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Labimeter
See .
Lactonic
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of milk sugar ().
Lacturamic
Pertaining to, or designating, an organic amido acid, which is regarded as a derivative of lactic acid and urea.
Lag
To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.
Lambkin
A small lamb.
Lamdoidal
Lambdoid.
Lamellicorn
Having antenn terminating in a group of flat lamell; -- said of certain coleopterous insects.
Laminiplantar
Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.
Langate
A linen roller used in dressing wounds.
Lankly
In a lank manner.
Lap
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
Large-hearted
Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.
Larvate
Masked; hence, concealed; obscure; -- applied in medicine to doubtful cases of some diseases; .
Launder
A washerwoman.
Laundress
To act as a laundress.
Lauraceous
Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order () of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laurel, sassafras, cinnamon tree, true camphor tree, etc.
Laurinol
Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name () of the camphor trees. See .
Laxity
The state or quality of being lax; lack of tenseness, strictness, or exactness.
Leap
To pass over by a leap or jump; .
Leapfrog
A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.
Leasy
Flimsy; vague; deceptive.
Leech
See 2d .
Legible
Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; .
Legislatorship
The office of a legislator.
Legitimate
Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful;
Lending
The act of one who lends.
Lepidoptera
An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored.
Leverock
A lark.
Libidinous
Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious.
Libral
Of a pound weight.
Liegance
Same as .
lifted
turned upward; .
light-duty
not designed for heavy or demanding work; . Opposite of .
Lign-aloes
Aloes wood, or agallochum. See .
lilyturf
Asiatic perennial tufted herb () with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover.
Limaille
Filings of metal.
Limberness
The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness.
Lingua
A tongue.
Linnaea
A genus with only one species, the twinflower.
Linoleum
Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied.
Liquidly
In a liquid manner; flowingly.
liquified
Same as .
Lisper
One who lisps.
Litheness
The quality or state of being lithe; flexibility; limberness.
Litigate
To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; .
Litigate
To carry on a suit by judicial process.
loamless
having no loam; -- of soil; . Contrasted with .
Loco
To poison with loco; to affect with the loco disease; hence (), to render insane or mad.
Locomotive
Moving from place to place; changing place, or able to change place; .
Lodgeable
That may be or can be lodged; .
Loft
To raise aloft; to send into the air;
Loftily
In a lofty manner or position; haughtily.
Loggat
A small log or piece of wood.
Lone
A lane. See .
Long-drawn
Extended to a great length.
Longilateral
Having long sides; especially, having the form of a long parallelogram.
long-range
involving an extended span of time; -- of plans, goals, or predictions; .
Lopping
A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings.
Loriot
The golden oriole of Europe. See .
Lose
To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.
loth
strongly opposed.
Louis quatorze
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the art or style of the times of of France; .
Louping
An enzotic, often fatal, disease of sheep and other domestic animals, of unknown cause. It is characterized by muscular tremors and spasms, followed by more or less complete paralysis. The principal lesion is an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
Low
A hill; a mound; a grave.
low-ceilinged
having a lower than normal ceiling.
Lucubrate
To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.
Ludification
The act of deriding.
Lunt
The match cord formerly used in firing cannon.
Lunula
Same as .
Lutecium
same as ; -- an older spelling.
Lymantriidae
The natural family comprising the tussock moths.
Lymphy
Containing, or like, lymph.
Lyssa
Hydrophobia.