LABEL - orig. unkn.]... [more]

labeller - n. & v. 1 a usu. small piece of paper, card, linen, metal, etc., for attaching to... [more]

labialism - adj. & n. 1 a of the lips. b Zool. of, like, or serving ... [more]

labially - adj. & n. 1 a of the lips. b Zool. of, like, or serving ... [more]

lability - adj. Chem. (of a compound) unstable; liable to... [more]

laboriously - adj. 1 needing hard work or toil (a laborious task).... [more]

laboriousness - adj. 1 needing hard work or toil (a laborious task).... [more]

labyrinthian - n. 1 a complicated irregular network of passages or paths etc.; a maze. 2 an [more]

labyrinthine - n. 1 a complicated irregular network of passages or paths etc.; a maze. 2 an [more]

lacemaking - n. a person who makes lace, esp. professionally. lacemaking n.... [more]

lacerable - v.tr. 1 mangle or tear (esp. flesh or tissue ).... [more]

laceration - v.tr. 1 mangle or tear (esp. flesh or tissue ).... [more]

lachrymosely - adj. formal given to weeping; tearful. lachrymosely adv. [L lacrimosus f. lacrima... [more]

lacily - adj. (lacier, laciest) of or resembling lace fabric. lacily adv. laciness n.... [more]

laciness - adj. (lacier, laciest) of or resembling lace fabric. lacily adv. laciness n.... [more]

laciniation - adj. (also laciniated) Bot. & Zool. divided into deep narrow irregular segments;... [more]

laconically - adj. 1 (of a style of speech or writing) brief; concise; terse. 2 (of a person)... [more]

laconicism - adj. 1 (of a style of speech or writing) brief; concise; terse. 2 (of a person)... [more]

lacquerer - n. & v. (also lacker) 1 a sometimes coloured liquid made of shellac dissolved in... [more]

lacunal - n. (pl. lacunae or lacunas) 1 a hiatus, blank, or gap. 2 a missing portion or empty... [more]

lacunar - n. (pl. lacunae or lacunas) 1 a hiatus, blank, or gap. 2 a missing portion or empty... [more]

lacunary - n. (pl. lacunae or lacunas) 1 a hiatus, blank, or gap. 2 a missing portion or empty... [more]

lacunose - n. (pl. lacunae or lacunas) 1 a hiatus, blank, or gap. 2 a missing portion or empty... [more]

lagger - perh. f. a fanciful distortion of LAST(1) in a children's game (fog, seg, lag, =... [more]

laical - adj. & n. non-clerical; lay; secular; temporal. formal ... [more]

laically - adj. & n. non-clerical; lay; secular; temporal. formal ... [more]

laicization - v.tr. (also -ise) 1 make (an office etc.) tenable... [more]

lairage - cf. LIE(1)]... [more]

lairy - n. & v. Austral. sl. a youth or man who dresses flashily and shows off .... [more]

lakeless - n. a large body of water surrounded by land . the... [more]

lakelet - n. a large body of water surrounded by land . the... [more]

Lamaism - n. a Tibetan or Mongolian Buddhist monk. Lamaism n. Lamaist n. & adj. [Tibetan... [more]

Lamaist - n. a Tibetan or Mongolian Buddhist monk. Lamaism n. Lamaist n. & adj. [Tibetan... [more]

Lamarckian - n. the theory of evolution devised by Lamarck,... [more]

lambency - adj. 1 (of a flame or a light) playing on a surface with a soft radiance but [more]

lambently - adj. 1 (of a flame or a light) playing on a surface with a soft radiance but [more]

lamber - 29) (cf. AGNUS DEI). lamb's fry lamb's testicles or other offal as food. lamb's... [more]

lambkin - 29) (cf. AGNUS DEI). lamb's fry lamb's testicles or other offal as food. lamb's... [more]

lamblike - 29) (cf. AGNUS DEI). lamb's fry lamb's testicles or other offal as food. lamb's... [more]

lamella - see LAMINA]... [more]

lamellar - see LAMINA]... [more]

lamellate - see LAMINA]... [more]

lamellibranch - n. any aquatic mollusc having a shell formed of two... [more]

lamellicorn - n. & adj. any beetle of the family Lamellicornia, having lamelliform antennae, including... [more]

lamelliform - see LAMINA]... [more]

lamellose - see LAMINA]... [more]

lamely - adj. & v. 1 disabled, esp. in the foot or leg; limping;... [more]

lameness - adj. & v. 1 disabled, esp. in the foot or leg; limping;... [more]

lamentable - adj. 1 (of an event, fate, condition, character, etc.) deplorable; regrettable.... [more]

lamentably - adj. 1 (of an event, fate, condition, character, etc.) deplorable; regrettable.... [more]

lamentation - n. 1 the act or an instance of lamenting. 2 a lament .... [more]

lamenter - n. & v. 1 a passionate expression of grief. 2 a song or poem of mourning or sorrow.... [more]

lamentingly - n. & v. 1 a passionate expression of grief. 2 a song or poem of mourning or sorrow.... [more]

lamination - v., n., & adj. 1 tr. beat or roll (metal) into thin plates. 2 tr. overlay with... [more]

laminator - v., n., & adj. 1 tr. beat or roll (metal) into thin plates. 2 tr. overlay with... [more]

laminose - n. (pl. laminae) a thin plate or scale, e.g. of bone, stratified rock, or vegetable... [more]

lamish - adj. & v. 1 disabled, esp. in the foot or leg; limping;... [more]

Lammas - n. (in full Lammas Day) the first day of August ,... [more]

lammergeyer - n. a large vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, with a very large ... [more]

lampblack - n. a pigment made from soot. ... [more]

lampless - a an electric bulb, and usu. its holder and shade or cover (bedside lamp; bicycle... [more]

lamplighter - n. 1 hist. a person who lights street lamps. 2 US a spill for lighting lamps. like... [more]

lampooner - n. & v. a satirical attack on a person etc. tr. satirize. lampooner n. lampoonery... [more]

lampoonery - n. & v. a satirical attack on a person etc. tr. satirize. lampooner n. lampoonery... [more]

lampoonist - n. & v. a satirical attack on a person etc. tr. satirize. lampooner n. lampoonery... [more]

lamppost - n. a tall post supporting a street-light. ... [more]

lamprey - cf. LL lampetra perh. f. L lambere lick + petra stone]... [more]

lam - n. & adj. a fabric with gold or silver threads interwoven. (of fabric, a dress,... [more]

Lancastrian - n. & adj. 1 a native of Lancashire or Lancaster in NW England. 2 hist. a [more]

lancelet - n. any small non-vertebrate fishlike chordate of the family Branchiostomidae, that... [more]