English dictionary: words starting with l - page 176

Meanings of Lustrums:

noun

A purificatory sacrifice made after a census every five years.

Usage examples:

The book is dedicated to nygren's wife irmgard "in thankfulness for seven lustrums of theological c…

Meanings of Lusts:

noun

Strong sexual desire.

Usage examples:

He knew that his lust for her had returned

verb

Have strong sexual desire for someone.

Usage examples:

He really lusted after me in those days

Meanings of Lusty:

adjective

Healthy and strong; full of vigour.

Usage examples:

The other farmsteads had lusty young sons to work the land

Meanings of Lususes:

noun

A freak of nature.

Usage examples:

They said he was wonderful, surprisingly fit, a lusus naturae

Meanings of Lutanist:

noun

A lute player.

Usage examples:

One of the most famous composers and lutenists of his day, dowland also represented the elizabethan…

Meanings of Lutanists:

noun

A lute player.

Usage examples:

One of the most famous composers and lutenists of his day, dowland also represented the elizabethan…

Meanings of Lute:

noun

A plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets and a rounded body with a flat front, rather like a halved egg in shape.

Usage examples:

Did such instruments as the lute, viol, or violoncello piccolo play a role as continuo instruments?

verb

Seal, join, or coat with lute.

Usage examples:

They were luted with a heavy coating of calcined chalk and eggshells

Meanings of Lutea:

Plural of corpus luteum specialized

Meanings of Luteal:

adjective

Relating to the corpus luteum.

Usage examples:

It is secreted by the corpus luteum during pregnancy and by the ovaries during the luteal phase of …

Meanings of Lutecium:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 71, a rare silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series.

Usage examples:

The gadolinium and lutetium exceptions result in a marked increase in radius compared to the slight…

Meanings of Luted:

verb

Seal, join, or coat with lute.

Usage examples:

They were luted with a heavy coating of calcined chalk and eggshells

noun

A plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets and a rounded body with a flat front, rather like a halved egg in shape.

Usage examples:

Did such instruments as the lute, viol, or violoncello piccolo play a role as continuo instruments?

Meanings of Lutein:

noun

A deep yellow pigment of the xanthophyll class, found in the leaves of plants, in egg yolk, and in the corpus luteum.

Usage examples:

Companies don't usually test for phytochemicals like lutein or lycopene because they're not yet con…

Meanings of Lutenist:

noun

A lute player.

Usage examples:

One of the most famous composers and lutenists of his day, dowland also represented the elizabethan…

Meanings of Lutenists:

noun

A lute player.

Usage examples:

One of the most famous composers and lutenists of his day, dowland also represented the elizabethan…

Meanings of Luteo:

Yellow-coloured.

Usage examples:

Luteofulvous

Meanings of Luteofulvous:

adjective

Of an orange-tawny colour.

Usage examples:

Luteofulvous flowers are also pretty.

Meanings of Luteous:

adjective

Of an orange-yellow or greenish yellow colour.

Usage examples:

The stromatal surface color is luteous while developing but becomes dull black when fully mature, w…

Meanings of Lutes:

noun

A plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets and a rounded body with a flat front, rather like a halved egg in shape.

Usage examples:

Did such instruments as the lute, viol, or violoncello piccolo play a role as continuo instruments?

verb

Seal, join, or coat with lute.

Usage examples:

They were luted with a heavy coating of calcined chalk and eggshells

Meanings of Lutestring:

noun

A glossy silk fabric, or a satin-weave fabric resembling it.

Usage examples:

Fragments of textiles that fell or were tossed into the privy suggest the full range of elite appar…

Meanings of Lutetium:

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 71, a rare silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series.

Usage examples:

The gadolinium and lutetium exceptions result in a marked increase in radius compared to the slight…

Meanings of Luteum:

noun

A mass of yellow tissue that produces progesterone (= a hormone necessary for pregnancy) after a woman's egg is released

Meanings of Luther:

noun

A us holiday on the third monday in january, when people remember the civil rights leader, martin luther king, jr.

Meanings of Lutheran:

noun

A follower of martin luther.

Usage examples:

The region was a mixture of calvinists, lutherans, catholics and anabaptists.

adjective

Of or characterized by the theology of martin luther.

Usage examples:

There's that understanding of the word of god, and the performative, effectual nature of the word o…

Meanings of Lutherans:

noun

A follower of martin luther.

Usage examples:

The region was a mixture of calvinists, lutherans, catholics and anabaptists.

adjective

Of or characterized by the theology of martin luther.

Usage examples:

There's that understanding of the word of god, and the performative, effectual nature of the word o…

Meanings of Luthern:

noun

Old-fashioned term for dormer.