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louvered door

A door having louvers in place of a solid panel, in part or all of the surface of the door.

louvered window

A window having louvers in place of glass, usually over the entire surface of the window.

Lovable

Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.

Lovage

An umbelliferous plant (Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.

Love

To have the feeling of love; to be in love.

love-philtre love-philter

a fabled drink credited with magical power; it can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it.

love-potion

a fabled drink credited with magical power; it can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it.

Love-sick

Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid.

lovebird

A small Australian parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors; also called the budgie.

loved

p. p. of love, v. t.. Opposite of unloved.

Loveless

Void of love; void of tenderness or kindness.

Lovelily

In manner to excite love; amiably.

Lovelock

A long lock of hair hanging prominently by itself; an earlock; -- worn by men of fashion in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I.

Lovely

In a manner to please, or to excite love.

Lover

One who loves; one who is in love; -- usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex.

Low

To depress; to lower.

low-cal

having relatively few calories.

Low-church

Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; -- applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high-church. See High Church, under High.

low-class

Occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society. Contrasted with middle-class and upper-class.

low-cost

inexpensive; cheap. Opposite of expensive.

low-cut

having a neckline low enough to expose part of the breast; -- of a woman's garment; as, a low-cut party dress.

low-down lowdown

of the most contemptible kind; contemptible; mean; base; vile; -- of people or the actions of people; as, a lowdown sneak thief.

low-emission

producing little emission of atmospheric pollutants; as, a low-emission vehicle.

low-grade

inferior; as, low-grade ore. Opposite of high-grade.

low-keyed low-key

restrained in style or quality; not flashy or intense; understated; as, a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence.

low-level

weak; not intense; as, low-level radiation.

Low-lived

Characteristic of, or like, one bred in a low and vulgar condition of life; mean; dishonorable; contemptible; as, low-lived dishonesty.

low-lying

having a small elevation above the ground or horizon or sea level; as, low-lying clouds.

Low-minded

Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.

Low-necked

Cut low in the neck; decollete; low-cut; -- said of a woman's dress.

low-pitched

low in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices. Opposite of high-pitched.

low-polluting

producing little pollution, especially air pollution; as, a low-polluting electric car.

Low-pressure

Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.

low-resolution

producing images that are not sharply defined; -- of optical instruments or image display devices. Opposite of high-resolution.

low-rise

Lower than the highest heights; -- used of buildings of one or only a few stories; as, a low-rise apartment building.

low-set

short and thick; especially having short legs and heavy musculature; -- of people.

Low-spirited

Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; dispirited; not sprightly.

Low-studded

Furnished or built with short studs; as, a low-studded house or room.

low-sudsing

causing little foam to form; -- used of e.g. detergents. Contrasted with high-sudsing.

low-tech

not involving high technology; using long-established technology. Opposite of high-tech.

low-tension

subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage. Contrasted with high-tension.

Low-thoughted

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

low-toned

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.

low-voltage

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

lowan

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

lowball

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

Lowbell

To frighten, as with a lowbell.

Lowborn

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

Lowboy

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.

Lowbred

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.

Lower

Cloudiness; gloominess.

Lower-case lowercase

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.

lower-class

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

lower-middle-class

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

lowered

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

Lowering

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

Loweringly

In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.

Lowery

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

Lowing

The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.

Lowland

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

Lowlander

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

Lowlily

In a lowly place or manner; humbly.

Lowliness

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

Lowly

In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.

Lowness

The state or quality of being low.

Lowry

An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry.

Loxodromic

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

Loxodromics

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

Loxodromism

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

Loy

A long, narrow spade for stony lands.

Loyalist

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.

Loyally

In a loyal manner; faithfully.

Loyalty

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

Lozenge

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.

Lozengy

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

LP L-P

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

Lr

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

LSD

lysergic acid diethylamide, a powerful hallucinogenic drug.

Ltd.

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.

LTM

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.

Lu

The chemical symbol for lutetium.

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