A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois.

active over a relatively long period of time.

Having long arms; as, the long-armed ape or gibbon.

Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.

of a gilt-edged security: having more than 15 years to run before redemption.

covering long distances; as, a long-distance runner; a long-distance telephone call.

Extended to a great length.

relatively long in duration; as, a long-drawn-out visit from my mother-in-law.

filled with or reflecting gloom.

frequently seen or experienced; as, a long-familiar face.

having long hair; as, long-haired hippies.

Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antenn/, as certain beetles (Longicornia).

Existing or persisting for a long time; as, a long-lasting friendship.

having long legs.

Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting long; as, a long-lived tree; they are a long-lived family; long-lived prejudices.

same as long-playing.

playing at a slower speed and for a longer time than earlier records; -- used of phonograph records.

involving an extended span of time; -- of plans, goals, or predictions; as, long-range goals; a long-range weather forecast.

relating to or extending over a relatively long time; as, the long-run significance of the elections.

having long legs.

Long-sightedness.

Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing.

The state or condition of being long-sighted; hence, sagacity; shrewdness.

existing since a time in the distant past; as, long-standing policies.

One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.

Forbearance to punish or resent.

disposed to bear inconvenience or injury patiently; long patience of offense; as, a long-suffering and uncomplaining wife.

same as long-run; as, the long-term consequences.

The wryneck.

Having a long tongue.

Having a long waist; long from the armpits to the bottom of the waist; -- said of persons.

withstanding long use without deterioration; resistant to damage.

Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker.

A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian longanberry (Nephelium Longan).

A tree (Dimocarpus longan) of Southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet translucent-fleshed edible fruit (the longan) resembling litchi nuts; -- it is sometimes placed in genera Euphoria or Nephelium.

Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.

The American redbellied snipe (Macrorhamphus scolopaceus); -- called also long-billed dowitcher.

a fat-bellied stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century).

Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.

The ordinary bow, not mounted on a stock; -- so called in distinction from the crossbow when both were used as weapons of war. Also, sometimes, such a bow of about the height of a man, as distinguished from a much shorter one.

Same as 4th Lunge.

One who longs for anything.

Long-loved; longevous.

Long duration of life; length of life.

Living a long time; of great age.

The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand; as, took it down in longhand.

Having unusual foresight or sagacity.

A long-horned animal, as a cow, goat, or beetle. See Long-horned.

Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia. One of the Longicornia.

A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antenn/ are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust.

Having long sides; especially, having the form of a long parallelogram.

Long-windedness.

Having long hands.

The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths.

An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.

With longing.

Greatness of distance; remoteness.

One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi.

Having long wings, or quills.

A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, petrels, etc.

One of the Longirostres.

Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.

A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division.

Somewhat long; moderately long.

Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense.

A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.

In the direction of length.

A daddy longlegs.

With longing desire.

The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and slates of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire.

Length.

The European garfish.

The stilt.

Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore.

One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels.

Extended in length; tiresome.

Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious.

Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The Lapland longspur (Calcarius Lapponicus), the chestnut-colored longspur (Calcarius ornatus), and other species, inhabit the United States.

An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail. Cf. Curtail. Dog.

A kind of crystallite having a (slender) acicular form.

Lengthwise.

Lengthwise.

A genus of vines including the woodbine, Lonicera periclymenum.

A tall fan palm (Borassus flabellifer) of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; the palmyra; -- its leaves are used for thatching and weaving.

To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick.

The clay or slimes washed from tin ore in dressing.

Awkwardly.

An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber.

See 2d Loch.

See Luff.

The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view; -- often in certain phrases; as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a look.

A fish (Selene vomer) similar to the moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead; it was also called moonfish at one time.

a swift cursory examination or inspection; as, I gave the car a quick look-over.

same as anticipated, 2; as, his looked-for advancement.

One who looks.

The act of one who looks; a glance.

A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver.

A careful looking or watching for any object or event.

an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; as, they wrote a program to do a table lookup.

A vessel used to receive the washings of ores of metals.

The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.

A gentle gale of wind.

The indistinct and magnified appearance of objects seen in particular states of the atmosphere. See Mirage.

Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the genus Urinator (formerly Colymbus), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water. The common loon, or great northern diver (Urinator imber, or Colymbus torquatus), and the red-throated loon or diver (Urinator septentrionalis), are the best known species. See Diver.

someone deranged and possibly dangerous.

someone mentally deranged and possibly dangerous.

An institution for the confinement or treatment of insane persons, such as an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of a hospital.

To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.

a railway line that branches from the trunk line and then rejoins it at another point.

Bent, folded, or tied, so as to make a loop; as, a looped wire or string.

An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc.

A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy.

Provided with loopholes.

Deceitful; cunning; sly.

of Loop.

A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.

A dull, stupid fellow; a drone.

Praise; fame; reputation.

To set sail.

large enough to leave space for movement over the skin; not tight-fitting; -- of clothing. Opposite of close-fitting, tight, and tight-fitting.