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Labefaction
The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.
Lace-bark
A shrub in the West Indies (); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.
Lactamide
An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine.
Lactodensimeter
A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed.
Landstorm
See .
Lapidify
To become stone or stony.
Lar
A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods.
Las
Less.
Lasket
latching.
Last
To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last; .
Later
A brick or tile.
Lateritious
Like bricks; of the color of red bricks.
Lather
To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.
Latinistic
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or idiom.
Launce
See , the fish.
lcm
Abbreviation for the least common multiple, the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers; .
Leafy
Full of leaves; abounding in leaves; .
Lecherer
See ,
Leetman
One subject to the jurisdiction of a court-leet.
Leguleian
Lawyerlike; legal.
Lemnian
Of or pertaining to the isle of Lemnos.
Lender
One who lends.
Leonurus
A genus of stout Old World herbs having cut-lobed leaves and flowers in whorls.
Lepidodendroid
Allied to, or resembling, Lepidodendron.
Lesbian love
See .
Leucitic
Containing leucite; .
Leukmia
Leucocythmia.
Ley
To lay; to wager.
Libertine
A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.
Libyan
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the country Libya or its inhabitants.
Life
The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all animal and vegetable organisms.
Liking
The state of being pleasing; a suiting. See , below.
Lineolate
Marked with little lines.
Lingo
Language; speech; dialect.
Linguality
The quality of being lingual.
Lingulate
Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.
Lionel
The whelp of a lioness; a young lion.
lipide
Same as .
Lipogrammatic
Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; .
Liquidation
The act or process of liquidating; the state of being liquidated.
Lithy
Easily bent; pliable.
litoral
See .
Litter
A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.
live-bearer
Any fish of the family , small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters, often used in mosquito control.
Living
Being alive; having life; . Opposed to .
Lixivious
See .
Lixt
of , to lie, to tell lies, -- contracted for .
Llandeilo group
A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; -- so named from in Southern Wales. See of .
Loco
A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher.
Lodger
One who, or that which, lodges; one who occupies a hired room in another's house.
lomatinous
Furnished with lobes or flaps.
Londonize
To imitate the manner of the people of London.
long-legged
having long legs.
long-wearing
withstanding long use without deterioration; resistant to damage.
Losange
See .
Lour
An Asiatic sardine (), valued for its oil.
Love-making
Courtship.
Lovemonger
One who deals in affairs of love.
Lunarian
An inhabitant of the moon.
Lunet
A little moon or satellite.
Lunitidal
Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon.
Lure
To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.
Lutation
The act or method of luting vessels.
Lymph
A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.
Lymphoid
Resembling lymph; also, resembling a lymphatic gland; adenoid; .
Lymphy
Containing, or like, lymph.