LANIFEROUS
LANIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin lanifer; lana, wool, and fero, to produce.] Bearing or producing wool.
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LANIFICE
LAN'IFICE, noun [Latin lanificium; lana, wool, and facio, to make.]Manufacture of wool. [Little used.]
LANIGEROUS
LANIG'EROUS, adjective [Latin laniger; lana, wool, and gero, to bear.] Bearing or producing wool.
LANK
LANK, adjective [Gr. probably allied to flank.]1. Loose or lax and easily yielding to pressure; not distended; not stiff or firm by distension; not plump; as a lank bladder or p...
LANKLY
LANK'LY, adverb Thinly; loosely; laxly.
LANKNESS
LANK'NESS, noun Laxity; flabbiness; leanness; slenderness.
LANKY
LANK'Y, noun Lank. [Vulgar.]
LANNER
LAN'NER,LAN'NERET, noun [Latin laniarius, lanius, a butcher.] A species of hawk.
LANNERET
LAN'NERET, n. [L. laniarius, lanius, a butcher.] A species of hawk.
LANSQUENET
LANS'QUENET, noun [lance and knecht, a boy, a knight.]1. A common foot soldier.2. A game at cards.
LANTERN
LAN'TERN, noun [Latin laterna.]1. A case or vessel made of tin perforated with many holes, or of some transparent substance, as glass, horn, or oiled paper; used for carrying a ...
LANTERN-FLY
LAN'TERN-FLY, noun An insect of the genus Fulgora.
LANTERN-JAWS
LAN'TERN-JAWS, noun A thin visage.
LANUGINOUS
LANU'GINOUS, adjective [Latin lanuginosus, from lanugo, down, from lana, wool.]Downy; covered with down, or fine soft hair.
LAODICEAN
LAODICE'AN, adjective Like the christians of Laodicea: lukewarm in religion.
LAODICEANISM
LAODICE'ANISM, noun Lukewarmness in religion.
LAP
LAP, noun1. The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely.2. The part of clothes that lies on the knees when a person sits down; hence, the knees in t...
LAPDOG
LAP'DOG, noun A small dog fondled in the lap.
LAPFULL
LAP'FULL, noun As much as the lap can contain. 2 Kings 4:1.
LAPICIDE
LAP'ICIDE, noun A stone-cutter. [Not used.]
LAPIDARIOUS
LAPIDA'RIOUS, adjective [Latin lapidarius, from lapis, a stone.] Stony; consisting of stones.
LAPIDARY
LAP'IDARY, noun [Latin lapidarius, lapis, a stone.]1. An artificer who cuts precious stones.2. A dealer in precious stones.3. A virtuoso skilled in the nature and kinds of gems ...
LAPIDATE
LAP'IDATE, verb transitive [Latin lapido.] To stone. [Not used.]
LAPIDATION
LAPIDA'TION, noun The act of stoning a person to death.
LAPIDEOUS
LAPID'EOUS, adjective [Latin lapideus.] Stony; of the nature of stone; as lapideous matter. [Little used.]
LAPIDESCENCE
LAPIDES'CENCE, noun [Latin lapidesco, from lapis, a stone.]1. The process of becoming stone; a hardening into a stony substance.2. A stony concretion.
LAPIDESCENT
LAPIDES'CENT, adjective Growing or turning to stone; that has the quality of petrifying bodies.LAPIDES'CENT, noun Any substance which has the quality of petrifying a body, or co...