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Laboring
That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; .
Laconic
Laconism.
Lacquer
A varnish, consisting of a solution of shellac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mach, and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made.
Lactoabumin
The albumin present in milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk.
Lactonic
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, a lactone.
Lactucone
A white, crystalline, tasteless substance, found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.
Ladin
A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.
Ladybird
Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus and allied genera (family ); -- called also , , , , , and . in one of the common European species. See .
Lady's hair
A plant of the genus (); a variety of quaking grass.
Lakeweed
The water pepper (), an aquatic plant of Europe and North America.
Lamel
See .
Lament
To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
Lamm
See .
Landamman
A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons.
Landgravine
The wife of a landgrave.
Lantern
To furnish with a lantern; .
Lap
The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
Laparotomy
A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Csarean section.
laser surgery
Surgery using lasers.
lasiocampid
A member of the , a family of medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moth with comblike antennae.
Lassie
A young girl; a lass.
Latescence
A slight withdrawal from view or knowledge.
Latigo
A strap for tightening a saddle girth.
Laudableness
The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness.
Lawmaker
A legislator; a lawgiver.
Lawyer
One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates.
Leachy
Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like.
lead-free
not containing the element lead.
leaf-hopper
A small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants.
Leaven
Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.
Leek
A plant of the genus (), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion.
Left
Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side; -- opposed to , when used in reference to a part of the body; . Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals.
left-slanting
slanting toward the left; -- of handwriting.
leg-pull
An attempt to make somebody believe something that is not true, done as a joke.
Lengthful
Long.
Leontodon
A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also .
Leptorhine
Having the nose narrow; -- said especially of the skull. Opposed to .
Leptostraca
An order of Crustacea, including Nebalia and allied forms.
Les
A leash.
Letuary
Electuary.
Leuchmia
See .
Leucoma
A white opacity in the cornea of the eye; -- called also .
Lever
More agreeable; more pleasing.
Levulinic
Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid (called also ), , obtained by the action of dilute acids on various sugars (as levulose).
Levy
A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12 cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s. 6d.
LF
low frequency, a term used to refer to radio waves of a frequency from 30 to 300 kilohertz. Contrasted to , high frequency.
Libant
Sipping; touching lightly.
Liberian
Of or pertaining to Liberia; .
Librate
To poise; to balance.
Lick-spittle
An abject flatterer or parasite.
Licorice
A plant of the genus (), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions.
Light
That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
Lightsome
Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
Lignitiferous
Producing or containing lignite; lignitic.
Likeable
See
Lilied
Covered with, or having many, lilies.
Lilt
To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop.
Lineality
The quality of being lineal.
Linkwork
A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain.
Lionhood
State of being a lion.
Lithate
A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate.
Lithotome
A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art.
Livered
Having (such) a liver; used in composition; .
Lixivial
Impregnated with, or consisting of, alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes; impregnated with a salt or salts like a lixivium.
Lone
A lane. See .
long-legged
having long legs.
long-playing
playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records; -- used of phonograph records.
Loom
The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.
Looped
Bent, folded, or tied, so as to make a loop; .
Looper
An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc.
Loopie
Deceitful; cunning; sly.
Lord
To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.
low-polluting
producing little pollution, especially air pollution; .
Lubrication
The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.
Ludlamite
A mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monoclinic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.
Lungwort
An herb of the genus (), of Europe; -- so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung.
Lunistice
The farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in its monthly revolution.
Lymphangeitis
Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.