labanotation
n. - a method of writing down the movements, etc., of ballet diagrammatically.
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labefact, labefy
v. - weaken. labefactation, labefaction, n.
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labefy
v. - to weaken
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labellate
adj. - lipped. labelloid, adj. lip-like. labellum, n. (pl. - la) lip of flower's corolla.
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labidophorous
adj. - with a pair of pincer-like organs.
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labile
adj. - prone to change; unstable
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labiodental
adj. - pertaining to or pronounced with lips and teeth; n. such sound, as f. labiomancy, n. lip-reading. labionasal, n. & a. (sound) pronounced with lips and nasal passage, as m. labiovelar, n. & a. (sound) pronounced with rounded lips and back of tongue raised, as w.
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labrose
adj. - thick-lipped.
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lacertilian
n. - another name for a lizard
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laches
n. - negligence; carelessness.
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lachrymal
adj. - pertaining to tears and weeping; n.pl. organs secreting tears; crying fits. lachrymary, adj. lachrymation, n. lachrymator, n. substance or gas causing tears. lachrymatory, n. narrow-necked vase; tear-bottle. lachrymiform, adj. tear-shaped. lachrymist, n. weeper. lachrymogenic, adj. causing tears. lachrymose, adj. tearful.
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laciniate
adj. - fringed; jagged, slashed. laciniform, adj. like a fringe. laciniose, adj. lacinulate, adj. with fine or small fringe. laciniation, n.
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lacis
n. - network; filet lace.
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laconicum
n. - a steam bath
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lactarium
n. - dairy. lactary, adj. pertaining to milk.
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lactate
v. -i. secrete milk; suckle young; n. salt or ester of lactic acid. lactation, n.
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lacteal
adj. - pertaining to milk; n. & a. (vessel) conveying chyle. lactean, adj. milky.
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lactescent
adj. - like milk; secreting milk; yielding milky substance. lacteous, adj. milky. lactescence, n.
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lactivorous
adj. - living on milk
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lacuna
n. - (pl. -ae ) gap; interval; hiatus. lacunal, lacunose, lacunar, lacunary, adj.
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lacuscular
adj. - pertaining to pools.
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lacustrine
adj. - pertaining to lakes. lacustral, adj. lacustrian, a.; n. lake-dweller.
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ladrone
n. - robber. ladronism, n. brigandage.
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laevoduction
n. - movement leftwards. laevogyrate, laevorotatory, adj. turning to left, especially plane of polarized light. laevoversion, n. turning of eyes to left. laevulose, n. kind of very sweet sugar obtained from sucrose. .
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lagan
n. - goods lying on sea-bed, often at marked spot.
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lagena
n. - (pl. -ae) flask. lageniform, adj. flask-shaped.
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lagnosis
n. - satyriasis
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lagophthalmus, lagopthalmos
n. - condition of incomplete closure of eye. lagopthalmic, adj.
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lagotic
adj. - having rabbitlike ears
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laic
adj. - not clerical or ecclesiastical; lay. laicism, n. anticlericalism. laicize, v. divest of ecclesiastical nature; give over to lay control.
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lallation
n. - infant's talk, or speech similar to it; pronunciation of r as l.
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lallophobia
n. - fear of speaking
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lalochezia
n. - filthy talk to relieve tension
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laloplegia
n. - loss of speech caused by paralysis.
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lama
n. - Tibetan monk or priest. lamaic, lamaistic, adj. lamaism, lamaist, n. lamasery, n. lama monastery.
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lambent
adj. - shining gently or playing about surface; flickering; gently radiant. lambency, n.
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lambert
n. - unit of brightness: brightness of surface radiating one lumen per square centimetre.
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lambrequin
n. - ornamental hanging over upper part of window or along the edge of a shelf; border pattern with draped effect used in ceramics; covering for helmet.
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lamella
n. - (pl. -ae ) thin plate or layer. lamelloid, adj. like lamella. lamellose, lamellar, lamellary, adj. lamellated, adj. composed of such. lamellation, n.
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lamia
n. - mythical monster with snake's body and woman's head and breasts.
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lamiaceous
adj. - pertaining to or like mint; belonging to mint family of plants.
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lamina
n. - (pl. -ae) thin plate or layer; flake. laminal, laminose, laminous, laminar, laminary, adj. laminate, v.i. & t. split into laminae; bond several laminae together; plate with metal; a. shaped like or composed of laminae. lamination, n.
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lammergeier
n. - eagle- and vulture-like bird of prey, largest of Europe; bearded vulture.
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lampadedromy
n. - foot race with lighted torches, especially relay race in which torch is passed on. lampadephore, n. torchbearer.
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lampadomancy
n. - fortunetelling with the flame of a torch
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lamprophony
n. - speaking in clear, loud voice.
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lampyrid
adj.,n. - (pertaining to) glow-worm or fire-fly. lampyrine, adj.
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lanameter
n. - mechanical means of determining quality of wool. lanate, adj. woolly.
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lanceolate
adj. - having shape of lance-head, especially tapering at each end. lanceolation, n.
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lancinate
adj. - lacerate; pierce. lancination, n.
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landau
n. - four-wheeler carriage with folding hood and removable top. landaulette, n. coupé with folding hood.
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landes
n. - pl. desert or marshy lowlands beside sea.
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languescent
adj. - becoming tired
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languet(te)
n. - tongue-like appendage or outgrowth.
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laniary
adj.,n. - canine (tooth). laniariform, adj.
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lanugo
n. - woolly down, especially covering human fetus. lanuginose, lanuginous, adj. downy.
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lapactic
adj.,n. - purgative. laparectomy, laparotomy, n. operation for removal of part of wall of abdomen.
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lapicide
n. - stone-cutter.
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lapidate
v. - stone to death. lapidation, lapidator, n.
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lapideous
adj. - of or cut in stone. lapidicolous, adj. living under stones. lapidific, adj. forming stone. lapidify, v. turn into stone.
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lapillus
n. - small fragment of volcanic rock
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lappaceous
adj. - prickly.
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lappet
n. - flap or fold (on garment); fleshy lobe.
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lapsus calami
phr. - a slip of the pen; lapsus pennae
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lapsus linguae
n. - (pl. same) 'slip of the tongue'. lapsus memoriae, slip of memory.
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larboard
n. - archaic, port.
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lares
n. -pl. pl. local or tutelary gods. lares and penates, household gods.
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larine
adj. - pertaining to or like gulls.
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larithmics
n. - study of population statistics.
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larmoyant
adj. - tearful; weeping.
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lascar
n. - native sailor or soldier.
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lasher
n. - weir; water in or pool below weir.
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lassipedes
n. - tired feet
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lasslorn
adj. - stood up by one's lady
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latebricole
adj. - living in holes.
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lateen
adj. - applied to triangular sail rigged on spar forming angle of 45° with mast. lateener, n. lateen-rigged vessel.
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laterigrade
adj.,n. - (animal) moving sideways or crab-wise.
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laterite
n. - Geology, red clay formed by weathering of oxide- bearing rocks. lateritic, adj. lateritious, adj. brick-red in color.
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lateroversion
n. - Medicine, sideways displacement of organ.
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latescent
adj. - becoming latent.
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laticostate
adj. - having broad ribs. latidentate, adj. having broad teeth. latipennate, adj. having broad wings. latirostrate, adj. having broad beak.
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latitidinarian
n. - characterized by liberality in opinion or inaction; tolerant in one's views
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latitudinarian
adj.,n. - (person) having broad and free views, especially religious. latitudinarianism, n.
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latitudinous
adj. - (of attitude, interpretation) having breadth.
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latrant
adj. - snarling, complaining
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latticinio
n. - kind of glass with white veins.
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laureate
adj. - crowned with laurel wreath as prize or sign of distinction; n. such person, especially poet; prize-winner;, v. bestow laurel wreath on. laureation, n.
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laurence
n. - bending of lightwaves by heat as seen on pavement on hot summer day
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lavage
n. - washing (out). lavation, n.
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laxation
n. - act of loosening; state of being loosened.
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layette
n. - clothing, bedding, etc., for new-born child.
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lazar
n. - leper; any plague-stricken person. lazaretto, n. leper hospital.
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lazarole
n. - medlar.
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lecanomancy
n. - fortunetelling by looking at water in a basin
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lecheur
n. - a devotee of oral intercourse; a licker
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lecithal
adj. - having yolk. lecithity, n.
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lectern
n. - reading desk. lection, n. variant reading in a particular edition of a text.
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lectionary
n. - list of parts of Scriptures ordered to be read in churches.
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lectual
adj. - necessitating confinement to bed.
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leggiadrous
adj. - graceful
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leguleian
adj. - like lawyer; pettifogging; n. lawyer. leguleious, adj.
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leguminous
adj. - applied to plants with seeds in pods. legume, n. vegetable; leguminous plant grown as forage; pod. leguminiform, adj. pod-shaped. leguminose, adj.
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leiotrichous
adj. - smooth-haired. leiotrichy, n. leiophyllous, adj. smooth-leaved.
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leister
n. - trident for spearing fish.
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lemma
n. - (pl. -mas, -mata ) Logic, major premise; (argument or theme used as) the title of a composition; Lexicography, word considered as a headword, accompanied by all its inflected forms. Botany, flowering glume of grass.
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lemnaceous
adj. - pertaining to or like duckweed; belonging to duckweed family of plants.
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lemures
n. - spirits of dead.
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