| lonely heart |
a single person who is looking for companionship or a marriage partner. |
| lonely-hearts |
of or relating to single persons who are looking for companions or marriage partners. |
| loner |
one who stays alone much of the time, esp. by choice or inclination. |
| lonesome |
sad or depressed because of being isolated or without friends or companions. [3 definitions] |
| lone wolf |
(informal) a person who chooses to work or live alone; loner. |
| long1 |
of relatively great extent in distance or time. [10 definitions] |
| long2 |
to yearn or desire (often fol. by "for"). |
| long. |
abbreviation of "longitude," the angular distance on the earth's surface east or west of the prime meridian at Greenwich, England, measured either in degrees or in hours, minutes, and seconds. |
| longboat |
the longest and largest boat carried by a merchant sailing ship. |
| longbow |
a large wooden bow, usu. about five to six feet long, used to shoot arrows. |
| longcloth |
a fine-quality white cotton fabric, made in long pieces. |
| long distance |
nonlocal telephone service. |
| long division |
a procedure of dividing one number by another number, in which each step, with its subtraction and its remainder, is written down in full. |
| long-drawn-out |
continuing or lasting for a long time; prolonged. |
| longevity |
long life. [3 definitions] |
| long face |
an unhappy, sad, or discontented facial expression. |
| longhair |
(informal) someone with long hair, esp. when hair length symbolizes protest against conventional values. [5 definitions] |
| longhand |
writing done by hand in which words are written out in full. (Cf. shorthand). |
| long-headed |
having an esp. long head; dolichocephalic. [2 definitions] |
| longhorn |
one of a breed of beef cattle with long horns that was once common in the southwestern United States and is now nearly extinct. |
| long house |
a long wooden dwelling shared by many families, esp. of the Iroquois or other North American Indian tribes. |