Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 3
Lachrymal (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to the lachrymal organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct. Lachrymal
Lacrymal (n.) Alt. of Lacrymal.
Lacrymal (n.) See Lachrymatory.
Lachrymal (a.) Of or relating to tears [syn: lacrimal, lachrymal].
Lachrymal (a.) Relating to or located near the organ that produces tears [syn: lacrimal, lachrymal].
Lachrymary (a.) Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal. -- Addison.
Lachrymate (v. i.) To weep. [R.] -- Blount.
Lachrymation (n.) The act of shedding tears; weeping.
Lachrymatories (n. pl. ) of Lachrymatory.
Lachrymatory (n.) (Antiq.) A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.
Lachrymatory (a.) Relating to or inducing tears; -- especially of chemical substances. lacrimator
Syn: lacrimatory.
Lachrymatory (a.) Relating to or prompting tears. [syn: Lacrimatory].
Lachrymiform (a.) Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped.
Lachrymose (a.) Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.
You should have seen his lachrymose visnomy. -- Lamb. -- Lach"ry*mose`ly, adv.
Lachrymose (a.) Showing sorrow [syn: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, tearful, weeping].
Lacing (n.) The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.
Lacing (n.) A lace; specifically (Mach.), a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts.
Lacing (n.) (Naut.) A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc.
Lacing (n.) (Bridge Building) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut. --Waddell.
Lacing (n.) A quantity of a substance, such as an alcoholic liquor, added to a food or a drink; as, punch with a lacing of rum.
Lacing (n.) A beating, especially with a lash. Laciniae
Lacing (n.) A small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage.
Lacing (n.) A cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) [syn: lace, lacing].
Lacing (n.) The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking].
Laciniae (n. pl. ) of Lacinia.
Lacinia (n.) (Bot.) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
Lacinia (n.) (Bot.) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
Lacinia (n.) (Zool.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects. Laciniate
Laciniate (a.) Alt. of Laciniated.
Laciniated (a.) Fringed; having a fringed border.
Laciniated (a.) (Bot. & Zool.) Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed.
Laciniate (a.) Having edges irregularly and finely slashed; "a laciniate
leaf" [syn: fringed, laciniate].
Laciniolate (a.) (Bot.) Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute laciniae. Lacinulaa
Lacinulae (n. pl. ) of Lacinula.
Lacinulas (n. pl. ) of Lacinula.
Lacinula (n.) (Bot.) A diminutive lacinia.
Lac, Lakh (n.) One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees. [Written also lack.] [East Indies]
Lack (n.) Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Lack (n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.
She swooneth now and now for lakke of blood. -- Chaucer.
Let his lack of years be no impediment. -- Shak.
Lack (v. t.) To blame; to find fault with. [Obs.]
Love them and lakke them not. -- Piers Plowman.
Lack (v. t.) To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. -- James i. 5.
Lack (v. i.) To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.
What hour now?
I think it lacks of twelve. -- Shak.
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty. -- Gen. xvii. 28.
Lack (v. i.) To be in want.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. -- Ps. xxxiv. 10.
Lack (interj.) Exclamation of regret or surprise. [Prov. Eng.] -- Cowper.
Lack (n.) The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" [syn: lack, deficiency, want].
Lack (v.) Be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!" [syn: miss, lack] [ant: feature, have].
Lacked (imp. & p. p.) of Lack.
Lacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lack.
Lackadaisical (a.) Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental ; dreamy.
Lackadaisical (a.) Lacking spirit or liveliness; lethargic; listless; languid.
Lackadaisical (a.) Indolent; lazy; idle, especially in a dreamy manner. -- Lack`a*dai"si*cal*ly, adv.
Lackadaisical (a.) Lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon" [syn: dreamy, lackadaisical, languid, languorous].
Lackadaisical (a.) Idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way; "she was annoyingly lackadaisical and impractical"; "a...lackadaisical, spiritless young man-about-town" -- P.G.Wodehouse.
Lackadaisy (interj.) An expression of languor.
Lackadaisy (a.) Lackadaisical.
Lackaday (interj.) Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.
Lackbrain (n.) One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. -- Shak.
Lacker (n.) One who lacks or is in want.
Lacker (n. & v.) See Lacquer.
Lacquer (n.) [Written also lacker.] A varnish, consisting of a solution of shellac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mach['e], 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.
Lackey (n.) An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower. [syn: toady, crawler, sycophant].
Lackey (n.; pl. Lackeys.) An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey. -- Shak.
Lackey caterpillar (Zool.), The caterpillar, or larva, of any bombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so called from its party-colored markings. The common European species ({Clisiocampa neustria) is striped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The American species ({Clisiocampa Americana and Clisiocampa sylvatica) are commonly called tent caterpillars. See Tent caterpillar, under Tent.
Lackey moth (Zool.), The moth which produces the lackey caterpillar.
Lackey (v. t.) To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
A thousand liveried angels lackey her. -- Milton.
Lackey (v. i.) To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance. Lackluster
Lackey (n.) A male servant (especially a footman) [syn: lackey, flunky, flunkey].
Lackey (n.) A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage [syn: sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser].
Lackeyed (imp. & p. p.) of Lackey.
Lackeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lackey.
Lackeys (n. pl. ) of Lackey.
Lackluster (n.) Alt. of Lacklustre.
Lacklustre (n.) 無光澤；無生氣 A lack of luster. Lackluster
Lacklustre (a.) 無光澤的；無生氣的 Wanting luster or brightness. "Lackluster eye." -- Shak.
Lacklustre (a.) Lacking spirit, liveliness, or enthusiasm; dull.
Lacklustre (a.) Mediocre; as, a lackluster performance.
Lackluster (a.) Lacking brilliance or vitality; "a dull lackluster life"; "a lusterless performance" [syn: lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless].
Lackluster (a.) Lacking luster or shine; "staring with lackluster eyes"; "lusterless hair" [syn: lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless].
Lacmus (n.) See Litmus.
Laconian (a.) Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan.
Laconian (n.) An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.
Laconian (n.) A resident of Laconia.
Laconic (a.) Alt. of Laconical.
Laconic (a.) Formal : Using very few words to express what you mean.
// She had a laconic wit.
Laconical (a.) Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.
I grow laconic even beyond laconicism; for sometimes I return only yes, or no, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long. -- Pope.
His sense was strong and his style laconic. -- Welwood.
Laconical (a.) Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.
His head had now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well. -- Bp. Hall.
Syn: Short; brief; concise; succinct; sententious; pointed; pithy.
Usage: Laconic, Concise. Concise means without irrelevant or superfluous matter; it is the opposite of diffuse.
Laconic means concise with the additional quality of pithiness, sometimes of brusqueness.
Laconic (n.) Laconism. [Obs.] -- Addison.
Laconic (a.) Brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand" [syn: crisp, curt, laconic, terse].
Laconical (a.) See Laconic, a.
Laconically (adv.) In a laconic manner.
Laconically (adv.) In a dry laconic manner; "I know that," he said dryly [syn: laconically, dryly, drily].
LaconIcism (n.) Same as Laconism. -- Pope.
Laconicism (n.) Terseness of expression [syn: laconism, laconicism]
Laconism (n.) A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style.
Laconism (n.) An instance of laconic style or expression.
Laconism (n.) Terseness of expression [syn: laconism, laconicism]
Laconized (imp. & p. p.) of Laconize.
Laconizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laconize.
Laconize (v. i.) To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.
Lacquer (n.) A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mache, 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.
Lacquered (imp. & p. p.) of Lacquer.
Lacquering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lacquer.
Lacquer (v. t.) To cover with lacquer. "Lacquer'd chair." -- Pope.
Lacquer (n.) A black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish.
Lacquer (n.) A hard glossy coating.
Lacquer (v.) Coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China".
Lacquerer (n.) One who lacquers, especially one who makes a business of lacquering.
Lacquering (n.) The act or business of putting on lacquer; also, the coat of lacquer put on.
Lacrimatory (a.) Relating to or inducing tears; -- especially of chemical substances; same as lachrymatory.
Syn: lachrymatory.
Lacrimatory (a.) Relating to or prompting tears [syn: lacrimatory, lachrymatory].
Lacrimatory (n. pl. ries. a.) [syn: Lachrymatory].
Lacrimoso (a.) (Mus.) Plaintive; -- a term applied to a mournful or pathetic movement or style. -- Moore.
Lacrosse (n.) A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field.
Lacrosse (n.) A game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal.
Lachrymatory (n.; pl. -{ries.}) (Antiq.) A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.
Lachrymal, Lacrymal (n.) See Lachrymatory.
Lacrymal (n. & a.) See Lachrymatory, n., and Lachrymal, a. Lacrytory Lacrymary
Lacrymary () Alt. of Lacrymose.
Lacrytory () Alt. of Lacrymose.
Lacrymose () See Lachrymary, Lachrymatory, Lachrymose.
Lactage (n.) The produce of animals yielding milk; milk and that which is made from it.
Lactam (n.) (Chem.) One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol ; a cyclic amide.
Beta-lactam or [beta]-lactam, (a) a lactam in which the amide bond is contained within a four-membered ring, which includes the amide nitrogen and the carbonyl carbon.
Beta-lactam or [beta]-lactam, (b) An antibiotic containing a beta-lactam, such as a penicillin, cephalosporin, or carbapenem; also called a beta-lactam antibiotic. [informal, laboratory slang].
Lactamic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also amido-propionic acid.
Lactamide (n.) (Chem.) An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine.
Lactant (a.) Suckling; giving suck.
Lactarene (n.) A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico.
Lactary (a.) Milky; full of white juice like milk. [Obs.] "Lactary or milky plants." -- Sir T. Browne.
Lactary (n.) A dairyhouse. [R.]
Lactate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of lactic acid.
Lactation (n.) A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.
Lactation (n.) The secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland; giving suck.
Lactation (n.) The period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning".
Lactation (n.) The production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands.
Lactation (n.) Feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast [syn: suckling, lactation].
Lacteal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.
Lacteal (a.) (Anat. & Physiol.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.
Lacteal (n.) (Anat.) One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.
Lacteal (a.) Relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk; "lacteal fluids"; "lacteal organs".
Lacteal (n.) Any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct.
Lacteally (adv.) Milkily; in the manner of milk.
Lactean (a.) Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk. "This lactean whiteness." -- Moxon.
Lactean (a.) (Anat. & Physiol.) Lacteal; conveying chyle.
Lacteous (a.) Milky; resembling milk. "The lacteous circle." -- Sir T. Browne.
Lacteous (a.) Lacteal; conveying chyle; as, lacteous vessels.
Lacteously (adv.) In a lacteous manner; after the manner of milk.
Lactescence (n.) The state or quality of producing milk, or milklike juice; resemblance to milk; a milky color.
This lactescence does commonly ensue when . . . fair water is suddenly poured upon the solution. -- Boyle.
Lactescence (n.) (Bot.) The latex of certain plants. See Latex.
Lactescent (a.) Having a milky look; becoming milky. [Obs.]
Lactescent (a.) (Bot.) Producing milk or a milklike juice or fluid, as the milkweed. See Latex.