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Labialize
() To modify by contraction of the lip opening.
Labially
() In a labial manner; with, or by means of, the lips.
Labiate
() To labialize.
Labiate
() Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip.
Labiate
() Belonging to a natural order of plants (Labiatae), of which the mint, sage, and catnip are examples. They are mostly aromatic herbs.
Labiate
() A plant of the order Labiatae.
Labiated
() Same as Labiate, a. (a).
Labiatifloral
() Alt. of Labiatifloral
Labiatifloral
() Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon.
Labidometer
() A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.
Labile
() Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
Lability
() Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize.
Labimeter
() See Labidometer.
Labiodental
() Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v.
Labiodental
() A labiodental sound or letter.
Labionasal
() Formed by the lips and the nose.
Labionasal
() A labionasal sound or letter.
Labiose
() Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.
Labipalpi
() of Labipalpus
Labipalpus
() One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium.
Labia
() of Labium
Labiums
() of Labium
Labium
() A lip, or liplike organ.
Labium
() The lip of an organ pipe.
Labium
() The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.
Labium
() The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillae, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (ligula or palpiger) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum).
Labium
() Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.
Lablab
() an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean (Dolichos Lablab).
Labor
() Physical toil or bodily exertion, especially when fatiguing, irksome, or unavoidable, in distinction from sportive exercise; hard, muscular effort directed to some useful end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work.
Labor
() Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as, the labor of compiling a history.
Labor
() That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
Labor
() Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.
Labor
() Any pang or distress.
Labor
() The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
Labor
() A measure of land in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to an area of 177/ acres.
Labored
() of Labor
Laboring
() of Labor
Labor
() To exert muscular strength; to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.
Labor
() To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.
Labor
() To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of.
Labor
() To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth.
Labor
() To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.
Labor
() To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil.
Labor
() To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care.
Labor
() To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge stre/uously; as, to labor a point or argument.
Labor
() To belabor; to beat.
Laborant
() A chemist.
Laboratories
() of Laboratory
Laboratory
() The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.
Labored
() Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style.