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Tanaka6000 wealth Tanaka6000 wealthy Tanaka6000 welcome Tanaka6000 welcomed Tanaka6000 welfare Tanaka6000 well Tanaka6000 well-being Tanaka6000 well-known Tanaka6000 welled Tanaka6000 whale Tanaka6000 wheel Tanaka6000 wheels Tanaka6000 while Tanaka6000 whirled Tanaka6000 whole Tanaka6000 wholly Tanaka6000 widely Tanaka6000 wild Tanaka6000 will Tanaka6000 willing Tanaka6000 wisely Tanaka6000 wistful Tanaka6000 wolf Tanaka6000 wonderful Tanaka6000 world Tanaka6000 worthless Tanaka6000 worthwhile Tanaka6000 would Tanaka6000 wouldn Tanaka6000 wrestlers Tanaka6000 wrestling Tanaka6000 yale Tanaka6000 yearly Tanaka6000 yelled Tanaka6000 yellow Tanaka6000 yield Tanaka6000 yielded Tanaka6000 yields Tanaka6000 yourself Tanaka6000 yourselves Tanaka6000 youthfulness Tanaka6000 zeal Tanaka6000 zealous COMPOUND WORDS Aalborg {prop} (city in northern Denmark) aardwolf {n} (the mammal species Proteles cristatus) abalone {n} (edible univalve mollusc) abdominal {adj} (of or pertaining to the abdomen) 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manage many tasks at once) juggler {n} (person who practices juggling) juggling {n} (moving of objects in an artful manner) Jughashvili {prop} (surname) jugular {n} (vein through the neck) SEE: jugular vein :: Julia {prop} (female given name) Julian {prop} (male given name) Juliana {prop} (female given name) Julian calendar {n} (calendar used in the western world before the Gregorian calendar) Julie {prop} (female given name) SEE: Julia :: julienne {n} (garnish of vegetables) Juliet {prop} (character in Romeo and Juliet) Julius {prop} (male given name) July {prop} (seventh month of the Gregorian calendar) July Monarchy {prop} (period of liberal constitutional monarchy in France) jumble {n} (A mixture of unrelated things) jumble {v} (To mix or confuse) jungle {n} (large, undeveloped, humid forest) jungle cat {n} (Felis chaus) jungle gym {n} (1. play structure) junk mail {n} (mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) juridical {adj} (Pertaining to the law) justifiably {adv} (in a justifiable manner) just like that {adv} (without warning) justly {adv} (In a just or fair manner) Jutland {prop} (peninsula) juvenile delinquency {n} (participation in illegal behaviour by minors) juvenile offending {n} (juvenile delinquency) SEE: juvenile delinquency :: Kabballah {prop} (body of teachings) kabloona {n} (non-Inuit person) Kabul {prop} (capital of Afghanistan) Kabyle {prop} (language) kai-lan {n} (kailan) SEE: kailan :: Kaiser roll {n} (star-emblazoned round bread roll) kalach {n} (traditional East Slavic bread (or its equivalent)) kale {n} (edible plant: brassica oleracea acephala) kaleidoscope {n} (tube of mirrors rotated to produce symmetrical designs) kaleidoscopically {adv} (in a kaleidoscopic, continuously changing manner) Kali {prop} (goddess) Kaliningrad {prop} (Kaliningrad, see also: Königsberg) Kaluga {prop} (city in Russia) kaolin {n} (clay) Kaqchikel {prop} (Mayan language) Karelia {prop} (region and a federal subject in Russia) Karelian {prop} (the language) Karelo-Finnish SSR {prop} (a short-lived republic of the Soviet Union) Karl {prop} (cognates) SEE: Charles :: Karl {prop} (transliterations) SEE: Carl :: Karlovac {prop} (city and municipality) Kartvelian {adj} (Georgian) SEE: Georgian :: Kartvelian {n} (Georgian) SEE: Georgian :: Kartvelian {prop} (Georgian) SEE: Georgian :: Kartvelology {n} (Kartvelian studies) SEE: Kartvelian studies :: Kathleen {prop} (Catherine) SEE: Catherine :: Kavala {prop} (city) keel {n} (beam along the underside of a ship’s hull) keel {n} (rigid flat piece of material giving a ship greater control and stability) keel over {v} (of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover, see also: capsize) keep a cool head {v} (keep one's cool) SEE: keep one's cool :: keep at arm's length {phrase} sich vom Leibe halten, sich vom Halse halten Kefalovrisi {prop} (Kefalovrissi) SEE: Kefalovrissi :: Kefalovrysi {prop} (Kefalovrissi) SEE: Kefalovrissi :: Kefalovryssi {prop} (Kefalovrissi) SEE: 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(percussion instrument) kettle of fish {n} (predicament) SEE: predicament :: kettling {n} (crowd control technique) keyhole {n} (a hole to lock/unlock with a key) keyhole surgery {n} (laparoscopy) SEE: laparoscopy :: Khinalug {prop} (language) Khmelnitsky {prop} (Khmelnytskyi) SEE: Khmelnytskyi :: kick oneself {v} (reproach oneself) kicksled {n} (type of small sled) kick wheel {n} (A wheel or disc used to throw pots, turned by kicking or pushing a heavy stone or concrete base with the foot) Kiel {prop} (city in Germany) Kilimanjaro {prop} (volcano) kill {n} (act of killing) kill {n} (death blow) kill {n} (result of killing) kill {v} (put to death) kill {v} (render void) kill {v} (waste) killer {n} (murderer) killer {n} (person who kills) killer {n} Totschläger killer application {n} (irresistibly good technological product) killer T cell {n} (cytotoxic T cell) SEE: cytotoxic T cell :: killer whale {n} (A sea mammal, Orcinus orca) killing {n} (instance of someone being killed) killjoy {n} (someone who takes the fun out of a situation or activity) SEE: spoilsport :: kill time {v} (make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important) kill two birds with one stone {v} (solve two problems at once) kiln {n} (oven, furnace or heated chamber) kilo {n} (short form of kilogram) kilobyte {n} (1024 bytes) kilogram {n} (unit of mass equal to 1000 grams) kilojoule {n} (an SI unit of energy) kilometrage {n} (kilometrage) kilometre {n} (unit of measure) kilo-watt {n} (kilowatt) SEE: kilowatt :: kilowatt {n} (one thousand watts) kilowatt-hour {n} (unit of electrical energy (kWh)) kilt {n} (traditional Scottish garment) kindle {v} (to arouse) kindle {v} (to start (a fire)) kindling {n} (pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire) kindly {adv} (in a kind manner) kindly {adv} (used to make polite requests) kind of like {adv} (similarly) kindred soul {n} (kindred spirit) SEE: kindred spirit :: Kingdom of Thailand {prop} (official name of Thailand) Kingdom of the 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{n} Klemme Klingon {n} (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) Klingon {prop} (the language) kneel {v} (to stoop down and rest on the knee) kneel down {v} (to kneel) knife pleat {n} (a type of sharply pressed pleating) knightlet {n} (small or petty knight) SEE: knightling :: knightly {adj} (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly) Knights Templar {prop} (the order of medieval knights) knitting needle {n} (thin rod used to knit yarn) knoll {n} (small mound) knowingly {adv} (knowingly) know-it-all {n} (someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject) knowledge {n} (awareness, state of having been informed) knowledge {n} (fact of knowing about something; understanding, familiarity with information) knowledge {n} (Sexual intercourse) SEE: carnal knowledge :: knowledgeable {adj} (having knowledge, especially of a particular subject) knowledge is power {proverb} (knowledge is power) know thyself {proverb} (proverb) knuckle {n} (joint of the finger) knuckle duster {n} (weapon worn around the knuckles) SEE: brass knuckles :: koala {n} (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear) Koblenz {prop} (city in Germany) kohl {v} (makeup) kohlrabi {n} (cabbage variety) kolach {n} (kalach) SEE: kalach :: Kola Peninsula {prop} (peninsula in Russia) Kolkata {prop} (city) kolkhoz {n} (farming collective) Komsomol {prop} (Young Communist League in the USSR) Komsomolsk {prop} (Komsomolsk-na-Amure, Russia) Komsomolsk {prop} (Komsomolsk, towns and rural localities in Russia and Ukraine) Kremlin {prop} (the Moscow Kremlin) krill {n} (small marine crustacean) Kırklareli {prop} (city of Turkey) krummholz {n} (dense low bushes) krypton difluoride {n} (binary compound of krypton and fluorine) Kuala Lumpur {prop} (capital of Malaysia) Kuiper belt {prop} (region of space) Ku Klux Klan {prop} (Ku Klux Klan) kulak {n} (a prosperous peasant) Kuril Islands {prop} (group of islands) Kyzyl {prop} (city in Russia) L1 {n} L1 L2 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lachrymal {adj} (of or relating to tears) lachrymose {adj} (tearful) lack {n} (deficiency, need) lack {v} (be without, need, require) lackadaisical {adj} ( showing no interest or enthusiasm) lackey {n} (a fawning, servile follower) lackey {n} (liveried male servant) lackluster {adj} (Having no shine or lustre; dull) Laconia {prop} (region in the southern Peloponnese) laconic {adj} (using as few words as possible) lacquer {n} (glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating) lacquer {n} Lack lacquer {v} (to apply a lacquer to something) lacrimal bone {n} (fragile bone situated near the eye) lacrosse {n} (the sport) lactase {n} (A β-galactosidase enzyme) lactic acid {n} (2-hydroxy-propanoic acid (CH[3].CHOH.CO[2]H)) lactone {n} (cyclic intramolecular ester) lactoprotein {n} (protein) lactose {n} (disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products) lactose intolerant {adj} (unable to metabolize lactose) lacustrine {adj} (of or relating to lakes) lad {n} (a boy) lad {n} (a groom who works 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spider found primarily in northern and central Europe) ladyboy {n} (effeminate homosexual man, especially an intergender person, see also: kathoey) ladybug {n} (ladybird) SEE: ladybird :: lady-in-waiting {n} (honourable servant) lady-killer {n} (uncaring womanizer) ladylove {n} (a woman who is loved by someone) Lady Luck {prop} (female personification of luck) ladyship {n} (Term of respect) lady's man {n} (womanizer) SEE: womanizer :: lady's slipper {n} (variety of orchid) Laestrygonians {n} (tribe) lag {v} (to fall behind) lager {n} (type of beer) laggard {n} (one who lags behind) lagoon {n} (shallow body of water) lagopode {n} (ptarmigan) SEE: ptarmigan :: Lagrange point {n} (a point in an the orbital configuration) lahar {n} (volcanic mudflow) lahmacun {n} (dish of Arab origin) laicism {n} (secularism) lain {v} (situated horizontally) lair {n} (of an animal) laissez faire {n} (economics: a policy of governmental non-interference in economic affairs) laity {n} (people of a church who 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lampshade {n} (cover over a lamp) lance {n} ((military) instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordinance) lance {n} ((military) soldier armed with a lance) lance {n} (spear or harpoon used by whalers) lance {n} (weapon of war) lance {n} (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting) lance corporal {n} (lance corporal) lancet {n} (surgical instrument) land {n} (country or region) land {n} (fright) SEE: fright :: land {n} (ground that is suitable for farming) land {n} (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) land {n} (real estate or landed property) land {v} (to bring to land) land {v} (to deliver) SEE: deliver :: land {v} (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) land ahoy {interj} (interjection shouted by the ship's watch) lander {n} (space probe) Landeshauptmann {n} (title of the head of government of an Austrian state or of specific Italian provinces) landfall {n} (arrival of a ship at the shore) landfill {n} (material so disposed of) landfill {n} (site at which refuse is buried) landfill {v} (to dispose of waste) landgrave {n} (renderings of Landgraf) landgraviate {n} (countship of a landgrave) landgravine {n} (wife of a landgrave) landing {n} (an in-between platform) landing {n} (a place on a shoreline where a boat lands) landing {n} (coming to earth, as of an airplane) landlady {n} (female landlord) landline {n} (fixed telephone communications cable) landline {n} (telephone connected by such a fixed wire) landlocked {adj} (surrounded by land) landlord {n} (person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo) landlouper {n} (vagabond) SEE: vagabond :: landlubber {n} (someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship) landmark {n} (a notable location) landmark {n} (a recognizable feature used for navigation) landmass {n} (a large continuous area of land) land mine {n} (mine that is placed on land) landowner {n} (a person who owns land) landscape {n} (a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer then the vertical sides) landscape {n} (portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view) landscape {n} (the pictorial aspect of a country) landscape genetics {n} (discipline) landscaper {n} (one that does landscaping) landscaping {n} (the act of improving a landscape) landslide {n} (natural disaster) landslide victory {n} (overwhelming victory in an election) lane {n} (course for ships or aircraft) lane {n} (division of roadway) lane {n} (passageway) Langhian {prop} (subdivision of the Miocene epoch) Langobard {n} (Lombard) SEE: Lombard :: language {n} (computer language (see also computer language)) language {n} (nonverbal communication) language {n} (particular words used) language {n} (system of communication using words or symbols) language {n} (the ability to communicate using words) language {n} (vocabulary of a particular field) language barrier {n} (barrier to communication) language code {n} (a standard identifier of a language) language exchange {n} (language exchange) language family {n} (set of languages) language police {n} (language police) language swap {n} (language exchange) SEE: language exchange :: Languedoc {n} (French province) Languedoc-Roussillon {prop} (region of France) languid {adj} (lacking enthusiasm, energy or strength) languish {v} (to live in miserable conditions) languish {v} (to lose strength and become weak) languish {v} (to pine away with longing) languor {n} (a state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid feeling) La Niña {n} (temperature anomaly) lanichol {n} (lanolin) SEE: lanolin :: laniol {n} (lanolin) SEE: lanolin :: lanky {adj} (tall, slim) lanolin {n} (greasy yellow substance) lansquenet {n} (German mercenary) lantern {n} (case of transparent material made to protect a flame, or light) lantern beetle {n} (Several kinds of cicadas) lanternfish {n} (Any small, deep sea fish of family Myctophidae) lanthanum {n} (metallic element) Lao {adj} (of, 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loanword {n} (word taken from another language) loath {adj} (unwilling, reluctant; averse, disinclined) loathe {v} (hate, detest, revile) loathsome {adj} (highly offensive; sickening, abominable) lob {n} (lump) SEE: lump :: lobby {n} (entryway or waiting area; vestibule) lobby {n} (group of people who try to lobby) lobby group {n} (advocacy group) SEE: advocacy group :: lobbyist {n} (A person who for remuneration reattempts to persuade politicians) lobelia {n} (plant) lobotomy {n} (surgical operation) lobster {n} (crustacean) local {adj} (of a nearby location) local {n} lokal local {n} ((UK) the nearest bar) local anesthetic {n} (a local anesthetic) local area network {n} (network) local battery {n} (A source of local power for a telephone instrument) local cell {n} Lokalelement local color {n} (aspects of a location that distinguish it from neighboring communities) local derby {n} (a sports match between local rival teams) local government {n} (government whose remit covers less than that of the nation) localhost {n} (this computer) localization {n} (act of localizing) localization {n} (software engineering: act or process of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region) local maximum {n} (math: maximum within restricted domain) local minimum {n} (math: minimum within restricted domain) Local Supercluster {prop} (Supercluster that includes the Milky Way) local variable {n} lokale Variable location {n} (place) locative {n} (grammatical case) locative case {n} (case used to indicate place, or the place where) lochia {n} (post-partum vaginal discharge) Lochkovian {prop} Lochkovium, Lochkov ou Lochkovien lock {n} (a mutex or other token) lock {n} (firing mechanism of a gun) lock {n} (length of hair) lock {n} (segment of a canal) lock {n} (something used for fastening) lock {v} (to become fastened in place) lock {v} (to fasten with a lock) locked {adj} (that has been locked (with a key)) locked-in syndrome {n} Locked-in-Syndrom locker {n} (storage compartment) locker room {n} (changing room) SEE: changing room :: locket {n} (chained ornament) locking {n} Locking lockjaw {n} (disease) lock out {n} (an event in which an employer bars employees from working) lock out {v} (to prevent from entering a place, particularly oneself, inadvertently) lockout {n} (opposite of a strike) locksmith {n} (lock maker) lock up {v} (to imprison or incarcerate someone) lockup {n} (prison) SEE: prison :: locomotive {n} (self-propelled vehicle that runs on rails) locoweed {n} (plant of genus Astragalus) SEE: milk-vetch :: locoweed {n} (plant of genus Oxytropis) Locris {prop} (region of ancient Greece) locust {n} (type of grasshopper) lode {n} (loadstone) SEE: lodestone :: lode {n} (vein of metallic ore) lodestar {n} (guiding tenet) lodestar {n} (star used as navigation reference) Lode Star {prop} (Polaris) SEE: Polaris :: lodge {n} (inn) SEE: inn :: lodge {n} (local chapter of freemasons) lodge {n} (porter's rooms) lodge {v} [1] feststecken, [3] beherbergen, [3] unterbringen, [4] hinterlegen, [4] deponieren, [5] einlegen, [5] einreichen lodging {n} (place to live or lodge) Lodz {prop} (city) loess {n} (sediment of eolian origin) loft {n} (an attic or similar space) loftiness {n} (arrogance) SEE: arrogance :: lofty {adj} (high) lofty {adj} (idealistic) log {n} Holzklotz log {n} (logbook) SEE: logbook :: log {n} (logbook) SEE: logbook :: log {n} (rolled cake) SEE: Swiss roll :: log {n} (surfing: longboard) SEE: longboard :: log {n} (trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches) log {n} (very dumb person) SEE: blockhead :: loganberry {n} (raspberry-blackberry hybrid berry) logarithm {n} (for a number x, the power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain x) logarithmic {adj} (relating to logarithms) logarithmize {v} (derive the logarithm of a number) logbook {n} (nautical: book in which details from journey are recorded) log cabin {n} (small simple dwelling in a remote area, made from wood) loge {n} (booth) SEE: booth :: loge {n} (stall) SEE: stall :: loge {n} (upscale seating region in theatres or similar) logger {n} (worker whose occupation is to harvest trees) logging {n} (making entries in a log) logic {n} (any system of thought, irrespective of its rigor or productiveness) logic {n} (formal or informal language) logic {n} (mathematical study) logic {n} (method of human thought) logical {adj} (in agreement with the principles of logic) logically {adv} (in a logical manner) logician {n} (person who studies or teaches logic) log in {v} (gain access to a computer system) login {n} (logging in) login {n} (user's identification) logistics {n} (military procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation) logistics {n} (planning and implementing the flow of goods and services) logo {n} (symbol or emblem that acts as a trademark or a means of identification of an entity) log off {v} (log out) SEE: log out :: logogram {n} (character or symbol that represents a word or phrase) logograph {n} (character or symbol that represents a word or phrase) log on {v} (log in) SEE: log in :: logorrhea {n} (excessive and often uncontrollable flow of words) logotype {n} (single type two letters, a ligature ) logotype {n} (symbol used by organization, logo ) log out {v} (to exit an account in a computing system) loin {n} (cut of meat) loin {n} (part of the body) loincloth {n} (garment) loins {n} (plural form of loin) SEE: loin :: Loire {prop} (river) loiter {v} (to stand about idly) Lojban {prop} (artificial logical language based on Loglan) lol {interj} (Used to express laughter) SEE: LOL :: LOL {initialism} (Expression of laughter) lolcat {n} Lolcat lolita {n} (sexually alluring girl) loll {v} (To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease) Lolland {prop} (Danish island) lollipop {n} (confectionery on a stick) lolly {n} (confection) SEE: confection :: lolly {n} (lollipop) SEE: lollipop :: lolly {n} (money) SEE: money :: lollygag {v} (dawdle; to avoid work) Lombard {n} (banker or moneylender) SEE: banker :: Lombard {n} (member of a Germanic people) Lombardic {adj} (related to the Lombards) Lombardic {prop} (the language of the Lombards) Lombardish {adj} (related to the Lombards) Lombardish {prop} (the language of the Lombards) Lombard rate {n} (interest rate) Lombardy {prop} (region in northern Italy) London {prop} (in Canada) London {prop} (in the United Kingdom) Londoner {n} (A person from, or an inhabitant of, London) Londonian {n} (Londoner) SEE: Londoner :: London Underground {prop} (the London underground) lone {adj} (having no companion) loneliness {n} (condition of being lonely) lonely {adj} (of person: dejected by feelings) lonely {adj} (of place: desolate) lonely {adj} (solitary) SEE: solitary :: loner {n} (one who lacks or avoids company) lonesome {adj} (unhappy due to being alone) lone wolf {n} (loner) SEE: loner :: long {adj} (having great duration) long {adj} (having much distance from one point to another) long {adj} (not short) SEE: tall :: long {v} (to wait, to aspire) long absent, soon forgotten {proverb} (love fades away when people are distant) long ago {adv} (at a time in the distant past) longanimous {adj} (long-suffering) long-awaited {adj} (having been awaited for a long time) longboard {v} (spine board) SEE: spine board :: longbow {n} (large bow) longcase clock {n} (grandfather clock) SEE: grandfather clock :: long-chain {adj} langkettig long drink {n} (large mixed drink) long-eared owl {n} (Asio otus) longevity {n} (the quality of being long-lasting, especially of life) long for {v} (to have desire for; to yearn) long for {v} (to miss) long-haired {adj} (Having long, uncut hair on the head) long haul {adj} (travelling a long distance) longhorn beetle {n} (any Cerambycid) longing {n} (melancholic desire) long in the tooth {adj} (old, aged) longitude {n} (angular distance) long-jawed spider {n} (spider) long johns {n} (garment for bottom half of the body) long-legged {adj} (having long legs) long-legged buzzard {n} (Buteo rufinus) long live {v} (prosper) long-lived {adj} (having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time) longsleeved {adj} (Having long sleeves) longstanding {adj} (longstanding) SEE: long-standing :: long story short {adv} (Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story) long-suffering {adj} (having endured discomfort) longsword {n} (a kind of sword) long-tailed pangolin {n} (Manis tetradactyla) long-term {adj} (becoming evident after a relatively long time period) long-term {adj} (extending over a relatively long time period) long time no see {interj} (idiomatic: I haven't seen you for a long time) long ways, long lies {proverb} (Proverb) long-winded {adj} (tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; unnecessarily verbose) long-windedness {n} (the use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity) Longyearbyen {prop} (settlement) loo {n} (toilet) look {n} (action of looking) look {n} (facial expression) look {n} (physical appearance) look {v} (to appear, to seem) look {v} (to expect) look {v} (to face) look {v} (to search) look {v} (to try to see) look after {v} (to watch, to protect) lookalike {n} (person physically resembling another person) look and feel {n} (visual design and behaviour of a user interface) look at {v} betrachten look before you leap {proverb} (don't jump into something too precipitously) look down on {v} (to regard or treat as inferior) look for {v} (search; seek) look forward {v} (to anticipate or expect) SEE: look forward to :: look forward to {v} (anticipate, expect, or wait for) looking glass {n} (mirror) SEE: mirror :: look like {v} (be similar in appearance, resemble) look like {v} (seem, appear) look on {v} (to watch; to observe) lookout {n} Ausguck looks {n} (appearance) look up {v} (to obtain information about something from a text source) look up {v} (used other than as an idiom) loom {n} (bird of order 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loots) looting {n} (act of looting) lopsided {adj} (not balanced) loquacious {adj} (talkative, chatty) loquaciously {adv} (in a loquacious manner) loquacity {n} (talkativeness) loquat {n} (fruit) lord {n} (aristocrat) lord {n} (property owner) lord {v} (to lord over) Lord {n} (British aristocratic title) Lord {prop} (God) Lord {prop} (Jesus) lordship {n} (title) Lord's Prayer {prop} (the prayer taught by Jesus Christ to his disciples) lorelei {n} (siren, temptress) Lorentz force {n} (force) Lorentz transformation {n} (mathematics) Lorraine {prop} (region east of Alsace) lorry {n} (motor vehicle) SEE: truck :: lorry driver {n} (person employed to drive a truck) SEE: truck driver :: Los Angeles {prop} (largest city in California) lose {v} (cause (something) to cease to be in one's possession or capability) lose {v} (fail to be the winner) lose {v} (have (somebody of one's kin) die) lose {v} (shed (weight)) lose {v} ((transitive) fail to win) lose face {v} (lose respect of others) lose heart {v} (to despair) lose one's cool {v} (to lose one's temper) lose one's head {v} (behave irrationally or lose self-control) lose one's life {v} (to die) lose one's temper {v} (to be explosively angry) lose one's virginity {v} (to stop being a virgin after the first sexual intercourse) lose one's way {v} (get lost) SEE: get lost :: loser {n} (insult) loser {n} (person who fails to win) loser {n} (person who is frequently unsuccessful in life) loser {n} (someone who has lost weight) loser {n} (someone who loses in a specified manner) loser {n} (someone with bad luck or poor skills who consistently loses) lose track {v} (forget one's train of thought) lose weight {v} (to become less heavy) losing streak {n} (sequence of losses) loss {n} (financial: negative result on balance) loss {n} (hurtful condition resulting from losing) loss {n} (instance of losing) loss {n} (something lost) loss leader {n} (item sold below cost) loss of face {n} (loss of respect of others) lost {adj} (unable 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seed) SEE: lotus seed :: loud {adj} (noisy) loud {adj} (of a colour, clothing, etc.) loud {adj} (of a sound) loudly {adv} (in a loud manner) loudmouth {n} (one who talks too much or too loudly) loudness race {n} (public backlash) SEE: loudness war :: loudspeaker {n} (encasing) loudspeaker {n} (transducer) Louis {prop} (male given name) Louisa {prop} (female given name) SEE: Louise :: Louise {prop} (feminine form of Louis) loukoumades {n} (lokma) SEE: lokma :: lounge {n} (living room) lounge {n} (waiting room) loupe {n} (magnifying glass often used by jewellers and watchmakers) louse {n} (insect) louse {n} (worthless person) lousewort {n} (plant of the genus Pedicularis) lousy {adj} (Infested with lice) lousy {adj} (remarkably bad; of poor quality, dirty, or underhanded) lout {n} (a rude violent man) Louvain {prop} (Belgian city) louvar {n} (Luvarus imperialis) louver {n} (a slatted opening in a wall, door or window) louver {n} (a system of slits for ventilation) louver {n} (a ventilating turret or lantern) lovable {adj} (inspiring love) lovage {n} (A Mediterranean herb) love {n} (darling or sweetheart) love {n} (romantic feelings) love {n} (strong affection) love {n} (zero) love {v} (be strongly inclined towards doing) love {v} (care about; will good for) love {v} ((euphemistic): to have sex with) love {v} (have a strong affection for) love affair {n} (adulterous relationship) love at first sight {n} (an instantaneous attraction) lovebird {n} (an affectionate couple (or a person thereof)) lovebird {n} (a parrot of the genus Agapornis) love bite {n} (swelling on the skin) love child {n} (child born as a result of a romantic liaison between unmarried parents) lovechild {n} (child born out of wedlock) SEE: love child :: loved {adj} (Being the object of love) love goggles {n} (blindness to criticism or objectivity directed at a person that one is in love with) love handle {n} (a protruding area of fat on the side of the body) love-hate {adj} Hassliebe love hotel {n} (short-stay hotel for sex) love-in-a-mist {n} (Nigella damascena) love is blind {proverb} (proverb) loveless {adj} (without love) love letter {n} (letter about the author's love) love life {n} (individual's amorous) lovelorn {adj} (rent and reived of and/or by love) lovely {adj} (Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.) lovely {adj} herrlich love potion {n} (philter) SEE: philter :: lover {n} (one who loves another person) lover {n} (person who loves something) lover {n} (sexual partner) love rat {n} (adulterer) SEE: adulterer :: love seat {n} (A sofa for two people) lovesick {adj} (Having an aching desire for one's beloved) love triangle {n} (situation in which two people vie for the love of a third) loving {adj} (expressing a large amount of love) low {adj} (depressed, sad) low {adj} (despicable) low {adj} (in a position comparatively close to the ground) low {adv} (at a lower frequency) low {adv} (close to the ground) low {adv} (with a low voice or sound) low {n} (area of low pressure) low {n} (flame) SEE: flame :: low {v} (moo) SEE: moo :: low blow {n} (an unfair or illegal blow in boxing) lowdown {n} (the whole truth) lower {v} (let (something) descend by its own weight, such as a bucket or sail) lower case {n} (lower case letters, collectively) lower chamber {n} (lower house) SEE: lower house :: lower deck {n} (deck of a ship immediately above the hold) lower house {n} (part of a parliament) Lower Lusatian {prop} (Lower Sorbian) SEE: Lower Sorbian :: Lower Saxony {prop} (state) Lower Silesian {prop} Niederschlesisch Lower Sorbian {prop} (a Slavic language spoken in part of Brandenburg) lowest common denominator {n} (smallest multiple of several denominators) low-fat {adj} (not having a high number of calories from fat) Low German {prop} (West Germanic language) low-grade {adj} (of inferior quality) lowland {n} (area which is lower than surroundings) Low Prussian {prop} (Mennonite Low German) Low Saxon {prop} (language or language group) low temperature flexibility {n} (ability of membrane to resist cracking at low temperature) low tide {n} Ebbe low tide {n} (the tide at its lowest level) loxodrome {n} (A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle) SEE: rhumb line :: loyal {adj} (firm in allegiance to a person or institution) loyally {adv} (in a loyal manner) loyalness {n} (loyalty) SEE: loyalty :: loyalty {n} (faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation) loyalty {n} (the state of being loyal; fidelity) lozenge {n} (medicated sweet) lozenge {n} (rhombus) Ltd. {abbr} GmbH, G. m. b. H. lube {n} (lubricant) SEE: lubricant :: lube {v} (lubricate) SEE: lubricate :: lubricant {n} (substance used to reduce friction) lubricate {v} (to make slippery or smooth) lubrication {n} (the application of lubricants) lubrication payment {n} (euphemism for a bribe) Lucas {prop} (male given name) SEE: Luke :: Lucerne {prop} (canton) Lucerne {prop} (city) Lucia {prop} (female given name) SEE: Lucy :: Lucian {prop} (sophist of Syrian origin) lucid {adj} einleuchtend , klar , bei Verstand , leuchtend lucid dream {n} (lucid dream) Lucifer {prop} (figure mentioned in Isaiah 14:12) Lucifer {prop} (Venus, the morning star) luck {n} (something that happens to someone by chance) luckily {adv} (in a lucky manner) luckless {adj} (unsuccessful in a failing manner) luckless {adj} (without luck) lucky {adj} (being good by chance) lucky {adj} (of people, having good fortune) lucky charm {n} (object kept for good luck) lucky streak {n} (winning streak) SEE: winning streak :: lucrative {adj} (producing a surplus; profitable) lucubration {n} (intense and prolonged study or meditation) Lucy {prop} (female given name) Ludfordian {prop} Ludfordium ludicrous {adj} (idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny) Lufthansa {prop} (German airline) Lugansk {prop} (Luhansk) SEE: Luhansk :: luge {n} (The sport of racing on luges) luger {n} (competer in the luge) luggage {n} (traveller's containers) luggage cart {n} (vehicle pushed by travellers) luggage rack {n} (rack attached to a car) lug nut {n} (nut to attach wheel to axle) lugubrious {adj} (gloomy) Luhansk {prop} (city) Lukas {prop} (given name) SEE: Luke :: Lukas {prop} (surname) SEE: Lucas :: Lukashenko {prop} (surname) Luke {prop} (evangelist) Luke {prop} (given name) Luke {prop} (gospel of Luke) lukewarm {adj} (not very enthusiastic) lukewarm {adj} (temperature) lullaby {n} (a soothing song to lull children to sleep) lumbago {n} (lumbar-region backache, see also: backache) lumber {n} (wood as building material) lumberjack {n} (person who fells trees) lumbermill {n} (mill for processing lumber) SEE: sawmill :: luminescence {n} (emission) luminol {n} (chemical that exhibits blue chemiluminescence) luminosity {n} (rate at which a star radiates energy) luminosity {n} (state of being luminous) luminous {adj} (emitting light; glowing brightly) luminous energy {n} (SI-unit for luminous flux) luminous flux {n} Lichtstrom lumiphore {n} (luminophore) SEE: luminophore :: lump {n} (something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group) lumpenproletariat {n} (in Marxism: the lowest stratum of the proletariat) lumpfish {n} (lumpsucker) SEE: lumpsucker :: lumpsucker {n} (scorpaeniform fish) lump sum {n} (large one-time payment) Luna {prop} (Earth's moon) SEE: Moon :: lunacy {n} Wahnsinn lunar {adj} Mond- lunar {adj} (of, or pertaining to, the moon) lunar calendar {n} (a calendar that measures the passage of the year according to the phases of the moon) lunar eclipse {n} (when the Earth casts its shadow over the Moon) Lunarian {n} (imaginary inhabitant of the Moon) lunar phase {n} (any one of the aspects presented by the moon) lunar year {n} (a year determined by a certain number of phases of the moon) lunatic {n} (insane person) lunatic asylum {n} (mental hospital) SEE: mental hospital :: lunch {n} (meal around midday) lunch {v} (to eat lunch) lunchbox {n} (container for transporting meals) lunchbox {n} (male genitals enclosed in clothing) luncheon {n} Lunch luncheon meat {n} (lunch meat) SEE: lunch meat :: lunette {n} (Christianity: crescent-shaped clip for holding the host upright) lunette {n} (crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door) lunette {n} (small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape) lung {n} (organ that extracts oxygen from the air) lung cancer {n} (cancer of the lung(s)) lung capacity {n} (lung capacity) SEE: lung capacity :: lung capacity {n} (lung volume) SEE: lung volume :: 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