English Dictionary: Lomogramma | by the DICT Development Group |
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Lamasery \La"ma*ser*y\, n. [See 2d {Lama}.] A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc. | |
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Porbeagle \Por"bea`gle\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A species of shark ({Lamna cornubica}), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also {mackerel shark}. [Written {also probeagle}.] | |
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Lancer \Lan"cer\, n. [Cf. F. lancier.] 1. One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations. --Wilhelm. 2. A lancet. [Obs.] 3. pl. (Dancing) A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement. [Written also {lanciers}.] | |
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Lancer \Lan"cer\, n. [Cf. F. lancier.] 1. One who lances; one who carries a lance; especially, a member of a mounted body of men armed with lances, attached to the cavalry service of some nations. --Wilhelm. 2. A lancet. [Obs.] 3. pl. (Dancing) A set of quadrilles of a certain arrangement. [Written also {lanciers}.] | |
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Langarey \Lan`ga*rey"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus {Artamus}, and allied genera; called also {wood swallow}. | |
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Langrage \Lan"grage\, Langrel \Lan"grel\, n. A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister. | |
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Langrage \Lan"grage\, Langrel \Lan"grel\, n. A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister. | |
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Langret \Lan"gret\, n. A kind of loaded die. [Obs.] | |
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Langridge \Lan"gridge\, n. See {Langrage}. Note: [Sometimes compounded with shot.] | |
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Languor \Lan"guor\, n. [OE. langour, OF. langour, F. langueur, L. languor. See Languish.] 1. A state of the body or mind which is caused by exhaustion of strength and characterized by a languid feeling; feebleness; lassitude; laxity. 2. Any enfeebling disease. [Obs.] Sick men with divers languors. --Wyclif (Luke iv. 40). 3. Listless indolence; dreaminess. Pope. [bd] German dreams, Italian languors.[b8] --The Century. Syn: Feebleness; weakness; faintness; weariness; dullness; heaviness; lassitude; listlessness. | |
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Languorous \Lan"guor*ous\, a. [From {Languor}: cf. F. langoureux.] Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor. [Obs. or Poetic] Whom late I left in languorous constraint. --Spenser. To wile the length from languorous hours, and draw The sting from pain. --Tennyson. | |
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Langure \Lan"gure\, v. i. To languish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Lanigerous \La*nig"er*ous\, a. [L. laniger; lano wool + gerere to hear.] Bearing or producing wool. | |
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Lank \Lank\, a. [Compar. {Lanker}; superl. {Lankest}.] [{AS}. hlanc; cf. G. lenken to turn, gelenk joint, OHG. hlanca hip, side, flank, and E. link of a chain.] 1. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. Meager and lank with fasting grown. --Swift. Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain? --Barrow. 2. Languid; drooping.[Obs.] Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head. --Milton. {Lank hair}, long, thin hair. --Macaulay. | |
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Lank \Lank\, a. [Compar. {Lanker}; superl. {Lankest}.] [{AS}. hlanc; cf. G. lenken to turn, gelenk joint, OHG. hlanca hip, side, flank, and E. link of a chain.] 1. Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean. Meager and lank with fasting grown. --Swift. Who would not choose . . . to have rather a lank purse than an empty brain? --Barrow. 2. Languid; drooping.[Obs.] Who, piteous of her woes, reared her lank head. --Milton. {Lank hair}, long, thin hair. --Macaulay. | |
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Lawmaker \Law"mak`er\, n. A legislator; a lawgiver. | |
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Lenger \Leng"er\ (l[ecr]ng"[etil]r), Lengest \Leng"est\, a. Longer; longest; -- obsolete compar. and superl. of long. --Chaucer. | |
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Lens \Lens\ (l[ecr]nz), n.; pl. {Lenses} (-[ecr]z). [L. lens a lentil. So named from the resemblance in shape of a double convex lens to the seed of a lentil. Cf. {Lentil}.] (Opt.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure. Lenses Note: Of spherical lenses, there are six varieties, as shown in section in the figures herewith given: viz., a plano-concave; b double-concave; c plano-convex; d double-convex; e converging concavo-convex, or converging meniscus; f diverging concavo-convex, or diverging meniscus. {Crossed lens} (Opt.), a double-convex lens with one radius equal to six times the other. {Crystalline lens}. (Anat.) See {Eye}. {Fresnel lens} (Opt.), a compound lens formed by placing around a central convex lens rings of glass so curved as to have the same focus; used, especially in lighthouses, for concentrating light in a particular direction; -- so called from the inventor. {Multiplying} {lens [or] glass} (Opt.), a lens one side of which is plane and the other convex, but made up of a number of plane faces inclined to one another, each of which presents a separate image of the object viewed through it, so that the object is, as it were, multiplied. {Polyzonal lens}. See {Polyzonal}. | |
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Jacksnipe \Jack"snipe`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European snipe ({Limnocryptes gallinula}); -- called also {judcock}, {jedcock}, {juddock}, {jed}, and {half snipe}. (b) A small American sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {pectoral sandpiper}, and {grass snipe}. | |
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Linger \Lin"ger\ (l[icr][nsm]"g[etil]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lingered} (-g[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lingering}.] [OE. lengen to tarry, AS. lengan to prolong, put off, fr. lang long. [root]125. See {Long}, a.] To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate. Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. --Gray. Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained. --Milton. Syn: To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate. | |
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Linger \Lin"ger\, v. t. 1. To protract; to draw out. [Obs.] She lingers my desires. --Shak. 2. To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed. --Dryden. | |
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Linger \Lin"ger\ (l[icr][nsm]"g[etil]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lingered} (-g[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lingering}.] [OE. lengen to tarry, AS. lengan to prolong, put off, fr. lang long. [root]125. See {Long}, a.] To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate. Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. --Gray. Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained. --Milton. Syn: To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate. | |
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Lingerer \Lin"ger*er\ (-[etil]r), n. One who lingers. --Guardian. | |
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Linger \Lin"ger\ (l[icr][nsm]"g[etil]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lingered} (-g[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lingering}.] [OE. lengen to tarry, AS. lengan to prolong, put off, fr. lang long. [root]125. See {Long}, a.] To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate. Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. --Gray. Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained. --Milton. Syn: To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate. | |
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Lingering \Lin"ger*ing\, a. 1. Delaying. 2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. --Rambler. | |
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Lingeringly \Lin"ger*ing*ly\, adv. With delay; slowly; tediously. | |
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Linigerous \Li*nig"er*ous\ (l[icr]*n[icr]j"[etil]r*[ucr]s), a. [L. linum flax + -gerous.] Bearing flax; producing linen. | |
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Linkwork \Link"work`\ (-w[ucir]rk`), n. 1. A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain. And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold; linkwork and wreathed. --Udall. 2. Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another. | |
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Rosewood \Rose"wood\, n. A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera {Dalbergia} and {Mach[91]rium}. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the {Dalbergia nigra}. {African rosewood}, the wood of the leguminous tree {Pterocarpus erinaceus}. {Jamaica rosewood}, the wood of two West Indian trees ({Amyris balsamifera}, and {Linocieria ligustrina}). {New South Wales rosewood}, the wood of {Trichilia glandulosa}, a tree related to the margosa. | |
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Lion's ear \Li"on's ear`\ (l[imac]"[ucr]nz [emac]r`). (Bot.) A name given in Western South America to certain plants with shaggy tomentose leaves, as species of {Culcitium}, and {Espeletia}. | |
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Regulus \Reg"u*lus\ (-l?s), n.; pl. E. {Reguluses} (-[?]z), L. {Reguli} (-l[?]). [L., a petty king, prince, dim. of rex, regis, a king: cf. F. r[82]gule. See {Regal}.] 1. A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence. 2. (Chem. & Metal.) The button, globule, or mass of metal, in a more or less impure state, which forms in the bottom of the crucible in smelting and reduction of ores. Note: The name was introduced by the alchemists, and applied by them in the first instance to antimony. It signifies little king; and from the facility with which antimony alloyed with gold, these empirical philosophers had great hopes that this metal, antimony, would lead them to the discovery of the philosopher's stone. --Ure. 3. (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude in the constellation Leo; -- called also the {Lion's Heart}. | |
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2. (Astron.) A sign and a constellation; Leo. 3. An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at that time. Such society was far more enjoyable than that of Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man. --Prof. Wilson. {American lion} (Zo[94]l.), the puma or cougar. {Lion ant} (Zo[94]l.), the ant-lion. {Lion dog} (Zo[94]l.), a fancy dog with a flowing mane, usually clipped to resemble a lion's mane. {Lion lizard} (Zo[94]l.), the basilisk. {Lion's share}, all, or nearly all; the best or largest part; -- from [92]sop's fable of the lion hunting in company with certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself all the prey. | |
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(b) Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list. The rolls of Parliament, the entry of the petitions, answers, and transactions in Parliament, are extant. --Sir M. Hale. The roll and list of that army doth remain. --Sir J. Davies. (c) A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon. (d) A cylindrical twist of tobacco. 4. A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself. 5. (Naut.) The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching. 6. A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder. 7. The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear. 8. Part; office; duty; r[93]le. [Obs.] --L'Estrange. {Long roll} (Mil.), a prolonged roll of the drums, as the signal of an attack by the enemy, and for the troops to arrange themselves in line. {Master of the rolls}. See under {Master}. {Roll call}, the act, or the time, of calling over a list names, as among soldiers. {Rolls of court}, {of parliament} (or of any public body), the parchments or rolls on which the acts and proceedings of that body are engrossed by the proper officer, and which constitute the records of such public body. {To call the roll}, to call off or recite a list or roll of names of persons belonging to an organization, in order to ascertain who are present or to obtain responses from those present. Syn: List; schedule; catalogue; register; inventory. See {List}. | |
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Long-armed \Long"-armed`\, a. Having long arms; as, the long-armed ape or gibbon. | |
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Eared \Eared\, a. 1. Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; as, long-eared-eared; sharp-eared; full-eared; ten-eared. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears. {Eared owl} (Zo[94]l.), an owl having earlike tufts of feathers, as the {long-eared owl}, and {short-eared owl}. {Eared seal} (Zo[94]l.), any seal of the family {Otariid[91]}, including the fur seals and hair seals. See {Seal}. | |
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Horned \Horned\, a. Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn. The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip. --Coleridge. {Horned bee} (Zo[94]l.), a British wild bee ({Osmia bicornis}), having two little horns on the head. {Horned dace} (Zo[94]l.), an American cyprinoid fish ({Semotilus corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of {Chub}. {Horned frog} (Zo[94]l.), a very large Brazilian frog ({Ceratophrys cornuta}), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids. {Horned grebe} (Zo[94]l.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head. {Horned horse} (Zo[94]l.), the gnu. {Horned lark} (Zo[94]l.), the shore lark. {Horned lizard} (Zo[94]l.), the horned toad. {Horned owl} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American owl ({Bubo Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different regions; -- called also {great horned owl}, {horn owl}, {eagle owl}, and {cat owl}. Sometimes also applied to the {long-eared owl}. See {Eared owl}, under {Eared}. {Horned poppy}. (Bot.) See {Horn poppy}, under {Horn}. {Horned pout} (Zo[94]l.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout. {Horned rattler} (Zo[94]l.), a species of rattlesnake ({Crotalus cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; -- called also {sidewinder}. {Horned ray} (Zo[94]l.), the sea devil. {Horned screamer} (Zo[94]l.), the kamichi. {Horned snake} (Zo[94]l.), the cerastes. {Horned toad} (Zo[94]l.), any lizard of the genus {Phrynosoma}, of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called also {horned lizard}. {Horned viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cerastes}. | |
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Long \Long\, a. [Compar. {Longer}; superl. {Longest}.] [AS. long, lang; akin to OS, OFries., D., & G. lang, Icel. langr, Sw. l[86]ng, Dan. lang, Goth. laggs, L. longus. [root]125. Cf. {Length}, {Ling} a fish, {Linger}, {Lunge}, {Purloin}.] 1. Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide. | |
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Longer \Long"er\, n. One who longs for anything. | |
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Longhorn \Long"horn`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See {Long-horned}. | |
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Long-horned \Long"-horned`\, a. (Zo[94]l.) [Obs.] Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antenn[91], as certain beetles ({Longicornia}). | |
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Longiroster \Lon`gi*ros"ter\, n.; pl. L. {Longirostres}, E. {Longirosters}. [L. longus long + rostrum beak: cf. F. longirostre.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Longirostres. | |
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Longiroster \Lon`gi*ros"ter\, n.; pl. L. {Longirostres}, E. {Longirosters}. [L. longus long + rostrum beak: cf. F. longirostre.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Longirostres. | |
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Longirostral \Lon`gi*ros"tral\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres. | |
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Longiroster \Lon`gi*ros"ter\, n.; pl. L. {Longirostres}, E. {Longirosters}. [L. longus long + rostrum beak: cf. F. longirostre.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Longirostres. | |
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Longshore \Long"shore`\, a. [Abbrev. from alongshore.] Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore. [bd]Longshore thieves.[b8] --R. Browning. | |
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Longshoreman \Long"shore`man\, n.; pl. {Longshoremen}. [Abbrev. fr. alongshoreman.] One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels. | |
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Longshoreman \Long"shore`man\, n.; pl. {Longshoremen}. [Abbrev. fr. alongshoreman.] One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels. | |
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Woodbine \Wood"bine`\, n. [AS. wudubind black ivy; -- so named as binding about trees. See {Wood}, and {Bind}, v. t.] (Bot.) (a) A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance ({Lonicera Periclymenum}); the honeysuckle. (b) The Virginia creeper. See {Virginia creeper}, under {Virginia}. [Local, U. S.] Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. --Shak. | |
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Trumpet \Trump"et\, n. [F. trompette, dim. of trompe. See {Trump} a trumpet.] 1. (Mus.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone. The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms. --Dryden. 2. (Mil.) A trumpeter. --Clarendon. 3. One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it. --Shak. That great politician was pleased to have the greatest wit of those times . . . to be the trumpet of his praises. --Dryden. 4. (Mach) A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine. {Ear trumpet}. See under {Ear}. {Sea trumpet} (Bot.), a great seaweed ({Ecklonia buccinalis}) of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow stem, enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of trumpet, and is used for many purposes. {Speaking trumpet}, an instrument for conveying articulate sounds with increased force. {Trumpet animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any infusorian belonging to Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is trumpet-shaped. See {Stentor}. {Trumpet ash} (Bot.), the trumpet creeper. [Eng.] {Trumpet conch} (Zo[94]l.), a trumpet shell, or triton. {Trumpet creeper} (Bot.), an American climbing plant ({Tecoma radicans}) bearing clusters of large red trumpet-shaped flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}, and in England {trumpet ash}. {Trumpet fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The bellows fish. (b) The fistularia. {Trumpet flower}. (Bot.) (a) The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom. (b) The trumpet honeysuckle. (c) A West Indian name for several plants with trumpet-shaped flowers. {Trumpet fly} (Zo[94]l.), a botfly. {Trumpet honeysuckle} (Bot.), a twining plant ({Lonicera sempervirens}) with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; -- called also {trumpet flower}. {Trumpet leaf} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus {Sarracenia}. {Trumpet major} (Mil.), the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment. {Trumpet marine} (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string, sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to produce the harmonic tones; -- said to be the oldest bowed instrument known, and in form the archetype of all others. It probably owes its name to [bd]its external resemblance to the large speaking trumpet used on board Italian vessels, which is of the same length and tapering shape.[b8] --Grove. {Trumpet shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of large marine univalve shells belonging to Triton and allied genera. See {Triton}, 2. {Trumpet tree}. (Bot.) See {Trumpetwood}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Xylostein \Xy*los"te*in\, n. [Xylo- + Gr. [?] bone.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the poisonous berries of a species of honeysuckle ({Lonicera xylosteum}), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lounger \Loun"ger\, n. One who lounges; ar idler. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Luna \[d8]Lu"na\, n. [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See {Light}, n., and cf. {Lune}.] 1. The moon. 2. (Alchemy) Silver. {Luna cornea} (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called from its resemblance to horn. {Luna moth} (Zo[94]l.), a very large and beautiful American moth ({Actias luna}). Its wings are delicate light green, with a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow. Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on the hickory, sassafras, and maple. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lung-grown \Lung"-grown`\, a. (Med.) Having lungs that adhere to the pleura. | |
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Lungworm \Lung"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other animals, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle ({Strongylus micrurus}) and that of sheep ({S. filaria}) are the best known. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lungwort \Lung"wort`\, n. (Bot.) (a) An herb of the genus {Pulmonaria} ({P. officinalis}), of Europe; -- so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung. (b) Any plant of the genus {Mertensia} (esp. {M. Virginica} and {M. Sibirica}) plants nearly related to {Pulmonaria}. The American lungwort is {Mertensia Virginica}, Virginia cowslip. --Gray. {Cow's lungwort} mullein. {Sea lungwort}, {Mertensia maritima}, found on the seacoast of Northern Europe and America. {Tree lungwort}, a lichen ({Sticta pulmonacea}) growing on trees and rocks. The thallus is lacunose, and in appearance somewhat resembles the lungs, for diseases of which it was once thought a remedy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lunicurrent \Lu"ni*cur"rent\, a. [L. luna moon + E. current.] Having relation to changes in currents that depend on the moon's phases. --Bache. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lyme grass \Lyme" grass`\ (Bot.) A coarse perennial grass of several species of {Elymus}, esp. {E. Canadensis}, and the European {E. arenarius}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lyncher \Lynch"er\, n. One who assists in lynching. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cat \Cat\, n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel. k[94]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. [?], [?], Russ. & Pol. cot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. {Ketten}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of various species of the genera {Felis} and {Lynx}. The domestic cat is {Felis domestica}. The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name {wild cat} is commonly applied to the bay lynx ({Lynx rufus}) See {Wild cat}, and {Tiger cat}. Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the {Angora cat}; the {Maltese cat}; the {Manx cat}. Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals, from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat. 2. (Naut.) (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. --Totten. 3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed. 4. An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See {Tipcat}. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc. 5. A cat o' nine tails. See below. {Angora cat}, {blind cat}, See under {Angora}, {Blind}. {Black cat} the fisher. See under {Black}. {Cat and dog}, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious. [bd]I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it.[b8] --Coleridge. {Cat block} (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead. {Cat hook} (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block. {Cat nap}, a very short sleep. [Colloq.] {Cat o' nine tails}, an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back. {Cat's cradle}, game played, esp. by children, with a string looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of another, at each transfer with a change of form. See {Cratch}, {Cratch cradle}. {To let the cat out of the bag}, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. [Colloq.] {Bush cat}, the serval. See {Serval}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Langhorne, PA (borough, FIPS 41392) Location: 40.17730 N, 74.91927 W Population (1990): 1361 (545 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Langhorne Manor, PA (borough, FIPS 41416) Location: 40.16575 N, 74.91818 W Population (1990): 807 (304 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lanoka Harbor, NJ Zip code(s): 08734 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lincroft, NJ (CDP, FIPS 40320) Location: 40.34140 N, 74.12524 W Population (1990): 6193 (2088 housing units) Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07738 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Linn Creek, MO (city, FIPS 43274) Location: 38.04411 N, 92.70186 W Population (1990): 232 (106 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65052 | |
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Linn Grove, IA (city, FIPS 45480) Location: 42.89256 N, 95.24172 W Population (1990): 194 (95 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51033 Linn Grove, IN Zip code(s): 46711 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lone Grove, OK (city, FIPS 43750) Location: 34.18975 N, 97.27384 W Population (1990): 4114 (1608 housing units) Area: 124.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73443 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Long Creek, IL (village, FIPS 44498) Location: 39.80433 N, 88.84730 W Population (1990): 1250 (447 housing units) Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Long Creek, OR (city, FIPS 43550) Location: 44.71376 N, 119.10193 W Population (1990): 249 (129 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97856 Long Creek, SC Zip code(s): 29658 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Long Grove, IA (city, FIPS 46425) Location: 41.69450 N, 90.58044 W Population (1990): 605 (190 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52756 Long Grove, IL (village, FIPS 44524) Location: 42.19539 N, 88.00284 W Population (1990): 4740 (1421 housing units) Area: 31.6 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60047 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lyncourt, NY (CDP, FIPS 43885) Location: 43.08135 N, 76.12625 W Population (1990): 4516 (1980 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lynn Garden, TN Zip code(s): 37665 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
link rot n. The natural decay of web links as the sites they're connected to change or die. Compare {bit rot}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
link rot became unusable as the pages they point to change location or are removed. (1997-03-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
linker that combines one or more files containing {object code} from separately compiled program {modules} into a single file containing loadable or executable code This process involves resolving references between the {modules} and fixing the {relocation} information used by the operating system {kernel} when loading the file into memory to run it. Under {Unix}, the linker is called "ld" and {object files} have filename extension .o (object), .so (shared object), or .lib ({library}), and the resulting {executable} is called "a.out" by default. (2001-10-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Low Insertion Force {integrated circuit} is simply pushed into the socket, and levered out to remove. Most {motherboard} {processor} sockets are now {ZIF} rather than LIF. (1999-08-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Lynx Real-Time Systems A company in Los Gatos, California who distribute {LynxOS}. {Home (http://lynx.com/)}. E-mail: Address: 16780 Lark Avenue, Los Gatos, CA 95030, USA. Telephone:: +1 (408) 354 7770, +1 (800) 255 LYNX. Fax: +1 (408) 354 7085. (1995-01-18) |