All English words - page 3028

Meanings of Lumbers:

verb

Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

A truck lumbered past

noun

A person regarded as a prospective sexual partner.

Usage examples:

They end the evening in a disco where they wait for a lumber

Meanings of Lumbersome:

adjective

Bulky and awkward to handle or use.

Usage examples:

My body was lumbersome and sluggish and it slowed me down

Meanings of Lumberyard:

noun

A place that sells timber and other building materials.

Usage examples:

Two standard roofing coatings are available at your local hardware store or lumberyard.

Meanings of Lumberyards:

noun

A place that sells timber and other building materials.

Usage examples:

Two standard roofing coatings are available at your local hardware store or lumberyard.

Meanings of Lumbosacral:

adjective

Relating to the lower back and sacrum (= the large triangular bone at the bottom of the spine)

Usage examples:

Lumbosacral pain

Meanings of Lumbrical:

adjective

Relating to the lumbricals (= the small muscles in the palm of the hands and the soles of the foot)

Meanings of Lumen:

noun

The si unit of luminous flux, equal to the amount of light emitted per second in a unit solid angle of one steradian from a uniform source of one candela.

Usage examples:

This 18-volt light offers 500 lumens of searing white light for 20 minutes, or you can employ the 2…

Meanings of Lumens:

noun

The si unit of luminous flux, equal to the amount of light emitted per second in a unit solid angle of one steradian from a uniform source of one candela.

Usage examples:

This 18-volt light offers 500 lumens of searing white light for 20 minutes, or you can employ the 2…

Meanings of Lumina:

noun

The central cavity of a tubular or other hollow structure in an organism or cell.

Usage examples:

The stomach empties food into the lumen of the small intestine

Plural of lumen

Meanings of Luminaire:

noun

A complete electric light unit (used especially in technical contexts).

Usage examples:

The wide spread of light reduces the number of luminaires required per installation

Meanings of Luminance:

noun

The intensity of light emitted from a surface per unit area in a given direction.

Usage examples:

The specifications are commonly based on the 2 - d illuminance, luminance, intensity, chromaticity,…

Meanings of Luminaries:

noun

A person who inspires or influences others, especially one prominent in a particular sphere.

Usage examples:

One of the luminaries of child psychiatry

Meanings of Luminary:

noun

A person who inspires or influences others, especially one prominent in a particular sphere.

Usage examples:

One of the luminaries of child psychiatry

Meanings of Luminesce:

verb

Emit light by luminescence.

Usage examples:

Genes in these marine bacteria make them luminesce

Meanings of Luminesced:

verb

Emit light by luminescence.

Usage examples:

Genes in these marine bacteria make them luminesce

Meanings of Luminescence:

noun

The emission of light by a substance that has not been heated, as in fluorescence and phosphorescence.

Usage examples:

Honey fungus produces a ghostly greenish luminescence

Meanings of Luminescent:

adjective

Emitting light not caused by heat.

Usage examples:

The team is developing a transparent luminescent solar concentrator

Meanings of Luminesces:

verb

Emit light by luminescence.

Usage examples:

Genes in these marine bacteria make them luminesce

Meanings of Luminescing:

verb

Emit light by luminescence.

Usage examples:

Genes in these marine bacteria make them luminesce

Meanings of Luminiferous:

adjective

Producing or transmitting light.

Usage examples:

Luminiferous ether

Meanings of Luminosities:

noun

Luminous quality.

Usage examples:

Acrylic colours retain freshness and luminosity

Meanings of Luminosity:

noun

Luminous quality.

Usage examples:

Acrylic colours retain freshness and luminosity

Meanings of Luminous:

adjective

Giving off light; bright or shining.

Usage examples:

The luminous dial on his watch

Meanings of Luminously:

adverb

In a way that produces or reflects bright light, especially in the dark

Usage examples:

A spectacular full moon shone luminously over the lake., clouds drifted across a luminously blue sk…

Meanings of Lumme:

exclamation

An expression of surprise or interest.

Usage examples:

‘lumme!’ said quigley. ‘she isn't half a size!’