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Long-armed

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

Long-breathed

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

long-dated

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

long-distance

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

long-drawn-out

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

long-familiar

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

Long-horned

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

long-lasting

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

Long-lived

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.

long-playing

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

long-range

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

long-run

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

Long-sighted

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

Long-sightedness

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

long-standing

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

Long-stop

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

Long-suffering

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

long-term

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

Long-waisted

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

long-wearing

withstanding long use without deterioration; resistant to damage.

Long-winded

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

Longan

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

longanberry

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.

Longanimity

Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.

Longbeak

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

longbeard

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

Longboat

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

Longbow

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.

Longer

One who longs for anything.

Longevity

Long duration of life; length of life.

Longhand

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

Longhorn

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

Longicorn

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

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.

Longilateral

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

Longimetry

The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths.

Longing

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

Longipalp

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

Longipennes

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

Longipennine

Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate.

Longirostral

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

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.

Longish

Somewhat long; moderately long.

Longitude

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.

Longmynd rocks

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.

Longshore

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

Longshoreman

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

Longspun

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

Longspur

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.

Longtail

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

Longulite

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

Lonicera

A genus of vines including the woodbine, Lonicera periclymenum.

lontar

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.

Loo

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

Loob

The clay or slimes washed from tin ore in dressing.

Looby

An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber.

Look

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

look-down lookdown

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

look-over

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

looked-for

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

Looking

The act of one who looks; a glance.

Looking-glass

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

Lookout

A careful looking or watching for any object or event.

lookup

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.

Lool

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

Loom

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.

Looming

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

Loon

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.

looney

someone deranged and possibly dangerous.

loony

someone mentally deranged and possibly dangerous.

loony bin

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

Loop

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.

loop-line

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

Looped

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

Looper

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

Loophole

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.

Loopie

Deceitful; cunning; sly.

Looplight

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

Loord

A dull, stupid fellow; a drone.

Loos

Praise; fame; reputation.

loose-fitting

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

loose-jowled

having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw.

loose-leaf looseleaf

having rings that open and close permitting insertion and removal of pages; -- of notebooks and binders and the paper used in them; as, a looseleaf notebook; looseleaf paper.

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