To become lank; to make lank.

The condition or quality or being lanky.

In a lank manner.

The state or quality of being lank.

Somewhat lank; tall, thin, bony and ungraceful.

A long-tailed falcon (Falco lanarius), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon.

A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues generally.

Same as lanseh.

The small, yellow to whitish brown berrylike fruit of an East Indian tree (Lansium domesticum). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable tart subacid taste.

A German foot soldier in foreign service in the 15th and 16th centuries; a soldier of fortune; -- a term used in France and Western Europe.

See Lanterloo.

See Lanthanum.

Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usually called allanturic acid.

An old name of loo (a).

To furnish with a lantern; as, to lantern a lighthouse.

any one of several species of large, handsome, brightly marked, tropical hemipterous insects of the genera Laternaria, Fulgora, and allies, of the family Fulgorid/. The largest species is Laternaria phosphorea of Brazil. The head has a snoutlike process in some species which was formerly thought to emit a phosphorescent light.

Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.

A small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night.

Any rare earth element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers 57 through 71).

Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular white crystals.

Same as lanthanide.

A natural family of stout-bodied lizards.

A genus withonly one species.

A rare element of the rare earth group of the metals, of atomic number 57, allied to aluminum. 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 earth elements with which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.9. Symbol La.

An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

See Lantern.

Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy.

The soft woolly hair which covers most parts of the mammal fetus, and in man is shed before or soon after birth.

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.

See Lanier.

A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)

Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.

a country in Southeast Asia.

of or pertaining to Laos; as, the Laotian Prime Minister.

A Chinese philosopher who founded Taoism in the 6th-century b.c.

The act of lapping with, or as with, the tongue; as, to take anything into the mouth with a lap.

To take up (drink or food) with the tongue; to drink by licking up.

Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.

Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats. Contrasted with carvel-built.

Having edges or ends united by a lap weld; as, a lap-welded pipe.

A rupture or hernia in the lumbar regions.

A slender endoscope, containing fiber-optic viewing capability and miniature surgical devices, which can be inserted through a small incision in the abdominal wall, allowing a surgeon to perform minor surgery with minimal damage to the abdominal muscles.

Laparotomy performed with a laparoscope.

A cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as in the Caesarean section.

A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.

A small dog which is or can be fondled in the lap.

That part of a garment which is turned back; specifically, the lap, or fold, of the front of a coat in continuation of collar.

Furnished with lapels.

As much as the lap can contain.

A stonecutter.

Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record.

Consisting of stones.

Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary ornamentation.

To stone.

The act of stoning.

Of the nature of stone.

The state or quality of being lapidescent.

Any substance which has the quality of petrifying other bodies, or of converting or being converted into stone.

Forming or converting into stone.

The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.

A lapidary.

The state of being, or the act of making, stony.

Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles.

A stone.

An albuminous mineral of a rich blue color; also called lapis. Same as Lazuli, which see.

A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp.

Of or pertaining to Lapland.

One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.

Same as Laplander. Cf. Lapps.

Resembling the capitulum of burdock; covered with forked points.

One who takes up food or liquid with his tongue.

To decorate with, or as with, a lappet.

Of or pertaining to Lapland, or the Lapps. The language of the Lapps. See Lappish.

A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.

Of or pertaining to the Lapps; Laplandish. The language spoken by the Lapps in Lapland. It is related to the Finnish and Hungarian, and is not an Aryan language.

Laplandish; Lappish.

A branch of the Mongolian race, now living in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and the adjacent parts of Russia.

Lapsible.

To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.

Having slipped downward, backward, or away; having lost position, privilege, etc., by neglect; -- restricted to figurative uses.

Liable to lapse.

See Lopsided.

A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.

Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy.

A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or Vanellus vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the /plover's eggs/ of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea.

Work in which one part laps over another.

A lackey.

A lacunar.

Using a noose, as a gladiator.

A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah. Called also white-handed gibbon.

An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology.

On or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel; port; as, the larboard quarter.

One who commits larceny.

Having the character of larceny; as, a larcenous act; committing larceny.

The unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal with intent to deprive the right owner of the same; theft. Cf. Embezzlement.

A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see Illust. of Fascicle).

Of or pertaining to the larch.

To grow fat.

A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc.

Consisting of, or resembling, lard.

A room or place where meat and other articles of food are kept before they are cooked.

One in charge of the larder.

A larder.

A bit of fat pork or bacon used in larding.

A larder.

Containing, or resembling, lard; of the character or consistency of lard.

To feed; to fatten.

See 1st Lar.

A musical note, formerly in use, equal to two longs, four breves, or eight semibreves.

Possessing much land.

Having large hands. Taking, or giving, in large quantities; rapacious or bountiful.

Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.

large in area, scope or degree; as, a large-scale attack on AIDS is needed.

In a large manner.

The quality or state of being large.

Liberality; generosity; bounty.

greatest in size of those under consideration.

A short piece of bar iron for rolling into a sheet; a small billet.

Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.

Generous; ample; liberal.