Lachrymal (a.) Pertaining to the lachrymal organs; as, lachrymal bone; lachrymal duct.
Lacrymal (n.) Alt. of Lacrymal
Lacrymal (n.) See Lachrymatory.
Lachrymary (a.) Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal.
Lachrymate (v. i.) To weep.
Lachrymation (n.) The act of shedding tears; weeping.
ries (pl. ) of Lachrymatory
Lachrymatory (n.) A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.
Lachrymiform (a.) Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped.
Lachrymose (a.) Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.
Lacing (n.) The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.
Lacing (n.) A lace; specifically (Mach.), a thong of thin leather for uniting the ends of belts.
Lacing (n.) A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc.
Lacing (n.) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut.
Laciniae (pl. ) of Lacinia
Lacinia (n.) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
Lacinia (n.) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
Lacinia (n.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.
Laciniate (a.) Alt. of Laciniated
Laciniated (a.) Fringed; having a fringed border.
Laciniated (a.) Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed.
Laciniolate (a.) Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute laciniae.
Lacinulae (pl. ) of Lacinula
Lacinulas (pl. ) of Lacinula
Lacinula (n.) A diminutive lacinia.
Lack (n.) Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.
Lack (n.) Deficiency; want; need; destitution; failure; as, a lack of sufficient food.
Lacked (imp. & p. p.) of Lack
Lacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lack
Lack (v. t.) To blame; to find fault with.
Lack (v. t.) To be without or destitute of; to want; to need.
Lack (v. i.) To be wanting; often, impersonally, with of, meaning, to be less than, short, not quite, etc.
Lack (v. i.) To be in want.
Lack (interj.) Exclamation of regret or surprise.
Lackadaisical (a.) Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental.
Lackadaisy (interj.) An expression of languor.
Lackadaisy (a.) Lackadaisical.
Lackaday (interj.) Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.
Lackbrain (n.) One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person.
Lacker (n.) One who lacks or is in want.
Lacker (n. & v.) See Lacquer.
Lackeys (pl. ) of Lackey
Lackey (v.) An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
Lackey (v. t.) To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.
Lackeyed (imp. & p. p.) of Lackey
Lackeying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lackey
Lackey (v. i.) To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
Lackluster (n.) Alt. of Lacklustre
Lacklustre (n.) A want of luster.
Lacklustre (a.) Wanting luster or brightness.
Lacmus (n.) See Litmus.
Laconian (a.) Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan.
Laconian (n.) An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.
Laconic (a.) Alt. of Laconical
Laconical (a.) Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form.
Laconical (a.) Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.
Laconic (n.) Laconism.
Laconical (a.) See Laconic, a.
Laconically (adv.) In a laconic manner.
LaconIcism (n.) Same as Laconism.
Laconism (n.) A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style.
Laconism (n.) An instance of laconic style or expression.
Laconized (imp. & p. p.) of Laconize
Laconizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Laconize
Laconize (v. i.) To imitate the manner of the Laconians, especially in brief, pithy speech, or in frugality and austerity.
Lacquer (n.) A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-mache, and wood. The name is also given to varnishes made of other ingredients, esp. the tough, solid varnish of the Japanese, with which ornamental objects are made.
Lacquered (imp. & p. p.) of Lacquer
Lacquering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lacquer
Lacquer (v. t.) To cover with lacquer.
Lacquerer (n.) One who lacquers, especially one who makes a business of lacquering.
Lacquering (n.) The act or business of putting on lacquer; also, the coat of lacquer put on.
Lacrimoso (a.) Plaintive; -- a term applied to a mournful or pathetic movement or style.
Lacrosse (n.) A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a "crosse". The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field.
Lacrymal (n. & a.) See Lachrymatory, n., and Lachrymal, a.
Lacrymary () Alt. of Lacrymose
Lacrytory () Alt. of Lacrymose
Lacrymose () See Lachrymary, Lachrymatory, Lachrymose.
Lactage (n.) The produce of animals yielding milk; milk and that which is made from it.
Lactam (n.) One of a series of anhydrides of an amido type, analogous to the lactones, as oxindol.
Lactamic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an amido acid related to lactic acid, and called also amido-propionic acid.
Lactamide (n.) An acid amide derived from lactic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance having a neutral reaction. It is metameric with alanine.
Lactant (a.) Suckling; giving suck.
Lactarene (n.) A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico.
Lactary (a.) Milky; full of white juice like milk.
Lactary (n.) a dairyhouse.
Lactate (n.) A salt of lactic acid.
Lactation (n.) A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.
Lacteal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.
Lacteal (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.
Lacteal (n.) One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.
Lacteally (adv.) Milkily; in the manner of milk.
Lactean (a.) Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk.
Lactean (a.) Lacteal; conveying chyle.
Lacteous (a.) Milky; resembling milk.
Lacteous (a.) Lacteal; conveying chyle; as, lacteous vessels.
Lacteously (adv.) In a lacteous manner; after the manner of milk.
Lactescence (n.) The state or quality of producing milk, or milklike juice; resemblance to milk; a milky color.
Lactescence (n.) The latex of certain plants. See Latex.
Lactescent (a.) Having a milky look; becoming milky.
Lactescent (a.) Producing milk or a milklike juice or fluid, as the milkweed. See Latex.