LUCRIFEROUS
LUCRIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin lucrum, gain, and fero, to produce.] Gainful; profitable. [Little used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LUCRIFIC
LUCRIF'IC, adjective [Latin lucrum, gain, and facio to make.] Producing profit; gainful. [Not used.]
LUCTATION
LUCTA'TION, noun [Latin luctatio, from luctor, to wrestle or strive.]Struggle; contest; effort to overcome in contest. [Little used.]
LUCTUAL
LUC'TUAL, adjective [Latin luctus, grief.] Producing grief. [Not used.]
LUCUBRATE
LU'CUBRATE, verb intransitive [Latin lucubro, to study by candle-light, from lucubrum, from lux, light.]To study by candle-light or a lamp; to study by night.
LUCUBRATION
LUCUBRA'TION, noun1. Study by a lamp or by candle-light; nocturnal study.2. That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement.
LUCUBRATORY
LU'CUBRATORY, adjective Composed by candle-light or by night.
LUCULENT
LU'CULENT, adjective [Latin luculentus, from luceo, to shine.]1. Lucid; clear; transparent; as luculent rivers.2. Clear; evident; luminous.The most luculent testimonies that the...
LUCULLITE
LU'CULLITE, noun A subspecies of carbonate of lime, of three kinds.
LUDIBRIOUS
LUDIB'RIOUS, adjective [Latin ludibriosus, from ludo, to sport.] Sportive; wanton.
LUDICROUS
LU'DICROUS, adjective [Latin ludicer, from ludo, to sport.]Sportive; burlesque; adapted to raise laughter, without scorn or contempt. ludicrous differs from ridiculous; the latt...
LUDICROUSLY
LU'DICROUSLY, adverb Sportively; in burlesque; in a manner to raise laughter without contempt.
LUDICROUSNESS
LU'DICROUSNESS, noun Sportiveness; the quality of exciting laughter without contempt; merry cast.
LUDIFICATION
LUDIFICA'TION, noun [Latin ludificor.] The act of deriding.
LUDIFICATORY
LUDIF'ICATORY, adjective Making sport; tending to excite derision.
LUFF
LUFF, noun The palm of the hand.LUFF, nounWeather-gage, or part towards the wind; or the sailing of a ship close to the wind.LUFF, verb intransitive To turn the head of a ship t...
LUG
LUG, verb transitive [See Pluck.]1. To haul; to drag; to pull with force, as something heavy and moved with difficulty.Howler lugs him still through hedges.2. To carry or convey...
LUGGAGE
LUG'GAGE, noun [from lug.]1. Any thing cumbersome and heavy to be carried; traveling baggage.I am gathering up my luggage and preparing for my journey.2. Something of more weigh...
LUGGER
LUG'GER, noun A vessel carrying three masts with a running bowsprit and lug-sails.
LUGGS
LUGGS, noun An insect like an earth-worm, but having legs.LUG'-SAIL, noun A square sail bent upon a yard that hands obliquely to the mast at one third of its length.
LUGUBRIOUS
LUGU'BRIOUS, adjective [Latin lugubris, from lugeo, to weep.]Mournful; indicating sorrow; as a lugubrious look.
LUKEWARM
LU'KEWARM, adjective1. Moderately warm; tepid; as lukewarm water; lukewarm heat.2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent; as lukewarm obedience; lukewarm patriots. Revelati...
LUKEWARMLY
LU'KEWARMLY, adverb1. With moderate warmth.2. With indifference; coolly.
LUKEWARMNESS
LU'KEWARMNESS, noun1. A mild or moderate heat.2. Indifference; want of zeal or ardor; coldness.The defect of zeal is lukewarmness or coldness in religion.
LULL
LULL, verb transitive [Latin lallo. The sense is to throw down, to still, to appease. Seamen say, the wind lulls, when it subsides.]To quiet; to compose; to cause to rest. The n...
LULLABY
LULL'ABY, noun [lull and by. See By.]A song to quiet babes; that which quiets.
LULLED
LULL'ED, participle passive Quieted; appeased; composed to rest.