Chapter 47

look up to.honor,respect, defer to,venerate,reverence.look within.introspect.loop,n.staple, noose, bight.loophole,n.excuse,plea, pretext.loose,a.unbound, disengaged,movable, unfastened,unrestrained, detached; relaxed; incompact,porous.loose,v.release,disengage,free, disentangle,liberate;absolve, remit;relax,loosen,slacken.loosen,v.relax.looseness,n.laxity,slackness,relaxation.loot,n.spoil,booty,plunder,prize; plundering,pillage.loot,v.plunder,sack,rifle,pillage.lop,v.cut off, obtruncate.lopsided,a.unbalanced, disproportioned.loquacious,a.garrulous,voluble,talkative.loquacity,n.garrulity, volubility,talkativeness.lord,n.nobleman,peer, magnate, grandee; liege, suzerain.lord,v.domineer.Lord, have mercy upon us.Kyrie eleison.lordly,a.overbearing,domineering,despotic,arrogant,imperious,uppish.lordship,n.seigniory,dominion.Lord's Prayer.Pater noster.Lord's Supper.communion, eucharist.lore,n.learning,knowledge,wisdom,erudition.lorn,a.forsaken,lonely,solitary.lose,v.miss,forfeit.lose ground.retire, recede,retreat,decline.loss,n.forfeiture.Associated words: damnific, damnify, damnification.lost,a.forfeited,missing;derelict,adrift; misspent, misemployed, wasted; irreclaimable, incorrigible,abandoned; preoccupied,abstracted,absent-minded.lot,n.destiny,doom, fortune,fate;portion,parcel,part,allotment; (Colloq.) much,many.loth,a.disinclined,unwilling,reluctant,averse, loath,indisposed.lots,n. pl.Associated word: sortilege.loud,a.deafening, stentorian,resonant, clarion;clamorous, vociferous,boisterous;gaudy,flashy,ostentatious,showy; emphatic,urgent,appealing.lounge,v.recline, loll.lousiness,n.phthiriasis, pediculosis, pediculation.lout,n.booby,boor,bumpkin,lubber,gawky.loutish,a.boorish,lubberly,gawky, ungentlemanly.lovable,a.amiable, winsome,lovely,winning.lovableness,n.amability, winsomeness, amiability.love,n.affection,devotion, infatuation,passion; amorousness, amativeness; Cupid, Eros,Venus, Aphrodite, Amorino; philanthropy; storge.love affair.liaison (an illicit love affair), amour,intrigue.love feast(of the primitive Christians).agape.love-letter,n.billet-doux,billet d'amour.lovely,a.charming,delightful, delectable,amiable,pleasing.love potion.philter.lover,n.amoroso, inamorato, swain, suitor, admirer, philander,gallant,beau, cicisbeo; paramour, leman.loving,a.affectionate; enamored; amative, amorous, erotic.loving-kindness,n.tenderness,mercy,compassion.low,a.depressed;base,mean,vulgar, raffish,ignominious,undignified;moderate,reasonable,cheap;humble,lowly,obscure;feeble,faint,weak;subdued,grave,gentle;ignoble,groveling,abject,degraded,servile,menial,sordid,base.low,adv.softly,sotto voce.low,v.moo.lowborn,a.baseborn, plebeian.lowbred,a.unrefined, illbred,vulgar,rude.lower,v.drop; depress,reduce;decrease,diminish,fall,humble,humiliate,degrade,abash, detrude,dishonor;frown,scowl, glower, looksullen.lower,a.nether,under.lower classes.proletariat, proletariate, proletarians.lowering,a.threatening,dark,sullen.lowest,a.nethermost.lowest point.nadir.low life.obscurity.lowliness,n.humility, meekness,self-abasement.low-lived,a.mean,dishonorable,ignominious,base.lowly,a.humble,meek, unassuming.low-minded,a.groveling,abject,sordid, base-minded.loyal,a.true,constant,faithful, devoted,stanch,unwavering.loyalty,n.fidelity,constancy,faithfulness,devotion, fealty,allegiance.lozenge,n.tablet, troche, pastille.lubber,n.boor,lout,bumpkin, looby,gawk,churl,lummox.lubberly,a.boorish,loutish,gawky,clumsy,ungainly.lucid,a.Seeclear.lucidity,n.Seeclearness.luck,n.fortune,chance, fortuity,haphazard,chance, hap-hazard.Associated words: mascot, hoodoo.luckless,a.Seeunlucky.lucky,a.fortunate;favorable,auspicious, propitious.lucrative,a.Seeprofitable.ludicrous,a.comical,ridiculous. Seefunny.lug,v.drag,pull,tug, haul.luggage,n.baggage,traps.lugubrious,a.mournful,doleful,sorrowful, woful.lukewarm,a.tepid;indifferent,cool,unconcerned.lukewarmness,n.tepidity;indifference,unconcern,coolness.lull,v.hush,still,quiet, tranquillize;subside,abate.lull,n.calm,calmness,subsidence.lumbering,a.unwieldy,ponderous,cumbersome,ungraceful.luminous,a.Seebright.lummox,n.(Low)booby,gawk,lout,lubber, yahoo,bumpkin,boor.lump,n.mass,aggregation,aggregate.--v.mass,amass.lumpish,a.inert,heavy;stupid,dull,stolid.lumpy jaw.actinomycosis.lunatic,n.madman,maniac, bedlamite.lunch,n.luncheon, refection.luncheon,n.collation,refreshment, nuncheon, tiffin.lunge,v.allonge, longe,thrust.lungs,n. pl.lights (lungs of an animal or bird).Associated words: pulmonary, pulmonic, pneumonic, pleura, pleural lobe, spirometer, pneumology.lurch,v.sway,stagger,roll;dodge,shift,evade, bilk.lure,n.decoy,enticement,bait.lure,v.entice,tempt,seduce,allure,decoy.lurking-place,n.ambush,retreat,cover.luscious,a.delicious, delectable; cloying,fulsome, unctuous.lush,a.juicy, succulent.lust,n.venerealappetite, concupiscence, salacity, sexualdesire;longing,cupidity,desire,hankering.Antonym: anaphrodisia. Seesexual desire.luster,n.brightness,gloss,glitter,sheen,brilliancy.lusterless,a.dull, lackluster.lustful,a.lascivious, concupiscent, lecherous, licentiou-libidinous,salacious,carnal, lickerish,ruttish, prurient aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, lecherous.lustre,n.brilliancy,glitter,radiance, resplendence.lustrous,a.Seebright.lusty,a.robust,sturdy,stalwart,strapping,muscular.luxuriance,n.exuberance,rampancy,richness.luxuriant,a.exuberant,rampant,superabundant,excessive.luxuriate,v.revel,wanton.luxurious,a.voluptuous,epicurean, sybaritic.luxury,n.voluptuousness,epicurism, sybaritism, luxuriousness.lying,a.untruthful,false,mendacious,deceitful.lying,n.falsehood,lie,untruth,mendacity, fabrication, fiction.lying down.reclining, recumbent, accumbent; (face down) prone, prostrate; (face upward)supine.lying down.reclining, reclination, accubation, recumbence; (face down) prostration, pronation; (face upward) supination, supineness.lying in wait.ambush, ambuscade.lying round.circumjacent.--n.circumjacence.lyre,n.Seeharp.

look up to.honor,respect, defer to,venerate,reverence.

look within.introspect.

loop,n.staple, noose, bight.

loophole,n.excuse,plea, pretext.

loose,a.unbound, disengaged,movable, unfastened,unrestrained, detached; relaxed; incompact,porous.

loose,v.release,disengage,free, disentangle,liberate;absolve, remit;relax,loosen,slacken.

loosen,v.relax.

looseness,n.laxity,slackness,relaxation.

loot,n.spoil,booty,plunder,prize; plundering,pillage.

loot,v.plunder,sack,rifle,pillage.

lop,v.cut off, obtruncate.

lopsided,a.unbalanced, disproportioned.

loquacious,a.garrulous,voluble,talkative.

loquacity,n.garrulity, volubility,talkativeness.

lord,n.nobleman,peer, magnate, grandee; liege, suzerain.

lord,v.domineer.

Lord, have mercy upon us.Kyrie eleison.

lordly,a.overbearing,domineering,despotic,arrogant,imperious,uppish.

lordship,n.seigniory,dominion.

Lord's Prayer.Pater noster.

Lord's Supper.communion, eucharist.

lore,n.learning,knowledge,wisdom,erudition.

lorn,a.forsaken,lonely,solitary.

lose,v.miss,forfeit.

lose ground.retire, recede,retreat,decline.

loss,n.forfeiture.Associated words: damnific, damnify, damnification.

lost,a.forfeited,missing;derelict,adrift; misspent, misemployed, wasted; irreclaimable, incorrigible,abandoned; preoccupied,abstracted,absent-minded.

lot,n.destiny,doom, fortune,fate;portion,parcel,part,allotment; (Colloq.) much,many.

loth,a.disinclined,unwilling,reluctant,averse, loath,indisposed.

lots,n. pl.Associated word: sortilege.

loud,a.deafening, stentorian,resonant, clarion;clamorous, vociferous,boisterous;gaudy,flashy,ostentatious,showy; emphatic,urgent,appealing.

lounge,v.recline, loll.

lousiness,n.phthiriasis, pediculosis, pediculation.

lout,n.booby,boor,bumpkin,lubber,gawky.

loutish,a.boorish,lubberly,gawky, ungentlemanly.

lovable,a.amiable, winsome,lovely,winning.

lovableness,n.amability, winsomeness, amiability.

love,n.affection,devotion, infatuation,passion; amorousness, amativeness; Cupid, Eros,Venus, Aphrodite, Amorino; philanthropy; storge.

love affair.liaison (an illicit love affair), amour,intrigue.

love feast(of the primitive Christians).agape.

love-letter,n.billet-doux,billet d'amour.

lovely,a.charming,delightful, delectable,amiable,pleasing.

love potion.philter.

lover,n.amoroso, inamorato, swain, suitor, admirer, philander,gallant,beau, cicisbeo; paramour, leman.

loving,a.affectionate; enamored; amative, amorous, erotic.

loving-kindness,n.tenderness,mercy,compassion.

low,a.depressed;base,mean,vulgar, raffish,ignominious,undignified;moderate,reasonable,cheap;humble,lowly,obscure;feeble,faint,weak;subdued,grave,gentle;ignoble,groveling,abject,degraded,servile,menial,sordid,base.

low,adv.softly,sotto voce.

low,v.moo.

lowborn,a.baseborn, plebeian.

lowbred,a.unrefined, illbred,vulgar,rude.

lower,v.drop; depress,reduce;decrease,diminish,fall,humble,humiliate,degrade,abash, detrude,dishonor;frown,scowl, glower, looksullen.

lower,a.nether,under.

lower classes.proletariat, proletariate, proletarians.

lowering,a.threatening,dark,sullen.

lowest,a.nethermost.

lowest point.nadir.

low life.obscurity.

lowliness,n.humility, meekness,self-abasement.

low-lived,a.mean,dishonorable,ignominious,base.

lowly,a.humble,meek, unassuming.

low-minded,a.groveling,abject,sordid, base-minded.

loyal,a.true,constant,faithful, devoted,stanch,unwavering.

loyalty,n.fidelity,constancy,faithfulness,devotion, fealty,allegiance.

lozenge,n.tablet, troche, pastille.

lubber,n.boor,lout,bumpkin, looby,gawk,churl,lummox.

lubberly,a.boorish,loutish,gawky,clumsy,ungainly.

lucid,a.Seeclear.

lucidity,n.Seeclearness.

luck,n.fortune,chance, fortuity,haphazard,chance, hap-hazard.Associated words: mascot, hoodoo.

luckless,a.Seeunlucky.

lucky,a.fortunate;favorable,auspicious, propitious.

lucrative,a.Seeprofitable.

ludicrous,a.comical,ridiculous. Seefunny.

lug,v.drag,pull,tug, haul.

luggage,n.baggage,traps.

lugubrious,a.mournful,doleful,sorrowful, woful.

lukewarm,a.tepid;indifferent,cool,unconcerned.

lukewarmness,n.tepidity;indifference,unconcern,coolness.

lull,v.hush,still,quiet, tranquillize;subside,abate.

lull,n.calm,calmness,subsidence.

lumbering,a.unwieldy,ponderous,cumbersome,ungraceful.

luminous,a.Seebright.

lummox,n.(Low)booby,gawk,lout,lubber, yahoo,bumpkin,boor.

lump,n.mass,aggregation,aggregate.--v.mass,amass.

lumpish,a.inert,heavy;stupid,dull,stolid.

lumpy jaw.actinomycosis.

lunatic,n.madman,maniac, bedlamite.

lunch,n.luncheon, refection.

luncheon,n.collation,refreshment, nuncheon, tiffin.

lunge,v.allonge, longe,thrust.

lungs,n. pl.lights (lungs of an animal or bird).Associated words: pulmonary, pulmonic, pneumonic, pleura, pleural lobe, spirometer, pneumology.

lurch,v.sway,stagger,roll;dodge,shift,evade, bilk.

lure,n.decoy,enticement,bait.

lure,v.entice,tempt,seduce,allure,decoy.

lurking-place,n.ambush,retreat,cover.

luscious,a.delicious, delectable; cloying,fulsome, unctuous.

lush,a.juicy, succulent.

lust,n.venerealappetite, concupiscence, salacity, sexualdesire;longing,cupidity,desire,hankering.Antonym: anaphrodisia. Seesexual desire.

luster,n.brightness,gloss,glitter,sheen,brilliancy.

lusterless,a.dull, lackluster.

lustful,a.lascivious, concupiscent, lecherous, licentiou-libidinous,salacious,carnal, lickerish,ruttish, prurient aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, lecherous.

lustre,n.brilliancy,glitter,radiance, resplendence.

lustrous,a.Seebright.

lusty,a.robust,sturdy,stalwart,strapping,muscular.

luxuriance,n.exuberance,rampancy,richness.

luxuriant,a.exuberant,rampant,superabundant,excessive.

luxuriate,v.revel,wanton.

luxurious,a.voluptuous,epicurean, sybaritic.

luxury,n.voluptuousness,epicurism, sybaritism, luxuriousness.

lying,a.untruthful,false,mendacious,deceitful.

lying,n.falsehood,lie,untruth,mendacity, fabrication, fiction.

lying down.reclining, recumbent, accumbent; (face down) prone, prostrate; (face upward)supine.

lying down.reclining, reclination, accubation, recumbence; (face down) prostration, pronation; (face upward) supination, supineness.

lying in wait.ambush, ambuscade.

lying round.circumjacent.--n.circumjacence.

lyre,n.Seeharp.


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