All English words - page 3026

Meanings of Lucretia:

proper noun

(in roman legend) a woman who was raped by a son of tarquinius superbus and took her own life; this led to the expulsion of the tarquins from rome by a rebellion under brutus.

Meanings of Lucretius:

proper noun

(c.94–c.55 bc), roman poet and philosopher; full name titus lucretius carus. his didactic hexametric poem on the nature of things is an exposition of the materialist atomist physics of epicurus, which aims to give peace of mind by showing that fear of the gods and of death is without foundation.

Meanings of Lucubrate:

verb

Write or study, especially by night.

Usage examples:

I have often lucubrated for your magazine

Meanings of Lucubrated:

verb

Write or study, especially by night.

Usage examples:

I have often lucubrated for your magazine

Meanings of Lucubrates:

verb

Write or study, especially by night.

Usage examples:

I have often lucubrated for your magazine

Meanings of Lucubrating:

verb

Write or study, especially by night.

Usage examples:

I have often lucubrated for your magazine

Meanings of Lucubration:

noun

Writing or study.

Usage examples:

After sixteen years' lucubration he produced this account

Meanings of Lucubrations:

noun

Writing or study.

Usage examples:

After sixteen years' lucubration he produced this account

Meanings of Luculent:

adjective

(of writing or speech) clearly expressed.

Meanings of Lucullan:

adjective

(especially of food) extremely luxurious.

Usage examples:

A lucullan repast for one

Meanings of Lucy:

proper noun

The nickname of a partial female skeleton of a fossil hominid found in ethiopia in 1974, about 3.2 million years old and 1.2 m (4 ft) in height.

Meanings of Lud:

noun

Used to address a judge in a court of law.

Usage examples:

So it is alleged, m'lud

Meanings of Luddite:

noun

A person opposed to new technology or ways of working.

Usage examples:

A small-minded luddite resisting progress

adjective

Opposed to new technology or ways of working.

Usage examples:

This bill is really a luddite approach to science

Meanings of Ludic:

adjective

Lively and full of fun

Usage examples:

The car has that ludic quality that characterises successful product design: see one and you want t…

Meanings of Ludicrous:

adjective

So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.

Usage examples:

It's ludicrous that i have been fined

Meanings of Ludicrously:

adverb

In a way that is so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.

Usage examples:

A performance artist poses ludicrously in a fur bikini with a surfboard in tow

Meanings of Ludicrousness:

noun

The fact of being stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at

Usage examples:

It points out the ludicrousness of anyone thinking that fast food is fine dining.

Meanings of Ludo:

noun

A simple game in which players move counters round a board according to throws of a dice.

Usage examples:

Evening entertainment included games of ludo, snakes and ladders and draughts.

Meanings of Ludwig:

proper noun

The name of three kings of bavaria.

Meanings of Lues:

noun

A serious infectious disease, particularly syphilis.

Usage examples:

Congenital lues up to the time of puberty may simulate acute articular rheumatism.

Meanings of Luff:

noun

The edge of a fore-and-aft sail next to the mast or stay.

Usage examples:

If your luff is flapping, pull the sail towards you to fill it with wind

verb

Steer a yacht nearer the wind.

Usage examples:

All you need to do is luff up, head to wind

Meanings of Luffa:

noun

The fibrous interior of a fruit that resembles a marrow, dried and used as a sponge for washing the body.

Usage examples:

Thank this angel with an array of products: bubble bath, body lotion, a loofah, and all-natural per…

Meanings of Luffas:

noun

The fibrous interior of a fruit that resembles a marrow, dried and used as a sponge for washing the body.

Meanings of Luffed:

verb

Steer a yacht nearer the wind.

Usage examples:

All you need to do is luff up, head to wind

noun

The edge of a fore-and-aft sail next to the mast or stay.

Usage examples:

If your luff is flapping, pull the sail towards you to fill it with wind

Meanings of Luffing:

verb

Steer a yacht nearer the wind.

Usage examples:

All you need to do is luff up, head to wind

noun

The edge of a fore-and-aft sail next to the mast or stay.

Usage examples:

If your luff is flapping, pull the sail towards you to fill it with wind