Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 7
Lament (n.) Grief or sorrow expressed in complaints or cries; lamentation; a wailing; a moaning; a weeping.
Torment, and loud lament, and furious rage. -- Milton.
Lament (v.) An elegy or mournful ballad, or the like.
Lament (n.) 悲嘆，悔恨，慟哭，挽歌，悼詞 A cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: {lament}, {lamentation}, {plaint}, {wail}].
Lament (n.) A song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person [syn: {dirge}, {coronach}, {lament}, {requiem}, {threnody}].
Lament (n.) A mournful poem; a lament for the dead [syn: {elegy}, {lament}].
Lament (v.) Express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child" [syn: {lament}, {keen}].
Lament (v.) Regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: {deplore}, {lament}, {bewail}, {bemoan}].
Lamentable (a.) 可悲的，哀傷的，可憐的 Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [Archaic] "Lamentable eye." -- Spenser.
Lamentable (a.) Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. "Lamentable helplessness." -- Burke.
Lamentable (a.) Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense. -- Bp. Stillingfleet. -- Lam"en*ta*ble*ness, n. -- Lam"en*ta*bly, adv.
Lamentable (a.) Bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry].
Lamentation (n.) 悲嘆，哀悼 The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning.
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping. -- Matt. ii. 18.
Lamentation (n.) pl. (Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature of its contents.
Lamentation (n.) A cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: {lament}, {lamentation}, {plaint}, {wail}].
Lamentation (n.) The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief [syn: {lamentation}, {mourning}].
Lamentation, () (Heb. qinah), an elegy or dirge. The first example of this form of poetry is the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan (2 Sam. 1:17-27). It was a frequent accompaniment of mourning (Amos 8:10). In 2 Sam. 3:33, 34 is recorded David's lament over Abner. Prophecy sometimes took the form of a lament when it predicted calamity (Ezek. 27:2, 32; 28:12; 32:2, 16).
Lamented (a.) Mourned for; bewailed.
This humble praise, lamented shade ! receive. -- Pope.
Lamented (a.) Mourned or grieved for; "the imprint of our wise and lamented friend" -- A.E.Stevenson [ant: unlamented, unmourned].
Lamenter (n.) One who laments.
Lamentin (n.) See Lamantin.
Lamenting (n.) Lamentation.
Lamentingly (adv.) In a lamenting manner.
Lames (n. pl.) Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the other and form a piece of armor.
Lametta (n.) Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass.
Lamia (n.) A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch.
Laminae (n. pl. ) of Lamina.
Laminas (n. pl. ) of Lamina.
Lamina (n.) A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
Lamina (n.) The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower.
Lamina (n.) A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.
Laminability (n.) The quality or state of being laminable.
Laminable (a.) Capable of being split into laminae or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip.
Laminar (a.) Alt. of Laminal.
Laminal (a.) In, or consisting of, thin plates or layers; having the form of a thin plate or lamina.
Laminaria (n.) A genus of great seaweeds with long and broad fronds; kelp, or devil's apron. The fronds commonly grow in clusters, and are sometimes from thirty to fifty feet in length. See Illust. of Kelp.
Laminarian (a.) Pertaining to seaweeds of the genus Laminaria, or to that zone of the sea (from two to ten fathoms in depth) where the seaweeds of this genus grow.
Laminarite (n.) A broad-leafed fossil alga.
Laminary (a.) Laminar.
Laminate (a.) Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
Laminated (imp. & p. p.) of Laminate.
Laminating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laminate.
Laminate (v. t.) To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
Laminate (v. t.) To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
Laminate (v. i.) To separate into laminae.
Laminated (a.) Laminate.
Laminating (a.) Forming, or separating into, scales or thin layers.
Lamination (n.) The process of laminating, or the state of being laminated.
Laminiferous (a.) Having a structure consisting of laminae, or thin layers.
Laminiplantar (a.) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.
Laminitis (n.) Inflammation of the laminae or fleshy plates along the coffin bone of a horse; founder.
Lamish (a.) Somewhat lame.
Lamm (v. t.) See Lam.
Lammas (n.) The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide.
Lammergeir (n.) Alt. of Lammergeier
Lammergeier (n.) A very large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle.
Lamnunguia (n. pl.) Same as Hyracoidea.
Lamp (n.) A thin plate or lamina.
Lamp (n.) A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light.
Lamp (n.) Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.
Lamp (n.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent.
Lampad (n.) A lamp or candlestick.
Lampadist (n.) One who gained the prize in the lampadrome.
Lampadrome (n.) A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.
Lampas (n.) An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also lampers.
Lampate (n.) A supposed salt of lampic acid.
Lampblack (n.) The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements.
Lamper eel () See Lamprey.
Lampern (n.) The river lamprey (Ammocoetes, / Lampetra, fluviatilis).
Lampers (n.) See Lampas.
Lampic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; -- formerly said of a supposed acid.
Lamping (a.) Shining; brilliant.
Lampless (a.) Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull.
Lamplight (n.) Light from a lamp.
Lamplighter (n.) One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.
Lamplighter (n.) The calico bass.
Lampoon (n.) A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.
Lampooned (imp. & p. p.) of Lampoon.
Lampooning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lampoon.
Lampoon (v. t.) To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.
Lampooner (n.) The writer of a lampoon.
Lampoonry (n.) The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.
Lamp-post (n.) A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.
Lamprel (n.) See Lamprey.
Lampreys (n. pl. ) of Lamprey.
Lamprey (n.) 【魚】七鰓鰻；八目鰻 An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side. [Written also lamprel, and lampron.]
Note: The common or sea lamprey of America and Europe ({Petromyzon marinus), which in spring ascends rivers to spawn, is considered excellent food by many, and is sold as a market fish in some localities. The smaller river lampreys mostly belong to the genus Ammoc[oe]les, or Lampetra, as Ammoc[oe]les fluviatilis, of Europe, and Ammoc[oe]les [ae]pypterus of America. All lampreys attach themselves to other fishes, as parasites, by means of the suckerlike mouth.
Lamprey (n.) Primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue [syn: lamprey, lamprey eel, lamper eel].
Lampron (n.) See Lamprey.
Lampyrine (n.) An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family Lampyridae. See Lampyris.
Lampyris (n.) A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.
Lamster (n.) 〔美俚〕潛逃者，逃亡者；逃犯，逃兵 A fugitive especially from the law.
Compare: Fugitive
Fugitive (n.) [ C ] 逃亡者，逃犯；難民 A person who is running away or hiding from the police or a dangerous situation.
// Thousands of fugitives are fleeing from the war-torn area.
// Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were fugitives from justice (= they ran away to avoid being tried in court).
Compare: Fugitive
Fugitive (a.) (Temporary) (Formal) (Especially of thoughts or feelings) （尤指想法或感覺）短暫的，暫時的 Lasting for only a short time.
// A fugitive impression.
Syn: fleeting
Fleeting (a.) 短暫的；迅速的 Short or quick.
// A fleeting glimpse.
// This is just a fleeting visit.
Lanarkite (n.) A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.
Lanary (n.) A place for storing wool.
Lanate (a.) Alt. of Lanated.
Lanated (a.) 羊毛狀的，帶有羊毛狀被覆物的 Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.
Lacashire boiler () A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.
Lacasterian (a.) Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them.
Lance (n.) A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
Lance (n.) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
Lance (n.) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
Lance (n.) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
Lance (n.) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
Lanced (imp. & p. p.) of Lance.
Lancing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lance.
Lance (v. t.) To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
Lance (v. t.) To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
Lance (v. t.) To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.
Lance fish (n.) (Zool.) A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance.
Lancegay (n.) Alt. of Lancegaye
Lancegaye (n.) A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II. -- Nares.
In his hand a launcegay, A long sword by his side. -- Chaucer.
Lancelet (n.) (Zool.) A small fishlike animal ({Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.
Compare: Amphioxus
Amphioxus (n.) (Zool.) A fishlike creature ({Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebr[ae], nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
Lancelet (n.) Small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates [syn: lancelet, amphioxus].
Lancely (a.) Like a lance. [R.] -- Sir P. Sidney.
Lanceolar (a.) (Bot.) Lanceolate.