Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 6
Laissez faire () Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system government.
Laissez faire (n.) The doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs [syn: individualism, laissez faire].
Laity (a.) The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.
A rising up of the laity against the sacerdotal caste. -- Macaulay.
Laity (a.) The state of a layman. [Obs.] -- Ayliffe.
Laity (a.) Those who are not of a certain profession, as law or medicine, in distinction from those belonging to it.
Laity (n.) In Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy [syn: laity, temporalty] [ant: clergy].
Laity. () Those persons who do not make a part of the clergy. In the United States the division of the people into clergy and laity is not authorized by law, but is, merely conventional.
Lakao (n.) Sap green. [China]
Lake (n.) A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc.
Lake (n.) A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Lake (v. i.) To play; to sport. [Prov. Eng.]
Lake (n.) 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.
Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean.
Lake dwellers (Ethnol.), People of a prehistoric race, or races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of Switzerland.
Lake dwellings (Archaeol.), Dwellings built over a lake, sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many savage tribes. Called also lacustrine dwellings. See Crannog.
Lake fly (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Chironomus. In form they resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larvae live in lakes.
Lake herring (Zool.), The cisco ({Coregonus Artedii"> Lake herring (Zool.), the cisco ({Coregonus Artedii).
Lake poets, Lake school, A collective name originally applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed with these by hostile critics. Called also lakers and lakists.
Lake sturgeon (Zool.), A sturgeon ({Acipenser rubicundus"> Lake sturgeon (Zool.), a sturgeon ({Acipenser rubicundus), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. It is used as food.
Lake trout (Zool.), Any one of several species of trout and salmon; in Europe, esp. Salmo fario; in the United States, esp. Salvelinus namaycush of the Great Lakes, and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({Salvelinus fontinalis), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake trout. See Namaycush.
Lake whitefish. (Zool.) See Whitefish.
Lake whiting (Zool.), An American whitefish ({Coregonus Labradoricus), found in many lakes in the Northern United States and Canada. It is more slender than the common whitefish.
Lake (n.) A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
Lake (n.) A purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal.
Lake (n.) Any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments.
Lake -- U.S. County in Illinois
Population (2000): 644356
Housing Units (2000): 225919
Land area (2000): 447.563704 sq. miles (1159.184623 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 920.386660 sq. miles (2383.790404 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1367.950364 sq. miles (3542.975027 sq. km)
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 42.313322 N, 87.983801 W
Headwords:
Lake
Lake, IL
Lake County
Lake County, IL
Lake -- U.S. County in Indiana
Population (2000): 484564
Housing Units (2000): 194992
Land area (2000): 496.984821 sq. miles (1287.184722 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 129.358041 sq. miles (335.035775 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 626.342862 sq. miles (1622.220497 sq. km)
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 41.529603 N, 87.395253 W
Headwords:
Lake
Lake, IN
Lake County
Lake
County, IN
Lake -- U.S. County in Montana
Population (2000): 26507
Housing Units (2000): 13605
Land area (2000): 1493.773858 sq. miles (3868.856367 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 159.946525 sq. miles (414.259580 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1653.720383 sq. miles (4283.115947 sq. km)
Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30
Location: 47.652922 N, 114.126444 W
Headwords:
Lake
Lake, MT
Lake County
Lake County,
MT
Lake -- U.S. County in Minnesota
Population (2000): 11058
Housing Units (2000): 6840
Land area (2000): 2099.159616 sq. miles (5436.798216 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 891.661842 sq. miles (2309.393470 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2990.821458 sq. miles (7746.191686 sq. km)
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 47.500149 N, 91.469111 W
Headwords:
Lake
Lake, MN
Lake County
Lake County, MN
Lake -- U.S. County in Michigan
Population (2000): 11333
Housing Units (2000): 13498
Land area (2000): 567.435063 sq. miles (1469.650004 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 7.168657 sq. miles (18.566736 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 574.603720 sq. miles (1488.216740 sq. km)
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 43.951418 N, 85.831863 W
Headwords:
Lake
Lake, MI
Lake County
Lake County, MI
Lake -- U.S. County in Ohio
Population (2000): 227511
Housing Units (2000): 93487
Land area (2000): 228.211516 sq. miles (591.065088 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 750.653787 sq. miles (1944.184300 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 978.865303 sq. miles (2535.249388 sq. km)
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.693346 N, 81.303633 W
Headwords:
Lake
Lake, OH
Lake County
Lake County, OH
Lake -- U.S. County in Oregon
Population (2000): 7422
Housing Units (2000): 3999
Land area (2000): 8135.753031 sq. miles (21071.502721 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 222.712079 sq. miles (576.821612 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8358.465110 sq. miles (21648.324333 sq. km)
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 42.713376 N, 120.576980 W
Headwords:
Lake
Lake, OR
Lake County
Lake County, OR
Lake -- U.S. County in Tennessee
Population (2000): 7954
Housing Units (2000): 2716
Land area (2000): 163.417360 sq. miles (423.249002 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 30.377450 sq. miles (78.677230 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 193.794810 sq. miles (501.926232 sq. km)
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 36.333874 N, 89.485338 W
Headwords:
Lake
Lake, TN
Lake County
Lake County, TN
Lake -- U.S. County in South Dakota
Population (2000): 11276
Housing Units (2000): 5282
Land area (2000): 563.228625 sq. miles (1458.755381 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 11.827532 sq. miles (30.633165 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 575.056157 sq. miles (1489.388546 sq. km)
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 44.019761 N, 97.099990 W
Headwords:
Lake
Lake, SD
Lake County
Lake County, SD
Lake -- U.S. County in Colorado
Population (2000): 7812
Housing Units (2000): 3913
Land area (2000): 376.892949 sq. miles (976.148215 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 7.006642 sq. miles (18.147119 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 383.899591 sq. miles (994.295334 sq. km)
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.214575 N, 106.310225 W
Headwords:
Lake
Lake, CO
Lake County
Lake County, CO
Lake -- U.S. County in Florida
Population (2000): 210528
Housing Units (2000): 102830
Land area (2000): 953.150059 sq. miles (2468.647214 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 203.248529 sq. miles (526.411252 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1156.398588 sq. miles (2995.058466 sq. km)
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 28.795924 N, 81.747696 W
Headwords:
Lake
Lake, FL
Lake County
Lake County, FL
Lake -- U.S. County in California
Population (2000): 58309
Housing Units (2000): 32528
Land area (2000): 1257.958823 sq. miles (3258.098255 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 71.520402 sq. miles (185.236984 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1329.479225 sq. miles (3443.335239 sq. km)
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 39.023264 N, 122.751791 W
Headwords:
Lake
Lake, CA
Lake County
Lake County, CA
Lake, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
Population (2000): 408
Housing Units (2000): 159
Land area (2000): 1.102019 sq. miles (2.854217 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.102019 sq. miles (2.854217 sq. km)
FIPS code: 38600
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 32.343228 N, 89.328193 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 39092
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Lake, MS
Lake
Lake-dweller (n.) See Lake dwellers, under Lake.
Lakefront (n.) 面臨湖水之處；湖邊； 湖畔 The land along the edge of a lake.
Lakefront (n.) Land bordering a lake.
Lakelet (n.) A little lake.
Lakeweed (n.) The water pepper (Polygonum Hydropiper), an aquatic plant of Europe and North America.
Lakh (n.) Same as Lac, one hundred thousand.
Lakin (n.) See Ladykin.
Lakke (n. & v.) See Lack.
Laky (a.) Pertaining to a lake.
Laky (a.) Transparent; -- said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.
Lallation (n.) An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l.
Lalo (n.) The powdered leaves of the baobab tree, used by the Africans to mix in their soup, as the southern negroes use powdered sassafras. Cf. Couscous.
Lammed (imp. & p. p.) of Lam.
Lamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lam.
Lam (v. t.) To beat soundly; to thrash.
Lama (n.) See Llama.
Lama (n.) In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.
Lamaic (a.) Of or pertaining to Lamaism.
Lamaism (n.) A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Thibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d Lama.
Lamaist (n.) Alt. of Lamaite.
Lamaite (n.) One who believes in Lamaism.
Lamaistic (a.) Of or pertaining to Lamaism.
Lamantin (n.) The manatee.
Lamarckian (a.) Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism.
Lamarckianism (n.) Lamarckism.
Lamarckism (n.) The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.
Lamasery (n.) A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc.
Lamb (n.) (Zool.) 小羊 [C]；羔羊肉；羔羊皮 [U]；羔羊般柔順的人 [C] The young of the sheep.
Lamb (n.) Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
Lamb (n.) A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
Lamb of God, The Lamb (Script.), The Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb.
The twelve apostles of the Lamb. -- Rev. xxi. 14.
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. -- John i. 29.
Lamb's lettuce (Bot.), An annual plant with small obovate leaves ({Valerianella olitoria), often used as a salad; corn salad. [Written also lamb lettuce.]
Lamb's tongue, A carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. -- Knight.
Lamb's wool. (a) The wool of a lamb.
Lamb's wool. (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool. [Obs.] -- Goldsmith.
Lambed (imp. & p. p.) of Lamb.
Lambing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lamb.
Lamb (v. i.) 產（羔羊） To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.
Lamb (n.) Young sheep.
Lamb (n.) English essayist (1775-1834) [syn: Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia].
Lamb (n.) A person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters).
Lamb (n.) A sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child) [syn: lamb, dear].
Lamb (n.) The flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food.
Lamb (v.) Give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed."
Lamb, () Heb. kebes, a male lamb from the first to the third year. Offered daily at the morning and the evening sacrifice (Ex. 29:38-42), on the Sabbath day (Num. 28:9), at the feast of the New Moon (28:11), of Trumpets (29:2), of Tabernacles (13-40), of Pentecost (Lev. 23:18-20), and of the Passover (Ex. 12:5), and on many other occasions (1 Chr. 29:21; 2 Chr. 29:21; Lev. 9:3; 14:10-25).
Lamb, () Heb. taleh, a young sucking lamb (1 Sam. 7:9; Isa. 65:25). In the symbolical language of Scripture the lamb is the type of meekness and innocence (Isa. 11:6; 65:25; Luke 10:3; John 21:15).
The lamb was a symbol of Christ (Gen. 4:4; Ex. 12:3; 29:38; Isa. 16:1; 53:7; John 1:36; Rev. 13:8).
Christ is called the Lamb of God (John 1:29, 36), as the great sacrifice of which the former sacrifices were only types (Num. 6:12; Lev. 14:12-17; Isa. 53:7; 1 Cor. 5:7).
Lamb, () A ram, sheep or ewe, under the age of one year. 4 Car. & P. 216; S. C. 19 Eng. Com. Law Rep. 351.
Lamb -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 14709
Housing Units (2000): 6294
Land area (2000): 1016.212703 sq. miles (2631.978707 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.517990 sq. miles (3.931575 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1017.730693 sq. miles (2635.910282 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 34.057561 N, 102.357212 W
Headwords:
Lamb
Lamb, TX
Lamb County
Lamb County, TX
Lambale (n.) A feast at the time of shearing lambs.
Lambaste (v. t.) To beat severely.
Lambative (a.) Taken by licking with the tongue.
Lambative (n.) A medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture.
Lambda (n.) The name of the Greek letter [Lambda], [lambda], corresponding with the English letter L, l.
Lambda (n.) (Anat.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.
Lambda (n.) (Phys.) A subatomic particle carrying no charge, having a mass equal to 2183 times that of an electron; it decays rapidly, typically forming a nucleon and a pion. -- MW10
Lambda moth (Zool.), A moth so called from a mark on its wings, resembling the Greek letter lambda ([Lambda]).
Lambda (n.) The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
Lambda (n.) The craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull.
LAMBDA, () A version of typed lambda-calculus, used to describe semantic domains.
["Outline of a Mathematical Theory of Computation", D.S. Scott, TM PRG-2, PRG, Oxford U, 1971].
Lambdacism (n.) A fault in speaking or in composition, which consists in too frequent use of the letter l, or in doubling it erroneously.
Lambdacism (n.) A defect in pronunciation of the letter l when doubled, which consists in giving it a sound as if followed by y, similar to that of the letters lli in billion.
Lambdacism (n.) The use of the sound of l for that of r in pronunciation; lallation; as, Amelican for American.
Lambdoid (a.) Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (/); as, the lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull.
Lambdoidal (a.) Same as Lambdoid.
Lambent (a.) Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
Lambent (a.) Twinkling or gleaming; fickering.
Lambert pine () The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States.
Lambkin (n.) A small lamb.
Lamblike (a.) Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive.
Lamboys (n. pl.) Same as Base, n., 19.
Lambrequin (n.) A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat.
Lambrequin (n.) A leather flap hanging from a cuirass.
Lambrequin (n.) A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like.
Lambskin (n.) The skin of a lamb; especially, a skin dressed with the wool on, and used as a mat. Also used adjectively.
Lambskin (n.) A kind of woolen.
Lambskinnet (n.) See Lansquenet.
Lamb's-quarters (n.) A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa.
Lamdoidal (a.) Lambdoid.
Lame (a.) 跛腳的，瘸的；僵痛的；站不住腳的，無說服力的 Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.
Lame (a.) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man.
Lame (a.) Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. ; as, a lame answer. "A lame endeavor." -- Barrow.
O, most lame and impotent conclusion! -- Shak.
{Lame duck} (Stock Exchange), A person who can not fulfill his contracts. [Cant]
{Lame duck} An elected politician who is completing a term after having been defeated at an election; also, an office holder who cannot or chooses not to run again for the same office; -- So called from the presumed lack of political power of one who is soon to be out of office.
{Lame duck} Any office holder who is serving out a term after a replacement has been selected.
Lamed (imp. & p. p.) of Lame.
Laming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lame.
Lame (v. t.) 使跛腳；使……變得無力 To make lame.
If you happen to let child fall and lame it. -- Swift.
Lame (a.) Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument" [syn: {feeble}, {lame}].
Lame (a.) Disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" [syn: {crippled}, {halt}, {halting}, {lame}, {gimpy}, {game}].
Lame (n.) Someone who doesn't understand what is going on [syn: {square}, {lame}].
Lame (n.) A fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress."
Lame (v.) Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life" [syn: {cripple}, {lame}].
Lamel (n.) See Lamella.
Lamellae (n. pl. ) of Lamella.
Lamellas (n. pl. ) of Lamella.
Lamella (n.) a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.
Lamellar (a.) Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamellae.
Lamellarly (adv.) In thin plates or scales.
Lamellary (a.) Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellae; lamellar.
Lamellate (a.) Alt. of Lamellated.
Lamellated (a.) Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of Antennae.
Lamellibranch (n.) One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.
Lamellibranchia (n. pl.) Alt. of Lamellibranchiata.
Lamellibranchiata (n. pl.) (Zool.) 瓣鰓綱 (Lamellibranchia )，屬軟體動物門，也稱作雙殼綱 (Bivalvia ) 或無頭綱(Acephala )。瓣鰓綱動物全部生活在水中，大部分海產，少數生活在淡水中。約有2萬種，分布很廣。一般運動緩慢，有的潛居泥沙中，有的固著生活，也有的鑿石或鑿木而棲。該綱全部種類均可食用，多種可入藥，部分種能產珍珠。An earlier name for the class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc., now called Pelecypoda or Bivalvia.
Note: They usually have two (rarely but one) flat, lamelliform gills on each side of the body. They have an imperfectly developed head, concealed within the {Acephala">shell, whence they are called {Acephala. Called also Conchifera, and Pelecypoda. See Bivalve.
Lamellibranchia (n.) Oysters; clams; scallops; mussels [syn: Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda].
Lamellibranchiate (a.) Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia.
Lamellibranchiate (n.) One of the Lamellibranchia.
Lamellicorn (a.) Having antennae terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of certain coleopterous insects.
Lamellicorn (a.) Terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of antennae.
Lamellicorn (n.) A lamellicorn insect.
Lamellicornia (n. pl.) A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes.
Lamelliferous (a.) Bearing, or composed of, lamellae, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated.
Lamelliform (a.) Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar.
Lamellirostral (a.) Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese.
Lamellirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate.
Lamellose (a.) Composed of, or having, lamellae; lamelliform.
Lamely (adv.) An a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walk lamely; a figure lamely drawn.
Lameness (n.) The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an argument.
Lameness (n.) Disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet [syn: lameness, limping, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, claudication].
Lameness (n.) An imperfection or defectiveness; "a stylist noted for the lameness of his plots."
Lament (v. i.) 悔恨，悲嘆 To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn.
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. -- 2 Chron. xxxv. 25.
Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. -- John xvi. 20.
Lamented (imp. & p. p.) of Lament.
Lamenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lament.
Lament (v. t.) 哀悼 To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.
One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. -- Dryden.
Syn: To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore.