To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.

To combine (various items) and treat them as a unit. See lump, v. i.

the removal of a cyst or tumor from the breast by surgery. This is one method of treating breast tumors when in an early stage, and is preferred for cosmetic reasons, when medically feasible, to radical mastectomy, the removal of the entire breast along with nearby muscles.

mentally sluggish.

same as lumpenproletariat.

the lowest level of the proletariat, comprising unskilled workers, the unemployed, and the dispossessed, alienated from the class with with they would normally identify and having little or no class solidarity; -- an important element in Marxist theory.

One who lumps.

A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl.

Bulky; heavy.

Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless.

The lumpfish.

Full of lumps, or small compact masses; as, a lumpy bed; a lumpy batch of dough.

The moon.

Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation.

A lunar distance.

A small genus of European herbs of the mustard family, including the herb honesty (Lunaria annua), which is also called moonwort and lunary.

An inhabitant of the moon.

The herb moonwort or /honesty/. A low fleshy fern (Botrychium Lunaria) with lunate segments of the leaf or frond.

Crescent-shaped; resembling the crescent moon; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross.

A person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.

the members of a political or social group espousing extreme, fanatical, or seemingly irrational views.

The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29/ to 29/ days, the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s.

To take luncheon.

To take luncheon.

someone who is eating lunch.

the act of eating lunch.

a dining room (in a school, business, or other non-domestic facility) where lunch can be purchased.

the time for eating lunch; as, he observed a regular lunchtime.

A genus of birds including some of the puffins.

Anything in the shape of a half moon.

A little moon or satellite.

A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion.

An organ for a/rial respiration; -- commonly in the plural.

Having lungs that adhere to the pleura.

the ability to speak loudly.

Same as Namaycush.

Having lungs, or breathing organs similar to lungs.

a person with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Any fish belonging to the Dipnoi; -- so called because they have both lungs and gills.

A guillemot.

A lingerer; a dull, drowsy fellow.

Being without lungs.

A long-tailed monkey (Semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of India.

Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other animals, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle (Strongylus micrurus) and that of sheep (Strongylus filaria) are the best known.

An herb of the genus Pulmonaria (Pulmonaria officinalis), of Europe; -- so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung. Any plant of the genus Mertensia (esp. Mertensia Virginica and Mertensia Sibirica), plants nearly related to Pulmonaria. The American lungwort is Mertensia Virginica, Virginia cowslip.

Having relation to changes in currents that depend on the moon's phases.

Resembling the moon in shape.

Resulting from the united action, or pertaining to the mutual relations, of the sun and moon.

The farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in its monthly revolution.

Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon.

The match cord formerly used in firing cannon.

Same as Lunule.

Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent; lunate.

Resembling a small crescent.

Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula; a lune.

A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects.

Any bryozoan of the genus Lunulites, having a more or less circular form.

Crazy; insane; mentally unsound.

A grotto on the Palatine Hill sacred to Lupercus, the Lycean Pan.

A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan.

A glucoside found in the seeds of several species of lupine, and extracted as a yellowish white crystalline substance.

An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (Lupinus luteus, Lupinus albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance, having a formula C10H19NO. Called also l-lupinine

A bitter principle extracted from hops.

An alkaloid extracted from hops as a colorless volatile liquid.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, hops; specifically, designating an acid obtained by the decomposition of lupulin.

originally, a cutaneous disease with the appearance of the skin having been gnawed, and occurring under two distinct forms. Now used as a generic term for over ten distinguishable diseases having visible cutaneous symptoms.

Gluttony; gormandizing.

To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.

A glutton; a gormandizer.

The line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the birds.

A blockhead.

To recall a hawk or other animal.

A large marine annelid (Nephthys c/ca), inhabiting the sandy shores of Europe and America. It is whitish, with a pearly luster, and grows to the length of eight or ten inches.

Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal.

To lie hidden; to lie in wait.

One who lurks.

A confused heap; a throng, as of persons; a jumble, as of sounds.

A genus of birds including the nightingale Luscinia megarhyncos.

A lynx. See 1st Lucern and Loup-cervier.

Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink.

See Lussheburgh.

An ancient region and Roman province of the Iberian peninsula, corresponding roughly to modern Portugal and parts of Spain.

Pertaining to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with Portugal. One of the people of Lusitania.

To be idle or unemployed.

Inclined to be lazy.

Used in play; sportive; playful.

A spurious coin of light weight imported into England from Luxemburg, or Lussheburgh, as it was formerly called.

To list; to like.

One who lusts.

The act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery.

Full of lust; excited by lust.

Lusty; vigorous.

See Lustihood.

State of being lusty; vigor of body.

In a lusty or vigorous manner.

State of being lusty; vigor; strength.

Lacking vigor; weak; spiritless.

Of or pertaining to, or used for, purification; as, lustral days; lustral water.

To make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.

The act of lustrating or purifying.

Same as Luster.

To make lustrous.

Destitute of luster; dim; dull.

Pertaining to, or used for, purification.

A kind of glossy silk fabric. See Lutestring.

Bright; shining; luminous.

A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. A period of five years.

See Sundew.

Sport or freak of nature; a deformed or unnatural production.

A person that plays on the lute.

Of, pertaining to, or like, mud; living in mud.

The act or method of luting vessels.

To play on a lute, or as on a lute.

Having a curved spine.

same as Lutetium; -- an older spelling.

Pertaining to, or derived from, weld (Reseda luteola). Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of Euphorbia cyparissias.

A substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yolk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum.

Same as Lutanist.

A combining form signifying orange yellow or brownish yellow.

Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of cobalt having a yellow color. Cf. Cobaltic.