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Laborant
A chemist.
Laboratory
The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; . Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; .
Laburnic
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the laburnum.
Lactamide
An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine.
ladder-back
a chair with a ladder-back{2}.
Lady's laces
A slender climbing plant; dodder.
Lady's looking-glass
See , under .
Lady's smock
A plant of the genus (); cuckoo flower.
Lake
A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area.
Lambdoidal
Same as .
Lampblack
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.
lamplit
Illuminated by a lamp.
lancers
A set of quadrilles for 8 or 16 couples.
Lanch
To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.
Lapis lazuli
An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color; also called . Same as , which see.
Laquay
A lackey.
Laryngotracheal
Pertaining to both larynx and trachea; .
Lastage
A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
Latian
Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy. See .
Launch
The act of launching.
Laverock
The lark.
Lavish
To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; .
Lawny
Made of lawn or fine linen.
Lay
A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.
Leach
See , a physician.
Leak
Leaky.
Legateship
The office of a legate.
legislating
the act of making or enacting laws; legislation{1}.
Legitimate
Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful;
lemony
tasting like lemons.
Lentil
A leguminous plant of the genus (), of small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is used for food on the continent.
Lepidodendrid
One of an extinct family of trees allied to the modern club mosses, and including and its allies.
Leptothrix
Having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform individuals.
Lesson
To teach; to instruct.
Lewdster
A lewd person.
Lichenin
A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.
Lichwale
The gromwell.
Lick
To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter.
Lieberkuuml;hn
A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector.
Lief
Gladly; willingly; freely; -- now used only in the phrases, , and ; .
Lifeless
Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull;
Life-weary
Weary of living.
Lightning
A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.
Lign-aloes
Aloes wood, or agallochum. See .
Like
To suit; to please; to be agreeable to.
Likewise
In like manner; also; moreover; too. See .
Limb
A part of a tree which extends from the trunk and separates into branches and twigs; a large branch.
Lime twig
See under 4th .
Limosis
A ravenous appetite caused by disease; excessive and morbid hunger.
Linseed
The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained.
Liparite
A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.
Liquefy
To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.
Lisp
The habit or act of lisping. See , , 1.
Litharge
Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead or minium, etc. Called also .
Lithic
A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.
Lithophyte
A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals.
Litigant
Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; .
litter-bearer
one who helps carry a stretcher.
Lituate
Forked, with the points slightly curved outward.
loafing
having no employment; being idle intentionally.
Lobosa
An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the .
Lope
To leap; to dance.
Lotong
An East Indian monkey ().
Loverwise
As lovers do.
low-cost
inexpensive; cheap. Opposite of .
Lowlily
In a lowly place or manner; humbly.
Lull
To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; .
Lumbosacral
Of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; .
lunching
the act of eating lunch.
Lunda
A genus of birds including some of the puffins.
Lunged
Having lungs, or breathing organs similar to lungs.
Lyncher
One who assists in lynching.
Lyricism
A lyric composition.