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   la-di-da
         adj 1: affectedly genteel [syn: {grandiose}, {hifalutin},
                  {highfalutin}, {highfaluting}, {hoity-toity}, {la-di-da}]

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lady Day
n
  1. a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
    Synonym(s): Annunciation, Lady Day, Annunciation Day, March 25
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
leaded
adj
  1. (of panes of glass) fixed in place by means of thin strips of lead; "leaded windowpanes"
  2. treated or mixed with lead; "leaded gasoline"; "leaded zinc"
    Antonym(s): leadless, unleaded
  3. having thin strips of lead between the lines of type
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lee tide
n
  1. a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing; "a leeward tide is dangerous for small boats"
    Synonym(s): leeward tide, lee tide
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
let out
v
  1. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
    Synonym(s): utter, emit, let out, let loose
  2. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
    Synonym(s): unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out
  3. bring out of a specific state
    Synonym(s): bring out, let out
  4. make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"
    Synonym(s): let out, widen
    Antonym(s): take in
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lidded
adj
  1. having or covered with a lid or lids; often used in combination; "milk is left in a large lidded mug"; "heavy-lidded eyes"
    Antonym(s): lidless
  2. having a lid; "milk in a heavy lidded mug"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loaded
adj
  1. filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes"; "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not current usage"
    Synonym(s): laden, loaded, ladened
  2. (of weapons) charged with ammunition; "a loaded gun"
    Antonym(s): unloaded
  3. (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence; "a loaded question"
  4. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations"
    Synonym(s): affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy
  5. very drunk
    Synonym(s): besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
looted
adj
  1. wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village"
    Synonym(s): looted, pillaged, plundered, ransacked
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
low tide
n
  1. the lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide [syn: low tide, low water]
    Antonym(s): high tide, high water, highwater
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Luddite
n
  1. any opponent of technological progress
  2. one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause unemployment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lade \Lade\, v. t. [imp. {Laded}; p. p. {Laded}, {Laded}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Lading}.] [AS. hladan to heap, load, draw (water);
      akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan, ladan, Icel.
      hla[?]a, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth. afhlapan. Cf. {Load},
      {Ladle}, {Lathe} for turning, {Last} a load.]
      1. To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally
            followed by that which receives the load, as the direct
            object.
  
                     And they laded their asses with the corn. --Gen.
                                                                              xlii. 26.
  
      2. To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to
            lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern.
  
                     And chides the sea that sunders him from thence,
                     Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. --Shak.
  
      3. (Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from
            the pot to the forming table.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ladied \La"died\, a.
      Ladylike; not rough; gentle. [Obs.] [bd]Stroked with a ladied
      land.[b8] --Feltham.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ladyhood \La"dy*hood\, n.
      The state or quality of being a lady; the personality of a
      lady.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lated \Lat"ed\, a.
      Belated; too late. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lath \Lath\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lathed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Lathing}.]
      To cover or line with laths.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Laud \Laud\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lauded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Lauding}.] [L. laudare, fr. laus, laudis, praise. Cf.
      {Allow}.]
      To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to
      celebrate; to extol.
  
               With all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy
               glorious name.                                       --Book of
                                                                              Common Prayer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lead \Lead\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Leading}.]
      1. To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing
            leads the grooves of a rifle.
  
      2. (Print.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead
            a page; leaded matter.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Leaded \Lead"ed\, a.
      1. Fitted with lead; set in lead; as, leaded windows.
  
      2. (Print.) Separated by leads, as the lines of a page.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lee \Lee\, a. (Naut.)
      Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against
      which the wind blows; -- opposed to {weather}; as, the lee
      side or lee rail of a vessel.
  
      {Lee gauge}. See {Gauge}, n. (Naut.)
  
      {Lee shore}, the shore on the lee side of a vessel.
  
      {Lee tide}, a tide running in the same direction that the
            wind blows.
  
      {On the lee beam}, directly to the leeward; in a line at
            right angles to the length of the vessel and to the
            leeward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Letheed \Le"theed\ (l[emac]"th[emac]d), a.
      Caused by Lethe. [bd] Letheed dullness.[b8] [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Let \Let\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Let} ({Letted}
      (l[ecr]t"t[ecr]d), [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. {Letting}.] [OE.
      leten, l[91]ten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten,
      lete), AS. l[aemac]tan (past tense l[emac]t, p. p.
      l[aemac]ten); akin to OFries. l[emac]ta, OS. l[be]tan, D.
      laten, G. lassen, OHG. l[be]zzan, Icel. l[be]ta, Sw. l[86]ta,
      Dan. lade, Goth. l[emac]tan, and L. lassus weary. The
      original meaning seems to have been, to let loose, let go,
      let drop. Cf. {Alas}, {Late}, {Lassitude}, {Let} to hinder.]
      1. To leave; to relinquish; to abandon. [Obs. or Archaic,
            except when followed by alone or be.]
  
                     He . . . prayed him his voyage for to let.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
                     Yet neither spins nor cards, ne cares nor frets, But
                     to her mother Nature all her care she lets.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
                     Let me alone in choosing of my wife.   --Chaucer.
  
      2. To consider; to think; to esteem. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
      3. To cause; to make; -- used with the infinitive in the
            active form but in the passive sense; as, let make, i. e.,
            cause to be made; let bring, i. e., cause to be brought.
            [Obs.]
  
                     This irous, cursed wretch Let this knight's son anon
                     before him fetch.                              --Chaucer.
  
                     He . . . thus let do slay hem all three. --Chaucer.
  
                     Anon he let two coffers make.            --Gower.
  
      4. To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively,
            by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain
            or prevent.
  
      Note: In this sense, when followed by an infinitive, the
               latter is commonly without the sign to; as to let us
               walk, i. e., to permit or suffer us to walk. Sometimes
               there is entire omission of the verb; as, to let [to be
               or to go] loose.
  
                        Pharaoh said, I will let you go.   --Ex. viii.
                                                                              28.
  
                        If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it
                        is.                                                --Shak.
  
      5. To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to
            lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with out; as, to let
            a farm; to let a house; to let out horses.
  
      6. To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or
            contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a
            bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering.
  
      Note: The active form of the infinitive of let, as of many
               other English verbs, is often used in a passive sense;
               as, a house to let (i. e., for letting, or to be let).
               This form of expression conforms to the use of the
               Anglo-Saxon gerund with to (dative infinitive) which
               was commonly so employed. See {Gerund}, 2. [bd] Your
               elegant house in Harley Street is to let.[b8]
               --Thackeray. In the imperative mood, before the first
               person plural, let has a hortative force. [bd] Rise up,
               let us go.[b8] --Mark xiv. 42. [bd] Let us seek out
               some desolate shade.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To let alone}, to leave; to withdraw from; to refrain from
            interfering with.
  
      {To let blood}, to cause blood to flow; to bleed.
  
      {To let down}.
            (a) To lower.
            (b) To soften in tempering; as, to let down tools,
                  cutlery, and the like.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lette \Let"te\ (l[ecr]t"t[eit]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Letted}.]
      To let; to hinder. See {Let}, to hinder. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lidded \Lid"ded\ (l[icr]d"d[ecr]d), a.
      Covered with a lid. --Keats.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Litate \Lit"ate\, a. [See {Lituus}.] (Bot.)
      Forked, with the points slightly curved outward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lithate \Lith"ate\, n. (Old Med. Chem.)
      A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate. [Obs.] [Written also
      {lithiate}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lithate \Lith"ate\, n. (Old Med. Chem.)
      A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate. [Obs.] [Written also
      {lithiate}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lithoid \Lith"oid\Lithoidal \Li*thoid"al\, a. [Litho- + -oid:
      cf. F. litho[8b]de.]
      Like a stone; having a stony structure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lituite \Lit"u*ite\, n. [See {Lituus}.] (Paleon.)
      Any species of ammonites of the genus {Lituites}. They are
      found in the Cretaceous formation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Load \Load\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loaded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Loading}. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.]
      1. To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a
            cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a
            lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as
            to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.
  
                     I strive all in vain to load the cart. --Gascoigne.
  
                     I have loaden me with many spoils.      --Shak.
  
                     Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty
                     loads our house.                                 --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Loathe \Loathe\ (l[omac][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loathed}
      (l[omac][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Loathing}.] [AS.
      l[be][edh]ian to hate. See {Loath}.]
      1. To feel extreme disgust at, or aversion for.
  
                     Loathing the honeyed cakes, I Ionged for bread.
                                                                              --Cowley.
  
      2. To dislike greatly; to abhor; to hate.
  
                     The secret which I loathe.                  --Waller.
  
                     She loathes the vital sir.                  --Dryden.
  
      Syn: To hate; abhor; detest; abominate. See {Hate}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Loot \Loot\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Looted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Looting}.]
      To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully
      obtained by war.
  
               Looting parties . . . ransacking the houses.
                                                                              --L.O[?]phant.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lot \Lot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Lotting}.]
      To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.]
  
      {To lot on} [or] {upon}, to count or reckon upon; to expect
            with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Low \Low\, a. [Compar. {Lower}; superl. {Lowest}.] [OE. low,
      louh, lah, Icel. l[be]gr; akin to Sw. l[86]g, Dan. lav, D.
      laag, and E. lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.]
      1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or
            elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as,
            low ground; a low flight.
  
      2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature;
            a low fence.
  
      3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in
            winter, and six in summer.
  
      4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
  
      5. Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the
            ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of
            corn; low wages.
  
      6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
  
      7. (Mus.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low
            pitch; a low note.
  
      8. (Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of
            the tongue in relation to the palate; as, [?] ([?]m), [?]
            (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 5, 10, 11.
  
      9. Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the
            low northern latitudes.
  
      10. Numerically small; as, a low number.
  
      11. Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as,
            low spirits; low in spirits.
  
      12. Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low
            condition; the lower classes.
  
                     Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ? --Milton.
  
      13. Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low
            mind; a low trick or stratagem.
  
      14. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a
            low comparison.
  
                     In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest
                     wits of the heathen world are low and dull.
                                                                              --Felton.
  
      15. Submissive; humble. [bd]Low reverence.[b8] --Milton.
  
      16. Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse;
            made low by sickness.
  
      17. Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a
            low temperature; a low fever.
  
      18. Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low
            estimate.
  
      19. Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple;
            as, a low diet.
  
      Note: Low is often used in the formation of compounds which
               require no special explanation; as, low-arched, low-
               browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying, low-priced,
               low-roofed, low-toned, low-voiced, and the like.
  
      {Low Church}. See {High Church}, under {High}.
  
      {Low Countries}, the Netherlands.
  
      {Low German}, {Low Latin}, etc. See under {German}, {Latin},
            etc.
  
      {Low life}, humble life.
  
      {Low milling}, a process of making flour from grain by a
            single grinding and by siftings.
  
      {Low relief}. See {Bas-relief}.
  
      {Low side window} (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common
            in medi[91]val churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of
            this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line
            of the windows, and in many different situations in the
            building.
  
      {Low spirits}, despondency.
  
      {Low steam}, steam having a low pressure.
  
      {Low steel}, steel which contains only a small proportion of
            carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.
           
  
      {Low Sunday}, the Sunday next after Easter; -- popularly so
            called.
  
      {Low tide}, the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its
            lowest point; low water.
  
      {Low water}.
            (a) The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the
                  in a river, lake, etc.
            (b) (Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient
                  quantity of water in the boiler.
  
      {Low water} {alarm [or] indicator} (Steam Boiler), a
            contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for
            giving warning when the water is low.
  
      {Low water mark}, that part of the shore to which the waters
            recede when the tide is the lowest. --Bouvier.
  
      {Low wine}, a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol,
            produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run
            of the still; -- often in the plural.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Luddite \Lud"dite\, n.
      One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six
      years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving
      machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so
      called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years
      previously had broken stocking frames. --J. & H. Smith. H.
      Martineau.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lute \Lute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Luted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Luting}.]
      To close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a
      crucible; to lute a joint.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lyddite \Lydd"ite\, n. (Chem.)
      A high explosive consisting principally of picric acid, used
      as a shell explosive in the British service; -- so named from
      the proving grounds at Lydd, England.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Leadwood, MO (city, FIPS 41078)
      Location: 37.86225 N, 90.58935 W
      Population (1990): 1247 (506 housing units)
      Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 63653
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