See Loch, a medicine.

Of or pertaining to the plague or contagious disorders.

That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the false ribs. In human beings the loins are also called the reins. See Illust. of Beef.

A cloth covering for the loins, worn around the hips; -- sometimes worn in tropical areas as the only article of clothing.

A large European dormouse (Myoxus glis).

a French river which flows into the North Atlantic.

A genus of plants having only one species, the alpine azalea.

To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.

One who loiters; an idler.

In a loitering manner.

A green vegetable dye imported from China.

A private path or road; also, the wicket or hatch of a door.

The evil deity, the author of all calamities and mischief, answering to the Ahriman of the Persians.

Liquorice.

A genus of cephalopods, including numerous species of squids, common on the coasts of America and Europe. They are much used for fish bait.

A genus of plants including the darnel and ryegrass.

To let hang from the mouth, as the tongue.

One of a sect of early reformers in Germany. One of the followers of Wyclif in England.

The doctrines or principles of the Lollards.

One who lolls.

In a lolling manner.

A kind of sugar confection which dissolves easily in the mouth.

To move heavily; to lounge or idle; to loll.

A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap.

any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers.

Furnished with lobes or flaps.

A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.

A native or inhabitant of Lombardy.

A pawnbroker.

Of or pertaining to Lombardy of the Lombards.

An elongated pod, consisting, like the legume, of two valves, but divided transversely into small cells, each containing a single seed.

Of the nature of a loment; having fruits like loments.

Same as Laumontite.

Lumpish.

A genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers.

Land.

The capital city of England.

A native or inhabitant of London.

A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.

To imitate the manner of the people of London.

Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher.

Texas; -- a nickname alluding to the single star on its coat of arms, being the device used on its flag and seal when it was a republic.

The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.

Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.

Solitude; seclusion.

Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary.

a disposition toward being alone.

To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by for or after.

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).

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.

Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate.

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.