English Dictionary: Leptinotarsa | by the DICT Development Group |
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Ladanum \Lad"a*num\, n. [L. ladanum, ledanum, Gr. la`danon, lh`danon, fr. lh^don name of a shrub, mastic; cf. Per. l[be]dan, l[be]den. Cf. {Laudanum}.] A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of {Cistus}. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation. [Written also {labdanum}.] | |
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Labdanum \Lab"da*num\, n. (Bot.) See {Ladanum}. | |
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Ladanum \Lad"a*num\, n. [L. ladanum, ledanum, Gr. la`danon, lh`danon, fr. lh^don name of a shrub, mastic; cf. Per. l[be]dan, l[be]den. Cf. {Laudanum}.] A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of {Cistus}. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation. [Written also {labdanum}.] | |
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Labdanum \Lab"da*num\, n. (Bot.) See {Ladanum}. | |
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Labidometer \Lab`i*dom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. labi`s, -i`dos, a forceps + meter: cf. F. labidometre.] (Med.) A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head. | |
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Labiodental \La`bi*o*den"tal\, a. [Labium + dental.] (Phonetics) Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v. -- n. A labiodental sound or letter. | |
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Lappet \Lap"pet\, n. [Dim. of lap a fold.] A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress. --Swift. {Lappet moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of bombycid moths, which have stout, hairy caterpillars, flat beneath. Two common American species ({Gastropacha Americana}, and {Tolype velleda}) feed upon the apple tree. | |
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Lappet \Lap"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lappeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lappeting}.] To decorate with, or as with, a lappet. [R.] --Landor. | |
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Laputan \La*pu"tan\, a. Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy. [bd]Laputan ideas.[b8] --G. Eliot. | |
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Lavation \La*va"tion\, n. [L. lavatio: cf. OF. lavation.] A washing or cleansing. [Obs. or R.] | |
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Law-abiding \Law"-a*bid`ing\, a. Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law-abiding people. | |
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Left-hand \Left"-hand`\ (l[ecr]ft"h[acr]nd`), a. Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road. {Left-hand rope}, rope laid up and twisted over from right to left, or against the sun; -- called also {water-laid rope}. | |
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Left-hand \Left"-hand`\ (l[ecr]ft"h[acr]nd`), a. Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road. {Left-hand rope}, rope laid up and twisted over from right to left, or against the sun; -- called also {water-laid rope}. | |
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Left-handed \Left"-hand`ed\, a. 1. Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right. 2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment. The commendations of this people are not always left-handed and detractive. --Landor. 3. Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction. {Left-handed marriage}, a morganatic marriage. See {Morganatic}. {Left-handed screw}, a screw constructed to advance away from the observer, when turned, as in a nut, with a left-handed rotation. An ordinary wood screw is right-handed. | |
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Left-handed \Left"-hand`ed\, a. 1. Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right. 2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment. The commendations of this people are not always left-handed and detractive. --Landor. 3. Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction. {Left-handed marriage}, a morganatic marriage. See {Morganatic}. {Left-handed screw}, a screw constructed to advance away from the observer, when turned, as in a nut, with a left-handed rotation. An ordinary wood screw is right-handed. | |
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Morganatic \Mor`ga*nat"ic\, a. [LL. matrimonium ad morganaticam, fr. morganatica a morning gift, a kind of dowry paid on the morning before or after the marriage, fr. OHG. morgan morning, in morgangeba morning gift, G. morgengabe. See {Morn}.] Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also {left-handed marriage}, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband. --Brande & C. -- {Mor`ga*nat"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Left-handed \Left"-hand`ed\, a. 1. Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right. 2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment. The commendations of this people are not always left-handed and detractive. --Landor. 3. Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction. {Left-handed marriage}, a morganatic marriage. See {Morganatic}. {Left-handed screw}, a screw constructed to advance away from the observer, when turned, as in a nut, with a left-handed rotation. An ordinary wood screw is right-handed. | |
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Morganatic \Mor`ga*nat"ic\, a. [LL. matrimonium ad morganaticam, fr. morganatica a morning gift, a kind of dowry paid on the morning before or after the marriage, fr. OHG. morgan morning, in morgangeba morning gift, G. morgengabe. See {Morn}.] Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also {left-handed marriage}, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband. --Brande & C. -- {Mor`ga*nat"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Left-handed \Left"-hand`ed\, a. 1. Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right. 2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment. The commendations of this people are not always left-handed and detractive. --Landor. 3. Having a direction contrary to that of the hands of a watch when seen in front; -- said of a twist, a rotary motion, etc., looked at from a given direction. {Left-handed marriage}, a morganatic marriage. See {Morganatic}. {Left-handed screw}, a screw constructed to advance away from the observer, when turned, as in a nut, with a left-handed rotation. An ordinary wood screw is right-handed. | |
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Left-handedness \Left"-hand`ed*ness\, Left-handiness \Left"-hand`i*ness\ (-[icr]*n[ecr]s), n. The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness. An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions, and a certain left-handiness (if I may use the expression) proclaim low education. --Chesterfield. | |
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Left-handedness \Left"-hand`ed*ness\, Left-handiness \Left"-hand`i*ness\ (-[icr]*n[ecr]s), n. The state or quality of being left-handed; awkwardness. An awkward address, ungraceful attitudes and actions, and a certain left-handiness (if I may use the expression) proclaim low education. --Chesterfield. | |
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Leipothymic \Lei`po*thym"ic\ (l[imac]`p[osl]*th[icr]m"[icr]k), a. See {Lipothymic}. | |
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Lipothymic \Li`po*thym"ic\ (l[imac]`p[osl]*th[icr]m"[icr]k), a. [Gr. leipoqymiko`s, lipoqymiko`s.] Tending to swoon; fainting. [Written also {leipothymic}.] | |
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Leipothymic \Lei`po*thym"ic\ (l[imac]`p[osl]*th[icr]m"[icr]k), a. See {Lipothymic}. | |
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Lipothymic \Li`po*thym"ic\ (l[imac]`p[osl]*th[icr]m"[icr]k), a. [Gr. leipoqymiko`s, lipoqymiko`s.] Tending to swoon; fainting. [Written also {leipothymic}.] | |
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Iridoline \I*rid"o*line\, n. [Iridescent + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous base {C10H9N}, extracted from coal-tar naphtha, as an oily liquid. It is a member of the quinoline series, and is probably identical with {lepidine}. | |
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Lepidine \Lep"i*dine\ (l[ecr]p"[icr]*d[icr]n or *d[emac]n), n. (Chem.) An organic base, {C9H6.N.CH3}, metameric with quinaldine, and obtained by the distillation of cinchonine. | |
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Iridoline \I*rid"o*line\, n. [Iridescent + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous base {C10H9N}, extracted from coal-tar naphtha, as an oily liquid. It is a member of the quinoline series, and is probably identical with {lepidine}. | |
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Lepidine \Lep"i*dine\ (l[ecr]p"[icr]*d[icr]n or *d[emac]n), n. (Chem.) An organic base, {C9H6.N.CH3}, metameric with quinaldine, and obtained by the distillation of cinchonine. | |
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Spanish \Span"ish\, a. Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards. {Spanish bayonet} (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca alorifolia}) with rigid spine-tipped leaves. The name is also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern United States and mexico. Called also {Spanish daggers}. {Spanish bean} (Bot.) See the Note under {Bean}. {Spanish black}, a black pigment obtained by charring cork. --Ure. {Spanish broom} (Bot.), a leguminous shrub ({Spartium junceum}) having many green flexible rushlike twigs. {Spanish brown}, a species of earth used in painting, having a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence of sesquioxide of iron. {Spanish buckeye} (Bot.), a small tree ({Ungnadia speciosa}) of Texas, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit. {Spanish burton} (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single blocks. A double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks. --Luce (Textbook of Seamanship). {Spanish chalk} (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called because obtained from Aragon in Spain. {Spanish cress} (Bot.), a cruciferous plant ({lepidium Cadamines}), a species of peppergrass. {Spanish curiew} (Zo[94]l.), the long-billed curlew. [U.S.] {Spanish daggers} (Bot.) See {Spanish bayonet}. {Spanish elm} (Bot.), a large West Indian tree ({Cordia Gerascanthus}) furnishing hard and useful timber. {Spanish feretto}, a rich reddish brown pigment obtained by calcining copper and sulphur together in closed crucibles. {Spanish flag} (Zo[94]l.), the California rockfish ({Sebastichthys rubrivinctus}). It is conspicuously colored with bands of red and white. {Spanish fly} (Zo[94]l.), a brilliant green beetle, common in the south of Europe, used for raising blisters. See {Blister beetle} under {Blister}, and {Cantharis}. {Spanish fox} (Naut.), a yarn twisted against its lay. {Spanish grass}. (Bot.) See {Esparto}. {Spanish juice} (Bot.), licorice. {Spanish leather}. See {Cordwain}. {Spanish mackerel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A species of mackerel ({Scomber colias}) found both in Europe and America. In America called {chub mackerel}, {big-eyed mackerel}, and {bull mackerel}. (b) In the United States, a handsome mackerel having bright yellow round spots ({Scomberomorus maculatus}), highly esteemed as a food fish. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to other species. See Illust. under Mackerel. {Spanish main}, the name formerly given to the southern portion of the Caribbean Sea, together with the contiguous coast, embracing the route traversed by Spanish treasure ships from the New to the Old World. {Spanish moss}. (Bot.) See {Tillandsia}. {Spanish needles} (Bot.), a composite weed ({Bidens bipinnata}) having achenia armed with needlelike awns. {Spanish nut} (Bot.), a bulbous plant ({Iris Sisyrinchium}) of the south of Europe. {Spanish potato} (Bot.), the sweet potato. See under {Potato}. {Spanish red}, an ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian red, but slightly yellower and warmer. --Fairholt. {Spanish reef} (Naut.), a knot tied in the head of a jib-headed sail. {Spanish sheep} (Zo[94]l.), a merino. {Spanish white}, an impalpable powder prepared from chalk by pulverizing and repeated washings, -- used as a white pigment. {Spanish windlass} (Naut.), a wooden roller, with a rope wound about it, into which a marline spike is thrust to serve as a lever. | |
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Yellowseed \Yel"low*seed`\, n. (Bot.) A kind of pepper grass ({Lepidium campestre}). | |
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Dittander \Dit*tan"der\, n. [See {Dittany}.] (Bot.) A kind of peppergrass ({Lepidium latifolium}). | |
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Mustard \Mus"tard\, n. [OF. moustarde, F. moutarde, fr. L. mustum must, -- mustard was prepared for use by being mixed with must. See {Must}, n.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several cruciferous plants of the genus {Brassica} (formerly {Sinapis}), as white mustard ({B. alba}), black mustard ({B. Nigra}), wild mustard or charlock ({B. Sinapistrum}). Note: There are also many herbs of the same family which are called mustard, and have more or less of the flavor of the true mustard; as, bowyer's mustard ({Lepidium ruderale}); hedge mustard ({Sisymbrium officinale}); Mithridate mustard ({Thlaspi arvense}); tower mustard ({Arabis perfoliata}); treacle mustard ({Erysimum cheiranthoides}). 2. A powder or a paste made from the seeds of black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic. {Mustard oil} (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds produced either naturally or artificially. | |
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Peppergrass \Pep"per*grass`\, n. (Bot.) (a) Any herb of the cruciferous genus {Lepidium}, especially the garden peppergrass, or garden cress, {Lepidium sativum}; -- called also {pepperwort}. All the species have a pungent flavor. (b) The common pillwort of Europe ({Pilularia globulifera}). See {Pillwort}. | |
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Cress \Cress\ (kr[ecr]s), n.; pl. {Cresses} (kr[ecr]s"[ecr]z). [OE. ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers, G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG. chresan to creep.] (Bot.) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic. Note: The garden cress, called also {peppergrass}, is the {Lepidium sativum}; the water cress is the {Nasturtium officinale}. Various other plants are sometimes called cresses. To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread. --Goldsmith. {Bitter cress}. See under {Bitter}. {Not worth a cress}, [or] {[bd]not worth a kers.[b8]} a common old proverb, now turned into the meaningless [bd]not worth a curse.[b8] --Skeat. | |
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Lepidomelane \Lep`i*dom"e*lane\ (l[ecr]p`[icr]*d[ocr]m"[esl]*l[amac]n), n. [Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + me`las, me`laina, black.] (Min.) An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See {Mica}. | |
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Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called {isinglass}. Formerly called also {cat-silver}, and {glimmer}. Note: The important species of the mica group are: {muscovite}, common or potash mica, pale brown or green, often silvery, including {damourite} (also called {hydromica}); {biotite}, iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black; {lepidomelane}, iron, mica, black; {phlogopite}, magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; {lepidolite}, lithia mica, rose-red, lilac. Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica slate; {biotite} is common in many eruptive rocks; {phlogopite} in crystalline limestone and serpentine. {Mica diorite} (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende. {Mica powder}, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of mica. {Mica schist}, {Mica slate} (Geol.), a schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar. | |
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Lepidomelane \Lep`i*dom"e*lane\ (l[ecr]p`[icr]*d[ocr]m"[esl]*l[amac]n), n. [Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + me`las, me`laina, black.] (Min.) An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See {Mica}. | |
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Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called {isinglass}. Formerly called also {cat-silver}, and {glimmer}. Note: The important species of the mica group are: {muscovite}, common or potash mica, pale brown or green, often silvery, including {damourite} (also called {hydromica}); {biotite}, iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black; {lepidomelane}, iron, mica, black; {phlogopite}, magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; {lepidolite}, lithia mica, rose-red, lilac. Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica slate; {biotite} is common in many eruptive rocks; {phlogopite} in crystalline limestone and serpentine. {Mica diorite} (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende. {Mica powder}, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of mica. {Mica schist}, {Mica slate} (Geol.), a schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar. | |
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Culver's physic \Cul"ver's phys"ic\, or Culver's root \Cul"ver's root`\ [So called after a Dr. Culver, who used it.] (Bot.) The root of a handsome erect herb ({Leptandra, syn. Veronica, Virginica}) common in most moist woods of North America, used as an active cathartic and emetic; also, the plant itself. | |
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Sea leopard \Sea" leop"ard\ (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of spotted seals, especially {Ogmorhinus leptonyx}, and {Leptonychotes Weddelli}, of the Antarctic Ocean. The North Pacific sea leopard is the harbor seal. | |
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Leptynite \Lep"ty*nite\ (l[ecr]p"t[icr]*n[imac]t), n. (Min.) See {Granulite}. | |
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Levation \Le*va"tion\ (l[esl]*v[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L. levatio.] The act of raising; elevation; upward motion, as that produced by the action of a levator muscle. | |
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Leviathan \Le*vi"a*than\ (l[esl]*v[imac]"[adot]*th[ait]n), n. [Heb. livy[be]th[be]n.] 1. An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture. Note: It is not certainly known what animal is intended, whether the crocodile, the whale, or some sort of serpent. 2. The whale, or a great whale. --Milton. | |
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Libation \Li*ba"tion\ (l[isl]*b[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L. libatio, fr. libare to take a little from anything, to taste, to pour out as an offering: cf. F. libation.] The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out. --Dryden. A heathen sacrifice or libation to the earth. --Bacon. | |
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Libethenite \Li*beth"en*ite\ (l[icr]*b[ecr]th"[ecr]n*[imac]t), n. [From Libethen, in Hungary, where it was first found.] (Min.) A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Libidinist \Li*bid"i*nist\ (l[icr]*b[icr]d"[icr]*n[icr]st), n. [See {Libidinous}.] One given to lewdness. | |
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Libidinosity \Li*bid`i*nos"i*ty\ (-n[ocr]s"[icr]*t[ycr]), n. The state or quality of being libidinous; libidinousness. --Skelton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Libidinous \Li*bid"i*nous\ (-n[ucr]s), a. [L. libidinosus, fr. libido, libidinis, pleasure, desire, lust, fr. libet, lubet, it pleases: cf. F. libidineux. See {Lief}.] Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious. -- {Li*bid"i*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Li*bid"i*nous*ness}, n. Syn: Lewd; lustful; lascivious; unchaste; impure; sensual; licentious; lecherous; salacious. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Libidinous \Li*bid"i*nous\ (-n[ucr]s), a. [L. libidinosus, fr. libido, libidinis, pleasure, desire, lust, fr. libet, lubet, it pleases: cf. F. libidineux. See {Lief}.] Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious. -- {Li*bid"i*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Li*bid"i*nous*ness}, n. Syn: Lewd; lustful; lascivious; unchaste; impure; sensual; licentious; lecherous; salacious. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Libidinous \Li*bid"i*nous\ (-n[ucr]s), a. [L. libidinosus, fr. libido, libidinis, pleasure, desire, lust, fr. libet, lubet, it pleases: cf. F. libidineux. See {Lief}.] Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious. -- {Li*bid"i*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Li*bid"i*nous*ness}, n. Syn: Lewd; lustful; lascivious; unchaste; impure; sensual; licentious; lecherous; salacious. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lifetime \Life"time`\ (-t[imac]m`), n. The time that life continues. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted; as: (a) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. (b) A handle. (c) An exercising machine. 5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals. 6. A lift gate. See {Lift gate}, below. [Prov. Eng.] 7. (Naut.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard. 8. (Mach.) One of the steps of a cone pulley. 9. (Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel. 10. (Horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. --Saunier. {Dead lift}. See under {Dead}. --Swift. {Lift bridge}, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside. {Lift gate}, a gate that is opened by lifting. {Lift hammer}. See {Tilt hammer}. {Lift lock}, a canal lock. {Lift pump}, a lifting pump. {Lift tenter} (Windmills), a governor for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding machinery according to the speed. {Lift wall} (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the lock. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted; as: (a) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. (b) A handle. (c) An exercising machine. 5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals. 6. A lift gate. See {Lift gate}, below. [Prov. Eng.] 7. (Naut.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard. 8. (Mach.) One of the steps of a cone pulley. 9. (Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel. 10. (Horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. --Saunier. {Dead lift}. See under {Dead}. --Swift. {Lift bridge}, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside. {Lift gate}, a gate that is opened by lifting. {Lift hammer}. See {Tilt hammer}. {Lift lock}, a canal lock. {Lift pump}, a lifting pump. {Lift tenter} (Windmills), a governor for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding machinery according to the speed. {Lift wall} (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the lock. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lift \Lift\ (l[icr]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lifting}.] [Icel. lypta, fr. lopt air; akin to Sw. lyfta to lift, Dan. l[94]fte, G. l[81]ften; -- prop., to raise into the air. See {Loft}, and cf. 1st {Lift}.] 1. To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lifting \Lift"ing\, a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting. {Lifting bridge}, a lift bridge. {Lifting jack}. See 2d {Jack}, 5. {Lifting machine}. See {Health lift}, under {Health}. {Lifting pump}. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. {Lifting rod}, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. {Lifting sail} (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lifting \Lift"ing\, a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting. {Lifting bridge}, a lift bridge. {Lifting jack}. See 2d {Jack}, 5. {Lifting machine}. See {Health lift}, under {Health}. {Lifting pump}. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. {Lifting rod}, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. {Lifting sail} (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lifting \Lift"ing\, a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting. {Lifting bridge}, a lift bridge. {Lifting jack}. See 2d {Jack}, 5. {Lifting machine}. See {Health lift}, under {Health}. {Lifting pump}. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. {Lifting rod}, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. {Lifting sail} (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lifting \Lift"ing\, a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting. {Lifting bridge}, a lift bridge. {Lifting jack}. See 2d {Jack}, 5. {Lifting machine}. See {Health lift}, under {Health}. {Lifting pump}. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. {Lifting rod}, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. {Lifting sail} (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Health \Health\, n. [OE. helthe, AS. h[?]lp, fr. h[be]l hale, sound, whole. See {Whole}.] 1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain. There is no health in us. --Book of Common Prayer. Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not be sported with without loss, or regained by courage. --Buckminster. 2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast. [bd]Come, love and health to all.[b8] --Shak. {Bill of health}. See under {Bill}. {Health lift}, a machine for exercise, so arranged that a person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; -- also called {lifting machine}. {Health officer}, one charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place. {To drink a health}. See under {Drink}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lifting \Lift"ing\, a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting. {Lifting bridge}, a lift bridge. {Lifting jack}. See 2d {Jack}, 5. {Lifting machine}. See {Health lift}, under {Health}. {Lifting pump}. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. {Lifting rod}, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. {Lifting sail} (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Health \Health\, n. [OE. helthe, AS. h[?]lp, fr. h[be]l hale, sound, whole. See {Whole}.] 1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical disease or pain. There is no health in us. --Book of Common Prayer. Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it can not be sported with without loss, or regained by courage. --Buckminster. 2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in a toast. [bd]Come, love and health to all.[b8] --Shak. {Bill of health}. See under {Bill}. {Health lift}, a machine for exercise, so arranged that a person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; -- also called {lifting machine}. {Health officer}, one charged with the enforcement of the sanitary laws of a port or other place. {To drink a health}. See under {Drink}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lifting \Lift"ing\, a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting. {Lifting bridge}, a lift bridge. {Lifting jack}. See 2d {Jack}, 5. {Lifting machine}. See {Health lift}, under {Health}. {Lifting pump}. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. {Lifting rod}, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. {Lifting sail} (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lifting \Lift"ing\, a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting. {Lifting bridge}, a lift bridge. {Lifting jack}. See 2d {Jack}, 5. {Lifting machine}. See {Health lift}, under {Health}. {Lifting pump}. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. {Lifting rod}, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. {Lifting sail} (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lifting \Lift"ing\, a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting. {Lifting bridge}, a lift bridge. {Lifting jack}. See 2d {Jack}, 5. {Lifting machine}. See {Health lift}, under {Health}. {Lifting pump}. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. {Lifting rod}, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. {Lifting sail} (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lipothymic \Li`po*thym"ic\ (l[imac]`p[osl]*th[icr]m"[icr]k), a. [Gr. leipoqymiko`s, lipoqymiko`s.] Tending to swoon; fainting. [Written also {leipothymic}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lipothymous \Li*poth"y*mous\ (l[isl]*p[ocr]th"[icr]*m[ucr]s), a. [Gr. lei`pein to leave, to lack + qymo`s soul, life.] Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lipothymy \Li*poth"y*my\ (-m[ycr]), n. [Gr. lipoqymi`a: cf. F. lipothymie.] A fainting; a swoon. --Jer. Taylor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lividness \Liv"id*ness\, n. Lividity. --Walpole. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sawtooth \Saw"tooth`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An arctic seal ({Lobodon carcinophaga}), having the molars serrated; -- called also {crab-eating seal}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sterrink \Ster"rink\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The crab-eating seal ({Lobodon carcinophaga}) of the Antarctic Ocean. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Loftiness \Loft"i*ness\, n. The state or quality of being lofty. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Loft \Loft\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Lofted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lofting}.] To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lofter \Loft"er\, n. (Golf) An iron club used in lofting the ball; -- called also {lofting iron}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lofting iron \Loft"ing iron\ (Golf) Same as {Lofter}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lofter \Loft"er\, n. (Golf) An iron club used in lofting the ball; -- called also {lofting iron}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lofting iron \Loft"ing iron\ (Golf) Same as {Lofter}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Left Hand, WV Zip code(s): 25251 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Levittown, NY (CDP, FIPS 42081) Location: 40.72375 N, 73.51311 W Population (1990): 53286 (16988 housing units) Area: 17.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11756 Levittown, PA (CDP, FIPS 42928) Location: 40.15350 N, 74.85313 W Population (1990): 55362 (18468 housing units) Area: 26.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19054, 19055, 19056, 19057 Levittown, PR (comunidad, FIPS 45336) Location: 18.44761 N, 66.17633 W Population (1990): 30807 (10078 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lupton, MI Zip code(s): 48635 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Life with UNIX a Guide for Everyone: Don Libes and Sandy Ressler Prentice-Hall, 1989 ISBN 0-13-536657-7 The authors of this book set out to tell you all the things about Unix that tutorials and technical books won't. The result is gossipy, funny, opinionated, downright weird in spots, and invaluable. Along the way they expose you to enough of Unix's history, folklore and humor to qualify as a first-class source for these things. Because so much of today's hackerdom is involved with Unix, this in turn illuminates many of its in-jokes and preoccupations. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
lobotomy n. 1. What a hacker subjected to formal management training is said to have undergone. At IBM and elsewhere this term is used by both hackers and low-level management; the latter doubtless intend it as a joke. 2. The act of removing the processor from a microcomputer in order to replace or upgrade it. Some very cheap {clone} systems are sold in `lobotomized' form -- everything but the brain. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
lobotomy 1. What a hacker subjected to formal management training is said to have undergone. At {IBM} and elsewhere this term is used by both hackers and low-level management; the latter doubtless intend it as a joke. 2. The act of removing the processor from a {microcomputer} in order to replace or upgrade it. Some very cheap {clone} systems are sold in "lobotomised" form - everything but the brain. [{Jargon File}] | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Left hand among the Hebrews, denoted the north (Job 23:9; Gen. 14:15), the face of the person being supposed to be toward the east. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Left-handed (Judg. 3:15; 20:16), one unable to use the right hand skilfully, and who therefore uses the left; and also one who uses the left as well as the right, ambidexter. Such a condition of the hands is due to physical causes. This quality was common apparently in the tribe of Benjamin. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Leviathan a transliterated Hebrew word (livyathan), meaning "twisted," "coiled." In Job 3:8, Revised Version, and marg. of Authorized Version, it denotes the dragon which, according to Eastern tradition, is an enemy of light; in 41:1 the crocodile is meant; in Ps. 104:26 it "denotes any large animal that moves by writhing or wriggling the body, the whale, the monsters of the deep." This word is also used figuratively for a cruel enemy, as some think "the Egyptian host, crushed by the divine power, and cast on the shores of the Red Sea" (Ps. 74:14). As used in Isa. 27:1, "leviathan the piercing [R.V. 'swift'] serpent, even leviathan that crooked [R.V. marg. 'winding'] serpent," the word may probably denote the two empires, the Assyrian and the Babylonian. |