All English words - page 2010

Meanings of Longline:

noun

A deep-sea fishing line from which are suspended many short lines with baited hooks.

Usage examples:

A longline fishing boat

Meanings of Longlinermen:

noun

A member of the crew of a longliner.

Meanings of Longlines:

noun

A deep-sea fishing line from which are suspended many short lines with baited hooks.

Usage examples:

A longline fishing boat

Meanings of Longneck:

noun

A beer bottle with a long, narrow neck and a capacity of 330 ml.

Usage examples:

Bored cowhands sipped longnecks

Meanings of Longness:

noun

The fact or quality of being long, especially in relation to physical size or the passage of time; the degree or extent to which something is long; linear magnitude, length; duration. formerly also: †protractedness, delay (obsolete).

Meanings of Longnesses:

noun

The fact or quality of being long, especially in relation to physical size or the passage of time; the degree or extent to which something is long; linear magnitude, length; duration. formerly also: †protractedness, delay (obsolete).

Meanings of Longs:

noun

A long period.

Usage examples:

See you before long

verb

Have a strong wish or desire.

Usage examples:

She longed for a little more excitement

adjective

Measuring a great distance from end to end.

Usage examples:

A long corridor

adverb

For a long time.

Usage examples:

We hadn't known them long

Meanings of Longships:

noun

A long, narrow warship, powered by both oar and sail with many rowers, used by the vikings and other ancient northern european peoples.

Usage examples:

The orkney museum's latest items include models of a viking longship and a sailing ship as well as …

Meanings of Longshoremen:

noun

A docker.

Usage examples:

Hundreds of dock workers clashed with police early thursday morning in charleston, south carolina d…

Meanings of Longshot:

noun

An attempt or guess that has only the slightest chance of succeeding or being accurate.

Usage examples:

It's a long shot, but well worth trying

Meanings of Longsighted:

adjective

Unable to see things clearly, especially if they are relatively close to the eyes; long-sighted.

Meanings of Longsome:

adjective

Long, lengthy, especially excessively or tediously so; lasting or taking a long time.

Meanings of Longsomeness:

noun

Length, duration, especially the quality of being tediously lengthy or prolonged. formerly also (scottish): †tardiness, slowness (obsolete).

Meanings of Longspur:

noun

A mainly canadian songbird related to the buntings, with brownish plumage and a boldly marked head in the male.

Usage examples:

Unlike most birds with different breeding and non-breeding plumages, longspurs molt only once a year.

Meanings of Longsuffering:

adjective

Having or showing patience in spite of troubles, especially those caused by other people.

Usage examples:

His long-suffering wife

Meanings of Longtime:

adjective

(especially of a person) having had a specified role or identity for a long time.

Usage examples:

His long-time friend and colleague

Meanings of Longues:

noun

A long, low seat, with an arm at one side and usually a low back along half of its length, that a person can stretch out his or her legs on

Usage examples:

Sitting regally on the chaise longue in the 60ft living room was vivien., the range includes a wide…

Meanings of Longueur:

noun

A tedious passage in a book, piece of music, etc.

Usage examples:

Its brilliant comedy passages do not cancel out the occasional longueurs

Meanings of Longueurs:

noun

A tedious passage in a book, piece of music, etc.

Usage examples:

Its brilliant comedy passages do not cancel out the occasional longueurs

Meanings of Longus:

adjective

A latin word meaning "long", used in the medical names and descriptions of some muscles

Meanings of Longwall:

adjective

Of or involving a single long face worked (usually mechanically) along its whole length.

Usage examples:

Longwall mining

Meanings of Longways:

adverb

Lengthways.

Usage examples:

It has been sliced longways to show the internal structure

Meanings of Longwool:

noun

A sheep of a breed with long wool.

Usage examples:

They crossed the longwools with the smaller sheep to get a somewhat larger frame and in the process…

Meanings of Lonicera:

noun

A plant of a genus which comprises the honeysuckles.

Usage examples:

They include comandra umbellata, diervilla lonicera, hieracium aurantiacum, and sisyrinchium angust…

Meanings of Loo:

noun

A toilet.

Usage examples:

Make sure you go to the loo before you go on stage