All English words - page 2858

Meanings of Kyoto:

proper noun

An industrial city in central japan, on the island of honshu; population 1,389,595 (2007). founded in the 8th century, it was the imperial capital from 794 until 1868.

noun

An agreement made in 1997 among a large number of countries to limit carbon emissions (= carbon dioxide that planes, cars, factories, etc. produce) and reduce the effects of climate change

Usage examples:

His opposition to the kyoto protocol comes from the state's economic dependence on the coal industry.

Meanings of Kyphosis:

noun

Excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back.

Usage examples:

Patients with postural kyphosis can generally correct the kyphosis by making a conscious effort to …

Meanings of Kyrie:

noun

A short repeated invocation (in greek or in translation) used in many christian liturgies, especially at the beginning of the eucharist or as a response in a litany.

Usage examples:

We then had the collect for purity, after which the choir sang a musical setting of a ninefold kyrie.

Meanings of Kyries:

noun

A short repeated invocation (in greek or in translation) used in many christian liturgies, especially at the beginning of the eucharist or as a response in a litany.

Usage examples:

We then had the collect for purity, after which the choir sang a musical setting of a ninefold kyrie.

Meanings of Kyte:

noun

A person's belly or stomach.

Meanings of Kytes:

noun

A person's belly or stomach.

Meanings of Kyu:

noun

A numbered grade of the less advanced level of proficiency in judo, karate, and other martial arts.

Usage examples:

Yes, we require a certain number of practice hours and a test for promotion to kyu and dan ranks.

Meanings of L:

abbreviation

(giving position or direction) left.

Usage examples:

L to r: gordon, anthony, and mark

noun

The twelfth letter of the alphabet.

Avogadro's constant.

Meanings of La:

abbreviation

Louisiana.

noun

(in tonic sol-fa) the sixth note of a major scale.

The chemical element lanthanum.

Meanings of La-di-da:

adjective

Used to describe speech or behaviour that is not sincere because the person is pretending to belong to a higher social class

Meanings of Laager:

noun

An encampment formed by a circle of wagons.

Usage examples:

They had captured the boer laagers and set their ammunition dump alight.

verb

Form (vehicles) into a laager.

Usage examples:

Van rensburg's wagons were not laagered, but scattered about

Meanings of Laagered:

verb

Form (vehicles) into a laager.

Usage examples:

Van rensburg's wagons were not laagered, but scattered about

noun

An encampment formed by a circle of wagons.

Usage examples:

They had captured the boer laagers and set their ammunition dump alight.

Meanings of Laagering:

verb

Form (vehicles) into a laager.

Usage examples:

Van rensburg's wagons were not laagered, but scattered about

noun

An encampment formed by a circle of wagons.

Usage examples:

They had captured the boer laagers and set their ammunition dump alight.

Meanings of Laagers:

noun

An encampment formed by a circle of wagons.

Usage examples:

They had captured the boer laagers and set their ammunition dump alight.

verb

Form (vehicles) into a laager.

Usage examples:

Van rensburg's wagons were not laagered, but scattered about

Meanings of Lab:

noun

A laboratory.

Usage examples:

A science lab

abbreviation

(in the context of party politics) labour.

Meanings of Labadist:

noun

A member of a communistic protestant sect holding pietist views founded by the french mystic jean de labadie and active until the 1730s.

Meanings of Labaria:

noun

Any of several highly venomous snakes (pit vipers and coral snakes) of central and south america; especially the fer de lance, bothrops atrox.

Meanings of Labarum:

noun

The imperial standard of constantine the great, which bore christian symbolic imagery fused with the military symbols of the roman empire.

Usage examples:

Also the labarums the romans have are missing an actual chi-rho on the top of the pole and instead …

Meanings of Labarums:

noun

The imperial standard of constantine the great, which bore christian symbolic imagery fused with the military symbols of the roman empire.

Usage examples:

Also the labarums the romans have are missing an actual chi-rho on the top of the pole and instead …

Meanings of Labba:

noun

A large neotropical rodent, cuniculus paca, related to the agoutis and valued for its meat.

Meanings of Labby:

noun

A gambling system in which a player bets in such a way that any win would cover two losses. compare labouchere , "martingale".

Meanings of Labdanum:

noun

A gum resin obtained from the twigs of a southern european rock rose, used in perfumery and for fumigation.

Usage examples:

It's a full-bodied, grown-up, proper ladies' fragrance that's a quiet storm of spices and resins, w…

Meanings of Labdanums:

noun

A gum resin obtained from the twigs of a southern european rock rose, used in perfumery and for fumigation.

Usage examples:

It's a full-bodied, grown-up, proper ladies' fragrance that's a quiet storm of spices and resins, w…

Meanings of Labefaction:

noun

Deterioration or downfall.

Usage examples:

Several experts have been brought in to plan the labefaction of napoleon.

Meanings of Labefy:

verb

To weaken, impair.