| loanshift |
a change or addition in the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word. [2 definitions] |
| loanword |
a word that one language has adopted from another and at least partly naturalized. |
| loath |
extremely reluctant; unwilling. |
| loathe |
to dislike extremely; hate; abhor. |
| loathing |
very strong dislike; hatred; abhorrence. |
| loathsome |
extremely unpleasant or disagreeable; disgusting; abhorrent. |
| loaves |
pl. of loaf1. |
| lob |
to hit or throw (a ball or the like) in a high, often slow arc. [2 definitions] |
| lobar |
of a lobe or lobes, as of one in the lungs. |
| lobate |
possessing a lobe or lobes; lobed. [2 definitions] |
| lobation |
the formation of or condition of having lobes. [2 definitions] |
| lobby |
a hall or foyer inside the entrance of a hotel, theater, or other large building, often used as a waiting room. [5 definitions] |
| lobbyist |
one who attempts, on behalf of a special interest group, to influence the way legislators vote. |
| lobe |
a rounded projection, such as that at the base of the ear. [2 definitions] |
| lobed |
having or formed as a lobe or lobes. [2 definitions] |
| lobelia |
any of various annual or perennial bellflowers bearing clusters of variously colored and irregularly shaped flowers. |
| loblolly pine |
a pine tree, common in the southern United States, bearing long needles in pairs or trios. |
| lobo |
the gray or timber wolf native to the western United States. |
| lobotomize |
to perform a lobotomy on. [2 definitions] |
| lobotomy |
surgery involving a cut into or across a lobe of the brain. |
| lobster |
any of several large edible marine crustaceans with four pairs of legs and a pair of large claws. [3 definitions] |