lasciviousness
1: feeling morbid sexual desire [syn: {prurience}, {pruriency}, {carnality}]
laser
1: an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light [syn: {optical maser}]
laser beam
1: a beam of light generated by a laser
laser printer
1: electrostatic printer that focuses a laser beam to form images that are transferred to paper electrostatically
laser-guided bomb
1: a smart bomb that seeks the laser light reflected off of the target and uses it to correct its descent; "laser-guided bombs cannot be used in cloudy weather" [syn: {LGB}]
lash
1: any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids [syn: {eyelash}, {cilium}] 2: leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip [syn: {thong}] 3: a quick blow with a whip [...
lash out
1: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: {attack}, {round}, {assail}, {snipe}, {assault}]
lash together
1: bind together with a cord or rope; "Lash together these barrels!"
lash-up
1: any improvised arrangement for temporary use [syn: {contrivance}]
lasher
1: a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip
lashing
1: violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders" n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment [syn: {whipping}, {tanning}, {flogging}, {flagellation}...
lashings
1: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed a mountain of newspapers" [syn: {tons}, {dozens}, {heaps}, {lots}, {mountain}, {piles}, {scores}, {stacks}, {loads}, {rafts}, {sle...
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
1: a Sunni Muslim extremist group in Pakistan that collaborates with al-Qaeda; the armed wing of Sipah-e-Sahaba
Lashkar-e-Omar
1: a terrorist organization formed in Pakistan in 2002 as a coalition of extremist Islamic militant groups including Lashkar-e-Taiba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Muhammad and elements of al-Qaeda...
Lashkar-e-Taiba
1: the most brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India; "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus" [syn: {Lash...
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba
1: the most brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India; "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus" [syn: {Lash...
Lashkar-e-Toiba
1: the most brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India; "Lashkar-e-Toiba has committed mass murders of civilian Hindus" [syn: {Lash...
Lasiocampa
1: type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars [syn: {genus Lasiocampa}]
lasiocampid
1: medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths comb-like antennae [syn: {lasiocampid moth}]
lasiocampid moth
1: medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths comb-like antennae [syn: {lasiocampid}]
Lasiocampidae
1: tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths [syn: {family Lasiocampidae}]
Lasiurus
1: a genus of Vespertilionidae [syn: {genus Lasiurus}]
Lasiurus borealis
1: North American brick or rusty red bat with hairs tipped with white [syn: {red bat}]
Lasix
1: commonly used diuretic (trade name Lasix) used to treat hypertension and edema [syn: {furosemide}]
Laskar Jihad
1: a paramilitary terrorist organization of militant Muslims in Indonesia; wages a jihad against Christians in Indonesia; subscribes to the Wahhabi creed of Islam [syn: {Holy War Warriors}]
lass
1: a girl or young woman who is unmarried [syn: {lassie}, {young girl}, {jeune fille}]
Lassa
1: the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers [syn: {Lhasa}, {capital of Tibet}, {Forbidden City}]
Lassa fever
1: an acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa; characterized by fever and inflammation and muscular pains and difficulty swallowing; can be used as a bioweapon
lassie
1: a girl or young woman who is unmarried [syn: {lass}, {young girl}, {jeune fille}]
lassitude
1: a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) [syn: {lethargy}, {sluggishness}] 2: a feeling of lack of interest or energy [syn: {languor}, {listlessness}] 3: weakness characterized by...
Lasso
1: Belgian composer (1532-1594) [syn: {Orlando di Lasso}, {Roland de Lassus}] 2: a long noosed rope used to catch animals [syn: {lariat}, {riata}, {reata}] v : catch with a lasso; "rope cows" [syn: {r...
last
1: immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read" [syn: {last(a)}] 2: coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "t...
last but not least
1: in addition to all the foregoing; "last not least he plays the saxophone" [syn: {last not least}]
Last Day
1: (New Testament) day of the Last Judgment when God will decree the fates of all men according to the good and evil of their earthly lives [syn: {Judgment Day}, {Judgement Day}, {Day of Judgment}, {D...
Last Frontier
1: a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union; "Alaska is the largest state in the United States" [syn: {Alaska}, {AK}]
last gasp
1: the point of death or exhaustion or completion; "the last gasp of the cold war"
last half
1: the second of two halves of play [syn: {second half}]
last hurrah
1: a final performance or effort (especially before retirement) [syn: {swan song}]
last in first out
1: inventory accounting in which the most recently acquired items are assumed to be the first sold [syn: {LIFO}]
Last Judgement
1: (New Testament) day of the Last Judgment when God will decree the fates of all men according to the good and evil of their earthly lives [syn: {Judgment Day}, {Judgement Day}, {Day of Judgment}, {D...
Last Judgment
1: (New Testament) day of the Last Judgment when God will decree the fates of all men according to the good and evil of their earthly lives [syn: {Judgment Day}, {Judgement Day}, {Day of Judgment}, {D...
last laugh
1: ultimate success achieved after a near failure (inspired by the saying `he laughs best who laughs last'); "we had the last laugh after the votes were counted"
last mentioned
1: the one most recently mentioned; "the last mentioned pianist"
last mile
1: the last walk of a condemned person to the execution place
last minute
1: the latest possible moment; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules" [syn: {eleventh hour}]
last name
1: the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) [syn: {surname}, {family name}, {cognomen}]
last not least
1: in addition to all the foregoing; "last not least he plays the saxophone" [syn: {last but not least}]
last out
1: a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm" [syn: {stay}, {ride out}, {outride}]
last quarter
1: the last fourth of the moon's period of revolution around the Earth
last resort
1: French for `worst going' [syn: {pis aller}]
last respects
1: the act of expressing respect for someone who has died; "he paid his last respects by standing quietly at the graveside"
last rites
1: a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation [syn: {anointing of the sick}, {extreme unction}] 2: rites performed in connection with a death or burial
last straw
1: the final irritation that stretches you patience byond the limit
Last Supper
1: the traditional Passover supper of Jesus with his disciples on the eve of his crucifixion [syn: {Lord's Supper}]
last word
1: the final statement in a verbal argument; "she always gets the last word" 2: an authoritative statement; "my doctor has the last word on the medicines I take" 3: elegance by virtue of being fashion...
last-ditch
1: of something done as a final recourse (especially to prevent a crisis or disaster); "a last-ditch attempt"
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last-minute
1: just before a deadline; at the last minute; "last-minute arrangements"
last-place
1: lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place" [syn: {last}, {lowest}]
Lastex
1: yarn that has an elastic core wound around with cotton or silk or nylon or rayon threads
Lasthenia
1: small genus of herbs of Pacific coast of North and South America [syn: {genus Lasthenia}]
Lasthenia chrysostoma
1: small slender woolly annual with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; often cultivated [syn: {go...
lasting
1: continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value" [syn: {permanent}] [ant: {...
lastingly
1: in an enduring or permanent manner
lastingness
1: permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force; "they advertised the durability of their products" [syn: {durability}, {enduringness}, {strength}]
lastly
1: the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values" [syn: {last}, {in conclusion}, {finally}]
Lastreopsis
1: tropical terrestrial shield ferns [syn: {genus Lastreopsis}]
Laszlo Lowestein
1: United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964) [syn: {Lorre}, {Peter Lorre}]
lat
1: a broad flat muscle on either side of the back [syn: {latisimus dorsi}] [also: {latu} (pl), {lati} (pl)]
latanier
1: fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region [syn: {latanier palm}]
latanier palm
1: fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region [syn: {latanier}]
latch
1: spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key [syn: {door latch}] 2: catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove v : fasten with...
latch on
1: adopt; "take up new ideas" [syn: {take up}, {fasten on}, {hook on}, {seize on}] 2: understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally ...
latched
1: firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured" [syn: {barred}, {bolted}, {fast}, {locked}, {secured}]
latchkey
1: key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door
latchkey child
1: a school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work)
latchstring
1: opener consisting of a string that can be passed through a hole in a door for raising the latch from outside
late
1: being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time; "late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast" [ant: {early}, ...
late blight
1: blight in which symptoms appear late in the growing season especially a disease of solanaceous plants caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans
Late Greek
1: the Greek language in the 3rd to 8th centuries
Late Latin
1: the form of Latin written between the 3rd and 8th centuries [syn: {Biblical Latin}]
lateen
1: rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail [syn: {lateen-rigged}] n : a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean [syn: {lateen sail}]
lateen sail
1: a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean [syn: {lateen}]
lateen-rig
1: the rig on a lateen-rigged sailing vessel
lateen-rigged
1: rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail [syn: {lateen}]
lately
1: in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly ...
latency
1: (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head [syn: {rotational latency}] 2: the time that elapses between a stimulus and...
latency period
1: (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities [syn: {latency stage}, {latency phase}]
latency phase
1: (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities [syn: {latency stage}, {latency period}]
latency stage
1: (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities [syn: {latency phase}, {latency period}]
lateness
1: quality of coming late or later in time [ant: {earliness}]
latent
1: potentially existing but not presently evident or realized; "a latent fingerprint"; "latent talent" 2: not presently active; "latent infection"; "latent diabetes"
latent content
1: (psychoanalysis) hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream
latent diabetes
1: a mild form of diabetes mellitus in which there are no overt symptoms but there are abnormal responses to some diagnostic procedures [syn: {chemical diabetes}]
latent heat
1: heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure [syn: {heat of transformation}]
latent hostility
1: feelings of hostility that are not manifest; "he could sense her latent hostility to him"; "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions" [syn: {tension}]
latent period
1: the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it [syn: {reaction time}, {response time}, {latency}] 2: the time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptom...
latent schizophrenia
1: schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia [syn: {borderline schizophrenia}]
later
1: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "the future president entered college at the age of 16"; "awaiting future actions on the bill"; "later developments"; "without ulterior argument" [syn: {future...
later on
1: happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here later"; "it didn't happen until afterward"; "two hours after that" ...
lateral
1: situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson [syn: {sidelong}] 2: lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body; "lateral l...
lateral cerebral sulcus
1: the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres [syn: {fissure of Sylvius}, {Sylvian fissure}, {sulcus lateralis cerebri}...
lateral condyle
1: a condyle on the outer side of the lower extremity of the femur
lateral epicondylitis
1: painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand) [syn: {tennis elbow}, {lateral humeral epicondylitis}]
lateral geniculate body
1: a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex [syn: {corpus geniculatum laterale}]
lateral humeral epicondylitis
1: painful inflammation of the tendon at the outer border of the elbow resulting from overuse of lower arm muscles (as in twisting of the hand) [syn: {tennis elbow}, {lateral epicondylitis}]
lateral line
1: sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water [syn: {lateral line organ}]
lateral line organ
1: sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water [syn: {lateral line}]
lateral pass
1: a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer [syn: {lateral}]
lateral rectus
1: the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward [syn: {abducens muscle}, {lateral rectus muscle}, {rectus lateralis}]
lateral rectus muscle
1: the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward [syn: {abducens muscle}, {lateral rectus}, {rectus lateralis}]
lateral thinking
1: a heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on
lateral ventricle
1: either of two horseshoe-shaped ventricles one in each cerebral hemisphere; they communicate with the third ventricle via the foramen of Monro
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