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Languorous
() Producing, or tending to produce, languor; characterized by languor.
Langure
() To languish.
Langya
() One of several species of East Indian and Asiatic fresh-water fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, remarkable for their power of living out of water, and for their tenacity of life; -- called also walking fishes.
Laniard
() See Lanyard.
Laniariform
() Shaped like a laniary, or canine, tooth.
Laniary
() Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth.
Laniary
() The shambles; a place of slaughter.
Laniary
() A laniary, or canine, tooth.
Laniate
() To tear in pieces.
Laniation
() A tearing in pieces.
Lanier
() A thong of leather; a whip lash.
Lanier
() A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like.
Laniferous
() Bearing or producing wool.
Lanifical
() Working in wool.
Lanifice
() Anything made of wool.
Lanigerous
() Bearing or producing wool.
Lanioid
() Of or pertaining to the shrikes (family Laniidae).
Lank
() Slender and thin; not well filled out; not plump; shrunken; lean.
Lank
() Languid; drooping.
Lank
() To become lank; to make lank.
Lankiness
() The condition or quality or being lanky.
Lankly
() In a lank manner.
Lankness
() The state or quality of being lank.
Lanky
() Somewhat lank.
Lanner
() Alt. of Lanneret
Lanneret
() A long-tailed falcon (Falco lanarius), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon.
Lanolin
() A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.
Lanseh
() The small, whitish brown fruit of an East Indian tree (Lansium domesticum). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable subacid taste.
Lansquenet
() A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.
Lansquenet
() A game at cards, vulgarly called lambskinnet.
Lant
() Urine.
Lant
() Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (A. tobianus) and the American species (A. Americanus) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also launce, and sand eel.
Lant
() See Lanterloo.
Lantanium
() Alt. of Lantanum
Lantanum
() See Lanthanum.
Lantanuric
() Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usually called allanturic acid.
Lanterloo
() An old name of loo (a).
Lantern
() Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light.
Lantern
() An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior.
Lantern
() A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns.
Lantern
() A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral.
Lantern
() A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below).
Lantern
() A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass.
Lantern
() A perforated barrel to form a core upon.
Lantern
() See Aristotle's lantern.
Lanterned
() of Lantern
Lanterning
() of Lantern
Lantern
() To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.
Lantern-jawed
() Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.
Lanthanite
() Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular while crystals.