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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

lacrosse ball
noun ball used in playing lacrosse

lactating
adjective producing or secreting milk; `a wet nurse`; `a wet cow`; `lactating cows`

lacteal
adjective relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk; `lacteal fluids`; `lacteal organs`

lactic
adjective of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey); `lactic acid`; `lactic fermentation`

lactiferous duct
noun ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple

Lactobacillaceae
family Lactobacillaceae noun lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens; bacteria that ferment carbohydrates chiefly into lactic acid

lactobacillus
noun Gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria that produce lactic acid especially in milk

lactogenic
adjective inducing lactation

Lactophrys
genus Lactophrys noun a genus of Ostraciidae

lacuna
noun a blank gap or missing part

lacustrine
adjective of or relating to or living near lakes

lacy
lacelike adjective made of or resembling lace; `a lacy gown`; `a lacy leaf`

ladder
noun steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down

ladder
ravel noun a row of unravelled stitches; `she got a run in her stocking`

ladder truck
aerial ladder truck noun a fire engine carrying ladders

ladder-back
noun the backrest of a chair that consists of two uprights with connecting slats

ladder-back
noun a chair with a ladder-back

ladder-back chair
noun a chair with a ladder-back

lade
verb fill or place a load on; `load a car`; `load the truck with hay`

laden
loaded adjective filled with a great quantity; `a tray loaded with dishes`; `table laden with food`; ``ladened` is not current usage`

laden
verb fill or place a load on; `load a car`; `load the truck with hay`

ladies` room
powder room noun a woman`s restroom in a public (or semipublic) building

Ladin
noun a Rhaeto-Romance dialect of Romansh spoken in southeastern Switzerland

ladle
noun a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; used to transfer liquids

lady chapel
noun a small chapel in a church; dedicated to the Virgin Mary

Lady Emma Hamilton
Amy Lyon noun English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815)

Lady Jane Grey
noun Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)

lady`s thistle
Our Lady`s mild thistle noun tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America

ladybug
ladybeetle noun small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests

ladyfinger
noun small finger-shaped sponge cake

ladyfish
tenpounder noun game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller

ladylike
adjective befitting a woman of good breeding; `ladylike manners`

ladylikeness
noun behavior befitting a lady

Ladyship
noun a title used to address any peeress except a duchess; `Your Ladyship`; `Her Ladyship`

Laffer curve
noun a graph purporting to show the relation between tax rates and government income; income increases as tax rates increase up to an optimum beyond which income declines

lag
dawdle 1 fall back verb hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

lag screw
lag bolt noun a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench

lagan
lagend noun goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered

lager
lager beer noun a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September

Lagidium
genus Lagidium noun a genus of Chinchillidae

Lagodon
genus Lagodon noun a genus of Sparidae

lagomorph
noun relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing

Lagomorpha
order Lagomorpha noun rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia

Lagopus
genus Lagopus noun ptarmigans

Lagorchestes
genus Lagorchestes noun hare wallabies

Lagostomus
genus Lagostomus noun viscachas

Lagothrix
genus Lagothrix noun woolly monkeys

Laguncularia racemosa
noun shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin

lahar
noun an avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano

Lahu
noun a Loloish language

laic
lay adjective concerning those not members of the clergy; `set his collar in laic rather than clerical position`; `the lay ministry`; `the choir sings both sacred and secular music`

laicize
laicise verb reduce to lay status; `laicize the parochial schools`

laid
set adjective set down according to a plan:`a carefully laid table with places set for four people`; `stones laid in a pattern`

laid low(p)
adjective put out of action (by illness)

laid up(p)
adjective ill and usually confined; `laid up with a bad cold`

laid-back
mellow adjective unhurried and relaxed; `a mellow conversation`

lair
den noun the habitation of wild animals

laissez passer
noun a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions; `the media representatives had special passes`

laity
temporalty noun in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy

Lake Baikal
Lake Baykal noun the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world

lake bed
lake bottom noun the bottom of a lake

Lake Chad
Chad noun a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river

Lake Champlain
Champlain noun a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812

Lake Chelan
noun a narrow very deep lake in central Washington in the Cascade Range

Lake Clark National Park
noun a national park in Alaska having Eskimo and Athapaskan archeological sites

Lake District
Lakeland noun a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England`s largest lake and highest mountain

lake dwelling
pile dwelling noun dwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages

Lake Edward
noun a lake in the Great Rift Valley between Congo and Uganda

Lake Erie
Erie noun the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal

Lake Geneva
Lake Leman noun a lake between southwestern Switzerland and France that is crossed from east to west by the Rhone

lake herring
cisco noun cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward

Lake Huron
Huron noun the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes

Lake Ilmen
Ilmen noun a lake in northwestern Russia; drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga

Lake Ladoga
Ladoga noun a lake in northwestern Russia north of St. Petersburg; the largest lake in Europe; drains through the Neva River into the Gulf of Finland

Lake Michigan
Michigan noun the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders

Lake Nasser
Nasser noun lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan

Lake Nyasa
Lake Malawi noun a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi

Lake Onega
Onega noun lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe

Lake Ontario
Ontario noun the smallest of the Great Lakes

lake poets
noun English poets at the beginning of the 19th century who lived in the Lake District and were inspired by it

Lake St. Clair
Lake Saint Clair noun a lake between Ontario and Michigan; connected with Lake Huron and Lake Erie

Lake Superior
Superior noun the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes

Lake Tahoe
noun a lake on the border between Nevada and California west of Carson City; a popular resort area

Lake Tana
Lake Tsana noun a lake in northern Ethiopia; the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile

Lake Tanganyika
Tanganyika noun the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley

Lake Trasimenus
Battle of Lake Trasimenus noun a battle in 217 BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by Flaminius

lake trout
salmon trout noun large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States

Lake Urmia
Urmia noun a shallow saline lake in northwestern Iran between Tabriz and the western border of Turkey

Lake Vanern
Vanern noun a lake in southwestern Sweden; the largest lake in Sweden

Lake Victoria
Victoria Nyanza noun the largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world; a headwaters reservoir for the Nile River

lake whitefish
Coregonus clupeaformis noun found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska

lakefront
noun land bordering a lake

Lakeland terrier
noun breed of wire-haired terrier originally from the Lake District of England and used for hunting

lakeside
lakeshore noun the shore of a lake

Lakshmi
noun Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity

Lallans
Scottish Lallans noun a dialect of English spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland

lallation
noun defective articulation of the `l` phoneme or the phoneme `r` is pronounced as `l`

lally
lally column noun support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete

lam into
tear into verb hit violently, as in an attack

Lama
genus Lama noun llamas