Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects.

relatively low in volume; soft; -- of sound; as, making low-toned noises with their mouths that went as an undercurrent of sound. Opposite of loud.

subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage, usually considered as no greater than 250 volts. Contrasted with high-voltage.

The Australian moundbird (Leipoa ocellata); it incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds.

to give a deceptively low estimate of the price of (merchandise or services); -- a sales tactic to induce a person to buy.

To frighten, as with a lowbell.

Born in a low condition or rank; -- opposed to highborn.

A chest of drawers not more than four feet high; -- applied commonly to the lower half of a tallboy from which the upper half has been removed.

Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar; as, a lowbred fellow; a lowbred remark.

Cloudiness; gloominess.

Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals; as, lowercase letters a and b and c etc.. Contrasted with uppercase. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.

same as low-class. Contrasted with middle-class and upper-class.

the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something.

occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society.

inferior in rank or status.

an undergraduate who is not yet a senior.

pointed downward; as, with lowered eyes. Opposite of raised.

Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or sky.

In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.

Lowest.

Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather.

strong imp. of Laugh.

The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.

Somewhat low.

See Louk.

Land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country; -- opposed to highland.

A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander.

A lowly state.

In a lowly place or manner; humbly.

The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind.

In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.

A low fellow.

The state or quality of being low.

An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.

Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables.

The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.

The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.

The science of loxodromics.

A long, narrow spade for stony lands.

A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution.

In a loyal manner; faithfully.

Loyalty.

The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc.

A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil. A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.

Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb.

Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister.

a long-playing phonograph record; designed to be played at 33.3 rpm.

The chemical symbol for lawrencium, a transuranic element of atomic number 103.

lysergic acid diethylamide, a powerful hallucinogenic drug.

A term attached to the name of a company that is organized to give its owners limited liability; it corresponds to Inc. in the United States.

long-term memory, the term for the set of neurons and neural processes responsible for the general store of information remembered for more than a day.

The chemical symbol for lutetium.

Lubberly.

A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.

Clumsily; awkwardly.

Having a smooth surface; slippery.

That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, graphite, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.

To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied.

smeared with oil or grease to reduce friction.

The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.

See Lubricate.

Lubric.

The act of lubricating, or making smooth.

A dormer window.

A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.

A pike when full grown.

The quality of being lucent.

Shining; bright; resplendent.

A lamp.

Of or pertaining to a lamp.

A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.

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

A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; -- called also Calycozoa. A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true Lucernarida and the Discophora.

See Lucern, the plant.

Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven.

The quality or state of being lucid.

In a lucid manner.

The quality of being lucid; lucidity.

an enzyme which catalyzes the oxidation of luciferin, thereby producing bioluminescence.

One of the followers of Lucifer, bishop of Cagliari, in the fourth century, who separated from the orthodox churches because they would not go as far as he did in opposing the Arians.

any of several substances found in luminescent organisms (such as the firefly, Photinus pyralis) which, when oxidized, produces an almost heatless light. It was first isolated from fireflies, and is the source of the firefly luminescence. See also firefly luciferin

Giving light; affording light or means of discovery.

In a luciferous manner.

Producing light.

Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light.

Luciferian; satanic.

an instrument for measuring the intensity of light; a photometer.

A brand name for a transparent plastic based on methyl methacrylate esters; the term is often used generically to refer to any similar transparent plastic. It is sold in various forms, including rigid sheets which may be used as a substitute for glass in windows.

That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used by itself to mean good luck; as, luck is better than skill; a stroke of luck.

In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; -- used in a good sense; as, they luckily escaped injury.

The state or quality of being lucky; as, the luckiness of a man or of an event.

Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid.

A city in India, the site of the Indian Mutiny (1857) when the British were beseiged.

Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.

See Fatherlasher.

In a lucrative manner.

Gain in money or goods; profit; riches; -- often in an ill sense.

Gainful; profitable.

Producing profit; gainful.

Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor.

Producing grief; saddening.

To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.

The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation.

One who studies by night; also, one who produces lucubrations.

Composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking.

A spot or fleck on the sun brighter than the surrounding surface.

Lucid; clear; transparent.

In a luculent manner; clearly.

A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes.

An American genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.

One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames.

Sportive; ridiculous; wanton.

Sportive.

Adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive.

The act of deriding.

Making sport; tending to excite derision.

A mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monoclinic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.

A subdivision of the British Upper Silurian lying below the Old Red Sandstone; -- so named from the Ludlow, in Western England. See the Chart of Geology.

A borate of iron and magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of a blackish green color.

Disease, especially of a contagious kind.