Long-suffering (n.) Long patience of offense.
Longtail (n.) An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail. Cf. Curtail. Dog.
Long-tongue (n.) The wryneck.
Long-tongued (a.) Having a long tongue.
Long-tongued (a.) Talkative; babbling; loquacious.
Longulite (n.) A kind of crystallite having a (slender) acicular form.
Long-waisted (a.) Having a long waist; long from the armpits to the armpits to the bottom of the waist; -- said of persons.
Long-waisted (a.) Long from the part about the neck or shoulder, or from the armpits, to the bottom of the weist, or to the skirt; -- said of garments; as, a long-waisted coat.
Longways (adv.) Lengthwise.
Long-winded (a.) Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.
Longwise (adv.) Lengthwise.
Loo (n.) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo.
Loo (n.) A modification of the game of "all fours" in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack.
Looed (imp. & p. p.) of Loo
Looing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loo
Loo (v. t.) To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick.
Loob (n.) The clay or slimes washed from tin ore in dressing.
Loobily (a.) Loobylike; awkward.
Loobily (adv.) Awkwardly.
Loobies (pl. ) of Looby
Looby (n.) An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber.
Looch (n.) See 2d Loch.
Loof (n.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
Loof (n.) Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind.
Loof (n.) The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to curve toward bow and stern.
Loof (v. i.) See Luff.
Looked (imp. & p. p.) of Look
Looking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Look
Look (v. i.) To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the eyes while keeping them directed; -- with various prepositions, often in a special or figurative sense. See Phrases below.
Look (v. i.) To direct the attention (to something); to consider; to examine; as, to look at an action.
Look (v. i.) To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance; as, the patient looks better; the clouds look rainy.
Look (v. i.) To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front.
Look (v. i.) In the imperative: see; behold; take notice; take care; observe; -- used to call attention.
Look (v. i.) To show one's self in looking, as by leaning out of a window; as, look out of the window while I speak to you. Sometimes used figuratively.
Look (v. i.) To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to anticipate.
Look (v. t.) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
Look (v. t.) To seek; to search for.
Look (v. t.) To expect.
Look (v. t.) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence as, to look down opposition.
Look (v. t.) To express or manifest by a look.
Look (n.) The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view; -- often in certain phrases; as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a look.
Look (n.) Expression of the eyes and face; manner; as, a proud or defiant look.
Look (n.) Hence; Appearance; aspect; as, the house has a gloomy look; the affair has a bad look.
Lookdown (n.) See Moonfish (b).
Looker (n.) One who looks.
Looking (a.) Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc.
Looking (n.) The act of one who looks; a glance.
Looking (n.) The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face.
Looking-glass (n.) A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver.
Lookout (n.) A careful looking or watching for any object or event.
Lookout (n.) The place from which such observation is made.
Lookout (n.) A person engaged in watching.
Lookout (n.) Object or duty of forethought and care; responsibility.
Lool (n.) A vessel used to receive the washings of ores of metals.
Loom (n.) See Loon, the bird.
Loom (n.) A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.
Loom (n.) That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock.
Loomed (imp. & p. p.) of Loom
Looming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loom
Loom (v. i.) To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high.
Loom (v. i.) To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
Loom (n.) The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.
Loom-gale (n.) A gentle gale of wind.
Looming (n.) The indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen in particular states of the atmosphere. See Mirage.
Loon (n.) A sorry fellow; a worthless person; a rogue.
Loon (n.) Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the genus Urinator (formerly Colymbus), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water. The common loon, or great northern diver (Urinator imber, or Colymbus torquatus), and the red-throated loon or diver (U. septentrionalis), are the best known species. See Diver.
Loony (a.) See Luny.
Loop (n.) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
Loop (n.) A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight.
Loop (n.) A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
Loop (n.) A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
Loop (n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.
Loop (n.) The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment.
Looped (imp. & p. p.) of Loop
Looping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loop
Loop (v. t.) To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.
Looped (a.) Bent, folded, or tied, so as to make a loop; as, a looped wire or string.
Looped (a.) Full of holes.
Looper (n.) An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc.
Looper (n.) The larva of any species of geometrid moths. See Geometrid.
Loophole (n.) A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy.
Loophole (n.) A hole or aperture that gives a passage, or the means of escape or evasion.
Loopholed (a.) Provided with loopholes.
Loopie (a.) Deceitful; cunning; sly.
Looping (n.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.
Looping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Loop.
Looplight (n.) A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.
Loord (n.) A dull, stupid fellow; a drone.
Loos (n.) Praise; fame; reputation.
Loose (superl.) Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.
Loose (superl.) Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.
Loose (superl.) Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.
Loose (superl.) Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.
Loose (superl.) Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.
Loose (superl.) Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.
Loose (superl.) Unconnected; rambling.
Loose (superl.) Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.
Loose (superl.) Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.
Loose (superl.) Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.
Loose (n.) Freedom from restraint.