Lastery (n.) A red color.
Lasting (a.) Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color.
Lasting (n.) Continuance; endurance.
Lasting (n.) A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.
Lasting (n.) The act or process of shaping on a last.
Lasting (adv.) In a lasting manner.
Lastly (adv.) In the last place; in conclusion.
Lastly (adv.) at last; finally.
Lat (v. t.) To let; to allow.
Latakia (n.) A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea.
Latch (v. t.) To smear; to anoint.
Latch (n.) That which fastens or holds; a lace; a snare.
Latch (n.) A movable piece which holds anything in place by entering a notch or cavity; specifically, the catch which holds a door or gate when closed, though it be not bolted.
Latch (n.) A latching.
Latch (n.) A crossbow.
Latched (imp. & p. p.) of Latch
Latching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Latch
Latch (n.) To catch so as to hold.
Latch (n.) To catch or fasten by means of a latch.
Latchet (n.) The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.
Latching (n.) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also latch and lasket.
Latchkey (n.) A key used to raise, or throw back, the latch of a door, esp. a night latch.
Latchstring (n.) A string for raising the latch of a door by a person outside. It is fastened to the latch and passed through a hole above it in the door.
Late (v.) Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.
Late (v.) Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.
Late (v.) Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
Late (v.) Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.
Late (v.) Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.
Late (a.) After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early.
Late (a.) Not long ago; lately.
Late (a.) Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.
Lated (a.) Belated; too late.
Lateen (a.) Of or pertaining to a peculiar rig used in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below.
Lately (adv.) Not long ago; recently; as, he has lately arrived from Italy.
Latence (n.) Latency.
Latency (n.) The state or quality of being latent.
Lateness (n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season.
Latent (a.) Not visible or apparent; hidden; springs of action.
Latently (adv.) In a secret or concealed manner; invisibly.
Lateres (pl. ) of Later
Later (n.) A brick or tile.
Later (a.) Compar. of Late, a. & adv.
Laterad (adv.) Toward the side; away from the mesial plane; -- opposed to mesiad.
Lateral (a.) Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.
Lateral (a.) Lying at, or extending toward, the side; away from the mesial plane; external; -- opposed to mesial.
Lateral (a.) Directed to the side; as, a lateral view of a thing.
Laterality (n.) The state or condition of being lateral.
Laterally (adv.) By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.
Lateran (n.) The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world.
Latered (a.) Inclined to delay; dilatory.
Laterifolious (a.) Growing from the stem by the side of a leaf; as, a laterifolious flower.
Laterite (n.) An argillaceous sandstone, of a red color, and much seamed; -- found in India.
Lateritic (a.) Consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as, lateritic formations.
Lateritious (a.) Like bricks; of the color of red bricks.
Lates (n.) A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes.
Latescence (n.) A slight withdrawal from view or knowledge.
Latescent (a.) Slightly withdrawn from view or knowledge; as, a latescent meaning.
Latewake (n.) See Lich wake, under Lich.
Lateward (a. & adv.) Somewhat late; backward.
Latex (n.) A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation.
Laths (pl. ) of Lath
Lath (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used.
Lathed (imp. & p. p.) of Lath
Lathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lath
Lath (v. t.) To cover or line with laths.
Lathe (n.) Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent.
Lathe (n.) A granary; a barn.
Lathe (n.) A machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.
Lathe (n.) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten.
Lather (n.) Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
Lather (n.) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
Lathered (imp. & p. p.) of Lather
Lathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lather
Lather (n.) To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.
Lather (v. i.) To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse.
Lather (v. t.) To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog.
Lathereeve (n.) Alt. of Lathreeve
Lathreeve (n.) Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe.
Lathing (n.) The act or process of covering with laths; laths, collectively; a covering of laths.
Lath-shaped (a.) Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections.
Lathwork (n.) Same as Lathing.
Lathy (a.) Like a lath; long and slender.
Latian (a.) Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy. See Latin.
Latibulized (imp. & p. p.) of Latibulize
Latibulizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Latibulize
Latibulize (v. i.) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid.
Latibula (pl. ) of Latibulum
Latibulum (n.) A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole.
Laticiferous (a.) Containing the latex; -- applied to the tissue or tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found.
Laticlave (n.) A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office.
Laticostate (a.) Broad-ribbed.
Latidentate (a.) Broad-toothed.
Latifoliate (a.) Alt. of Latifolious
Latifolious (a.) Having broad leaves.
Latimer (n.) An interpreter. [Obs.] Coke.
Latin (a.) Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language.
Latin (a.) Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom.
Latin (n.) A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman.
Latin (n.) The language of the ancient Romans.
Latin (n.) An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin.