| low comedy |
comedy that is based on bawdy jokes, humorous situations, or physical action such as horseplay and slapstick; burlesque; farce. |
| low-cost |
not expensive; available at a low price or cost. |
| Low Countries |
the lowland region in northern Europe comprising the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. |
| low-cut |
of a dress, blouse, or similar garment, cut so that the neck-line is low and some portion of the chest area of the wearer is not covered. |
| lowdown |
(informal) true and important information, esp. as opposed to what is apparent or popularly accepted (usu. prec. by "the"). |
| low-down |
(informal) nasty; mean; contemptible. |
| lower1 |
to cause to move to a position below; let down. [9 definitions] |
| lower2 |
to become dark or ominous, as the weather. [3 definitions] |
| Lower Carboniferous |
see "Mississippian." |
| lower-case |
of a letter of the alphabet, having a form smaller than and often different from the upper-case or capitalized form. [3 definitions] |
| lower case |
in printing, the tray containing the type for the smaller, noncapital letters. (Cf. upper case.) |
| lower class |
the socioeconomic class or classes below the middle class; working class; proletariat. |
| lowerclassman |
a freshman or sophomore in a high school or college; underclassman. |
| lower criticism |
textual criticism and examination of the Bible. (Cf. higher criticism.) |
| lower house |
(often cap.) in a bicameral legislature, the branch that is usu. more representative and has the larger number of members. |
| lowering |
dark and gloomy, as the weather. [2 definitions] |
| lowermost |
lower than all others; lowest. |
| lower world |
the habitation of the dead; nether world; underworld. [2 definitions] |
| low-fat |
containing relatively less fat than comparable foods, diets, or cooking styles. |
| low frequency |
any radio frequency between thirty and three hundred kilohertz per second. |
| Low German |
a subbranch of Germanic, other than High German, that includes English, Dutch, Flemish, and Frisian. (Cf. High German.) [2 definitions] |