Lanthanum (n.) A rare element of the group of the earth metals, allied to aluminium. It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite, orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of separating it from cerium, didymium, and other rare elements with which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.5. Symbol La.
Lanthopine (n.) An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
Lanthorn (n.) See Lantern.
Lanuginose (a.) Alt. of Lanuginous
Lanuginous (a.) Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy.
Lanugo (n.) The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.
Lanyard (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc.
Lanyard (n.) A strong cord, about twelve feet long, with an iron hook at one end a handle at the other, used in firing cannon with a friction tube.
Lanyer (n.) See Lanier.
Laocoon (n.) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)
Laocoon (n.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil.
Laodicean (a.) Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.
Lap (n.) The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
Lap (n.) An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
Lap (n.) The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.
Lap (n.) That part of any substance or fixture which extends over, or lies upon, or by the side of, a part of another; as, the lap of a board; also, the measure of such extension over or upon another thing.
Lap (n.) The amount by which a slide valve at its half stroke overlaps a port in the seat, being equal to the distance the valve must move from its mid stroke position in order to begin to open the port. Used alone, lap refers to outside lap. See Outside lap (below).
Lap (n.) The state or condition of being in part extended over or by the side of something else; or the extent of the overlapping; as, the second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.
Lap (n.) One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold, 2.
Lap (n.) In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game.
Lap (n.) A sheet, layer, or bat, of cotton fiber prepared for the carding machine.
Lap (n.) A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis.
Lapped (imp. & p. p.) of Lap
Lapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lap
Lap (v. t.) To rest or recline in a lap, or as in a lap.
Lap (v. t.) To cut or polish with a lap, as glass, gems, cutlery, etc. See 1st Lap, 10.
Lap (n.) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth.
Lap (n.) To wrap or wind around something.
Lap (n.) To infold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.
Lap (n.) To lay or place over anything so as to partly or wholly cover it; as, to lap one shingle over another; to lay together one partly over another; as, to lap weather-boards; also, to be partly over, or by the side of (something); as, the hinder boat lapped the foremost one.
Lap (n.) To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working.
Lap (v. i.) To be turned or folded; to lie partly upon or by the side of something, or of one another; as, the cloth laps back; the boats lap; the edges lap.
Lap (v. i.) To take up drink or food with the tongue; to drink or feed by licking up something.
Lap (v. i.) To make a sound like that produced by taking up drink with the tongue.
Lap (v. t.) To take into the mouth with the tongue; to lick up with a quick motion of the tongue.
Lap (n.) The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap.
Lap (n.) The sound of lapping.
Laparocele (n.) A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.
Laparotomy (n.) A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section.
Lapboard (n.) A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.
Lapdog (n.) A small dog fondled in the lap.
Lapel (n.) That part of a garment which is turned back; specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar.
Lapelled (a.) Furnished with lapels.
Lapfuls (pl. ) of Lapful
Lapful (n.) As much as the lap can contain.
Lapicide (n.) A stonecutter.
Lapidarian (a.) Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record.
Lapidarious (a.) Consisting of stones.
Lapidaries (pl. ) of Lapidary
Lapidary (n.) An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones.
Lapidary (n.) A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.
Lapidary (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation.
Lapidary (a.) Of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; as, lapidary adulation.
Lapidate (v. t.) To stone.
Lapidation (n.) The act of stoning.
Lapideous (a.) Of the nature of stone.
Lapidescence (n.) The state or quality of being lapidescent.
Lapidescence (n.) A hardening into a stone substance.
Lapidescence (n.) A stony concretion.
Lapidescent (a.) Undergoing the process of becoming stone; having the capacity of being converted into stone; having the quality of petrifying bodies.
Lapidescent (n.) Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.
Lapidific (a.) Alt. of Lapidifical
Lapidifical (a.) Forming or converting into stone.
Lapidification (n.) The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.
Lapidified (imp. & p. p.) of Lapidify
Lapidifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lapidify
Lapidify (v. t.) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.
Lapidify (v. i.) To become stone or stony.
Lapidist (n.) A lapidary.
Lapillation (n.) The state of being, or the act of making, stony.
Lapilli (n. pl.) Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles.
Lapides (pl. ) of Lapis
Lapis (n.) A stone.
Lapis lazuli () An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color. Same as Lazuli, which see.
Lap-jointed (a.) Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.
Laplander (n.) A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp.
Laplandish (a.) Of or pertaining to Lapland.
Lapling (n.) One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.
Lapp (n.) Same as Laplander. Cf. Lapps.
Lappaceous (a.) Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.
Lapper (n.) One who takes up food or liquid with his tongue.
Lappet (n.) A small decorative fold or flap, esp, of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
Lappeted (imp. & p. p.) of Lappet
Lappeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lappet
Lappet (v. t.) To decorate with, or as with, a lappet.
Lappic (a.) Of or pertaining to Lapland, or the Lapps.
Lappic (n.) The language of the Lapps. See Lappish.
Lapping (n.) A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
Lappish (a.) Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish.
Lappish (n.) The language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan language.
Lapponian (a.) Alt. of Lapponic
Lapponic (a.) Laplandish; Lappish.
Lapps (n. pl.) A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia.
Lapsable (a.) Lapsible.
Lapse (n.) A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses.
Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.
Lapse (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege.
Lapse (n.) A fall or apostasy.
Lapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Lapse
Lapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lapse