LULLER
LULL'ER, noun One that lulls; one that fondles.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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LULLING
LULL'ING, participle present tense Stilling; composing to rest.
LUM
LUM, noun The chimney of a cottage.
LUMACHEL
LUM'ACHEL,LUMACHEL'LA, noun A calcarious stone composed of shells and coral conglutinated, but so far retaining their organization as to exhibit different colors, and so hard as...
LUMBAGINOUS
LUMBAG'INOUS, adjective Pertaining to lumbago.
LUMBAGO
LUMBA'GO, noun [Latin lumbus, loins.] A pain in the loins and small of the back, such as precedes certain fevers.A rheumatic affection of the muscles about the loins.
LUMBAR
LUM'BAR, adjective [Latin lumbus, loins.] Pertaining to the loins. The lumbar region is the posterior portion of the body between the false ribs and the upper edge of the haunch...
LUMBER
LUM'BER, noun1. Any thing useless and cumbersome, or things bulky and thrown aside as of no use.The very bed was violated - and thrown among the common lumber2. In America, timb...
LUMBER-ROOM
LUM'BER-ROOM, noun A place for the reception of lumber or useless things.
LUMBRIC
LUM'BRIC, noun [Latin lumbricus, a worm.] A worm.
LUMBRICAL
LUM'BRICAL, adjective [Latin lumbricus, a worm.] Resembling a worm; as the lumbrical muscles.LUM'BRICAL, adjective Pertaining to the loins.LUM'BRICAL, noun A muscle of the finge...
LUMBRICIFORM
LUMBRIC'IFORM, noun [Latin lumbricus, a worm, and form.] Resembling a worm in shape.
LUMINARY
LU'MINARY, noun [Latin luminare, from lumen, light.]1. Any body that gives light, but chiefly one of the celestial orbs. The sun is the principal luminary in our system. the sta...
LUMINATION
LUMINATION. [See Illumination.]
LUMINE
LU'MINE, verb transitive To enlighten. [Not used. See Illumine.]
LUMINIFEROUS
LUMINIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin lumen, light, and fero, to produce.]Producing light.
LUMINOUS
LU'MINOUS, adjective [Latin luminosus.]1. Shining; emitting light. The sun is a most luminous body.2. Light; illuminated. The moon is rendered luminous by the rays of the sun.3....
LUMINOUSLY
LU'MINOUSLY, adverb With brightness or clearness.
LUMINOUSNESS
LU'MINOUSNESS, noun1. The quality of being bright or shining; brightness; as the luminousness of the sea.2. Clearness; perspicuity; as the luminousness of ideas, arguments or me...
LUMP
LUMP, noun1. A small mass of matter of no definite shape; as a lump of earth; a lump of butter; a lump of sugar.2. A mass of things blended or thrown together without order or d...
LUMPEN
LUMP'EN, noun A long fish of a greenish color, and marked with lines.
LUMPFISH
LUMP'FISH, noun A thick fish of the genus Cyclopterus. The back is sharp and elevated; the belly flat, and of a crimson color. along the body run five rows of sharp bony tubercl...
LUMPING
LUMP'ING, participle present tense1. Throwing into a mass or sum.2.adjective Bulky; heavy. [A low word.]
LUMPISH
LUMP'ISH, adjective1. Like a lump; heavy; gross; bulky.2. Dull; inactive.
LUMPISHLY
LUMP'ISHLY, adverb Heavily; with dullness or stupidity.
LUMPISHNESS
LUMP'ISHNESS, noun Heaviness; dullness; stupidity.
LUMPY
LUMP'Y, adjective Full of lumps or small compact masses.Luna cornea, muriate of silver.