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English Word Dictionary

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low-level

adjective · lower in rank or importance

low-pressure

adjective · not forceful

Example: a low-pressure salesman

low-set

adjective · lower than average

Example: lowset ears

lowbush penstemon

noun · low bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue-violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stems

lower oneself

verb · debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way

Example: I won't stoop to reading other people's mail

lower tunguska

noun · a river that arises to the north of Lake Baikal and flows north and west to the Yenisei River

lowercase

adjective · relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case

Example: lowercase letters; a and b and c etc

loweringly

adverb · in a menacing or scowling way

Example: he looked up loweringly

lowest

adjective · lowest in rank or importance

Example: last prize

lowset

adjective · lower than average

Example: lowset ears

loxoma

noun · one species of terrestrial ferns of New Zealand

loyal

adjective · unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison

Example: a firm ally

loyally

adverb · with loyalty; in a loyal manner

Example: government will not be efficient unless the people as a whole accept leadership loyally and enthusiastically

lozenge

noun · a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

lubberly

adjective · inexperienced in seamanship

Example: of all landlubbers the most lubberly

lubricator

noun · a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery

lucid

adjective · (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable- Robert Burton

Example: writes in a limpid style

lucidly

adverb · in a clear and lucid manner

Example: this is a lucidly written book

luck it

verb · act by relying on one's luck

luck out

verb · succeed by luck

Example: I lucked out and found the last parking spot in the lot

luckily

adverb · by good fortune

Example: fortunately the weather was good

luckiness

noun · an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes

ludicrously

adverb · so as to arouse or deserve laughter

Example: her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well

lug

noun · marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait

lugubriously

adverb · in a sorrowful lugubrious manner

Example: his long face lugubriously reflecting a hidden and unexpressed compassion

lukewarmly

adverb · in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner

Example: he was lukewarmly received by his relatives

lumbar

adjective · of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones

Example: lumbar vertebrae

luminal

noun · a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative

lumpish

adjective · mentally sluggish

lumpy

adjective · having lumps; not smooth and even in texture

Example: lumpy gravy

lunate

adjective · resembling the new moon in shape

lungi

noun · a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma

lurid

adjective · shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke

Example: a lurid sunset

luridly

adverb · in a lurid manner

Example: it was luridly described in the book as the place where mystics took refuge

lurk

verb · wait in hiding to attack

lusciously

adverb · so as to produce a delightful taste

Example: I bought some more of these deliciously sweet peaches

lush

adjective · produced or growing in extreme abundance

Example: their riotous blooming

lustfully

adverb · in a lustful manner

Example: he looked at the young woman lustfully

lustily

adverb · in a healthy manner

Example: the young plants grew lustily

luta

noun · an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and Lushun

luteinizing hormone

noun · a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals

luxate

verb · move out of position

Example: dislocate joints

luxembourgian

adjective · relating to or characteristic of Luxembourg

Example: Luxembourgian food

luxuriantly

adverb · in an elegantly luxuriant way

Example: this suave, culture-loving and luxuriantly good-looking M.P.represents the car-workers of Coventry

luxuriously

adverb · in a rich manner

Example: he lives high

lx

adjective · being ten more than fifty

lxiii

adjective · being three more than sixty

lxx

adjective · being ten more than sixty

lxxi

adjective · being one more than seventy

lxxii

adjective · being two more than seventy

lxxiii

adjective · being three more than seventy

lxxxviii

adjective · being eight more than eighty

lymph vessel

noun · a vascular duct that carries lymph which is eventually added to the venous blood circulation

lymphocytic

adjective · of or relating to lymphocytes

Example: lymphocytic leukemia