Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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. |