonry | noun | The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons. |
| lamp-post | noun | A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc. |
| lampyrine | noun | An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family Lampyridae. See Lampyris. |
| lanarkite | noun | A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color. |
| lancegaye | noun | A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II. |
| lanceolar | adjective | Lanceolate. |
| lancewood | noun | A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae). |
| lanciform | adjective | Having the form of a lance. |
| lanciname | verb t. | To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab. |
| landamman | noun | A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons., The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic. |
| landaulet | noun | A small landau. |
| landflood | noun | An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet. |
| landgrave | noun | A German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an earl in England and of a count in France. |
| landloper | noun | Same as Landlouper. |
| landowner | noun | An owner of land. |
| land-poor | adjective | Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land. |
| landreeve | noun | A subordinate officer on an extensive estate, who acts as an assistant to the steward. |
| landscape | noun | A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains., A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc., The pictorial aspect of a country. |
| landslide | noun | The slipping down of a mass of land from a mountain, hill, etc., The land which slips down. |
| landsturm | noun | That part of the reserve force in Germany which is called out last. |
| langridge | noun | See Langrage. |
| languaged | imp. & past participle | of Language, Having a language; skilled in language; — chiefly used in composition. |
| languente | adverb | In a languishing manner; pathetically. |
| laniation | noun | A tearing in pieces. |
| lanifical | adjective | Working in wool. |
| lankiness | noun | The condition or quality or being lanky. |
| lantanium | noun | Alt. of Lantanum |
| lanterloo | noun | An old name of loo (a). |
| lanterned | imp. & past participle | of Lantern |
| lanthanum | noun | A rare element of the group of the earth metals, allied to aluminium. It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite, orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of separating it from cerium, didymium, and other rare elements with which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.5. Symbol La. |
| laodicean | adjective | Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion. |
| lapideous | adjective | Of the nature of stone. |
| lapidific | adjective | Alt. of Lapidifical |
| laplander | noun | A native or inhabitant of Lapland; — called also Lapp. |
| lappeting | present participle & vb. noun | of Lappet |
| lapponian | adjective | Alt. of Lapponic |
| lapstreak | adjective | Alt. of Lapstrake |
| lapstrake | adjective | Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; — said of boats. |
| laquearia | plural | of Laquear |
| larcenist | noun | One who commits larceny. |
| larcenous | adjective | Having the character of larceny; as, a larcenous act; committing larceny. |
| larcenies | plural | of Larceny |
| lardacein | noun | A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc. |
| largeness | noun | The quality or state of being large. |
| larghetto | adjective & adverb | Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante. |
| largition | The bestowment of a largess or gift. | |
| lariating | present participle & vb. noun | of Lariat |
| larixinic | adjective | Of, or derived from, the larch (Larix); as, larixinic acid. |
| larruping | present participle & vb. noun | of Larrup |
| larviform | adjective | Having the form or structure of a larva. |
| laryngeal | adjective | Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to operations on the larynx; as, laryngeal forceps. |
| laryngean | adjective | See Laryngeal. |
| laserwort | noun | Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Laserpitium, of several species (as L. glabrum, and L. siler), the root of which yields a resinous substance of a bitter taste. The genus is mostly European. |
| lassitude | noun | A condition of the body, or mind, when its voluntary functions are performed with difficulty, and only by a strong exertion of the will; languor; debility; weariness. |
| laterally | adverb | By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side. |
| lateritic | adjective | Consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as, lateritic formations. |
| latescent | adjective | Slightly withdrawn from view or knowledge; as, a latescent meaning. |
| lathering | present participle & vb. noun | of Lather |
| lathreeve | noun | Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe. |
| latibulum | noun | A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole. |
| laticlave | noun | A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office. |
| latinized | imp. & past participle | of Latinize |
| latitancy | noun | Act or state of lying hid, or lurking. |
| latration | noun | A barking. |
| latrociny | noun | Theft; larceny. |
| latterkin | noun | A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice. |
| latticing | present participle & vb. noun | of Lattice, The act or process of making a lattice of, or of fitting a lattice to., A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut. |
| laudanine | noun | A white organic base, resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of opium. |
| laudation | verb t. | The act of lauding; praise; high commendation. |
| laudative | adjective | Laudatory., A panegyric; a eulogy. |
| laudatory | adjective | Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden. |
| laughable | adjective | Fitted to excite laughter; as, a laughable story; a laughable scene. |
| laughsome | adjective | Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry. |
| launching | present participle & vb. noun | of Launch |
| laundered | imp. & past participle | of Launder |
| launderer | noun | One who follows the business of laundering. |
| laundress | noun | A woman whose employment is laundering., To act as a laundress. |
| laundries | plural | of Laundry |
| laureated | imp. & past participle | of Laureate |
| lavishing | present participle & vb. noun | of Lavish |
| lawgiving | adjective | Enacting laws; legislative. |
| lammaking | adjective | Enacting laws; legislative., The enacting of laws; legislation. |
| lawmonger | noun | A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade. |
| lazaretto | noun | A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases. |
| lazarlike | adjective | Alt. of Lazarly |
| lazarwort | noun | Laserwort. |
| lazybones | noun | A lazy person. |
| lazzaroni | noun pl. | The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; — so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge. |