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Label

To affix a label to; to mark with a name, etc.; as, to label a bottle or a package.

Labellum

The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape.

Labent

Slipping; sliding; gliding.

Labial

A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.

Labialism

The quality of being labial; as, the labialism of an articulation; conversion into a labial, as of a sound which is different in another language.

Labialization

The modification of an articulation by contraction of the lip opening.

Labialize

To modify by contraction of the lip opening.

Labially

In a labial manner; with, or by means of, the lips.

Labiate

A plant of the order Labiat/.

Labidometer

A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.

Labile

Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.

Lability

Liability to lapse, err, or apostatize.

Labiodental

Formed or pronounced by the cooperation of the lips and teeth, as f and v. A labiodental sound or letter.

Labionasal

Formed by the lips and the nose. A labionasal sound or letter.

Labioplasty

A plastic operation for making a new lip, or for replacing a lost tissue of a lip.

Labiose

Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.

Labipalpus

One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium.

Labium

A lip, or liplike organ.

Lablab

an East Indian name for several twining leguminous plants related to the bean, but commonly applied to the hyacinth bean (Dolichos Lablab).

Labor

To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil.

Labor-saving

Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; as, labor-saving machinery; labor-saving appliances{4}; labor-saving devices like washing machines.

Laboratory

The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.

Labored

Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style.

Laborer

One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.

Laboring

That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days.

Laborious

Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome.

Laborless

Not involving labor; not laborious; easy.

Laborsome

Made with, or requiring, great labor, pains, or diligence.

labour

Same as labor; -- British spelling.

laboured

same as labored; -- British spelling

labourer

a laborer; someone who works with their hands.

labourious

characterized by toilsome effort; same as laborious; -- British spelling.

Labourite

a member of the British Labour Party.

Labrador

A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland.

Labradorite

A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See Feldspar.

Labret

A piece of wood, shell, stone, or other substance, worn in a perforation of the lip or cheek by many savages.

Labroid

Like the genus Labrus; belonging to the family Labrid/, an extensive family of marine fishes, often brilliantly colored, which are very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The tautog and cunner are American examples.

Labrum

A lip or edge, as of a basin.

Labrus

A genus of marine fishes, including the wrasses of Europe. See Wrasse.

Laburnic

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the laburnum.

Laburnine

A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum.

Laburnum

A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.

Labyrinth

An edifice or place full of intricate passageways which render it difficult to find the way from the interior to the entrance; as, the Egyptian and Cretan labyrinths.

Labyrinthal

Pertaining to, or resembling, a labyrinth; intricate; labyrinthian.

Labyrinthian

Intricately winding; like a labyrinth; perplexed; labyrinthal.

Labyrinthici

An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied fishes.

Labyrinthine

Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal; labyrinthian.

Labyrinthodon

A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus.

Labyrinthodont

Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthodonta. One of the Labyrinthodonta.

Labyrinthodonta

An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus Labyrinthodon, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent writers they are divided into two or more orders. See Stegocephala.

Lac

A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Laccifer lacca (formerly Coccus lacca), a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance.

Laccic

Pertaining to lac, or produced from it; as, laccic acid.

Laccin

A yellow amorphous substance obtained from lac.

Laccolith Laccolite

A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.

Lace

To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.

lace into

To attack vigorously; -- used of physical or verbal attacks; as, the boss laced into him for coming to the meeting late.

Lace-bark

A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.

Lace-winged

Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies.

lacebark

A small tree or shrub (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.

Laced

Fastened with a lace or laces; decorated with narrow strips or braid. See Lace, v. t.

Lacedaemonian

Of or pertaining to Laced/mon or Sparta, the chief city of Laconia in the Peloponnesus. A Spartan.

Lacerate

To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.

Lacerative

Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors.

Lacert

A muscle of the human body.

Lacerta

A genus of lizards. See Lizard.

Lacertian

Like a lizard; of or pertaining to the Lacertilia. One of the Lacertilia.

lacertid

Any lizard of the family Lacertidae, a family of Old World terrestrial lizard.

Lacertilia

An order of Reptilia, which includes the lizards.

Lacertus

A bundle or fascicle of muscular fibers.

Lacewing

Any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Chrysopa and allied genera. They have delicate, lacelike wings and brilliant eyes. Their larv/ are useful in destroying aphids. Called also lace-winged fly, and goldeneyed fly.

Lache Laches

Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; especially, a delay in asserting a claim, sufficient to cause a person to lose the right to adjuducation of the claim by a court.

Lachrymal

Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions.

Lachrymals

Tears; also, lachrymal feelings or organs.

Lachrymary

Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal.

lachrymator

A chemical substance that causes tears to flow; same as lacrimator.

Lachrymatory

A /tear-bottle;/ a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans; -- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.

lachrymatory

Relating to or inducing tears; -- especially of chemical substances.

Lachrymose

Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.

Lacing

The act of securing, fastening, or tightening, with a lace or laces.

Lacinia Laciniae

One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers. A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.

Laciniolate

Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute lacini/.

Lack

Exclamation of regret or surprise.

Lackaday

Alack the day; alas; -- an expression of sorrow, regret, dissatisfaction, or surprise.

Lackbrain

One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person.

Lackey

To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.

Laconian

Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan. An inhabitant of Laconia; esp., a Spartan.

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