Lampad () A lamp or candlestick.

Lampadist () One who gained the prize in the lampadrome.

Lampadrome () A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.

Lampas () An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also lampers.

Lampate () A supposed salt of lampic acid.

Lampblack () The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements.

Lamper eel () See Lamprey.

Lampern () The river lamprey (Ammocoetes, / Lampetra, fluviatilis).

Lampers () See Lampas.

Lampic () Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; -- formerly said of a supposed acid.

Lamping () Shining; brilliant.

Lampless () Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull.

Lamplight () Light from a lamp.

Lamplighter () One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.

Lamplighter () The calico bass.

Lampoon () A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.

Lampooned () of Lampoon

Lampooning () of Lampoon

Lampoon () To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.

Lampooner () The writer of a lampoon.

Lampoonry () The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.

Lamp-post () A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.

Lamprel () See Lamprey.

Lampreys () of Lamprey

Lamprey () An eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but set with numerous minute teeth, and one to three larger teeth on the palate (see Illust. of Cyclostomi). There are seven small branchial openings on each side.

Lampron () See Lamprey.

Lampyrine () An insect of the genus Lampyris, or family Lampyridae. See Lampyris.

Lampyris () A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.

Lanarkite () A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.

Lanary () A place for storing wool.

Lanate () Alt. of Lanated

Lanated () Wooly; covered with fine long hair, or hairlike filaments.

Lacashire boiler () A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.

Lacasterian () Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them.

Lance () A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen, and often decorated with a small flag; also, a spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.

Lance () A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.

Lance () A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.

Lance () An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.

Lance () One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.

Lanced () of Lance

Lancing () of Lance

Lance () To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.

Lance () To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.

Lance () To throw in the manner of a lance. See Lanch.

Lance fish () A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also sand lance.

Lancegay () Alt. of Lancegaye

Lancegaye () A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II.

Lancelet () A small fishlike animal (Amphioxus lanceolatus), remarkable for the rudimentary condition of its organs. It is the type of the class Leptocardia. See Amphioxus, Leptocardia.

Lancely () Like a lance.

Lanceolar () Lanceolate.

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