All English words - page 2009

Meanings of Loaves:

noun

A quantity of bread that is shaped and baked in one piece and usually sliced before being eaten.

Usage examples:

A loaf of bread

verb

Spend one's time in an aimless, idle way.

Usage examples:

Don't let him see you loafing about with your hands in your pockets

Pl of loaf

Meanings of Lob:

verb

Throw or hit (a ball or missile) in a high arc.

Usage examples:

He lobbed the ball over their heads

noun

(in sport) a ball lobbed over an opponent or a stroke producing this result.

Usage examples:

Federer played a lob and nadal's high volley was in the net

Meanings of Lobate:

adjective

Having a lobe or lobes.

Usage examples:

Lobate oak leaves

Meanings of Lobbed:

verb

Throw or hit (a ball or missile) in a high arc.

Usage examples:

He lobbed the ball over their heads

noun

(in sport) a ball lobbed over an opponent, or a stroke producing this result.

Usage examples:

Federer played a lob and nadal's high volley was in the net

Past simple and past participle of lob

Meanings of Lobbied:

verb

Seek to influence (a legislator) on an issue.

Usage examples:

They insist on their right to lobby congress

noun

A room providing a space out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically one near the entrance of a public building.

Usage examples:

They went into the hotel lobby

Meanings of Lobbing:

verb

Throw or hit (a ball or missile) in a high arc.

Usage examples:

He lobbed the ball over their heads

noun

(in sport) a ball lobbed over an opponent, or a stroke producing this result.

Usage examples:

Federer played a lob and nadal's high volley was in the net

Present participle of lob

Meanings of Lobbyists:

noun

A person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators.

Usage examples:

Industry lobbyists pushed the government to undo the decision

Meanings of Lobectomy:

noun

Surgical removal of a lobe of an organ such as the thyroid gland, lung, liver, or brain.

Usage examples:

Patients with peripheral tumors with or without metastases to hilar nodes are usually treated with …

Meanings of Lobefin:

noun

A fish of a largely extinct group having fleshy lobed fins, including the probable ancestors of the amphibians.

Usage examples:

This latter species belonged to an endemic group of lobefins that we named the canowindrids, after …

Meanings of Lobelia:

noun

A chiefly tropical or subtropical plant of the bellflower family, in particular an annual widely grown as a bedding plant. some kinds are aquatic, and some grow as thick-trunked shrubs or trees on african mountains.

Usage examples:

Annual bedding plants such as lobelia, salvia, petunia and busy lizzie can be started early.

Meanings of Lobelias:

noun

A chiefly tropical or subtropical plant of the bellflower family, in particular an annual widely grown as a bedding plant. some kinds are aquatic, and some grow as thick-trunked shrubs or trees on african mountains.

Usage examples:

Annual bedding plants such as lobelia, salvia, petunia and busy lizzie can be started early.

Meanings of Lobi:

Plural of lobus specialized

Meanings of Loblolly:

noun

A pine tree of the southern us that has very long slender needles and is an important source of timber.

Usage examples:

In loblolly pine, the leading timber species of north america, the physical and chemical properties…

Meanings of Lobolo:

noun

(among southern african peoples) a bride price, traditionally one paid with cattle.

Usage examples:

As per tradition, his uncles went to my hometown to pay lobola to my parents.

Meanings of Lobopodium:

noun

A blunt limb, or organ resembling a limb.

Usage examples:

Pseudopodia are root-like reticulopodia, filopodia and/or axopodia - not broad lobopodia as in amoe…

Meanings of Lobotomies:

noun

A surgical operation involving incision into the prefrontal lobe of the brain, formerly used to treat mental illness.

Usage examples:

There was talk of performing a lobotomy

Meanings of Lobotomize:

verb

Perform a lobotomy on.

Usage examples:

Her brother had developed a schizophrenic illness and had been lobotomized

Meanings of Lobotomized:

verb

Perform a lobotomy on.

Usage examples:

Her brother had developed a schizophrenic illness and had been lobotomized

Meanings of Lobotomizing:

verb

Perform a lobotomy on.

Usage examples:

Her brother had developed a schizophrenic illness and had been lobotomized

Meanings of Lobotomy:

noun

A surgical operation involving incision into the prefrontal lobe of the brain, formerly used to treat mental illness.

Usage examples:

There was talk of performing a lobotomy

Meanings of Lobscouse:

noun

A stew formerly eaten by sailors, consisting of meat, vegetables, and ship's biscuit.

Usage examples:

Sailors had various methods for making hard tack palatable, e.g. crumbling it into the dish called …

Meanings of Lobster:

noun

A large marine crustacean with a cylindrical body, stalked eyes, and the first of its five pairs of limbs modified as pincers.

Usage examples:

It takes about eight seconds for a pair of lobsters to copulate; it takes a lot longer to get them …

verb

Catch lobsters.

Usage examples:

He has been lobstering in maine for 50 years

Meanings of Lobstering:

verb

Catch lobsters.

Usage examples:

He has been lobstering in maine for 50 years

noun

A large marine crustacean with a cylindrical body, stalked eyes, and the first of its five pairs of limbs modified as pincers.

Usage examples:

It takes about eight seconds for a pair of lobsters to copulate; it takes a lot longer to get them …

Meanings of Lobsters:

noun

A large marine crustacean with a cylindrical body, stalked eyes, and the first of its five pairs of limbs modified as pincers.

Usage examples:

It takes about eight seconds for a pair of lobsters to copulate; it takes a lot longer to get them …

verb

Catch lobsters.

Usage examples:

He has been lobstering in maine for 50 years

Meanings of Lobular:

adjective

Having or relating to lobes (= parts that seem to be separate from the rest of the organ, etc.)

Usage examples:

This lobular appearance is characteristic of the presence of cartilage., lobular cancer accounts fo…