Lucubrator
Lu″cu‐bra′tor (?), n. One who studies by night; also, one who produces lucubrations.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Lucubratory
Lu″cu‐bra‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. lucubratorius.] Composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking. Pope.
Lucule
Lu″cule (?), n. [Dim. fr. L. lux, lucis, light.] (Astron.) A spot or fleck on the sun brighter than the surrounding surface.
Luculent
Lu″cu‐lent (?), a. [L. luculentus, from lux, lucis, light.] 1. Lucid; clear; transparent. Thomson.2. Clear; evident; luminous. “ Most luculent testimonies.” Hooker.3. Bright; sh...
Luculently
Lu″cu‐lent‐ly, adv. In a luculent manner; clearly.
Lucullite
Lu‐cul″lite (?), n. [From Lucullus, a Roman consul, famous for his great wealth and luxury: cf. F. lucullite.] (Min.) A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental...
Lucuma
‖Lu‐cu″ma (?), n.(Bot.) An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.☞ Lucuma mammosum is called natural marmalade in the West Indies; L. Caimito, of P...
Luddite
Lud″dite (?), n. One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories,...
Ludibrious
Lu‐dib″ri‐ous (?), a. [L. ludibrium mockery, derision, from ludere to play, sport.] Sportive; ridiculous; wanton. Tooker.
Ludibund
Lu″di‐bund (?), a. [L. ludibundus.] Sportive. — Lu″di‐bund‐ness, n.Dr. H. More.
Ludicrous
Lu″di‐crous (?), a. [L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus play, sport, fr. ludere to play.] Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive. Broome.A chapter upon...
Ludification
Lu′di‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. ludificatio, fr. ludificare to make sport of; ludus sport + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.] The act of deriding.
Ludificatory
Lu‐dif″i‐ca‐to‐ry (?), a. [L. ludificatorius.] Making sport; tending to excite derision.
Ludlamite
Lud″lam‐ite (?), n. [Named after Mr. Ludlam, of London.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monoclinic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.
Ludlow group
Lud″low group′ (?). (Geol.) A subdivision of the British Upper Silurian lying below the Old Red Sandstone; — so named from the Ludlow, in Western England. See the Chart of Geology.
Ludwigite
Lud″wig‐ite (?), n. [Named after the chemist Ludwig.] (Min.) A borate of iron and magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of a blackish green color.
Lues
‖Lu″es (?), n.(Med.) Disease, especially of a contagious kind.Lues venerea, syphilis; — called also simply lues.
Luff
Luff (?), n. [OE. lof, prob. a sort of timber by which the course of a ship was directed, perh. a sort of paddle; cf. D. loef luff, loeven to luff. The word is perh. akin to E. ...
Luff (2)
Luff (lŭf), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Luffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Luffing.] (Naut.) To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to ma...
Luffa
Luf″fa (?), n. [NL., fr. Ar. lūfah.] (Bot.) (a) A small genus of tropical cucurbitaceous plants having white flowers, the staminate borne in racemes, and large fruits with a dry...
Luffer
Luf″fer (lŭf″fẽr), n.(Arch.) See Louver.
Lug
Lug (lŭg), n. [Sw. lugg the forelock.] 1. The ear, or its lobe.2. That which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a s...
Lug (2)
Lug, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Lugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lugging (?).] [OE. luggen, Sw. lugga to pull by the hair, fr. lugg the forelock.] To pull with force; to haul; to drag along; ...
Lug (3)
Lug, v. i. To move slowly and heavily.
Lug (4)
Lug, n. 1. The act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.2. Anything which moves slowly. Ascham.
Lug (5)
Lug, n. 1. A rod or pole. Wright.2. A measure of length, being 16½ feet; a rod, pole, or perch. “ Eight lugs of ground.” Spenser.Chimney lug, orLug pole, a pole on which a kettl...
Luggage
Lug″gage (?), n. [From 4th Lug.] That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents.I am gatherin...