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

longstanding
adjective having existed for a long time; `a longstanding friendship`; `the longstanding conflict`

longtail weasel
long-tailed weasel noun the common American weasel distinguished by large size and black-tipped tail

longtime(a)
adjective of long duration; `a longtime friend`

longueur
noun a period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art)

longways
longways dance noun country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other

longwool
noun a domestic long-wool sheep

Lonicera
genus Lonicera noun woodbine

Lonicera albiflora
noun bushy honeysuckle with twining branches and white or yellow-white flowers; southern United States

Lonicera dioica
noun twining deciduous shrub with clusters of purple-tinged yellow-green flowers; northeastern America

Lonicera flava
noun climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant yellow (later orange) flowers in terminal whorls; southeastern United States

Lonicera involucrata
noun shrubby honeysuckle with purple flowers; western North America

Lonicera periclymenum
noun European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers

loofa
loofah 1 luffa 1 loufah sponge noun the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer

loofah
vegetable sponge noun the loofah climber that has cylindrical fruit

look
looking 1 looking at noun the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; `he went out to have a look`; `his look was fixed on her eyes`; `he gave it a good looking at`; `his camera does his looking for him`

look
seem verb give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; `She seems to be sleeping`; `This appears to be a very difficult problem`; `This project looks fishy`; `They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time`

look back
retrospect verb look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; `she reviewed her achievements with pride`

look on
verb observe with attention; `They watched as the murderer was executed`

look out
watch out verb be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one`s guard, be careful; `Watch out for pickpockets!`

look up
verb seek information from; `You should consult the dictionary`; `refer to your notes`

look-alike
adjective resembling closely; `they have look-alike cars`

lookdown
lookdown fish noun similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead

looking
sounding adjective appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; `left their clothes dirty looking`; `a most disagreeable looking character`; `angry-looking`; `liquid-looking`; `severe-looking policemen on noble horses`; `fine-sounding phrases`; `taken in by high-sounding talk`

looking glass
noun a mirror; usually a ladies` dressing mirror

looking glass tree
Heritiera macrophylla noun large evergreen tree of India and Burma whose leaves are silvery beneath

looking-glass plant
Heritiera littoralis noun small tree of coastal regions of Old World tropics whose leaves are silvery beneath

lookout
outlook noun the act of looking out

loom
noun a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile

loom
verb hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing; `The terrible vision brooded over her all day long`

loon
diver noun large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes

loop
loop-the-loop noun a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane

loop
noun (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated; `the solution took hundreds of iterations`

loop gain
noun (telecommunication) the gain of a feedback amplifier or system as a function of how much output is fed back to the input; `if the loop gain is too great the system may go into oscillation`

loop knot
noun any of various knots used to make a fixed loop in a rope

loop topology
loop noun the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component

loop-line
noun a railway branch line that branches from the trunk line and then rejoins it later on

looped
adjective like the pattern basic to the human fingerprint

loophole
noun a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons

loopy
adjective consisting of or covered with or having loops

Loos
Adolf Loos noun Austrian architect (1870-1933)

loose
open adjective (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; `an open texture`; `a loose weave`

loose cannon
noun a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous

loose end
unfinished business noun work that is left incomplete

loose sentence
noun a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows

loose smut
noun a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores

loose trousers
noun protective trousers

loose-jointed
adjective loosely articulated or constructed; `a loose-jointed paragraph`

looseleaf
adjective being or having leaves that can be easily removed or rearranged; `loose-leaf paper`; `a looseleaf notebook`

loosely
slackly adverb in a relaxed manner; not rigid; `his hands lay loosely`

loosely knit
adjective having only distant social or legal ties; `a loosely knit group`

looseness
play noun movement or space for movement; `there was too much play in the steering wheel`

loosening
laxation noun the act of making something less tight

loot
booty noun goods or money obtained illegally

looted
pillaged adjective wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; `the robbers left the looted train`; `people returned to the plundered village`

looting
noun plundering during riots or in wartime

lop-eared
adjective having bent or drooping ears; `a lop-eared hound`

Lophiidae
family Lophiidae noun large-headed marine fishes comprising the anglers

Lophius
genus Lophius noun type genus of family Lophiidae

Lophodytes
genus Lophodytes noun a genus of Merginae

Lopholatilus
genus Lopholatilus noun large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters

Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps
noun yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters

Lophophora
genus Lophophora noun two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal

Lophophorus
genus Lophophorus noun monals

Lophosoria
genus Lophosoria noun one species: tree fern of Central and South America

Lophosoriaceae
family Lophosoriaceae noun very small family of tree ferns

lopsided
adjective having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other

lopsidedly
crookedly adverb in a crooked lopsided manner; `he smiled lopsidedly`

lopsidedness
skewness noun an oblique or slanting asymmetry

loquaciously
garrulously adverb in a chatty loquacious manner; ``When I was young,` she continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of naughty things``

loquat
Japanese plum noun yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh; used for jellies

Lorado Taft
noun United States sculptor (1860-1936)

Loranthaceae
family Loranthaceae noun in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria

Loranthus
genus Loranthus noun type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species

Loranthus europaeus
noun shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks

lorazepam
Ativan noun tranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomnia

lorchel
noun a large fungus of the family Helvellaceae

Lord
noble noun a titled peer of the realm

Lord Chancellor
Lord High Chancellor noun the highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords

Lord of Misrule
noun a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration

Lord Privy Seal
noun the senior cabinet minister in the British Cabinet who has no official duties

Lord`s Prayer
noun the prayer that Christ gave his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9-13)

Lord`s Resistance Army
noun a quasi-religious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army

lordless
masterless adjective having no lord or master; `harsh punishments for sturdy vagabonds and masterless men`

lordliness
noun formality in bearing and appearance; `he behaved with great dignity`

lordolatry
noun the worship of a lord because of his rank or title

lordosis
hollow-back noun an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column

lordship
noun the authority of a lord

lore
traditional knowledge noun knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote; `early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend`

Lorelei
noun a Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction

Lorentz
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz noun Dutch physicist noted for work on electromagnetic theory (1853-1928)

Lorentz force
noun the force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field; the force is at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field; `the Lorentz force can be used to suspend a current-carrying object between two magnets`

Lorenz
Konrad Lorenz noun Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned behaviors (1903-1989)

Lorenzo de`Medici
Lorenzo the Magnificent noun Italian statesman and scholar who supported many artists and humanists including Michelangelo and Leonardo and Botticelli (1449-1492)

Lorenzo dressing
noun vinaigrette with chili sauce and chopped watercress

Loretta Young
noun United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

lorgnette
noun eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle

lorica
noun a hard protective sheath as secreted by certain protoctists e.g.

Loricata
order Loricata noun former name for the order Crocodylia

Loriinae
subfamily Loriinae noun lories

lorikeet
noun any of various small lories