la | (noun) the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization | Synonyms: lah |
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laager | (noun) a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons | Synonyms: lager |
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lab | (noun) a workplace for the conduct of scientific research | Synonyms: laboratory, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory |
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labdanum | (noun) a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative | Synonyms: ladanum |
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(noun) a dark brown to greenish oleoresin that has a fragrant odor and is used as a fixative in perfumes; obtained as a juice from certain rockroses | Synonyms: gum labdanum |
label | (noun) an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object | - |
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(noun) a brief description given for purposes of identification | - |
(noun) trade name of a company that produces musical recordings | Synonyms: recording label |
(noun) a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction | - |
labetalol | (noun) antihypertensive drug (trade names Trandate and Normodyne) that blocks alpha and beta-adrenergic receptors of the sympathetic nervous system (leading to a decrease in blood pressure) | Synonyms: labetalol hydrochloride, Normodyne, Trandate |
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labial | (noun) a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips | Synonyms: labial consonant |
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labiodental | (noun) a consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth | Synonyms: labiodental consonant |
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labium | (noun) a liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva) | - |
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labor | (noun) productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | Synonyms: labour, toil |
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(noun) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | Synonyms: labour, project, task, undertaking |
(noun) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | Synonyms: labour, proletariat, working class |
(noun) an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement | Synonyms: labor movement, labour, trade union movement |
(noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | Synonyms: childbed, confinement, labour, lying-in, parturiency, travail |
laboratory | (noun) a workplace for the conduct of scientific research | Synonyms: lab, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory |
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(noun) a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation | Synonyms: testing ground |
laborer | (noun) someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor | Synonyms: jack, labourer, manual laborer |
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laboriousness | (noun) the quality of requiring extended effort | Synonyms: operoseness, toilsomeness |
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labour | (noun) productive work (especially physical work done for wages) | Synonyms: labor, toil |
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(noun) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | Synonyms: labor, project, task, undertaking |
(noun) a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages | Synonyms: labor, proletariat, working class |
(noun) an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement | Synonyms: labor, labor movement, trade union movement |
(noun) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child | Synonyms: childbed, confinement, labor, lying-in, parturiency, travail |
labourer | (noun) someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor | Synonyms: jack, laborer, manual laborer |
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labrocyte | (noun) a large connective tissue cell that contains histamine and heparin and serotonin which are released in allergic reactions or in response to injury or inflammation | Synonyms: mast cell, mastocyte |
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labyrinth | (noun) complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost | Synonyms: maze |
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(noun) a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium | Synonyms: inner ear, internal ear |
labyrinthitis | (noun) inflammation of the inner ear; can cause vertigo and vomiting | Synonyms: otitis interna |
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labyrinthodont | (noun) an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia | - |
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lac | (noun) resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax | - |
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lace | (noun) a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns | - |
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(noun) a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) | Synonyms: lacing |
lacebark | (noun) small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage | Synonyms: Hoheria populnea, houhere, ribbonwood |
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lacepod | (noun) annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles | Synonyms: fringepod |
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lacer | (noun) a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding) | - |
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laceration | (noun) the act of lacerating | - |
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(noun) a torn ragged wound | - |
lacertid | (noun) Old World terrestrial lizard | Synonyms: lacertid lizard |
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lacewing | (noun) any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids | Synonyms: lacewing fly |
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lacewood | (noun) variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree | Synonyms: sycamore |
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lacework | (noun) work consisting of (or resembling) lace fabric | - |
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lachrymation | (noun) shedding tears | Synonyms: lacrimation, tearing, watering |
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lachrymator | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lacrimator, tear gas, teargas |
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lacing | (noun) the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | Synonyms: beating, drubbing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking |
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(noun) a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) | Synonyms: lace |
(noun) a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage | - |
lack | (noun) the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | Synonyms: deficiency, want |
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lackey | (noun) a male servant (especially a footman) | Synonyms: flunkey, flunky |
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(noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage | Synonyms: ass-kisser, crawler, sycophant, toady |
laconicism | (noun) terseness of expression | Synonyms: laconism |
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laconism | (noun) terseness of expression | Synonyms: laconicism |
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lacquer | (noun) a hard glossy coating | - |
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(noun) a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish | - |
lacquerware | (noun) a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals | - |
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lacrimation | (noun) shedding tears | Synonyms: lachrymation, tearing, watering |
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lacrimator | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lachrymator, tear gas, teargas |
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lacrosse | (noun) a game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal | - |
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lactalbumin | (noun) albumin occurring in milk | - |
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lactase | (noun) any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose | Synonyms: Lactaid |
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lactate | (noun) a salt or ester of lactic acid | - |
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lactation | (noun) feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast | Synonyms: suckling |
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(noun) the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands | - |
(noun) the period following birth during which milk is secreted | - |
lacteal | (noun) any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct | - |
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lactide | (noun) any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones. | - |
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lactifuge | (noun) any agent that reduces milk secretion (as given to a woman who is not breast feeding) | - |
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lactobacillus | (noun) a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium that produces lactic acid (especially in milk) | - |
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lactoflavin | (noun) a B vitamin that prevents skin lesions and weight loss | Synonyms: hepatoflavin, ovoflavin, riboflavin, vitamin B2, vitamin G |
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lactogen | (noun) any agent that enhances milk production | - |
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lactoglobulin | (noun) a globular protein found in milk. | - |
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lactone | (noun) a cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid. | - |
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lactose | (noun) a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk | Synonyms: milk sugar |
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lactosuria | (noun) presence of lactose in the urine; can occur during pregnancy or lactation | - |
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lacuna | (noun) a blank gap or missing part | Synonyms: blank |
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lacunar | (noun) an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome | Synonyms: caisson, coffer |
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lad | (noun) a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) | Synonyms: cub, laddie, sonny, sonny boy |
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(noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent |
ladanum | (noun) a soft blackish-brown resinous exudate from various rockroses used in perfumes especially as a fixative | Synonyms: labdanum |
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ladder | (noun) steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down | - |
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(noun) a row of unravelled stitches | Synonyms: ravel, run |
(noun) ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress | - |
laddie | (noun) a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) | Synonyms: cub, lad, sonny, sonny boy |
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lading | (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment |
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ladle | (noun) a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another | - |
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lady | (noun) a woman of refinement | Synonyms: dame, gentlewoman, ma'am, madam |
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(noun) a polite name for any woman | - |
ladybeetle | (noun) small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | Synonyms: lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybug |
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ladybird | (noun) small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | Synonyms: lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird beetle, ladybug |
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ladybug | (noun) small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | Synonyms: lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle |
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ladyfinger | (noun) small finger-shaped sponge cake | - |
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ladyfish | (noun) game fish resembling the tarpon but smaller | Synonyms: Elops saurus, tenpounder |
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ladylikeness | (noun) behavior befitting a lady | - |
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ladylove | (noun) a woman who is a man's sweetheart | Synonyms: dulcinea |
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laelia | (noun) any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors | - |
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laetrile | (noun) a substance derived from amygdalin; publicized as an antineoplastic drug although there is no supporting evidence | - |
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laevulose | (noun) a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits | Synonyms: fructose, fruit sugar, levulose |
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lag | (noun) the act of slowing down or falling behind | Synonyms: retardation, slowdown |
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(noun) one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket | Synonyms: stave |
(noun) the time between one event, process, or period and another | Synonyms: interim, meantime, meanwhile |
lagan | (noun) goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered | Synonyms: lagend, ligan |
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lagend | (noun) goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered | Synonyms: lagan, ligan |
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lager | (noun) a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons | Synonyms: laager |
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(noun) a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September | Synonyms: lager beer |
lagerphone | (noun) an Australian percussion instrument used for playing bush music; a long stick with bottle caps nailed loosely to it; played by hitting it with a stick or banging it on the ground | - |
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laggard | (noun) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind | Synonyms: dawdler, drone, lagger, poke, trailer |
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lagger | (noun) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind | Synonyms: dawdler, drone, laggard, poke, trailer |
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lagging | (noun) insulation used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat | - |
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lagniappe | (noun) a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase) | - |
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lagomorph | (noun) relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing | Synonyms: gnawing mammal |
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lagoon | (noun) a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral | Synonyms: laguna, lagune |
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lagophthalmos | (noun) abnormal condition in which an eye cannot close completely | - |
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laguna | (noun) a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral | Synonyms: lagoon, lagune |
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lagune | (noun) a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral | Synonyms: lagoon, laguna |
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lah | (noun) the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization | Synonyms: la |
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lahar | (noun) an avalanche of volcanic water and mud down the slopes of a volcano | - |
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lair | (noun) the habitation of wild animals | Synonyms: den |
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laird | (noun) a landowner | - |
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laity | (noun) in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy | Synonyms: temporalty |
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lake | (noun) a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land | - |
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(noun) any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments | - |
(noun) a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal | - |
lakefront | (noun) land bordering a lake | - |
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lakeshore | (noun) the shore of a lake | Synonyms: lakeside |
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lakeside | (noun) the shore of a lake | Synonyms: lakeshore |
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lakh | (noun) the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten | Synonyms: 100000, hundred thousand |
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lallation | (noun) gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby | Synonyms: babble, babbling |
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(noun) defective articulation of the `l' phoneme or the phoneme `r' is pronounced as `l' | - |
lally | (noun) support column consisting of a steel cylinder filled with concrete | Synonyms: lally column |
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