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

love-in-a-mist
noun European garden plant having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowers

love-in-winter
western prince`s pine noun Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymb

love-lies-bleeding
velvet flower noun young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal

love-token
noun keepsake given as a token of love

loved
adjective held dear; `his loved companion of many years`

Lovelace
Richard Lovelace noun English poet (1618-1857)

loveless
adjective receiving no love; `a loveless childhood`

lovely
adjective appealing to the emotions as well as the eye

lover
noun a person who loves or is loved

loverlike
loverly adjective like or in the manner of a lover

lovesick
adjective languishing because of love; `strong men behaving like lovesick boys`

lovesickness
noun a pining for a loved one

loving
adjective feeling or showing love and affection; `loving parents`; `loving glances`

loving cup
noun a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition; `the school kept the cups is a special glass case`

loving-kindness
noun tender kindness motivated by a feeling of affection

lovingness
noun a loving feeling

Lovoa
genus Lovoa noun genus of African timber trees

low
low-toned adjective very low in volume; `a low murmur`; `the low-toned murmur of the surf`

low
adjective used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

low beam
noun the beam of a car`s headlights that provides illumination for a short distance

low blow
noun unscrupulous abuse

low brass
noun brass with 30% (or less) zinc

low comedy
noun a comedy characterized by slapstick and burlesque

Low Countries
noun the lowland region of western Europe on the North Sea: Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands

low density
noun a rarified quality; `the tenuity of the upper atmosphere`

low explosive
noun an explosive with a low rate of combustion

low frequency
noun 30 to 300 kilohertz

low gallberry holly
noun an evergreen shrub

Low German
Plattdeutsch noun a German dialect spoken in northern Germany

Low Latin
noun any dialect of Latin other than the classical

Low Mass
noun a Mass recited without music

low pitch
low frequency noun a pitch that is perceived as below other pitches

low profile
noun a state of low visibility in which public notice is avoided; `he was never one to keep a low profile`

low spirits
noun a state of mild depression

low St Andrew`s cross
Hypericum hypericoides noun low shrubby plant having yellow flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; Bermuda and southeastern United States to West Indies and eastern Mexico

low status
lowness noun a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation

Low Sunday
noun the Sunday following Easter

low tide
low water noun the lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide

low-backed
adjective having a low back

low-beam(a)
adjective used of headlights; `following with low-beam headlights`

low-birth-weight baby
low-birth-weight infant noun an infant born weighing less than 5.5 pounds (2500 grams) regardless of gestational age; `a low-birth-weight infant is at risk for developing lack of oxygen during labor`

low-budget
adjective made on or suited to a limited budget; `a low-budget movie`; `a low-budget menu`

low-bush blueberry
low blueberry noun low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue berries

low-calorie diet
noun a diet that is low on calories

low-ceilinged
adjective having a lower than normal ceiling

low-cost
low-priced adjective that you have the financial means for; `low-cost housing`

low-cut
adjective having a low-cut back; `a backless dress`

low-density lipoprotein
LDL noun a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of moderate amount of protein and a large amount of cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis

low-density(a)
adjective having low concentration; `low-density urban areas`

low-density(p)
adjective having low relative density or specific gravity

low-fat diet
noun a diet containing limited amounts of fat and stressing foods high in carbohydrates; used in treatment of some gallbladder conditions

low-fat milk
noun milk from which some of the cream has been removed

low-grade
adjective of inferior quality

low-growing
flat-growing adjective of plants that grow relatively low to the ground

low-interest
adjective (used of loans) charging a relatively small percentage of the amount borrowed

low-key
low-keyed adjective restrained in style or quality; `a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence`

low-level
low-altitude adjective occurring at a relatively low altitude; `a low-level strafing run`

low-level formatting
initialization noun (computer science) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position

low-level radioactive waste
noun (medicine) radioactive waste consisting of objects that have been briefly exposed to radioactivity (as in certain medical tests)

low-lying
sea-level adjective lying below the normal level; `a low-lying desert`

low-pass filter
noun a filter that passes frequencies below a certain value and attenuates frequencies above that value

low-pitched
adjective set at a low angle or slant; `a low-pitched roof`

low-pitched
adjective used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

low-powered
adjective having little power to do work; `a low-powered engine`

low-pressure
adjective not forceful; `a low-pressure salesman`; `a low-pressure campaign`

low-resolution
adjective of computer output devices; producing images that are not sharply defined

low-rise
adjective used of buildings of one or only a few stories and usually no elevator; low; `looking out over the roofs of low-rise apartment buildings`

low-sodium diet
low-salt diet noun a diet that limits the intake of salt (sodium chloride); often used in treating hypertension or edema or certain other disorders

low-sudsing
adjective (used of e.g. detergents) producing few suds

low-tech
adjective not involving high technology

low-tension
low-voltage adjective subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage

low-warp-loom
noun a handloom in which the warp is carried horizontally; for weaving tapestry

low-water mark
noun a line marking the lowest level reached

lowborn
adjective of humble birth or origins; `a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor`

lowboy
noun a low chest or table with drawers and supported on four legs

lowbrow
lowbrowed adjective characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes; `lowbrow tastes`

Lowell
Abbott Lawrence Lowell noun United States educator and president of Harvard University (1856-1943)

Lowell
noun United States poet (1874-1925)

Lowell Thomas
Lowell Jackson Thomas noun a radio broadcast journalist during World War I and World War II noted for his nightly new broadcast (1892-1981)

lower berth
lower noun the lower of two berths

lower bound
noun (mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set

Lower California
Baja California noun a mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico

lower class
underclass noun the social class lowest in the social hierarchy

lower criticism
noun the study of existing manuscripts of Scriptures to determine the original text

lower deck
third deck noun the deck below the main deck

Lower Egypt
noun one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; consists of the Nile delta

lower jaw
mandible noun the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth

lower limit
noun the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something

lower mantle
noun the deeper part of the mantle

Lower Paleolithic
noun the oldest part of the Paleolithic Age with the emergence of the hand ax; ended about 120,000 years ago

Lower Peninsula
noun the part of northern Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron

lower respiratory tract
noun the bronchi and lungs

lower respiratory tract smear
bronchoscopic smear noun any of several cytologic smears obtained from different parts of the lower respiratory tract; used for cytologic study of cancer and other diseases of the lungs

lower respiratory infection
noun infection of the lower respiratory tract

Lower Saxony
noun a state in northwestern Germany

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

lower-class
adjective occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society

lower-middle-class
adjective occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society

lowercase
adjective relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor`s type case; `lowercase letters; a and b and c etc`

lowerclassman
underclassman noun an undergraduate who is not yet a senior