Dictionary
Found: 3,475 words.
L
3 defs
A short right-angled pipe fitting, used in connecting two pipes at right angles.
Alt. of L'envoy
L'envoy
2 defs
A conclusion; a result.
La
4 defs
A syllable applied to the sixth tone of the scale in music in solmization.
A lace. See Lace.
Lab
2 defs
A telltale; a prater; a blabber.
A follower of Jean de Labadie, a religious teacher of the 17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism, and the obligation of community of proper...
of Labarum
An aqueous solution of hypochlorite of sodium, extensively used as a disinfectant.
The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a...
See Ladanum.
The act of labefying or making weak; the state of being weakened; decay; ruin.
To weaken or impair.
Label
10 defs
A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still livi...
of Label
One who labels.
of Label
of Labellum
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Labellum
2 defs
A small appendage beneath the upper lip or labrum of certain insects.
of Labellum
Slipping; sliding; gliding.
Labia
2 defs
of Labium
Labial
8 defs
A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.
The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language.
The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.
To modify by contraction of the lip opening.
In a labial manner; with, or by means of, the lips.
Labiate
4 defs
A plant of the order Labiatae.
Same as Labiate, a. (a).
Labiatifloral
2 defs
Alt. of Labiatifloral
A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.
Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize.
See Labidometer.
Labiodental
2 defs
A labiodental sound or letter.
Labionasal
2 defs
A labionasal sound or letter.
Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.
of Labipalpus
One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium.
Labium
5 defs
A lip, or liplike organ.
of Labium
an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean (Dolichos Lablab).
Labor
16 defs
A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177/ acres.
Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, labor-saving machinery.
A chemist.
of Laboratory
The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place w...
Labored
2 defs
Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style.