Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 56
Lunular (a.) Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent ; lunate. Lunulate
Lunulate (a.) Alt. of Lunulated.
Lunulated (a.) (Bot. & Zool.) Resembling a small crescent. -- Gray.
Lunule (n.) (Anat.) Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune.
Lunule (n.) (Chem.) A lune. See Lune.
Lunule (n.) (Zool.) A small or narrow crescent.
Lunule (n.) (Zool.) A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shaped. See Illust. of Bivalve.
Lunule (n.) The crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail [syn: half-moon, lunula, lunule].
Lunulet (n.) (Zool.) A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects.
Lunulite (n.) (Paleon.) Any bryozoan of the genus Lunulites, having a more or less circular form.
Loony (a.) Crazy; insane; lunatic; mentally unsound. [Low, U.S.] [Written also loony, luny and looney.] See Luny.
Loony (a.) Very foolish; very impractical; as, loony ideas.
Luny (a.) [Written also loony and looney.] [Low, U.S.]
Lupercal (a.) Of or pertaining to the Lupercalia.
Lupercal (n.) A grotto on the Palatine Hill sacred to Lupercus, the Lycean Pan.
Lupercalia (n. pl.) (Rom. Antiq.) A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan.
Lupine (n.) (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, especially L. albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is L. perennis. There are many species in California.
Lupine (n.) Wolfish; ravenous. -- Gauden.
Lupine (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of wolves.
Lupine (n.) Any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers [syn: lupine, lupin].
Lupinin (n.) (Chem.) A glucoside found in the seeds of several species of lupine, and extracted as a yellowish white crystalline substance.
Lupinine (n.) (Chem.) An alkaloid found in several species of lupine ({Lupinus luteus, Lupinus albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance, having a formula C10H19NO. Called also l-lupinine
Note: Chemically it is a a bicyclic saturated quinolizine [1-R-trans]-Octahydro-2H-quinolizine-1-methanol, with the structure: CH2OH | /\ H /\ / \|/ \ | | | | N | \ / \ / \/ \/ -- [MI11]
Lupulin (n.) (Chem.) A bitter principle extracted from hops.
Lupulin (n.) The fine yellow resinous powder found upon the strobiles or fruit of hops, and containing this bitter principle. [Written also lupuline.]
Lupuline (n.) (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from hops as a colorless volatile liquid.
Lupulinic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, hops; specifically, designating an acid obtained by the decomposition of lupulin.
Lupus (n.) (Med.) originally, a cutaneous disease with the appearance of the skin having been gnawed, and occurring under two distinct forms. Now used as a generic term for over ten distinguishable diseases having visible cutaneous symptoms.
Note: Lupus erythematosus is characterized by an eruption of red patches, which become incrusted, leaving superficial scars. Lupus vulgaris is marked by the development of nodules which often ulcerate deeply and produce great deformity. Prior to 1900 the latter was often confounded with cancer, and some varieties of cancer were included under Lupus. Systemic lupus erythematosus is an inflammatory connective tissue disease occurring mostly in women, characterized by skin rash, fever, and arthritic symptoms, and often accompanied by hemolytic anemia, inflammation of the pericardium, glomerular lesions, and hyperglobulinemia; the condition shows positive in the LE cell test. --[Stedman]br/
Lupus (n.) (Astron.) The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio.
Lupus (n.) Any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease.
Lupus (n.) A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus.
Lupus, MO -- U.S. town in Missouri
Population (2000): 29
Housing Units (2000): 24
Land area (2000): 0.192275 sq. miles (0.497989 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.192275 sq. miles (0.497989 sq. km)
FIPS code: 44498
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.846609 N, 92.452641 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Lupus, MO
Lupus
Lurcation (n.) Gluttony; gormandizing. [Obs.]
Lurch (v. i.) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. [Obs.]
Too far off from great cities, which may hinder business; too near them, which lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything dear. -- Bacon.
Lurch (n.) An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
Lady --- has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch. -- Walpole.
To leave one in the lurch. (a) In the game of cribbage, to leave one's adversary so far behind that the game is won before he has scored thirty-one.
To leave one in the lurch. (b) To leave one behind; hence, to abandon, or fail to stand by, a person in a difficulty. -- Denham.
But though thou'rt of a different church, I will not leave thee in the lurch. -- Hudibras.
Lurch (v. t.) To leave in the lurch; to cheat. [Obs.]
Never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant. -- South.
Lurch (v. t.) To steal; to rob. [Obs.]
And in the brunt of seventeen battles since He lurched all swords of the garland. -- Shak.
Lurch (n.) A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.
Lurched (imp. & p. p.) of Lurch.
Lurching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lurch.
Lurch (v. i.) To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man; to move forward while lurching.
Lurch (v. i.) To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk. -- L'Estrange.
Lurch (v. i.) To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
I . . . am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch. -- Shak.
Lurch (n.) An unsteady uneven gait [syn: lurch, stumble, stagger].
Lurch (n.) A decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage).
Lurch (n.) Abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting" [syn: lurch, pitch, pitching].
Lurch (n.) The act of moving forward suddenly [syn: lurch, lunge].
Lurch (v.) Walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen].
Lurch (v.) Move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left" [syn: lurch, pitch, shift].
Lurch (v.) Move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road".
Lurch (v.) Loiter about, with no apparent aim [syn: prowl, lurch].
Lurch (v.) Defeat by a lurch [syn: lurch, skunk].
Lurcher (n.) One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; one who lurks; a lurker; a poacher.
Lurcher (n.) (Zool.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers.
Lurcher (n.) A glutton; a gormandizer. [Obs.]
Lurcher (n.) Someone waiting in concealment [syn: lurker, skulker, lurcher].
Lurchline (n.) The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the birds.
Lurdan (a.) Stupid; blockish. [Obs.]
Lurdan (n.) A blockhead. [Obs.]
Lure (n.) 誘惑物 [C]；誘惑力，吸引力；魅力 [the S] [（+of）]；（誘捕鳥獸用的）誘餌；魚餌 [C] A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks. -- Shak.
Lure (n.) Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy. -- Milton.
Lure (n.) (Hat Making) A velvet smoothing brush. -- Knight.
Lured (imp. & p. p.) of Lure.
Luring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lure.
Lure (v. t.) 引誘，誘惑；以誘餌吸引 [O] To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.
I am not lured with love. -- Piers Plowman.
And various science lures the learned eye. -- Gay.
Lure (v. i.) To recall a hawk or other animal.
Lure (n.) Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward [syn: {lure}, {enticement}, {come-on}].
Lure (n.) Anything that serves as an enticement [syn: {bait}, {come- on}, {hook}, {lure}, {sweetener}].
Lure (n.) Something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed [syn: {bait}, {decoy}, {lure}].
Lure (v.) Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation" [syn: {entice}, {lure}, {tempt}].
Lurg (n.) (Zool.) A large marine annelid ({Nephthys c[ae]ca}), inhabiting the sandy shores of Europe and America. It is whitish, with a pearly luster, and grows to the length of eight or ten inches.
Lurid (a.) 火燒似的；蒼白的；華麗而庸俗的；可怕的 Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal.
Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame. -- Thomson.
Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke On the misty river tide. -- Tennyson.
Lurid (a.) (Bot.) Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
Lurid (a.) (Zool.) Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.
Lurid (a.) Vivid, sensational, or shocking; graphic or melodramatic; as, the lurid details of a murder.
Lurid (a.) Horrible in fierceness or savagery; "lurid crimes"; "a lurid life".
Lurid (a.) Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident" [syn: {lurid}, {shocking}].
Lurid (a.) Shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames".
Lurid (a.) Ghastly pale; "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence".
Lurked (imp. & p. p.) of Lurk.
Lurking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lurk.
Lurk (v. i.) [Q] 潛伏，埋伏；（危險等）潛在 To lie hid; to lie in wait.
Like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den. -- Spenser.
Let us . . . lurk privily for the innocent. -- Prov. i. 11.
Lurk (v. i.) To keep out of sight.
The defendant lurks and wanders about in Berks. -- Blackstone.
Lurk (v.) Lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner [syn: {lurk}, {skulk}]
Lurk (v.) Be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [syn: {loiter}, {lounge}, {footle}, {lollygag}, {loaf}, {lallygag}, {hang around}, {mess about}, {tarry}, {linger}, {lurk}, {mill about}, {mill around}]
Lurk (v.) Wait in hiding to attack [syn: {ambush}, {scupper}, {bushwhack}, {waylay}, {lurk}, {ambuscade}, {lie in wait}]
Lurker (n.) One who lurks.
Lurker (n.) A small fishing boat. [Prob. Eng.]
Lurker (n.) Someone waiting in concealment [syn: {lurker}, {skulker}, {lurcher}].
Lurry (n.) A confused heap; a throng, as of persons; a jumble, as of sounds. [Obs.]
To turn prayer into a kind of lurry. -- Milton.
Luscious (a.) 甘美多汁的；美味的；味香的；滿足感官的；肉感的 Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich.
And raisins keep their luscious, native taste. -- Dryden.
Luscious (a.) Cloying; fulsome.
He had a tedious, luscious way of talking. -- Jeffrey.
Luscious (a.) Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene. [R.] -- Steele. -- Lus"cious*ly, adv. -- Lus"cious*ness, n.
Luscious (a.) Having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot mama"; "a voluptuous woman"; "a toothsome blonde in a tight dress" [syn: juicy, luscious, red-hot, toothsome, voluptuous].
Luscious (a.) Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste [syn: delectable, delicious, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy].
Luscious (a.) (Tasty) 香甜的，甘美的；汁液豐富的 Having a pleasant sweet taste or containing a lot of juice.
// Luscious ripe figs.
Luscious (a.) (Attractive) (Informal) (Of a woman) （女人）成熟性感的 Very sexually attractive.
// A luscious blonde.
Luscious (a.) (Attractive) (Of an area of countryside) （鄉間）鬱鬱蔥蔥的，蒼翠的，碧綠的 Very green and attractive.
// Luscious landscapes.
Lusern (n.) (Zool.) A lynx. See 1st Lucern and Loup-cervier.
Lucern (n.) [Obs.] A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in Switzerland.
My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt Beasts of most rapine. -- Chapman.
Lucern (n.) An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx). [Written also lusern and luzern.]
The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern I know to chase. -- Beau. & Fl.
Lush (a.) Full of juice or succulence. -- Tennyson.
How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green! -- Shak.
Lush (a.) Having thick and luxurient vegetation.
Lush (a.) Characterized by abundance or luxurience; rich.
Lush (n.) Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang] -- C. Lever.
Lush (n.) An habitual drunkard.
Lush (a.) Produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous
blooming" [syn: exuberant, lush, luxuriant,
profuse, riotous].
Lush (a.) Characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast" [syn: lavish, lucullan, lush, plush, plushy].
Lush (a.) Full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef"; "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves" [syn: lush, succulent].
Lush (n.) A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush, soaker, souse].
Lushburg (n.) See Lussheburgh. [Obs.]
Lusitanian (a.) Pertaining to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with Portugal.
Lusitanian (n.) One of the people of Lusitania.
Lusitanian (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of Portugal or the people of Portugal or their language; "Portuguese wines" [syn: Portuguese, Lusitanian].
Lusitanian (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of the region of Lusitania or its people or language.
Lusk (a.) Lazy; slothful. [Obs.]
Lusk (n.) A lazy fellow; a lubber. [Obs.] -- T. Kendall.
Lusk (v. i.) To be idle or unemployed. [Obs.]
Lusk, WY -- U.S. town in Wyoming
Population (2000): 1447
Housing Units (2000): 782
Land area (2000): 2.005013 sq. miles (5.192960 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.005013 sq. miles (5.192960 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48530
Located within: Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
Location: 42.760674 N, 104.452729 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 82225
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Lusk
Luskish (a.) Inclined to be lazy. -- Marston. -- Lusk"ish*ly, adv. --{Lusk"ish*ness, n. [Obs.] -- Spenser. Lusorious
Lusorious (a.) Alt. of Lusory.
Lusory (a.) Used in play; sportive; playful. [Obs.] -- Bp. Sanderson.
Lussheburgh (n.) A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called. [Obs.]
God wot, no Lussheburghes payen ye. -- Chaucer.
Lust (n.) Pleasure. [Obs.] " Lust and jollity." -- Chaucer.
Lust (n.) Inclination; desire. [Obs.]
For little lust had she to talk of aught. -- Spenser.
My lust to devotion is little. -- Bp. Hall.
Lust (n.) Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.
The lust of reigning. -- Milton.
Lust (n.) Licentious craving; sexual appetite. -- Milton.
Lust (n.) Hence: Virility; vigor; active power. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Lusted (imp. & p. p.) of Lust.
Lusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lust.
Lust (v. i.) To list; to like. [Obs.] --Chaucer. " Do so if thou lust." -- Latimer.
Note: In earlier usage lust was impersonal.
In the water vessel he it cast When that him luste. -- Chaucer.
Lust (v. i.) To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after.
Whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. -- Deut. xii. 15.
Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. -- Matt. v. 28.
The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy. -- James iv. 5.
Lust (n.) A strong sexual desire [syn: lecherousness, lust, lustfulness].
Lust (n.) Self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: lust, luxuria].
Lust (v.) Have a craving, appetite, or great desire for [syn: crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust].
Lust, () Sinful longing; the inward sin which leads to the falling away from God (Rom. 1:21). "Lust, the origin of sin, has its place in the heart, not of necessity, but because it is the centre of all moral forces and impulses and of spiritual activity." In Mark 4:19 "lusts" are objects of desire.
Luster (n.) One who lusts. Luster
Luster or Lustre (n.) A period of five years; a lustrum.
Both of us have closed the tenth luster. -- Bolingbroke. Luster
Luster (n.) Alt. of Lustre.
Lustre (n.) Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.
The right mark and very true luster of the diamond. -- Sir T. More.
The scorching sun was mounted high, In all its luster, to the noonday sky. -- Addison.
Note: There is a tendency to limit the use of luster, in this sense, to the brightness of things which do not shine with their own light, or at least do not blaze or glow with heat. One speaks of the luster of a diamond, or of silk, or even of the stars, but not often now of the luster of the sun, a coal of fire, or the like.
Lustre (n.) Renown; splendor; distinction; glory.
His ancestors continued about four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great luster. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Lustre (n.) A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an ornamental character. -- Pope.
Lustre (n.) (Min.) The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.
Note: The principal kinds of luster recognized are: metallic, adamantine, vitreous, resinous, greasy, pearly, and silky. With respect to intensity, luster is characterized as splendent, shining, glistening, glimmering, and dull.
Lustre (n.) A substance which imparts luster to a surface, as plumbago and some of the glazes.
Lustre (n.) A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, -- used for women's dresses.
Luster ware, Earthenware decorated by applying to the glazing metallic oxides, which acquire brilliancy in the process of baking. Luster
Lustre (n.) Same as Luster.
Lustre (n.) (UK) (US Luster) [ S or U ] 光澤，光亮 The brightness that a shiny surface has.
// A treatment for restoring the lustre to dull hair.
// The rich lustre of well-polished furniture.
Lustre (n.) (UK) (US Luster) [ U ] 光輝，光彩，亮色 A very special, attractive quality that people admire.
// The dancing of the principal ballerina added lustre to an otherwise unimpressive production of "Giselle".
Lustred (imp. & p. p.) of Lustre.
Lustering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lustre.
Lustring () of Lustre.
Luster (v. t.) Alt. of Lustre.
Lustre (v. t.) To make lustrous. [R. & Poetic]
Flooded and lustered with her loosened gold. -- Lowell.
Lustre (n.) A surface coating for ceramics or porcelain [syn: luster, lustre].
Lustre (n.) A quality that outshines the usual [syn: luster, lustre, brilliancy, splendor, splendour]
Lustre (n.) The visual property of something that shines with reflected light [syn: shininess, sheen, luster, lustre].
Lustre () (A French acronym for Synchronous real-time Lucid). Real-time dataflow language for synchronous systems, especially automatic control and signal processing. A Lucid subset, plus timing operators and user-defined clocks.
Designed for automatic control applications. It is based on the idea that automatic control engineers use to analyse, and specify their systems in terms of functions over sequences (sampled signals). It thus seems both safe and cost effective to try to compile directly those descriptions into executable code. A lot of work has been done, so as to get efficient compilation, and also in formal verification. The language has been used in nuclear plant control, and will be used in aircraft control.
["Outline of a Real-Time Data-Flow Language", J.-L. Bergerand et al, Proc IEE-CS Real Time Systems Symp, San Diego, IEEE Dec 1985, pp. 33-42].
["LUSTRE: A Declarative Language for Programming Synchronous Systems", P. Caspi et al, Conf Rec 14th Ann ACM Symp on Princ Prog Langs, 1987]. (1994-10-12)
Lustering (n.) The act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery.
Lustering (n.) The brightening of a metal in the crucible when it becomes pure, as in certain refining processes. Lusterless
Lusterless (a.) Alt. of Lustreless