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 | - |
(verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones | Synonyms: adulterate, debase, dilute, stretch |
(verb) fill or place a load on | Synonyms: lade, laden, load up |
(verb) provide (a device) with something necessary | Synonyms: charge |
(verb) put (something) on a structure or conveyance | - |
(verb) transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory | - |
loaded | (adjective) (of weapons) charged with ammunition | - |
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(adjective) filled with a great quantity | Synonyms: laden, ladened |
(adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet |
(adjective) (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence | - |
(adjective) having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value | Synonyms: affluent, flush, moneyed, substantial, wealthy |
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 | - |
(verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
(verb) be lazy or idle | Synonyms: arse about, arse around, bum, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time |
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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loamless | (adjective) having no loam | - |
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loamy | (adjective) consisting of or having the character of loam | - |
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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) | - |
(verb) give temporarily; let have for a limited time | Synonyms: lend |
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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loath | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed | Synonyms: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loth |
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(adjective) unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom | Synonyms: loth, reluctant |
loathe | (verb) find repugnant | Synonyms: abhor, abominate, execrate |
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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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loathly | (adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky |
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loathsome | (adjective) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust | Synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky |
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(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea | Synonyms: nauseating, nauseous, noisome, offensive, queasy, sickening, vile |
loathsomeness | (noun) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | Synonyms: lousiness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, wickedness |
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lob | (noun) the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc | - |
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(noun) an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc | - |
(verb) propel in a high arc | - |
lobar | (adjective) of or relating to or affecting a lobe | - |
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lobate | (adjective) having or resembling a lobe or lobes | Synonyms: lobated |
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(adjective) having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other | Synonyms: lobed |
lobated | (adjective) having or resembling a lobe or lobes | Synonyms: lobate |
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lobby | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, vestibule |
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(noun) an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying | Synonyms: advocacy group, lobby group, pressure group, special-interest group, special interest, special interest group, third house |
(noun) the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest | - |
(verb) detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors | Synonyms: buttonhole |
lobbyism | (noun) the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist | - |
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lobbyist | (noun) someone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employer | - |
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lobe | (noun) a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure | - |
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(noun) (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part | - |
(noun) the enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation pattern | - |
(noun) (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided | - |
lobectomy | (noun) surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (as the lung or brain) | - |
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lobed | (adjective) having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other | Synonyms: lobate |
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lobefin | (noun) any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form | Synonyms: crossopterygian, lobe-finned fish |
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lobelia | (noun) any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia | - |
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lobeliaceous | (adjective) belonging to the family Lobeliaceae | - |
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loblolly | (noun) thick gruel | - |
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lobotomy | (noun) surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes | Synonyms: frontal lobotomy, leucotomy, leukotomy, prefrontal leucotomy, prefrontal leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy |
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lobscouse | (noun) a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors | Synonyms: lobscuse, scouse |
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lobscuse | (noun) a stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors | Synonyms: lobscouse, scouse |
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lobster | (noun) any of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridae | - |
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(noun) flesh of a lobster | - |
lobsterback | (noun) British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution) | Synonyms: redcoat |
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lobsterman | (noun) a person whose occupation is catching lobsters | - |
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lobular | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a lobule | - |
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lobularity | (noun) the property of having lobules | - |
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lobule | (noun) a small lobe or subdivision of a lobe | - |
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lobworm | (noun) marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait | Synonyms: lug, lugworm |
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local | (adjective) relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area | - |
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(adjective) affecting only a restricted part or area of the body | - |
(adjective) of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood | - |
(noun) public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops | - |
(noun) anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body | Synonyms: local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic |
locale | (noun) the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | Synonyms: locus, venue |
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localisation | (noun) a determination of the place where something is | Synonyms: fix, localization, locating, location |
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(noun) (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body | Synonyms: localisation of function, localisation principle, localization, localization of function, localization principle |
localise | (verb) locate | Synonyms: localize, place, set |
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(verb) restrict something to a particular area | Synonyms: localize |
(verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, localize |
(verb) identify the location or place of | Synonyms: localize, place |
localised | (adjective) made local or oriented locally | Synonyms: localized |
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(adjective) confined or restricted to a particular location | Synonyms: localized |
localism | (noun) a partiality for some particular place | Synonyms: provincialism, sectionalism |
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(noun) a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality | - |
locality | (noun) a surrounding or nearby region | Synonyms: neck of the woods, neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity |
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localization | (noun) a determination of the place where something is | Synonyms: fix, localisation, locating, location |
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(noun) (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body | Synonyms: localisation, localisation of function, localisation principle, localization of function, localization principle |
localize | (verb) locate | Synonyms: localise, place, set |
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(verb) restrict something to a particular area | Synonyms: localise |
(verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, focalize, localise |
(verb) identify the location or place of | Synonyms: localise, place |
localized | (adjective) made local or oriented locally | Synonyms: localised |
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(adjective) confined or restricted to a particular location | Synonyms: localised |
locally | (adverb) by a particular locality | - |
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(adverb) to a restricted area of the body | Synonyms: topically |
localness | (noun) The state or condition of being from a nearby location. | - |
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locate | (verb) take up residence and become established | Synonyms: settle |
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(verb) discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining | Synonyms: turn up |
(verb) assign a location to | Synonyms: place, site |
(verb) determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey | Synonyms: situate |
located | (adjective) situated in a particular spot or position | Synonyms: placed, set, situated |
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locater | (noun) a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims | Synonyms: locator |
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locating | (noun) the act of putting something in a certain place | Synonyms: emplacement, location, placement, position, positioning |
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(noun) a determination of the place where something is | Synonyms: fix, localisation, localization, location |
location | (noun) a point or extent in space; a point or extent in space | - |
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(noun) a determination of the place where something is | Synonyms: fix, localisation, localization, locating |
(noun) the act of putting something in a certain place | Synonyms: emplacement, locating, placement, position, positioning |
(noun) a workplace away from a studio at which some or all of a movie may be made | - |
locative | (noun) the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb | Synonyms: locative role |
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(noun) A case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein. | Synonyms: locative case |
locator | (noun) a person who fixes the boundaries of land claims | Synonyms: locater |
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loch | (noun) Scottish word for a lake | - |
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(noun) a long narrow inlet of the sea in Scotland (especially when it is nearly landlocked) | - |
lochia | (noun) substance discharged from the vagina (cellular debris and mucus and blood) that gradually decreases in amount during the weeks following childbirth | - |
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lock | (noun) any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured | - |
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(noun) a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed | - |
(noun) a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key | Synonyms: ignition lock |
(noun) enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it | Synonyms: lock chamber |
(noun) a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun | - |
(noun) a strand or cluster of hair | - |
(verb) become rigid or immoveable | - |
(verb) fasten with a lock | - |
(verb) keep engaged | Synonyms: engage, mesh, operate |
(verb) place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape | Synonyms: lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut up |
(verb) become engaged or intermeshed with one another | Synonyms: interlock |
(verb) hold in a locking position | Synonyms: interlace, interlock |
(verb) build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels | - |
(verb) hold fast (in a certain state) | - |
(verb) pass by means through a lock in a waterway | - |
lockage | (noun) passage through a lock in a canal or waterway | - |
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(noun) a system of locks in a canal or waterway | - |
(noun) a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway | - |
lockbox | (noun) a fireproof metal strongbox (usually in a bank) for storing valuables | Synonyms: deposit box, safe-deposit, safe-deposit box, safety-deposit, safety deposit box |
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lockdown | (noun) the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot) | - |
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locker | (noun) a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock | Synonyms: cabinet, storage locker |
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(noun) a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) | Synonyms: footlocker |
(noun) a fastener that locks or closes | - |
locket | (noun) a small ornamental case; usually contains a picture or a lock of hair and is worn on a necklace | - |
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locking | (noun) the act of locking something up to protect it | Synonyms: lockup |
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lockjaw | (noun) an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages | Synonyms: tetanus |
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lockkeeper | (noun) a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) | Synonyms: lockman, lockmaster |
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lockman | (noun) a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) | Synonyms: lockkeeper, lockmaster |
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lockmaster | (noun) a worker in charge of a lock (on a canal) | Synonyms: lockkeeper, lockman |
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locknut | (noun) supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening | Synonyms: safety nut |
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lockout | (noun) a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms | - |
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lockring | (noun) washer that prevents a nut from loosening | Synonyms: lock ring, lock washer |
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locksmith | (noun) someone who makes or repairs locks | - |
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lockstep | (noun) a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead | - |
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(noun) a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly | - |
lockstitch | (noun) machine stitch in which the top thread interlocks with the bobbin thread | - |
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lockup | (noun) the act of locking something up to protect it | Synonyms: locking |
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(noun) jail in a local police station | - |
loco | (adjective) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | Synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky |
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locoism | (noun) a disease of livestock caused by locoweed poisoning; characterized by weakness and lack of coordination and trembling and partial paralysis | Synonyms: loco disease |
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locomote | (verb) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically | Synonyms: go, move, travel |
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locomotion | (noun) self-propelled movement | Synonyms: travel |
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(noun) the power or ability to move | Synonyms: motive power, motivity |
locomotive | (adjective) of or relating to locomotion | Synonyms: locomotor |
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(noun) a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks | Synonyms: engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive |
locomotor | (adjective) of or relating to locomotion | Synonyms: locomotive |
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locoweed | (noun) street names for marijuana | Synonyms: dope, gage, grass, green goddess, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed |
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(noun) any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock | Synonyms: crazy weed, crazyweed |
locule | (noun) a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal | Synonyms: loculus |
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loculus | (noun) a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal | Synonyms: locule |
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locum | (noun) someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession | Synonyms: locum tenens |
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