| Loch Ness monster |
an unidentified creature or family of plesiosaur-like creatures said to live in Loch Ness, a lake near the city of Inverness in northern Scotland. |
| loci |
a plural form of locus. |
| lock1 |
a mechanical device for preventing entry through a door or window or into a safe, usu. opened with a key or combination. [10 definitions] |
| lock2 |
a curl or portion of hair. [2 definitions] |
| lockdown |
the confinement of prisoners to their cells as a temporary security measure. [3 definitions] |
| locker |
a chest or cabinet that can be locked. [2 definitions] |
| locker room |
a room containing lockers for storing clothes and equipment and often used for changing clothes, as at a gymnasium or pool. |
| locket |
a small metal case in which a picture, lock of hair, or other keepsake may be placed, usu. worn on a chain around the neck. |
| lockjaw |
a variety of tetanus in which the muscles of the jaw spasm and clench the jaw closed. |
| locknut |
a thin nut screwed over another nut in order to stop it from coming loose. [2 definitions] |
| lockout |
the closing of a factory or business by the employer during a labor dispute in order to force employees to change their demands. |
| lock out |
to make someone not able to enter a place. |
| locksmith |
one who makes or fixes locks. |
| lock step |
a way of marching extremely close together and precisely in unison so that marchers' legs do not collide with the legs of those in front of them. [2 definitions] |
| lockup |
a jail, esp. one where accused persons are held to await a court appearance. [2 definitions] |
| lock up |
to lock all the doors of a place or secure something with a lock. |
| loco |
a plant of western North America that is poisonous to livestock; locoweed. [3 definitions] |
| loco- |
from place to place. |
| loco citato |
(Latin) in the place cited (used to refer to a passage already mentioned). (abbr.: loc. cit.) |
| loco disease |
a nervous disease of livestock, caused by locoweed poisoning and involving dullness, clumsiness, and partial paralysis. |
| locomotion |
the act of moving or the power to move from one place to another. |