LUBRICATE
LU'BRICATE, verb transitive [Latin lubrico, from lubricus, slippery; allied to labor, to slip or slide.]To make smooth or slippery. Mucilaginous and saponaceous medicines lubric...
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LUBRICATED
LU'BRICATED, participle passive Made smooth and slippery.
LUBRICATING
LU'BRICATING, participle present tense Rendering smooth and slippery.
LUBRICATOR
LU'BRICATOR, noun That which lubricates.
LUBRICOUS
LU'BRICOUS, adjective [Latin lubricus.]1. Smooth; slippery.2. Wavering; unstable; as lubricous opinions.
LUBRICTIY
LUBRIC'TIY, noun1. Smoothness of surface; slipperiness.2. Smoothness; aptness to glide over any thing, or to facilitate the motion of bodies in contact by diminishing friction.3...
LUBRIFACTION
LUBRIFAC'TION, noun [infra.] The act of lubricating or making smooth.
LUBRIFICATION
LUBRIFICA'TION, noun [Latin lubricus and facio, to make.]The act or operation of making smooth and slippery.
LUCE
LUCE, noun A pike full grown.
LUCENT
LU'CENT, adjective [Latin lucens, from luceo, to shine. See light.]Shining; bright; resplendent; as the sun's lucent orb.
LUCERN
LU'CERN, nounA plant of the genus Medicago, cultivated for fodder.
LUCID
LU'CID, adjective [Latin lucidus, from luceo, to shine. See Light.]1. Shining; bright; resplendent; as the lucid orbs of heaven.2. Clear; transparent; pellucid; as a lucid strea...
LUCIDITY
LUCID'ITY, noun Brightness. [Not used.]
LUCIDNESS
LU'CIDNESS, noun Brightness; clearness.
LUCIFER
LU'CIFER, noun [Latin lux, lucis, light, and fero, to bring.]1. The planet Venus, so called from its brightness.2. Satan.And when he falls, he falls like lucifer never to hope a...
LUCIFERIAN
LUCIFE'RIAN, adjective Pertaining to Lucifer, or to the Luciferians.
LUCIFERIANS
LUCIFE'RIANS, noun A sect that followed Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in the fourth century. They held to the carnal nature of the soul, and that there is no place for repentance...
LUCIFEROUS
LUCIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin lucifer, supra.] Giving light; affording light or means of discovery.
LUCIFIC
LUCIF'IC, adjective [Latin lux, light, and facio, to make.]Producing light.
LUCIFORM
LU'CIFORM, adjective [Latin lux, light, and forma, form.]Having the form of light; resembling light.The water prepares us, and purifies our luciform spirit to receive the divinity.
LUCK
LUCK, nounThat which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting a man's interest or happiness, and which is deemed casual; fortune. luck respects persons and their pr...
LUCKILY
LUCK'ILY, adverb [from lucky.] Fortunately; by good fortune; with a favorable issue; in a good sense. luckily we escaped injury.
LUCKINESS
LUCK'INESS, noun1. The state of being fortunate; as the luckiness of a man or of an event.2. Good fortune; a favorable issue or event. [In this sense, luck is generally used.]
LUCKLESS
LUCK'LESS, adjective1. Unfortunate; meeting with ill success; as a luckless gamester; a luckless maid.2. Unfortunate; producing ill or no good.Prayers made and granted in a luck...
LUCKY
LUCK'Y, adjective1. Fortunate; meeting with good success; as a lucky adventurer.2. Fortunate; producing good by chance; favorable; as a lucky adventure; a lucky time; a lucky cast.
LUCRATIVE
LU'CRATIVE, adjective [Latin lucrativus, from lucror, to gain profit.]Gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as a lucrative trade; lucrative business or office.
LUCRE
LU'CRE, noun lu'ker. [Latin lucrum.] Gain in money or goods; profit; usually in an ill sense, or with the sense of something base or unworthy.The lust of lucre and the dread of ...