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.

Flowing copiously.

Grandiloquent.

Somewhat large.

Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn. A movement or piece in largo time.

A suborder of birds including the gulls; terns; jaegers; and skimmers.

To secure with a lariat fastened to a stake, as a horse or mule for grazing; also, to lasso or catch with a lariat.

The natural family of birds including the gulls and terns; the gull family.

Of or pertaining to the Gull family (Larid/).

The genus of trees comrising the larches.

Of, or derived from, the larch (Larix); as, larixinic acid.

To catch larks; as, to go larking.

Having the sandy brown color of the European larks.

Indian cress.

A catcher of larks.

See Tearpit.

Like or belonging to the Gull family (Larid/).

A rowdy street loafer; a rowdyish or noisy ill-bred fellow; a hoodlum; -- variously applied, as to a street blackguard, a street Arab, a youth given to horse-play, etc. Rowdy; rough; disorderly.

To beat or flog soundly.

Same as Lorry, or Lorrie.

See Alarum, and Alarm.

Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larv/ of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larv/ are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits, and are called caterpillars, grubs, maggots, etc.

A class sometimes classified as an order.

Of or pertaining to a larva.

An order of Tunicata, including Appendicularia, and allied genera; -- so called because certain larval features are retained by them through life. Called also Copelata. See Appendicularia.

Masked; hence, concealed; obscure; -- applied in medicine to doubtful cases of some diseases; as, larvate pneumonis; larvate epilepsy.

Masked; clothed as with a mask.

A larva.

Having the form or structure of a larva.

Depositing living larv/, instead of eggs; -- said of certain insects.

A guillemot; -- called also lavy.

Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to operations on the larynx; as, laryngeal forceps.

See Laryngeal.

Excision of the larynx.

A spasmodic state of the glottis, giving rise to contraction or closure of the opening.

Inflammation of the larynx.

An instrument for recording the larynx movements in speech.

Of or pertaining to laryngology.

One who applies himself to laryngology.

Systematized knowledge of the action and functions of the larynx; in pathology, the department which treats of the diseases of the larynx.

The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope when the latter is placed upon the larynx.

An instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image.

Of or pertaining to the inspection of the larynx; of or pertaining to the laryngoscope or laryngoscopy.

One skilled in laryngoscopy.

The art of using the laryngoscope; investigations made with the laryngoscope.

An instrument for performing laryngotomy.

The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removing foreign bodies.

Pertaining to both larynx and trachea; as, the laryngotracheal cartilage in the frog.

The operation of cutting into the larynx and the upper part of the trachea, -- a frequent operation for obstruction to breathing.

The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis.

Less.

A baked dish of layers of lasagna{2} pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables; -- a popular dish of Italian cuisine.

A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower.

Loose; lascivious.

Lasciviousness; wantonness.

Lascivious.

Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires.

The state or habitual condition of feeling an excessive or morbid sexual desire.

To give off a beam of coherent light; -- of a laser.

A device which produces an intense, usually narrow, monochromatic beam of coherent light; called also optical maser. It has various forms, and is used in various applications in science and technology. The beam is produced by boosting the majority of the electrons in specific radiation-absorbing atoms in a medium into a higher energy level, from which they are stimulated by their own emitted radiation to drop back synchronously to their lower energy level, and emit light which is in phase (coherent).

A beam of light from a laser.

A digital data storage medium consisting of a thin disk onto which the data is impressed by a laser, in the form of a linear sequence of dots; same as optical disk. The data is subsequently read back by the use of a laser beam. See also compact disk.

Light produced by a laser.

A printer controlled by a computer, using a laser beam to produce images in a fine dot-matrix pattern of charge on an electrostatic drum, to which fine particles of ink are subsequently caused to adhere, and the image of which is subsequently transferred to paper or another type of material in sheet form. It is capable of high-speed production of images with a higher resolution than those from dot-matrix impact printers.

Surgery using lasers.

Any plant of the umbelliferous genus Laserpitium, of several species (as Laserpitium glabrum, and Laserpitium siler), the root of which yields a resinous substance of a bitter taste. The genus is mostly European.

To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back.

A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another; -- called also lashing.

See 2d Lasher.

A member of the Lasiocampidae, a family of medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moth with comblike antennae.

A natural family of moths whose larvae include the tent caterpillars; the eggars; the lappet moths.

A diarrhea or flux.

latching.

A young woman; a girl; a sweetheart.

Less.