1: being ten more than forty [syn: {fifty}, {50}] n 1: a metric unit of capacity equal to the volume of 1 kilogram of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade and 760 mm of mercury (or approximately 1.76 pi...

1: the provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy [syn: {Aquila}, {Aquila degli Abruzzi}]

1: United States architect (born in France) who laid out the city plan for Washington (1754-1825) [syn: {Charles L'Enfant}, {Pierre Charles L'Enfant}]

1: the levorotatory form of dopa (trade names Bendopa and Brocadopa and Larodopa); as a drug it is used to treat Parkinson's disease [syn: {levodopa}, {Bendopa}, {Brocadopa}, {Larodopa}]

1: a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm [syn: {LP}]

1: a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner

1: shaped in the form of the letter L

1: Canadian novelist (1874-1942) [syn: {Montgomery}, {Lucy Maud Montgomery}]

1: the type species of the genus Listeria; can cause meningitis, encephalitis, septicemia, endocarditis, abortion, abscesses, listeriosis [syn: {Listeria monocytogenes}]

1: a United States writer of science fiction and founder of Scientology (1911-1986) [syn: {Hubbard}]

1: English painter (1887-1976) [syn: {Lowry}, {Laurence Stephen Lowry}]

1: a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth [syn: {lanthanum}, {atomic number 57}] 2: a state in southern United St...

1: a town in western Wisconsin on the Mississippi River

1: French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834) [syn: {Lafayette}, {Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier}, {Marquis de Lafayette}]

1: French writer who collected Aesop's fables and published them (1621-1695) [syn: {Jean de La Fontaine}]

1: city in western Bolivia and the administrative seat of Bolivia's government; largest city in Bolivia

1: an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay [syn: {Rio de la Plata}, {Plata River}]

1: French writer of moralistic maxims (1613-1680) [syn: {Francois de La Rochefoucauld}]

1: a port city in Liguria on an arm of the Ligurian Sea; a major seaport and year-round resort

1: French painter of religious works (1593-1652) [syn: {Georges de La Tour}]

1: affectedly genteel [syn: {grandiose}, {hifalutin}, {highfalutin}, {highfaluting}, {hoity-toity}]

1: a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons [syn: {lager}]

1: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research [syn: {laboratory}, {research lab}, {research laboratory}, {science lab}, {science laboratory}]

1: a workbench in a laboratory [syn: {laboratory bench}]

1: a light coat worn to protect clothing from substances used while working in a laboratory [syn: {laboratory coat}]

1: Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958) [syn: {Rudolph Laban}]

1: a system of notation for dance movements that uses symbols to represent points on a dancer's body and the direction of the dancer's movement and the tempo and the dynamics

{labarum}

1: 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 [syn: {gum labdanum}] 2: a soft blackish-brown resinous...

1: a brief description given for purposes of identification; "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture" 2: trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the art...

1: bearing or marked with a label or tag; "properly labeled luggage" [syn: {labelled}, {tagged}] [ant: {unlabeled}]

{labellum}

{label}

{label}

1: 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) [syn: {labetal...

1: 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) [syn: {labetal...

{labium}

1: the two outer folds of the vulva

1: the two inner folds of the vulva

1: of or relating to the lips of the mouth; "labial stops" 2: relating to or near the female labium n : a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips [syn: {labial consonant}]

1: a branch of the facial artery that supplies the lips of the mouth [syn: {arteria labialis}]

1: a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips [syn: {labial}]

1: organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip [syn: {flue pipe}, {flue}]

1: a stop consonant that is produced with the lips

1: veins draining the lips of the vulva [syn: {vena labialis}] 2: a vein draining the lips of the mouth [syn: {vena labialis}]

1: pronounce with rounded lips [syn: {round}, {labialize}]

1: pronounce with rounded lips [syn: {round}, {labialise}]

1: the mints: aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including thyme; sage; rosemary [syn: {family Labiatae...

1: having lips or parts that resemble lips [syn: {liplike}]

1: open to change; liable to change; "an emotionally labile person" 2: (chemistry, physics, biology) readily undergoing change or breakdown

1: any of the four lip-shaped folds of the female vulva [also: {labia} (pl)]

1: 1 species: hyacinth bean [syn: {genus Lablab}]

1: perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetabl...

1: a defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitivene...

1: productive work (especially physical work done for wages); "his labor did not require a great deal of skill" [syn: {labour}, {toil}] 2: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work f...

1: contract between labor and management government wages and benefits and working conditions [syn: {labor contract}, {collective agreement}]

1: assistant (often the father) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes [syn: {monitrice}]

1: contract between labor and management government wages and benefits and working conditions [syn: {labor agreement}, {collective agreement}]

1: first Monday in September in U.S. and Canada

1: the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913 [syn: {Department of Labor}, {Labor}, {DoL}]

1: the source of trained people from which workers can be hired [syn: {labor pool}]

1: a leader of a labor movement

1: the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers

1: an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action especially via labor unions (especially the leaders of this movement) [syn: {trade union movement}, {labor}]

1: productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation [syn: {labour of love}]

1: someone who enlists workers to join a union [syn: {organizer}, {organiser}]

1: pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor

1: a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth [syn: {birth pangs}, {labour pains}]

1: a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries [syn: {Labour Party}, {Labour}, {Labor}]

1: the source of trained people from which workers can be hired [syn: {labor force}]

1: resources of available manpower

1: the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Labor; "the first Labor Secretary was William B. Wilson who was appointed by President Wilson" [syn: {Secretary of Labor}] 2: the positio...

1: an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job" [syn: {union}, {trade union}, {trades union}, {brotherhood}]

1: requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital; "cottage industries are labor intensive" [syn: {labour-intensive}]

1: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research [syn: {lab}, {research lab}, {research laboratory}, {science lab}, {science laboratory}] 2: a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers...

1: a workbench in a laboratory [syn: {lab bench}]

1: a light coat worn to protect clothing from substances used while working in a laboratory [syn: {lab coat}]

1: lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating" [syn: {laboured}, {strained}] 2: requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" [syn: {heavy}, {laboured}...

1: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor [syn: {manual laborer}, {labourer}, {jack}]

1: doing arduous or unpleasant work; "drudging peasants"; "the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton"; "toiling coal miners in the black deeps" [syn: {drudging}, {labouring}, {toiling}]

1: characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy g...

1: in a laborious manner; "their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them"

1: the quality of requiring extended effort [syn: {operoseness}, {toilsomeness}]

1: designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; "laborsaving devices like washing machines" [syn: {laboursaving}]

1: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field" [syn: {labor}, {working class}, {proletariat}] 2: concluding state of pre...

1: productive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation [syn: {labor of love}]

1: a regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirth [syn: {birth pangs}, {labor pains}]

1: a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and the socialization of key industries [syn: {Labour}, {Labor Party}, {Labor}]

1: requiring a large expenditure of labor but not much capital; "cottage industries are labor intensive" [syn: {labor-intensive}]

1: lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating" [syn: {labored}, {strained}] 2: requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" [syn: {heavy}, {labored}]

1: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor [syn: {laborer}, {manual laborer}, {jack}]

1: doing arduous or unpleasant work; "drudging peasants"; "the bent backs of laboring slaves picking cotton"; "toiling coal miners in the black deeps" [syn: {drudging}, {laboring}, {toiling}]

1: a member of the British Labour Party

1: designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; "laborsaving devices like washing machines" [syn: {laborsaving}]

{labrum}

1: the mainland part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in the eastern part of the large Labrador-Ungava Peninsula in northeastern Canada

1: a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador [syn: {Labrador-Ungava Peninsula}]

1: breed originally from Labrador having a short black or golden-brown coat

1: an arm of the northern Atlantic between Labrador and southern Greenland

1: evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution [syn: {crystal tea}, {Ledum groenlandicum}]

1: a peninsular region of eastern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea; contains most of Quebec and the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador [syn: {Labrador Peninsula}]

1: wrasses [syn: {family Labridae}]

1: 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 [syn: {mast cell}, {mastocyte}]

1: French architect who was among the first to use metal construction successfully (1801-1875) [syn: {Henri Labrouste}]

1: flowering shrubs or trees having bright yellow flowers; all parts of the plant are poisonous [syn: {genus Laburnum}]

1: an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum [syn: {Scotch laburnum}, {Alpine golden chain}]

1: an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum; often cultivated for Easter decorations [syn: {common laburnum}, {golden chain}, {golden rain}]

1: complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost [syn: {maze}] 2: a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium [syn: {inner ear}, {internal...

1: a vast labyrinth built in Crete by Daedalus at the command of Minos in order to contain the Minotaur

1: resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths" [syn: {labyrinthine}, {mazy}]

1: relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear; "labyrinthine deafness" 2: resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths" [syn: {labyrinthian...

1: a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth [syn: {artery of the labyrinth}, {internal auditory artery}]

1: a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head [syn: {equilibrium}, {vestibular sense}, {sense of balance}, {sense of equilibrium}]

1: veins that drain the inner ear [syn: {internal auditory vein}]

1: inflammation of the inner ear; can cause vertigo and vomiting [syn: {otitis interna}]

1: an amphibian of the superorder Labyrinthodontia

1: extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic [syn: {Labyrinthodontia}, {superorder ...

1: extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic [syn: {superorder Labyrinthodontia}, {...

1: resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects; used in e.g. varnishes and sealing wax

1: scarlet dye like cochineal; extracted with alkali from stick lac

1: a hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol [syn: {shellac wax}]

1: 1 species: giant buttercup [syn: {genus Laccopetalum}]

1: spectacular perennial native of wet montane grasslands of Peru; formerly included in genus Ranunculus [syn: {giant buttercup}]

1: a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) [syn: {lacing}] 2: a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrica...

1: small bug having body and wings covered with a lacy network of raised lines

1: small tufted fern of northwestern America [syn: {Cheilanthes gracillima}]

1: hit violently, as in an attack [syn: {lam into}, {tear into}, {pitch into}, {lay into}]

1: act or process or making tatting or handmade lace [syn: {tatting}]

1: draw through eyes or holes; "lace the shoelaces" [syn: {lace}]

1: low-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Episcia [syn: {Alsobia dianthiflora}, {Episcia dianthiflora}]

1: 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 [syn: {ribbonwood}, {houhere}, {Hoheria populnea}]

1: closed with a lace; "snugly laced shoes" [syn: {tied}] [ant: {unlaced}] 2: edged or streaked with color; "white blossoms with purple-laced petals" 3: having alcohol added; "a cup of brandy-laced co...

1: made of or resembling lace; "a lacy gown"; "a lacy leaf" [syn: {lacy}]

1: annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles [syn: {fringepod}]

1: a workman who laces shoes or footballs or books (during binding)

1: irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves" 2: having edges that are jagged from injury [syn: {lacerated}, {mangled}, {torn}] v 1: cut or tear irregularly 2: deeply hurt the feelin...

1: having edges that are jagged from injury [syn: {lacerate}, {mangled}, {torn}]

1: a torn ragged wound 2: the act of lacerating

1: type genus of the Lacertidae [syn: {genus Lacerta}]

1: a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia [syn: {sand lizard}]

1: a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long [syn: {green lizard}]

1: Old World terrestrial lizard [syn: {lacertid lizard}]

1: Old World terrestrial lizard [syn: {lacertid}]

1: Old World lizards [syn: {family Lacertidae}]

1: true lizards; including chameleons and geckos [syn: {Sauria}, {suborder Sauria}, {suborder Lacertilia}]

1: of or relating to lizards [syn: {saurian}]

1: any of two families of gauzy-winged insects (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids [syn: {lacewing fly}]

1: any of two families of gauzy-winged insects (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids [syn: {lacewing}]

1: variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree [syn: {sycamore}]

1: work consisting of (or resembling) lace fabric

1: United States sculptor (born in France) noted for his large nude figures (1882-1935) [syn: {Gaston Lachaise}]

1: the Fate who determines the length of the thread of life; identified with Roman Decuma

1: a genus of Labridae [syn: {genus Lachnolaimus}]

1: large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout [syn: {hogfish}, {hog snapper}]

1: of or relating to tears [syn: {lacrimal}] 2: relating to or located near the organ that produces tears [syn: {lacrimal}]

1: any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands [syn: {lacrimal duct}, {tear duct}]

1: any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears [syn: {lacrimal gland}, {tear gland}]

1: saline fluid secreted by lacrimal glands; lubricates the surface of the eyeball [syn: {lacrimal secretion}]

1: shedding tears [syn: {lacrimation}, {tearing}, {watering}]

1: a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds [syn: {tear gas}, {teargas}, {lacrimator}]

1: relating to or prompting tears [syn: {lacrimatory}]

1: showing sorrow [syn: {dolorous}, {dolourous}, {tearful}, {weeping}]

{lacy}

{lacy}

1: a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage 2: a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment) [syn: {lace}] 3: the act o...

1: having edges irregularly and finely slashed; "a laciniate leaf" [syn: {fringed}]

1: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the sh...

1: lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon" [syn: {dreamy}, {languid}, {languorous}] 2: idle or indolent es...

1: in an idle and lackadaisical manner; "he was hanging around the house lackadaisically"

1: a male servant (especially a footman) [syn: {flunky}, {flunkey}] 2: a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage [syn: {sycophant}, {toady}, {crawler}]

1: not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book" [syn: {lacking(p)}, {missing}, {nonexistent}, {wanting(a)}] 2: inadequate in amount or degree; "a...

1: lacking brilliance or vitality; "a dull lackluster life"; "a lusterless performance" [syn: {lacklustre}, {lusterless}, {lustreless}] 2: lacking luster or shine; "staring with lackluster eyes"; "lus...

1: lacking brilliance or vitality; "a dull lackluster life"; "a lusterless performance" [syn: {lackluster}, {lusterless}, {lustreless}] 2: lacking luster or shine; "staring with lackluster eyes"; "lus...

1: an ancient region of southern Greece in the southeastern Peloponnesus; dominated by Sparta

1: a resident of Laconia

1: brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand" [syn: {crisp}, {curt...

1: in a dry laconic manner; "I know that," he said dryly [syn: {dryly}]

1: terseness of expression [syn: {laconism}]

1: terseness of expression [syn: {laconicism}]

1: a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish 2: a hard glossy coating v : coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China"

1: small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained [syn: {varnish tree}, {Chinese lacquer tree}, {Japanese lacquer tree}, {Japanese varnish tree}, {Japanese sumac}, {Toxicod...

1: a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals

1: of or relating to tears [syn: {lachrymal}] 2: relating to or located near the organ that produces tears [syn: {lachrymal}]

1: the structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye

1: an artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the upper eyelid and the forehead [syn: {arteria lacrimalis}]

1: small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts

1: any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands [syn: {lachrymal duct}, {tear duct}]

1: any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears [syn: {lachrymal gland}, {tear gland}]

1: either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands [syn: {tear sac}, {dacryocyst}]

1: saline fluid secreted by lacrimal glands; lubricates the surface of the eyeball [syn: {lachrymal secretion}]

1: drains the lacrimal gland; empties into the superior ophthalmic vein [syn: {vena lacrimalis}]

1: shedding tears [syn: {lachrymation}, {tearing}, {watering}]

1: a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds [syn: {tear gas}, {teargas}, {lachrymator}]

1: relating to or prompting tears [syn: {lachrymatory}]

1: 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

1: ball used in playing lacrosse

1: an athlete who plays lacrosse

1: any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose [syn: {lactase}]

1: albumin occurring in milk

1: large genus of agarics that have white spore and contain a white or milky juice when cut or broken; includes both edible and poisonous species [syn: {genus Lactarius}]