lambkill
1: North American dwarf shrub resembling mountain laurel but having narrower leaves and small red flowers; poisonous to young stock [syn: {sheep laurel}, {pig laurel}, {Kalmia angustifolia}]
lamblike
1: like a lamb in meekness and gentleness
lamboid suture
1: the suture between the occipital and parietal bones [syn: {sutura lamboidea}]
lambrequin
1: a scarf that covers a knight's helmet 2: short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing
lambskin
1: the skin of a lamb with the wool still on 2: skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on [syn: {parchment}, {sheepskin}]
lame
1: pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument" [syn: {feeble}] 2: (of horses) disabled in the feet or legs [syn: {spavined}] 3: disabled in the feet or legs; "...
lame duck
1: an elected official still in office but not slated to continue
lamedh
1: the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
lamella
1: any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the underside of the cap of a mushroom or similar fungus [syn: {gill}] 2: a thin membrane that is one of the calcified layers that form b...
lamellibranch
1: bivalve [syn: {pelecypod}, {pelecypodous}] n : marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together [syn: {bivalve}, {pelecypod}]
Lamellibranchia
1: oysters; clams; scallops; mussels [syn: {Bivalvia}, {class Bivalvia}, {class Lamellibranchia}, {class Pelecypoda}]
Lamellicornia
1: scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles [syn: {superfamily Lamellicornia}]
lamely
1: in a weak and unconvincing manner; "`I don't know, Edward,' she answered lamely"
lameness
1: disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet [syn: {limping}, {gimp}, {gimpiness}, {gameness}, {claudication}]
lament
1: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: {lamentation}, {plaint}, {wail}] 2: a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a d...
lamentable
1: an archaic word for mournful; "tell thou the lamentable tale of me, And send the hearers weeping to their beds"- Shakespeare 2: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state"; "a lament...
lamentably
1: in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" [syn: {deplorably}, {sadly}, {woefully}]
lamentation
1: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" [syn: {lament}, {plaint}, {wail}] 2: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief [syn: {mourn...
Lamentations
1: an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah [syn: {Book of Lamentations}]
lamented
1: mourned or grieved for; "the imprint of our wise and lamented friend"- A.E.Stevenson [ant: {unlamented}]
lamenter
1: a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died) [syn: {mourner}, {griever}, {sorrower}]
lamenting
1: vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakesp...
lamia
1: (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living [syn: {vampire}] [also: {lamiae} (pl)]
Lamiaceae
1: the mints: aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including thyme; sage; rosemary [syn: {Labiatae}, {fam...
lamina
1: a thin plate or layer (especially of bone or mineral) [also: {laminae} (pl)]
lamina arcus vertebrae
1: lamina of the vertebral arch; the flattened posterior part of the vertebral arch from which the spinous process extends
laminal
1: arranged in or consisting of laminae [syn: {laminar}]
laminar
1: arranged in or consisting of laminae [syn: {laminal}]
laminar flow
1: nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae)
Laminaria
1: type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps [syn: {genus Laminaria}]
Laminariaceae
1: large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters [syn: {family Laminariaceae}]
Laminariales
1: in some classifications coextensive with family Laminariaceae: marine brown algae of cold or polar seas [syn: {order Laminariales}]
laminate
1: a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers v 1: create laminate by putting together several thin sheets of a material 2: press or beat (metals) into thin sheets 3: cover with ...
laminated glass
1: glass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering [syn: {safety glass}, {shatterproof glass}]
lamination
1: a layered structure 2: bonding thin sheets together
laminator
1: a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates)
laminectomy
1: surgical removal of the bony arches on one or more vertebrae
laminitis
1: inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse [syn: {founder}]
Lamisil
1: an oral antifungal drug (trade name Lamisil) used to treat cases of fungal nail disease [syn: {terbinafine}]
Lamium
1: genus of Old World herbs: dead nettles; henbits [syn: {genus Lamium}]
Lamium album
1: European dead nettle with white flowers [syn: {white dead nettle}]
Lamium amplexicaule
1: Eurasian plant having toothed leaves and small two-lipped white or purplish-red flowers [syn: {henbit}]
lamivudine
1: a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is very effective in combination with zidovudine in treating AIDS and HIV [syn: {3TC}]
Lammas
1: commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England [syn: {Lammas Day}, {August 1}]
Lammas Day
1: commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England [syn: {Lammas}, {August 1}]
lammergeier
1: the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill [syn: {bearded vulture}, {lammergeyer}, {Gypaetus barbatus}]
lammergeyer
1: the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill [syn: {bearded vulture}, {lammergeier}, {Gypaetus barbatus}]
Lamna
1: a genus of Lamnidae [syn: {genus Lamna}]
Lamna nasus
1: voracious pointed-nose shark of northern Atlantic and Pacific [syn: {porbeagle}]
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Lamnidae
1: oceanic sharks [syn: {family Lamnidae}]
lamp
1: an artificial source of visible illumination 2: a piece of furniture holding one or more electric light bulbs
lamp chimney
1: a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp [syn: {chimney}]
lamp house
1: housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) [syn: {lamphouse}, {lamp housing}]
lamp housing
1: housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) [syn: {lamp house}, {lamphouse}]
lamp oil
1: a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters [syn: {kerosene}, {kerosine}, {coal oil}]
lamp shade
1: a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view [syn: {lampshade}]
lamp shell
1: marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide [syn: {brachiopod}, {lampshell}]
lampblack
1: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink [syn: {carbon black}, {soot}, {smut}]
lamper eel
1: primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue [syn: {lamprey}, {lamprey eel}]
lamphouse
1: housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) [syn: {lamp house}, {lamp housing}]
lamplighter
1: (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights
lamplit
1: lighted by a lamp; "our lamplit mountain retreat"
lampoon
1: a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way [syn: {parody}, {spoof}, {sendup}, {mockery}, {takeoff}, {burlesque}, {travesty}, {charade}, {pasquinade}, {put-on}] v : ridicule with...
lampoon artist
1: a cartoonist who draws parodies or satirical renditions of cultural or social or political situations
lampooner
1: mimics literary or musical style for comic effect [syn: {parodist}]
lamppost
1: a metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight)
lamprey
1: primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue [syn: {lamprey eel}, {lamper eel}]
lamprey eel
1: primitive eellike freshwater or anadromous cyclostome having round sucking mouth with a rasping tongue [syn: {lamprey}, {lamper eel}]
Lampris
1: type genus of the Lampridae [syn: {genus Lampris}]
Lampris guttatus
1: from Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico [syn: {New World opah}]
Lampris regius
1: large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean [syn: {opah}, {moonfish}]
Lampropeltis
1: king snakes and milk snakes [syn: {genus Lampropeltis}]
Lampropeltis getulus
1: widespread in United States except northern regions; black or brown with yellow bands [syn: {common kingsnake}]
Lampropeltis triangulum
1: nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes [syn: {milk snake}, {house snake}, {milk adder}, {checkered adder}]
lampshade
1: a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view [syn: {lamp shade}]
lampshell
1: marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide [syn: {brachiopod}, {lamp shell}]
Lampyridae
1: fireflies [syn: {family Lampyridae}]
LAN
1: a local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system be...
Lanai
1: an island of central Hawaii; a pineapple-growing area [syn: {Lanai Island}] 2: a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room
Lanai Island
1: an island of central Hawaii; a pineapple-growing area [syn: {Lanai}]
lanate
1: covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments; "the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton" [syn: {woolly}]
Lancashire
1: a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles
Lancaster
1: a city in northwestern England 2: the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose [syn: {House of Lancaster}, {Lancastrian line}]
Lancastrian
1: of or relating to the former English royal house or their supporters; "Lancastrian royalty" 2: of or relating to the English city of Lancaster or its residents; "Lancastrian city center" n 1: a mem...
Lancastrian line
1: the English royal house that reigned from 1399 to 1461; its emblem was a red rose [syn: {Lancaster}, {House of Lancaster}]
lance
1: a long pointed rod used as a weapon [syn: {spear}, {shaft}] 2: an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish [syn: {spear}, {gig}, {fizgig}, {fishgig}] 3: a surgical knife with ...
lance corporal
1: an enlisted man in the marine corps ranking above a private first class and below a corporal
lancelet
1: small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates [syn: {amphioxus}]
lancelike
1: of a leaf shape; shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex [syn: {lanceolate}]
Lancelot
1: (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere [syn: {Sir Lancelot}]
lanceolate
1: of a leaf shape; shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex [syn: {lancelike}]
lanceolate leaf
1: shaped like a lance head; tapering to a point at each end
lancer
1: (formerly) a cavalryman armed with a lance
lancers
1: a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples
lancet
1: an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance [syn: {lancet arch}] 2: a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions [syn: {lance}]
lancet arch
1: an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance [syn: {lancet}]
lancet fish
1: large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long sail-like dorsal fin [syn: {lancetfish}, {wolffish}]
lancet window
1: a narrow window having a lancet arch and without tracery
lancetfish
1: large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long sail-like dorsal fin [syn: {lancet fish}, {wolffish}]
lancewood
1: durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools 2: source of most of the lancewood of commerce [syn: {lancewood tree}, {Oxandra lanceolata}]
lancewood tree
1: tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood [syn: {laurelwood}, {Calophyllum candidissimum}] 2: source of most of the lancewood of commerce [syn: {lancewood}, {Oxandra lanceolata}]
Lanchou
1: the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River [syn: {Lanzhou}, {Lanchow}]
Lanchow
1: the capital city of the Chinese province of Gansu on the Yellow River [syn: {Lanzhou}, {Lanchou}]
lancinate
1: as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "la...
lancinating
1: as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "la...
land
1: relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land; "land vehicles" [syn: {land(a)}] [ant: {sea(a)}, {air(a)}] 2: operating or living or growing on land [syn: {terrestrial}, {land(a)}] [ant: {am...
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