All English words - page 3013

Meanings of Loss-making:

adjective

Relating to a business or part of a business that does not make a profit

Usage examples:

He controls a vast business empire, but many of his firms are loss-making., a loss-making business/…

Meanings of Loss-of-face:

noun

The action or state of not having or keeping something any more

Usage examples:

[ c ] the company’s losses over the last few years have been staggering., [ u ] they never got over…

Meanings of Loss-of-life:

phrase

An occasion when a number of people die

Usage examples:

The plane crashed with serious loss of life., an incident is judged significant if it results in lo…

Meanings of Losses:

noun

The fact or process of losing something or someone.

Usage examples:

Avoiding loss of time

Meanings of Lossless:

adjective

Having or involving no dissipation of electrical or electromagnetic energy.

Usage examples:

A lossless transmission line

Meanings of Lossy:

adjective

Having or involving the dissipation of electrical or electromagnetic energy.

Usage examples:

Note that this behavior is in complete agreement with fundamental physical laws because the materia…

Meanings of Lost:

adjective

Past and past participle of lose.

verb

Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something).

Usage examples:

I've lost my appetite

Meanings of Lost-for-words:

idiom

To be so shocked, surprised, full of admiration, etc. that you cannot speak

Usage examples:

Mary was lost for words when she was awarded the prize.

Meanings of Lot:

pronoun

A large number or amount; a great deal.

Usage examples:

There are a lot of actors in the cast

adverb

A great deal; much.

Usage examples:

He played tennis a lot last year

noun

A particular group or set of people or things.

Usage examples:

It's just one lot of rich people stealing from another

verb

Divide (items) into lots for sale at an auction.

Usage examples:

The contents have already been lotted up, and the auction takes place on monday

proper noun

A river of southern france, which rises in the auvergne and flows 480 km (300 miles) west to meet the river garonne south-east of bordeaux.

Meanings of Lota:

noun

A round water pot, typically of polished brass.

Usage examples:

This results in an attractive array of lotas in most homes: a large one for storing water; a smalle…

Meanings of Lotas:

noun

A round water pot, typically of polished brass.

Usage examples:

This results in an attractive array of lotas in most homes: a large one for storing water; a smalle…

Meanings of Lote:

noun

The nettle tree celtis australis; (in later use also) any tree of this genus. compare lote-tree and "lotus".

Meanings of Lotebush:

noun

The jujube tree ziziphus lotus (rare).

Meanings of Loth:

adjective

Reluctant; unwilling.

Usage examples:

I was loath to leave

Meanings of Lotharingian:

noun

A native or inhabitant of lotharingia or lorraine.

adjective

Of or relating to lotharingia or lorraine, or their inhabitants.

Meanings of Lothario:

noun

A man who behaves selfishly and irresponsibly in his sexual relationships with women.

Usage examples:

They are seduced by a handsome lothario who gains control of their financial affairs

Meanings of Lotharios:

noun

A man who behaves selfishly and irresponsibly in his sexual relationships with women.

Usage examples:

They are seduced by a handsome lothario who gains control of their financial affairs

Meanings of Lotic:

adjective

(of organisms or habitats) inhabiting or situated in rapidly moving fresh water.

Usage examples:

Macrophytes play a key role in many unshaded lotic ecosystems, but little is known of the factors c…

Meanings of Lotiform:

adjective

Especially of a column or capital: in the shape of a lotus or cluster of lotuses. compare "lotus", lotus capital , lotus column .

Meanings of Lotion:

noun

A thick, smooth liquid preparation designed to be applied to the skin for medicinal or cosmetic purposes.

Usage examples:

Itching can be relieved with calamine lotion or antihistamine tablets

Meanings of Lotions:

noun

A thick, smooth liquid preparation designed to be applied to the skin for medicinal or cosmetic purposes.

Usage examples:

Itching can be relieved with calamine lotion or antihistamine tablets

Meanings of Lotment:

noun

A portion or plot of land; = "allotment"; (now) specifically = "allotment".

Meanings of Lotong:

noun

Any of several herbivorous monkeys of the genus trachypithecus (family cercopithecidae), of south and south-east asia.

Meanings of Lotophagi:

noun

With plural agreement. a people represented in homer's odyssey as living in a state of dreamy forgetfulness and idleness as a result of eating the fruit of the lotus; the lotus-eaters.

Meanings of Lotophagous:

adjective

Idle, indolent, dreamy; = "lotus-eating".