| loach | (noun) slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes | - |
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| load | (noun) weight to be borne or conveyed | Synonyms: burden, loading |
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| (noun) the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents | Synonyms: payload, warhead |
| (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, loading, payload, shipment |
| (noun) electrical device to which electrical power is delivered | - |
| (noun) an onerous or difficult concern | Synonyms: burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus |
| (noun) a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks | Synonyms: lode |
| (noun) the power output of a generator or power plant | - |
| (noun) a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time | Synonyms: loading |
| (noun) an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate | - |
| loader | (noun) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | Synonyms: dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockhand, dockworker, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore |
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| (noun) an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game | - |
| loading | (noun) the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc. | - |
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| (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, payload, shipment |
| (noun) weight to be borne or conveyed | Synonyms: burden, load |
| (noun) a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time | Synonyms: load |
| (noun) the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift | - |
| loads | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| loadstar | (noun) something that serves as a model or guide | Synonyms: lodestar |
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| (noun) guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy | Synonyms: lodestar |
| loadstone | (noun) a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically | Synonyms: lodestone |
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| loaf | (noun) a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating | Synonyms: loaf of bread |
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| (noun) a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape | - |
| loafer | (noun) person who does no work | Synonyms: bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout |
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| loafing | (noun) having no employment | Synonyms: idleness, idling |
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| loam | (noun) a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials | - |
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| loan | (noun) a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English | Synonyms: loanword |
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| (noun) the temporary provision of money (usually at interest) | - |
| loanblend | (noun) a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) | Synonyms: hybrid, loan-blend |
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| loaner | (noun) a car that is lent as a replacement for one that is under repair | - |
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| (noun) someone who lends money or gives credit in business matters | Synonyms: lender |
| loaning | (noun) disposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returned | Synonyms: lending |
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| loanword | (noun) a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English | Synonyms: loan |
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| loasa | (noun) any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers | - |
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| loather | (noun) one who hates or loathes | Synonyms: abominator |
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| loathing | (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, odium |
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| loathsomeness | (noun) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | Synonyms: lousiness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, wickedness |
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