| Lord Temporal |
a member of the British House of Lords who is not a clergyman. (Cf. Lord Spiritual.) |
| lore1 |
that which is known or believed about a subject, esp. that transmitted by tradition, oral means, or obscure writings. [2 definitions] |
| lore2 |
the portion of a bird between its eye and beak, or an analogous portion of a fish or reptile. |
| Lorelei |
in Germanic legend, a siren of the Rhine whose singing lures sailors to shipwreck. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| loris |
any of several small nocturnal primates of southeastern Asia, having large eyes and woolly fur and living in trees. |
| lorn |
esp. in literature, deprived, abandoned, or forlorn. |
| lorry |
a low, sideless wagon drawn by horses. [3 definitions] |
| lory |
any of several small, brightly colored parrots of Australia and the East Indies with a fringed, brushlike tip of the tongue for feeding on soft fruits and fruit juices. |
| Los Angeles |
a seaport in southern California. |
| lose |
to no longer possess; be unable to find; misplace. [10 definitions] |
| lose one's balance |
to become unstable or fall. |
| lose one's cookies |
(slang) to throw up; vomit. |
| lose one's shirt |
(informal) to lose all that one owns. |
| lose one's touch |
to lose one's special ability to do something. |
| loser |
a person or group that loses. [2 definitions] |
| lose track of |
to lose the knowledge of where (someone or something) is, or to lose the ability to know about (someone or something). |
| losing |
characterized by or experiencing loss or defeat. [4 definitions] |
| loss |
a defeat or failure to win. [6 definitions] |
| loss leader |
a popular commodity that a retail store sells at or below its wholesale cost in order to attract customers to buy other goods at regular prices. |
| lossless |
combined form of loss. |