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Labeler
One who labels.
Labrum
A lip or edge, as of a basin.
Labyrinthodont
Of or pertaining to the .
Laconism
A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style.
Ladyclock
See .
lady's-eardrop
An erect or climbing shrub () of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers.
Lady's mantle
A genus of rosaceous herbs (), esp. the European , which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes.
Lmodipoda
A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or , and are examples.
Lakao
Sap green.
Lambis
A genus of scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of eastern hemisphere.
Lanceolar
Lanceolate.
Landaulet
A small landau.
Landholder
A holder, owner, or proprietor of land.
Landstreight
A narrow strip of land.
Lanky
Somewhat lank; tall, thin, bony and ungraceful.
Lanthanite
Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular white crystals.
Lap
To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another;
Lap-welded
Having edges or ends united by a lap weld; .
Latch
That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
latecomer
someone who arrives late.
Laticostate
Broad-ribbed.
Latitudinous
Having latitude, or wide extent.
Latrate
To bark as a dog.
Laundering
The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.
Lea
A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.
lead-free
not containing the element lead.
Leash
A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a person may hold or restrain an animal, such as a falconer holding his hawk, or a courser his dog. For dogs and cats, the is commonly attached to a collar around the neck of the animal.
Leeme
See .
leftish
Inclined toward the political left.
lefty
a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right; a left-handed person.
Leprosity
The state or quality of being leprous or scaly; also, a scale.
Leucophlegmatic
Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin.
Levant
Eastern.
Levari facias
A writ of execution at common law.
Level
A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this is the , and is a curve or surface in which all points are equally distant from the center of the earth, or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere.
Ley
See .
Lick
A slap; a quick stroke.
Lick-spigot
A tapster.
lido
A recreational facility, especially one including a swimming pool for water sports.
Lie
To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with , when predicated of living creatures;
Like
In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; .
Lilt
To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.
lilting
having a light rhythmical cadence; .
Limbate
Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
Lingence
A linctus.
Lingering
Delaying.
Listing
The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb);
Lithologist
One who is skilled in lithology.
Loathly
Unwillingly; reluctantly.
Lob
The European pollock.
Lock
Anything that fastens; specifically, a fastening, as for a door, a lid, a trunk, a drawer, and the like, in which a bolt is moved by a key so as to hold or to release the thing fastened.
Locken
of .
Loculament
The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
Loggerheads
The knapweed.
Lollipop
A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth.
Long
To a great extent in space; .
Longitudinal
Of or pertaining to longitude or length; .
Longnose
The European garfish.
Loom
See , the bird.
Lore
Lost.
Louis d'or
Formerly, a gold coin of France nominally worth twenty shillings sterling, but of varying value; -- first struck in 1640.
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.
Loving cup
A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand to hand, as at a banquet.
Low
A hill; a mound; a grave.
low-cal
having relatively few calories.
lower-class
same as . Contrasted with and .
Low-lived
Characteristic of, or like, one bred in a low and vulgar condition of life; mean; dishonorable; contemptible; .
low-tension
subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage. Contrasted with .
Ludwigite
A borate of iron and magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of a blackish green color.
Lull
To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; .
Lumbering
The business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.
Lunular
Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent; lunate.
Lurdan
Stupid; blockish.
Luxate
Luxated.