laudanum |
a solution of opium and alcohol. |
laudation |
the act or an instance of praising or being praised; commendation. |
laudatory |
expressing praise. |
laugh |
to express amusement, happiness, mirth, derision, or other emotions by making nonverbal sounds with the mouth and distorting the face in an expression like a smile (often fol. by "about" or "at"). [6 definitions] |
laughable |
exciting laughter or derision. |
laughing |
laughter. [3 definitions] |
laughing gas |
see "nitrous oxide." |
laughingstock |
one who is the object or butt of ridicule or jokes. |
laugh in one's sleeve |
to hide one's amusement or disdain. |
laughter |
the act or sound of laughing. [2 definitions] |
laugh up one's sleeve |
to hide one's amusement or disdain. |
launch1 |
to propel with force. [6 definitions] |
launch2 |
a large open boat propelled by a motor. [2 definitions] |
launcher |
a person or thing that serves to launch something. [2 definitions] |
launch pad |
the platform or base from which a rocket, guided missile, or space vehicle is launched. |
launch vehicle |
a system, usu. a rocket, from which a spacecraft or other payload is launched. |
launch window |
the short period of time during which a rocket must be launched if it is to arrive at a certain place at a certain time. |
launder |
to wash, or wash and iron (clothing, linens, or the like). [5 definitions] |
launderette |
a self-service laundry. |
laundress |
a woman whose work is washing and ironing laundry; washerwoman. |
laundrette |
(chiefly British) a commercial laundry facility having coin-operated washers and dryers. |