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Let(imp. & p. p.) of Let
(n.) A retarding
(v. i.) To be let or leased
(v. t.) To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation
Letch(n.) Strong desire
Lethal(a.) Deadly
(n.) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid
Lethargy(n.) A state of inaction or indifference.
(v. t.) To lethargize.
Lethe(n.) A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past.
Letter(n.) A letter
(v. t.) To impress with letters
Lettish(a.) Of or pertaining to the Letts.
(n.) The language spoken by the Letts.
Lettuce(n.) A composite plant of the genus Lactuca (L. sativa), the leaves of which are used as salad
Leucite(n.) A leucoplast.
Leucocyte(n.) A colorless corpuscle, as one of the white blood corpuscles, or those found in lymph, marrow of bone, connective tissue, etc
Leucoma(n.) A white opacity in the cornea of the eye
Leukaemia(n.) Leucocythaemia.
Levant(a.) Eastern.
(n.) A levanter (the wind so called).
(v. i.) To run away from one's debts
Levator(n.) A muscle that serves to raise some part, as the lip or the eyelid.
Levee(n.) A morning assembly or reception of visitors
(v. t.) To attend the levee or levees of.
Level(a.) Coinciding or parallel with the plane of the horizon
(n.) A horizontal line or plane
(v. i.) To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally
(v. t.) Figuratively, to bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc
Lever(a.) More agreeable
(adv.) Rather.
(n.) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
Leviable(a.) Fit to be levied
Leviathan(n.) An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture
Levigate(a.) Made less harsh or burdensome
(v. t.) Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments
Levitate(v. i.) To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium
(v. t.) To make buoyant
Levitation(n.) Lightness
Levite(n.) A priest
Levitical(a.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, the law contained in the book of Leviticus.
Leviticus(n.) The third canonical book of the Old Testament, containing the laws and regulations relating to the priests and Levites among the Hebrews, or the body of the ceremonial law
Levity(n.) Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character
Levorotation(n.) Rotation in the direction of an outgoing right-handed screw
Levorotatory(a.) Turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left
Levulose(n.) A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized, occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc
Levy(n.) A name formerly given in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to the Spanish real of one eighth of a dollar (or 12/ cents), valued at eleven pence when the dollar was rated at 7s
(v. i.) To seize property, real or personal, or subject it to the operation of an execution
(v. t.) To erect, build, or set up
Lewd(superl.) Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble
Lewisson(n.) A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth.
Lex(n.) Law
Lexical(a.) Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words
Lexicography(n.) The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary
Lexicology(n.) The science of the derivation and signification of words
Lexicon(n.) A vocabulary, or book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language or of a considerable number of them, with the definition of each
Lexigraphy(n.) The art or practice of defining words
Ley(a.) Fallow
(n.) Grass or meadow land
(v. t. & i.) To lay
Lherzolite(n.) An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium)
Li(n.) A Chinese copper coin
Liability(n.) That which one is under obligation to pay, or for which one is liable.
Liable(v. t.) Bound or obliged in law or equity
Liaison(n.) A union, or bond of union
Liana(n.) A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane
Liar(n.) A person who knowingly utters falsehood
Liassic(a.) Of the age of the Lias
Lib(v. t.) To castrate.
Libation(n.) The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity
Libel(n.) A brief writing of any kind, esp. a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc
(v. i.) To spread defamation, written or printed
(v. t.) To defame, or expose to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, by a writing, picture, sign, etc
Liberal(a.) Bestowed in a large way
(n.) One who favors greater freedom in political or religious matters
Liberate(a.) To release from restraint or bondage
Liberation(n.) The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
Liberator(n.) One who, or that which, liberates
Libertarian(a.) Pertaining to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity
(n.) One who holds to the doctrine of free will.
Libertine(n.) A defamatory name for a freethinker.
Liberty(n.) A certain amount of freedom
Libidinous(a.) Having lustful desires
Libra(n.) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.
Librettist(n.) One who makes a libretto.
Libretto(n.) A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music.
Libyan(a.) Of or pertaining to Libya, the ancient name of that part of Africa between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean, or of Africa as a whole
Lice(n.) pl. of Louse.
Lichen(n.) A name given to several varieties of skin disease, esp. to one characterized by the eruption of small, conical or flat, reddish pimples, which, if unchecked, tend to spread and produce great and even fatal exhaustion
Licit(a.) Lawful.
Lick(n.) A slap
(v.) A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up
(v. t.) To draw or pass the tongue over
Licorice(n.) A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (G. glabra), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions
Lictor(n.) An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals
Lid(n.) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti
Lidless(a.) Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes
Lie(adj.) To abide
(n.) A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception
(v. i.) To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive
Lied(n.) A lay
Lief(adv.) Gladly
(n.) A dear one
Liege(a.) Full
(n.) A free and independent person
Lien(n.) A legal claim
(obs. p. p.) of Lie.
Lieu(n.) Place
Life(n.) A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc
Lift(n.) Act of lifting
(v. i.) To rise
(v. t.) To bear
Ligament(n.) A band of connective tissue, or a membranous fold, which supports or retains an organ in place
Ligan(n.) Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again.
Ligate(v. t.) To tie with a ligature
Ligation(n.) That which binds
Ligature(n.) A curve or line connecting notes
(v. t.) To ligate
Light(adv.) Lightly
(n.) A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or colored flame
(superl) Having light
(superl.) Easily bestowed
(v. i.) To become ignited
(v. t.) To lighten
Ligneous(a.) Made of wood
Lignify(v. i.) To become wood.
(v. t.) To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.
Lignin(n.) A substance characterizing wood cells and differing from cellulose in its conduct with certain chemical reagents
Lignite(n.) Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor
Ligroin(n.) A trade name applied somewhat indefinitely to some of the volatile products obtained in refining crude petroleum
Ligula(n.) A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids.
Ligule(n.) A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.
Likable(a.) Such as can be liked
Like(a.) In a like or similar manner.
(n.) A liking
(superl.) Equal, or nearly equal
(v. i.) To be pleased
Liking(n.) Appearance
(p. a.) Looking
Lilac(n.) A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac.
Liliaceous(a.) Like the blossom of a lily in general form.
Lilliputian(a.) Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants
(n.) A person or thing of very small size.
Lilt(n.) A lively song or dance
(v. i.) To do anything with animation and quickness, as to skip, fly, or hop.
(v. t.) To utter with spirit, animation, or gayety
Lily(n.) A name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a true lily, as Pancratium, Crinum, Amaryllis, Nerine, etc
Lima(n.) The capital city of Peru, in South America.
Limb(n.) A border or edge, in certain special uses.
(v. t.) To dismember
Lime(n.) A fruit allied to the lemon, but much smaller
(v. t.) To cement.
Limit(v. i.) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region
(v. t.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent
Limn(v. t.) To draw or paint
Limoges(n.) A city of Southern France.
Limonite(n.) Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder
Limousine(n.) An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front
Limpet(n.) A keyhole limpet.
Limpid(a.) Characterized by clearness or transparency
Limpkin(n.) Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails
Limulus(n.) The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America
Limy(a.) Containing lime
Lin(n.) A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.
(v. i.) To yield
(v. t.) To cease from.
Linchpin(n.) A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree.
Linctus(n.) Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
Linden(n.) A handsome tree (Tilia Europaea), having cymes of light yellow flowers, and large cordate leaves
Line(n.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
(v. t.) To cover the inner surface of
Ling(a.) A large, marine, gadoid fish (Molva vulgaris) of Northern Europe and Greenland. It is valued as a food fish and is largely salted and dried
(n.) Heather (Calluna vulgaris).
Liniment(n.) A liquid or semiliquid preparation of a consistence thinner than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp
Lining(n.) That which covers the inner surface of anything, as of a garment or a box
Link(n.) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms
(v. i.) To be connected.
(v. t.) To connect or unite with a link or as with a link
Linnet(n.) Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp
Linoleate(n.) A salt of linoleic acid.
Linoleum(n.) A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing
Linsang(n.) Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia
Linseed(n.) The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained.
Linstock(n.) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon
Lint(n.) Flax.
Lion(n.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries
Lip(n.) An edge of an opening
(v. t.) To clip
Lipoma(n.) A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue.
Liquate(v. i.) To melt
(v. t.) To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
Liquefacient(n.) An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions
Liquefaction(n.) The act, process, or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid by means of cold or pressure
Liquefy(v. i.) To become liquid.
(v. t.) To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid
Liquescent(a.) Tending to become liquid
Liqueur(n.) An aromatic alcoholic cordial.
Liquid(a.) Being in such a state that the component parts move freely among themselves, but do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do
(n.) A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute
Liquor(n.) Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like.
(v. t.) To grease.
Lira(n.) An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.
Lisle(n.) A city of France celebrated for certain manufactures.
Lisp(n.) The habit or act of lisping.
(v. i.) To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly
(v. t.) To pronounce with a lisp.
Lissome(a.) Light
List(n.) A limit or boundary
(v. i.) To desire or choose
(v. t.) In cotton culture, to prepare, as land, for the crop by making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe
Litany(n.) A solemn form of supplication in the public worship of various churches, in which the clergy and congregation join, the former leading and the latter responding in alternate sentences
Litchi(n.) A genus of East Indian sapindaceous trees consisting of a single species (Litchi Chinensis, syn
Lite(adv., & n.) Little.
Lith(n.) A joint or limb
Litigable(a.) Such as can be litigated.
Litigant(a.) Disposed to litigate
(n.) A person engaged in a lawsuit.
Litigate(v. i.) To carry on a suit by judicial process.
(v. t.) To make the subject of a lawsuit
Litigation(n.) The act or process of litigating
Litigious(a.) Inclined to judicial contest
Litmus(n.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein
Litotes(n.) A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression
Litre(n.) A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2
Litter(n.) A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it
(v. i.) To be supplied with litter as bedding
(v. t.) To give birth to
Little(a.) Short in duration
(adv.) In a small quantity or degree
(n.) A small degree or scale
Littoral(a.) Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark.
Liturgics(n.) The science of worship
Liturgiology(n.) The science treating of liturgical matters
Liturgist(n.) One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy.
Liturgy(a.) An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms
Livable(a.) Such as can be lived.
Live(a.) Being in a state of ignition
(n.) Life.
(v. i.) To be alive
(v. t.) To act habitually in conformity with
Livid(a.) Black and blue
Living(n.) Manner of life
Livre(n.) A French money of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc
Lixiviate(v. t.) To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble
Lixivium(n.) A solution of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes
Lizard(n.) Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia
Llama(n.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump
Llano(n.) An extensive plain with or without vegetation.
Lo(interj.) Look
Loach(n.) Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth
Load(v.) A burden
(v. t.) To adulterate or drug
Loaf(n.) Any thick lump, mass, or cake
(v. i.) To spend time in idleness
(v. t.) To spend in idleness
Loam(n.) A kind of soil
(v. i.) To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
Loan(n.) A loanin.
(n. t.) To lend
Loath(a.) Filled with disgust or aversion
Loaves(n.) pl. of Loaf.
Lob(n.) A dull, heavy person.
Lobar(a.) Of or pertaining to a lobe
Lobby(n.) A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
(v. i.) To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes
(v. t.) To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body
Lobe(n.) A membranous flap on the sides of the toes of certain birds, as the coot.
Lobscouse(n.) A combination of meat with vegetables, bread, etc., usually stewed, sometimes baked
Lobster(n.) Any large macrurous crustacean used as food, esp. those of the genus Homarus
Lobule(n.) A small lobe
Lobworm(n.) The lugworm.
Local(a.) Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space
(n.) A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road
Locate(v. i.) To place one's self
(v. t.) To designate the site or place of
Location(n.) A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
Locative(a.) Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein
(n.) The locative case.
Locator(n.) One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a mining claim.
Loch(n.) A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue
Lock(n.) A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
(v. i.) To become fast, as by means of a lock or by interlacing
(v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks
Loco(adv.) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher
(n.) A locomotive.
(v. t.) To poison with loco
Locular(a.) Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.
Locule(n.) A little hollow
Locus(n.) A place
Locution(n.) Speech or discourse
Lode(n.) A metallic vein
Lodge(n.) A collection of objects lodged together.
(v. i.) To come to a rest
Lodging(n.) Abiding place
Lodgment(v.) A lodging place
Lodicule(n.) One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses
Loess(n.) A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers
Loft(a.) Lofty
(n.) A floor or room placed above another
(v. t.) To make or furnish with a loft
(v. t. & i.) To raise aloft
Log(n.) A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.
(v. i.) To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber
(v. t.) To enter in a ship's log book
Logaoedic(a.) Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of ordinary speech
Logarithm(n.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division
Loge(n.) A lodge
Logger(n.) One engaged in logging.
Loggia(n.) A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached
Logging(n.) The business of felling trees, cutting them into logs, and transporting the logs to sawmills or to market
Logic(n.) A treatise on logic
Logistics(n.) A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60
Logogram(n.) A word letter
Logogriph(n.) A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which form other words
Logomachy(n.) A game of word making.
Logos(n.) A word
Logotype(n.) A single type, containing two or more letters
Logroll(v. i. & t.) To engage in logrolling
Logwood(n.) The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called haematoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing
Logy(a.) Heavy or dull in respect to motion or thought
Loin(n.) That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs
Loiter(v. i.) To be slow in moving
Loki(n.) The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief, answering to the African of the Persians
Loll(v. i.) To act lazily or indolently
(v. t.) To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.
Loma(n.) A lobe
Lombard(a.) Of or pertaining to Lombardy, or the inhabitants of Lombardy.
(n.) A form of cannon formerly in use.
Loment(n.) An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed
Lone(a.) Being apart from other things of the kind
(n.) A lane.
Long(a.) Having a supply of stocks or goods
(adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior
(n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel.
(prep.) By means of
(superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length
Loo(n.) A modification of the game of "all fours" in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack
(v. t.) To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick.
Look(n.) Expression of the eyes and face
(v. i.) In the imperative: see
(v. t.) To expect.
Loom(n.) A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread
(v. i.) To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp
Loon(n.) Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the genus Urinator (formerly Colymbus), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water
Loop(n.) A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
(v. t.) To make a loop of or in
Loose(a.) To relax
(n.) A letting go
(superl.) Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language
(v. i.) To set sail.
Loot(n.) Plunder
(v. t. & i.) To plunder
Lop(a.) Hanging down
(n.) A flea.
(v. i.) To hang downward
(v. t.) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything
Lope(imp.) of Leap.
(n.) A leap
(v. i.) To leap
Lophophore(n.) A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa.
Lopper(n.) One who lops or cuts off.
(v. i.) To turn sour and coagulate from too long standing, as milk.
Lopsided(a.) Leaning to one side because of some defect of structure
Loquacious(a.) Apt to blab and disclose secrets.
Loquat(n.) The fruit of the Japanese medlar (Photinia Japonica). It is as large as a small plum, but grows in clusters, and contains four or five large seeds
Lord(n.) A hump-backed person
(v. i.) To play the lord
(v. t.) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.
Lore(n.) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
(obs. imp. & p. p.) Lost.
(v. t.) That which is or may be learned or known
Lorgnette(n.) An opera glass
Lorica(n.) A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like
Lorikeet(n.) Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, with some forms in the East Indies
Loris(n.) Any one of several species of small lemurs of the genus Stenops. They have long, slender limbs and large eyes, and are arboreal in their habits
Lorn(a.) Forsaken
Lorry(n.) A small cart or wagon, as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish
Lory(n.) Any one of many species of small parrots of the family Trichoglossidae, generally having the tongue papillose at the tip, and the mandibles straighter and less toothed than in common parrots
Los(n.) Praise.
Lose(v. i.) To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat
(v. t.) Not to employ
Loss(v. t.) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person
Lost(v. t.) Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery
Lot(n.) A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field
(v. t.) To allot
Lothario(n.) A gay seducer of women
Lotion(n.) A liquid preparation for bathing the skin, or an injured or diseased part, either for a medicinal purpose, or for improving its appearance
Lottery(n.) Allotment
Lotto(n.) A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance
Lotus(n.) A genus (Lotus) of leguminous plants much resembling clover.
Loud(adv.) With loudness
(superl.) Clamorous
Lough(n.) A loch or lake
(obs. strong imp.) of Laugh.
Lounge(a.) To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering
(n.) An idle gait or stroll
Louse(n.) Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers
(v. t.) To clean from lice.
Lousy(a.) Infested with lice.
Lout(n.) A clownish, awkward fellow
(v. i.) To bend
(v. t.) To treat as a lout or fool
Louvre(n.) A small lantern.
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