Laborer (n.) One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.
Laboring (a.) That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days.
Laboring (a.) Suffering pain or grief.
Laborious (a.) Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome.
Laborious (a.) Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic.
Laborless (a.) Not involving labor; not laborious; easy.
Laborous (a.) Laborious.
Labor-saving (a.) Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, labor-saving machinery.
Laborsome (a.) Made with, or requiring, great labor, pains, or diligence.
Laborsome (a.) Likely or inclined to roll or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea; having a tendency to labor.
Labrador (n.) A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland.
Labradorite (n.) A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See Feldspar.
Labras (n. pl.) Lips.
Labroid (a.) Like the genus Labrus; belonging to the family Labridae, an extensive family of marine fishes, often brilliantly colored, which are very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The tautog and cunner are American examples.
Labrose (a.) Having thick lips.
Labra (pl. ) of Labrum
Labrums (pl. ) of Labrum
Labrum (n.) A lip or edge, as of a basin.
Labrum (n.) An organ in insects and crustaceans covering the upper part of the mouth, and serving as an upper lip. See Illust. of Hymenoptera.
Labrum (n.) The external margin of the aperture of a shell. See Univalve.
Labri (pl. ) of Labrus
Labrus (n.) A genus of marine fishes, including the wrasses of Europe. See Wrasse.
Laburnic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the laburnum.
Laburnine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum.
Laburnum (n.) A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.
Labyrinth (n.) An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths.
Labyrinth (n.) Any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden.
Labyrinth (n.) Any object or arrangement of an intricate or involved form, or having a very complicated nature.
Labyrinth (n.) An inextricable or bewildering difficulty.
Labyrinth (n.) The internal ear. See Note under Ear.
Labyrinth (n.) A series of canals through which a stream of water is directed for suspending, carrying off, and depositing at different distances, the ground ore of a metal.
Labyrinth (n.) A pattern or design representing a maze, -- often inlaid in the tiled floor of a church, etc.
Labyrinthal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a labyrinth; intricate; labyrinthian.
Labyrinthian (a.) Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.
Labyrinthibranch (a.) Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthici.
Labyrinthibranch (n.) One of the Labyrinthici.
Labyrinthic (a.) Alt. of Labyrinthical
Labyrinthical (a.) Like or pertaining to a labyrinth.
Labyrinthici (n. pl.) An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied fishes.
Labyrinthiform (a.) Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate.
Labyrinthine (a.) Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal.
Labyrinthodon (n.) A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus.
Labyrinthodont (a.) Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthodonta.
Labyrinthodont (n.) One of the Labyrinthodonta.
Labyrinthodonta (n. pl.) An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus Labyrinthodon, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent writers they are divided into two or more orders. See Stegocephala.
Lac (n.) Alt. of Lakh
Lakh (n.) One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees.
Lac (n.) A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance.
Laccic (a.) Pertaining to lac, or produced from it; as, laccic acid.
Laccin (n.) A yellow amorphous substance obtained from lac.
Laccolite (n.) Alt. of Laccolith
Laccolith (n.) A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.
Lace (n.) That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc.
Lace (n.) A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
Lace (n.) A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.
Lace (n.) Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage.
Laced (imp. & p. p.) of Lace
Lacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lace
Lace (v. t.) To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with anything resembling laces.
Lace (v. t.) To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver.
Lace (v. t.) To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
Lace (v. t.) To add spirits to (a beverage).
Lace (v. i.) To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.
Lace-bark (n.) A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.
Laced (a.) Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.
Laced (v. t.) Decorated with the fabric lace.
Lacedaemonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lacedaemon or Sparta, the chief city of Laconia in the Peloponnesus.
Lacedaemonian (n.) A Spartan.
Lacemen (pl. ) of Laceman
Laceman (n.) A man who deals in lace.
Lacerable (a.) That can be lacerated or torn.
Lacerated (imp. & p. p.) of Lacerate
Lacerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lacerate
Lacerate (v. t.) To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.
Lacerate (p. a.) Alt. of Lacerated
Lacerated (p. a.) Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound.
Lacerated (p. a.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.
Laceration (n.) The act of lacerating.
Laceration (n.) A breach or wound made by lacerating.
Lacerative (a.) Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors.
Lacert (n.) A muscle of the human body.
Lacerta (n.) A fathom.
Lacerta (n.) A genus of lizards. See Lizard.
Lacerta (n.) The Lizard, a northern constellation.
Lacertian (a.) Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia.
Lacertian (n.) One of the Lacertilia.
Lacertilia (n. pl.) An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards.
Lacertilian (a. & n.) Same as Lacertian.
Lacertiloid (a.) Like or belonging to the Lacertilia.
Lacertine (a.) Lacertian.
Lacerti (pl. ) of Lacertus
Lacertus (n.) A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers.
Lacewing (n.) Any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Chrysopa and allied genera. They have delicate, lacelike wings and brilliant eyes. Their larvae are useful in destroying aphids. Called also lace-winged fly, and goldeneyed fly.
Lace-winged (a.) Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies.
Laches (n.) Alt. of Lache
Lache (n.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.
Lachrymable (a.) Lamentable.
Lachrymae Christi () A rich, sweet, red Neapolitan wine.
Lachrymal (a.) Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions.
Lachrymal (a.) Pertaining to, or secreting, tears; as, the lachrymal gland.