luck out |
(informal) to experience an instance of extremely good luck. |
lucky |
resulting from or having good fortune. [2 definitions] |
lucrative |
producing monetary gain; profitable. |
lucre |
money (used esp. in a negative sense). |
lucubrate |
to compose scholarly works. [2 definitions] |
lucubration |
laborious study or work, esp. late at night. [3 definitions] |
Luddite |
any of a group of British laborers who between 1811 and 1816 destroyed industrial machinery in the belief that its use produced unemployment. |
lude |
(slang) a methaqualone pill. |
ludicrous |
worthy of mockery; laughable and ridiculous. |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
German composer of European classical music (b.1770--d.1827). |
luff |
the act of sailing into the wind. [5 definitions] |
lug1 |
to move with a great effort, esp. by pulling or lifting. [2 definitions] |
lug2 |
an earlike projection used to support or hold something, such as a machine. [2 definitions] |
luge |
a tobogganlike racing sled on which the rider lies face up. [2 definitions] |
Luger |
trademark for an automatic pistol manufactured in Germany. |
luggage |
suitcases or other containers for transporting personal possessions on trips; baggage. |
lugger |
a small boat having two or three masts rigged with lugsails. |
lugsail |
a four-sided sail lacking a boom, the upper edge of which is supported by a yard that crosses the mast obliquely. |
lugubrious |
sad or mournful, esp. in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
lugworm |
any of a group of segmented, burrowing, marine worms with tufted gills, often used as fishing bait. |
Luigi Galvani |
an Italian physiologist and physicist (b.1737?--d.1798). |