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Meanings of Luncheon:

noun

A formal lunch, or a formal word for lunch.

Usage examples:

A ladies' luncheon was taking place

Meanings of Luncheonette:

noun

A small, informal restaurant serving light lunches.

Usage examples:

I woke up late and grabbed a cup of coffee in a rundown luncheonette.

Meanings of Luncheons:

noun

A formal lunch, or a formal word for lunch.

Usage examples:

A ladies' luncheon was taking place

Meanings of Lunches:

noun

A meal eaten in the middle of the day, typically one that is lighter or less formal than an evening meal.

Usage examples:

A light lunch

verb

Eat lunch.

Usage examples:

He told his wife he was lunching with a client

Meanings of Lunchroom:

noun

A room or establishment in which lunch is served or in which it may be eaten; a school or office canteen.

Usage examples:

I walk into the lunchroom and my eyes search the room for a familiar face.

Meanings of Lunchtime:

noun

The time in the middle of the day when lunch is eaten.

Usage examples:

At lunchtime they pulled into a lay-by for a picnic

Meanings of Lunda:

noun

A member of any of several peoples living mainly in northern zambia and adjoining parts of the democratic republic of congo (zaire) and angola.

Usage examples:

Whenever the lundas held their ceremony, the luvales would not be anywhere near the event, and like…

adjective

Relating to or denoting the lunda or their language.

Usage examples:

In this version, lunda began when a wandering hunter from luba named cibinda ilunga met and eventua…

Meanings of Lunes:

noun

A crescent-shaped figure formed on a sphere or plane by two arcs intersecting at two points.

Usage examples:

Hippocrates was able to find the areas of lunes, certain crescent-shaped figures, using his theorem…

Meanings of Lunettes:

noun

An arched aperture or window, especially one in a domed ceiling.

Usage examples:

Castlepark house has a central pedimented two storey breakfront, made all the more distinctive by t…

Meanings of Lung:

noun

Each of the pair of organs situated within the ribcage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed. lungs are characteristic of vertebrates other than fish, though similar structures are present in some other animal groups.

Usage examples:

Less commonly, bowel cancer can spread to other, more distant organs such as the lung or brain.

Meanings of Lunge:

noun

A sudden forward thrust of the body, typically with an arm outstretched to attack someone or seize something.

Usage examples:

Lucy made a lunge for gabriel's wrist

verb

Make a lunge.

Usage examples:

Mcculloch raised his cudgel and lunged at him

Meanings of Lunged:

adjective

Having lungs, especially of a specified kind.

Usage examples:

Lunged fish

verb

Make a lunge.

Usage examples:

Mcculloch raised his cudgel and lunged at him

Meanings of Lungfish:

noun

An elongated freshwater fish with one or two sacs which function as lungs, enabling it to breathe air. it lives in poorly oxygenated water and can aestivate in mud for long periods to survive drought.

Usage examples:

The data set included sequences of genes from mammals, birds, amphibians, coelacanths, lungfishes, …

Meanings of Lunging:

verb

Make a lunge.

Usage examples:

Mcculloch raised his cudgel and lunged at him

noun

A sudden forward thrust of the body, typically with an arm outstretched to attack someone or seize something.

Usage examples:

Lucy made a lunge for gabriel's wrist

Meanings of Lungis:

noun

A garment similar to a sarong, wrapped around the waist and extending to the ankles, worn in various countries in se asia.

Usage examples:

The men tend to wear a sarong-like garment, the lungi, which is tied around the waist.

Meanings of Lungs:

noun

Each of the pair of organs situated within the ribcage, consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed. lungs are characteristic of vertebrates other than fish, though similar structures are present in some other animal groups.

Usage examples:

Less commonly, bowel cancer can spread to other, more distant organs such as the lung or brain.

Meanings of Lungwort:

noun

A bristly herbaceous european plant of the borage family, typically having white-spotted leaves and pink flowers which turn blue as they age.

Usage examples:

For a sophisticated color combo, consider blue lungwort, so named because it was once thought to ha…

Meanings of Lungworts:

noun

A bristly herbaceous european plant of the borage family, typically having white-spotted leaves and pink flowers which turn blue as they age.

Usage examples:

For a sophisticated color combo, consider blue lungwort, so named because it was once thought to ha…

Meanings of Lunisolar:

adjective

Of or concerning the combined motions or effects of the sun and moon.

Usage examples:

The cited lunisolar interface is significant because an interpretation based upon the lunar phases …

Meanings of Lunk:

noun

Short for lunkhead.

Meanings of Lunker:

noun

An exceptionally large specimen of something, in particular (among anglers) a fish.

Usage examples:

This allows you to cover 10 to 12 miles of river, with the guide continually positioning the boat s…

Meanings of Lunkhead:

noun

A slow-witted person.

Usage examples:

The fact that many of them will also be cluttered with observers and cameramen and exit pollsters w…

Meanings of Lunkheads:

noun

A slow-witted person.

Usage examples:

The fact that many of them will also be cluttered with observers and cameramen and exit pollsters w…

Meanings of Lunula:

noun

The white area at the base of a fingernail.

Usage examples:

In patients with severe renal disease, the proximal portion of the nail bed can turn white, obliter…

Meanings of Lunule:

noun

Another term for lunula.