Part 36

~Junto~, _n._ CABAL, faction, combination (_against a government_), party, COTERIE, CLIQUE, set, gang, league, confederacy, secret council.

~Juridical~, _a._ Judicial, forensic.

~Jurisconsult~, _n._ Jurist, civilian, counsellor, lawyer.

~Jurisdiction~, _n._ Judicature, extent of authority, legal power.

~Jurisprudence~, _n._ Science of law.

~Jurist~, _n._ Civilian, jurisconsult, lawyer, counsellor.

~Juror~, _n._ Juryman.

~Juryman~, _n._ Juror.

~Just~, _a._ ~1.~ Equitable, right, rightful, lawful, reasonable.

~2.~ Honest, fair, upright, righteous, blameless, pure, conscientious, uncorrupt, virtuous, honorable, impartial, even-handed, straightforward.

~3.~ Exact, true, proper, accurate, correct, normal, regular.

~4.~ Deserved, merited, condign, suitable, due.

~Just~, _ad._ Exactly, precisely.

~Just now~, Very recently, a moment ago.

~Justice~, _n._ ~1.~ Equity, equitableness, right, justness, fairness, impartiality, rectitude, fair play.

~2.~ Judge, justiciary.

~Justiciary~, _n._ Judge, justice.

~Justifiable~, _a._ Defensible, warrantable, vindicable, right, fit, proper.

~Justification~, _n._ ~1.~ Vindication, defence, exculpation, exoneration.

~2.~ (_Theol._) Absolution, sanctification, remission of sin.

~Justify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Vindicate, warrant, defend, maintain, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, set right.

~2.~ (_Theol._) Absolve, acquit, free from sin, clear from guilt.

~3.~ (_Printing._) Adjust.

~Justle~, _v. a._ [Written also _Jostle_.] ~1.~ Collide, strike against, hit against.

~2.~ Shake (_by hitting_), joggle.

~Justness~, _n._ ~1.~ Justice, equity, equitableness, fairness, right.

~2.~ Exactness, accuracy, propriety.

~Jut~, _v. n._ Project, protrude, stand out, jut out.

~Jut out~, _v. n._ Project, JUT.

~Juvenile~, _a._ Young, youthful, childish.

~Juxtaposition~, _n._ Proximity, contiguity, contact.

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~Kale~, _n._ Colewort.

~Kamachi~, _n._ Horned-screamer (_Palamedea cornuta_).

~Kamsin~, _n._ Simoon, simoom, samiel.

~Keen~, _a._ ~1.~ Eager, zealous, ardent, earnest, fervid, vehement.

~2.~ Sharp, acute, with a fine edge.

~3.~ Piercing, penetrating, cutting.

~4.~ Severe, bitter, poignant, acrimonious, caustic.

~5.~ Shrewd, discerning, quick, sagacious, astute, keen-sighted, keen- eyed, clear-sighted, long-headed.

~Keen-eyed~, _a._ Keen, keen-sighted, sharp-sighted.

~Keenness~, _n._ ~1.~ Ardor, vehemence, eagerness, earnestness, fervor.

~2.~ Sharpness, acuteness.

~3.~ Severity, rigor, sternness.

~4.~ Poignancy, causticity, acrimony, asperity, bitterness.

~5.~ Shrewdness, sagacity, astuteness.

~Keen-sighted~, _a._ Keen, sharp-sighted, keen-eyed.

~Keep~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Retain, detain, hold, hold fast.

~2.~ Preserve, maintain, continue.

~3.~ Restrain, withhold.

~4.~ Guard, protect, take care of.

~5.~ Fulfil, observe, adhere to, be faithful to, be true to, stand by.

~6.~ Celebrate, honor, solemnize, commemorate, do honor to.

~7.~ Sustain, support, maintain.

~Keep~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Continue, remain.

~2.~ Stay, abide, lodge, dwell.

~3.~ Endure, last.

~Keep~, _n._ Stronghold, donjon.

~Keep an eye on~, Watch, mark, observe, have an eye on.

~Keep dark~, Keep one's own counsel, seal the lips, not breathe a syllable about it, keep the matter to one's self.

~Keep under~, Control, restrain, keep in subjection.

~Keeping~, _n._ ~1.~ Care, custody, charge, guardianship.

~2.~ Support, maintenance, feed.

~3.~ Harmony, conformity, congruity, consistency, agreement.

~Kelp~, _n._ ~1.~ Barilla, carbonate of soda (_impure_).

~2.~ Sea-weed (_from which barilla is made_).

~Ken~, _n._ View, cognizance, sight.

~Kennel~, _n._ ~1.~ Dog-house.

~2.~ Pack of hounds.

~3.~ Hole (_of a wild animal_), haunt.

~4.~ Gutter.

~Kennel~, _v. n._ Dwell (_as a dog_), lodge, harbor, take shelter.

~Kestrel~, _n._ Windhover, castrel, stannel (_Falco tinnunculus_).

~Key~, _n._ ~1.~ Clew, guide, explanation, solution, elucidation, CLAVIS.

~2.~ Tonic, key-note, fundamental note, first note of the scale.

~Key-note~, _n._ Tonic, KEY.

~Khan~, _n._ ~1.~ Cham, sovereign prince (_of Tartary_).

~2.~ CARAVANSARY.

~Kick the beam~, Be outweighed, be overbalanced, be overpoised, be the lighter.

~Kick up a dust~, [_Colloquial._] Make a commotion.

~Kid~, _n._ ~1.~ Young goat.

~2.~ Kit, small tub.

~Kidnap~, _v. a._ Abduct (_any human being_), carry off, steal away, run off with.

~Kidnapping~, _n._ Man-stealing, abduction.

~Kill~, _v. a._ Slay, slaughter, murder, despatch, ASSASSINATE, carry off, put to death, deprive of life, make away with, give one one's quietus, give a death-blow to.

~Kilt~, _n._ Fillibeg.

~Kin~, _n._ ~1.~ Relationship (_by blood or by marriage_), consanguinity, affinity.

~2.~ Relation, relative, kindred, kinsfolk, connection.

~Kin~, _a._ Related, allied, kindred, akin, congenial, cognate, of the same nature, of the same kind, of the same family.

~Kind~, _a._ Benevolent, beneficent, benignant, humane, gracious, friendly, kindly, complacent, complaisant, generous, obliging, bounteous, accommodating, philanthropic, compassionate, mild, benign, clement, good, amiable, charitable, gentle, lenient, indulgent, forbearing, tender, sympathetic, bland, affectionate, loving, good- natured, tender-hearted, kind-hearted.

~Kind~, _n._ ~1.~ Race, genus, family, breed, species, set, class.

~2.~ Sort, nature, character, manner, description, style.

~Kind-hearted~, _a._ KIND, tender-hearted.

~Kind-heartedness~, _n._ Kindness, kindliness.

~Kindle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Light, ignite, enkindle, inflame, set fire to, set on fire.

~2.~ Excite, rouse, awaken, provoke, incite, stimulate, animate, whet, fire, exasperate, foment, enrage, set on, stir up, work up.

~Kindle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Take fire.

~2.~ Get excited, grow warm, fly into a passion.

~Kindliness~, _n._ ~1.~ Benignity, kindness, benevolence, humanity, charity, sympathy, compassion, amiability, kind-heartedness, good- nature, good feeling, fellow-feeling.

~2.~ Mildness, softness, gentleness.

~Kindly~, _a._ ~1.~ Natural, homogeneal, congenial, kindred, proper, appropriate.

~2.~ Sympathetic, benevolent, gracious, KIND.

~Kindness~, _n._ ~1.~ Benevolence, beneficence, benignity, humanity, generosity, philanthropy, charity, kindliness, sympathy, tenderness, amiability, fellow-feeling, clemency, good feeling.

~2.~ Kind act, good turn, kind office.

~Kindred~, _n._ ~1.~ Relationship, affinity, consanguinity.

~2.~ Relations, relatives, kin, kinsfolk, kinsmen.

~Kindred~, _a._ Related, cognate, allied, kin, congenial, akin, of the same kind, of the same nature, of the same family.

~King~, _n._ Sovereign, monarch.

~Kingbird~, _n._ Tyrant fly-catcher (_Muscicapa tyrannus_ or _Tyrannus intrepidus_).

~King-crab~, _n._ Horse-shoe, horse-foot, horse-shoe crab.

~King cup~, _n._ Buttercup, golden cup.

~Kingdom~, _n._ ~1.~ Sovereignty, empire, dominion, supremacy, dynasty, sovereign power, rule, monarchy, supreme power.

~2.~ Realm, empire, state, nation.

~3.~ Tract, region.

~4.~ Division, department.

~Kingly~, _a._ ~1.~ Royal, regal, monarchical, imperial.

~2.~ Noble, august, imposing, splendid, magnificent, grand.

~King of terrors~, DEATH.

~King's-English~, _n._ Pure English.

~King's-evil~, _n._ Scrofula, struma.

~Kingship~, _n._ Royalty, monarchy.

~King's-yellow~, _n._ Yellow orpiment, yellow sulphuret of arsenic.

~Kink~, _n._ ~1.~ Twist, knot, entanglement.

~2.~ Whim, crotchet.

~Kinsfolk~, _n._ Relations, relatives, kin, kindred, kinsmen.

~Kinsman~, _n._ Relative, relation.

~Kiss~, _v. a._ Salute, greet with a kiss.

~Kiss~, _n._ Salute.

~Kit~, _n._ ~1.~ Kid, small tub (_as for pickled mackerel_).

~2.~ Small pail.

~3.~ Outfit, working implements.

~4.~ Violin (_small_), fiddle.

~Kleptomania~, _n._ Thievishness, klopemania propensity to steal, mania for stealing.

~Klopemanla~, _n._ KLEPTOMANIA.

~Knack~, _n._ ~1.~ Toy, plaything, knick-knack, gimcrack, gewgaw, bawble, trifle, JIGGUMBOB.

~2.~ Dexterity, adroitness, dexterousness, skill, skilfulness, facility, aptness, aptitude, quickness, readiness, address, expertness.

~Knag~, _n._ Knot (_in wood_).

~Knaggy~, _a._ Knotty, gnarled.

~Knarl~, _n._ Knot, knob, snag.

~Knarled~, _a._ Knotty, knotted, knurly, gnarled.

~Knave~, _n._ ~1.~ Villain, rascal, scoundrel, rogue, cheat, caitiff, swindler, sharper, trickster, scamp, scapegrace, SCALAWAG.

~2.~ Jack (_of cards_).

~Knavery~, _n._ Villany, rascality, fraud, knavishness, dishonesty, criminality, trickery, wickedness.

~Knavish~, _a._ Dishonest, unprincipled, fraudulent, trickish, TRICKY, roguish.

~Knavishness~, _n._ KNAVERY, dishonesty, wickedness.

~Kneepan~, _n._ Patella.

~Knick-knack~, _n._ Toy, trifle, plaything, gimcrack, gewgaw, bawble, knack, JIGGUMBOB.

~Knight~, _n._ Cavalier, chevalier, horseman, horse-soldier, equestrian.

~Knight-errantry~, _n._ Chivalry, knighthood.

~Knighthood~, _n._ Chivalry, knight-errantry.

~Knit~, _v. a._ Join, unite, connect.

~Knob~, _n._ Protuberance, boss, bunch, hunch, STUD.

~Knock~, _n._ ~1.~ Rap (_as at a door_), clap.

~2.~ Blow, slap, cuff, buffet, box.

~Knock~, _v. n._ Rap (_as at a door_).

~Knock~, _v. a._ Beat, strike, hit, bump, slap.

~Knock down~, ~1.~ Fell, prostrate.

~2.~ Knock off (_by auction_).

~Knock under~, Submit, yield, knuckle, give up, lower one's flag, kiss the rod, lick the dust, eat humble pie, draw in one's horns.

~Knock up~, [_Colloquial._] Fatigue, beat out, weary, exhaust, tire, fag.

~Knoll~, _n._ Hillock, mound.

~Knot~, _n._ ~1.~ Entanglement, complication.

~2.~ Tie, connection, bond of union.

~3.~ Joint, node, knag.

~4.~ Tuft, bunch.

~5.~ Group, band, clique, gang, crew, squad, cluster, set, pack.

~6.~ Nautical mile.

~Knot~, _v. a._ Entangle, tie, complicate.

~Knot-grass~, _n._ Dog's-grass, couch-grass, twitch-grass, wheat- grass, dog-wheat (_Triticum repens_).

~Knotted~, _a._ KNOTTY, knurly.

~Knotty~, _a._ ~1.~ Knotted, gnarled, full of knots, knaggy, knurly.

~2.~ Intricate, difficult, perplexing, embarrassing, hard, troublesome.

~Know~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perceive, apprehend, comprehend, understand, discern, be aware of, be assured of, see through, make out.

~2.~ Recognize, be acquainted with.

~3.~ Distinguish, discriminate.

~Know~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Have knowledge.

~2.~ Be informed, be made aware.

~3.~ Be sure, feel certain.

~Knowing~, _a._ Intelligent, skilful, competent, qualified, experienced, accomplished, proficient, well-informed.

~Knowledge~, _n._ ~1.~ Apprehension, comprehension, perception, understanding, discernment, judgment.

~2.~ Learning, erudition, scholarship, enlightenment, lore, acquirements, attainments.

~3.~ Cognizance, cognition, notice, information.

~Knuckle~, _v. n._ Yield (_obsequiously_), submit, cringe, stoop, crouch, give up, KNOCK UNDER.

~Knurly~, _a._ Knotty, knotted, knarled.

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~Labor~, _n._ ~1.~ Toil, work, exertion, effort, pains, drudgery.

~2.~ Travail, parturition, childbirth, delivery.

~Labor~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Toll, strive, drudge, work, exert one's self, take pains.

~2.~ Suffer, be afflicted, be distressed.

~3.~ Travail, be in travail, be in labor.

~Labored~, _a._ Elaborate, studied, carefully wrought.

~Laborer~, _n._ Workman, operative.

~Laborious~, _a._ ~1.~ Industrious, sedulous, assiduous, DILIGENT, toiling, hard-working, painstaking.

~2.~ Difficult, arduous, onerous, toilsome, tiresome, wearisome, fatiguing, irksome, hard, Herculean.

~Laboriousness~, _n._ Toilsomeness, difficulty.

~Labor of love~, Gratuitous service.

~Labyrinth~, _n._ Maze, perplexity, intricacy.

~Labyrinthian~, _n._ Mazy, confused.

~Lacerate~, _v. a._ Tear, sever, mangle, rend, lancinate, laniate, claw, tear asunder, tear to pieces.

~Laceration~, _n._ Tearing, rending.

~Laches~, _n. pl._ (_Law._) Negligence, remissness, neglect of duty.

~Lack~, _v. a._ Want, need, be in want of, be in need of, be destitute of, be without.

~Lack~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be in want.

~2.~ Be wanting.

~Lack~, _n._ Need, deficiency, destitution, want, scantiness, insufficiency, scarcity, dearth, default, defectiveness, shortness, shortcoming, DEFICIT.

~Lack-brain~, _n._ Simpleton, DUNCE.

~Lackadaisical~, _a._ Sorrowful (_affectedly_), sad, melancholy, gloomy.

~Lackaday~, _interj._ Alas.

~Lackey~, _n._ Footman, footboy, errand-boy.

~Lackey~, _v. a._ Attend (_as a servant_), wait on, dance attendance on.

~Laconic~, _a._ Short, brief, concise, succinct, compact, sententious, terse, pithy, CURT.

~Laconical~, _a._ Short, brief, concise, succinct, compact, sententious, terse, pithy, CURT.

~Lacquer~, _n._ Varnish (_of shell-lac_).

~Lacquer~, _v. a._ Varnish (_with lacquer_), japan.

~Lactescence~, _n._ Milkiness.

~Lad~, _n._ Boy, stripling, YOUNGSTER, youth, schoolboy, YONKER, young man.

~Lade~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Load, freight.

~2.~ Dip, bale.

~Lading~, _n._ Freight, cargo, load, burden.

~Lady~, _n._ ~1.~ Mistress, matron.

~2.~ Woman of rank, woman of distinction.

~3.~ Woman of refinement, well-bred woman, genteel woman.

~4.~ Wife, spouse.

~Lady-like~, _a._ Genteel, courtly, refined, well-bred.

~Lady-love~, _n._ Sweetheart, flame.

~Lag~, _v. n._ Loiter, linger, saunter, fall behind, move slowly.

~Laggard~, _n._ Loiterer, lingerer, idler, lagger, saunterer.

~Lagger~, _n._ Loiterer, laggard.

~Lagoon~, _n._ Lake (_shallow and communicating with the sea_).

~Laic~, _a._ Lay.

~Laical~, _a._ Lay.

~Lair~, _n._ Couch (_of a beast_), resting place.

~Laity~, _n._ Laymen, body of the people, the people (_as distinguished from the clergy_).

~Lake~, _n._ Pond, loch, mere, pool, LAGOON.

~Lamantine~, _n._ Manatee, sea-cow.

~Lamb~, _n._ Young sheep.

~Lamb of God~, Christ, JESUS.

~Lambent~, _a._ Playing about (_like the tongue in licking_), touching lightly, gliding over.

~Lambkin~, _n._ Little lamb.

~Lame~, _a._ ~1.~ Crippled, halt, hobbling.

~2.~ Defective, imperfect.

~3.~ Insufficient, unsatisfactory, weak, feeble, poor.

~Lame~, _v. a._ Cripple, make lame.

~Lame duck~, Defaulter (_at the stock exchange_).

~Lamella~, _n._ [L.] Scale, lamina, layer, coat, flake, coating, thin plate.

~Lamellar~, _a._ Lamellate, lamellated, laminar, laminated, foliated, foliaceous, scaly, flaky, schistose.

~Lamellate~, _a._ LAMELLAR.

~Lamellated~, _a._ LAMELLAR.

~Lament~, _v. n._ Mourn, grieve, weep, wail, moan, complain.

~Lament~, _v. a._ Bewail, deplore, bemoan, mourn.

~Lament~, _n._ ~1.~ Wailing, moaning, moan, lamentation, plaint, complaint.

~2.~ Dirge, elegy, epicedium, mournful song, funeral song.

~Lamentable~, _a._ ~1.~ Deplorable, to be lamented.

~2.~ Mournful, wailing.

~Lamentation~, _n._ Wailing, moaning, moan, plaint, complaint, lament, ululation, HUBBUBBOO.

~Lamina~, _n._ Scale, layer, coat, coating, lamella, thin plate.

~Laminar~, _n._ Laminated.

~Laminated~, _a._ Laminar, LAMELLAR, lamellated.

~Lamm~, _v. a._ [_Low._] Beat, drub, thrash, maul, bruise, thwack, pommel, WALLOP.

~Lampoon~, _n._ Pasquinade, satire, squib.

~Lampoon~, _v. a._ Satirize, abuse, defame, slander, calumniate, lash.

~Lanate~, _a._ Woolly.

~Lanated~, _a._ Woolly.

~Lance~, _n._ Spear, javelin.

~Lance~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hurl, throw, launch, dart, send, fling, toss, pitch, jaculate, let fly.

~2.~ Pierce, cut with a lancet.

~Lance-shaped~, _a._ Lanceform.

~Lanciform~, _a._ Lance-shaped.

~Lancinate~, _v. a._ Tear, rend, sever, mangle, lacerate, laniate, claw, tear to pieces.

~Land~, _n._ ~1.~ Ground, soil, earth.

~2.~ Region, country, district, tract.

~3.~ Real estate.

~Land~, _v. a._ Disembark, put on shore, set on shore.

~Land~, _v. n._ Disembark, debark, go on shore, come to land.

~Landing~, _n._ ~1.~ Coming to land.

~2.~ Landing-place.

~Landing-place~, _n._ Landing.

~Landloper~, _n._ ~1.~ Landlubber.

~2.~ Wanderer, vagrant, traveller, vagabond, nomad.

~Landloping~, _n._ Wandering, travelling.

~Landlord~, _n._ ~1.~ Owner, proprietor.

~2.~ Host, inn-keeper.

~Landlubber~, _n._ [_Sailor's term of contempt._] Landloper.

~Landrail~, _n._ Corn-crake, daker-hen (_Orex pratensis_).

~Landscape~, _n._ View, prospect, rural scene.

~Land-waiter~, _n._ Tide-waiter.

~Lane~, _n._ Alley, narrow street, narrow passage or way.

~Lang-syne~, _ad._ [_Scottish._] Long since, long ago.

~Lang-syne~, _n._ The good old time, past times, days gone by, days of yore.

~Language~, _n._ ~1.~ Speech, tongue, vernacular, idiom, dialect, mother-tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue, oral speech.

~2.~ Style, expression, phraseology, diction, form of expression.

~Languid~, _a._ ~1.~ Faint, exhausted, drooping, pining, languishing, flagging, weak, feeble, not strong, not vigorous.

~2.~ Dull, torpid, listless, spiritless, heavy, inactive, slow, sluggish.

~Languidness~, _n._ ~1.~ Languor, faintness, feebleness, lassitude.

~2.~ Dulness, listlessness, heaviness.

~Languish~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Droop, pine, faint, fade, wither, decline, fall, become feeble, pine away, waste away.

~2.~ Look tender, have the air of a lover.

~Languishment~, _n._ ~1.~ Feebleness, decline, weakness.

~2.~ Look of tenderness.

~Languor~, _n._ ~1.~ Feebleness, debility, languidness, faintness, languishment.

~2.~ Dulness, torpidness, listlessness, heaviness, ENNUI.

~Laniate~, _v. a._ Lacerate, tear, rend, sever, mangle, lancinate, claw, tear to pieces, tear asunder.

~Lank~, _a._ Lean, thin, meagre, attenuated, slim, slender, starveling, skinny, scraggy, gaunt, emaciated.

~Lankness~, _n._ Leanness, thinness, slimness, meagreness, slenderness.

~Lanky~, _a._ [_Low._] Slim, slender, tall, and thin.

~Lanuginous~, _a._ (_Bot._) Downy, woolly.

~Lap~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fold, turn over, lay over.

~2.~ Wrap, cover, twist round.

~3.~ Lick, lick up, take up with the tongue.

~Lap~, _v. n._ Be folded over, be laid over.

~Lapidary~, _n._ Lapidist.

~Lapidescence~, _n._ Lapidification, petrifaction.

~Lapidification~, _n._ Lapidescence, petrifaction.

~Lapidist~, _n._ Lapidary.

~Lapse~, _n._ ~1.~ Flow, gliding, flowing, smooth course.

~2.~ Fall, decline, declension, falling off.

~3.~ Slip, fault, error, shortcoming.

~Lapse~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Slip, glide, pass slowly.

~2.~ Fail in duty, commit a fault, fall from innocence.

~3.~ (_Law._) Become void.

~Lapsus linguæ~, [L.] Slip of the tongue.

~Lapwing~, _n._ Pewit (_Tringa vanellus_ or _Vanellus cristatus_).

~Larboard~, _n._ (_Naut._) Port, left-hand side.

~Larceny~, _n._ Theft, stealing, pilfering, robbery, thievery, shoplifting, petty larceny.

~Lard~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Grease.

~2.~ Intermix, interlay, interlard.

~Large~, _a._ ~1.~ Big, great, bulky, huge, immense, vast, of great size.

~2.~ Extensive, expanded, spacious, broad, wide.

~3.~ Abundant, plentiful, ample, full, copious, liberal.

~4.~ Capacious, comprehensive.

~Large-bellied~, _a._ Abdominous, big-bellied, pot-bellied.

~Largess~, _n._ Bounty, present, donation, gift, endowment, grant, bequest.

~Lariat~, _n._ Lasso.

~Larmier~, _n._ (_Arch._) Drip, corona.

~Larum~, _n._ [Contraction of _Alarum_.] Alarm, alarum, tocsin, alarm- bell.

~Larva~, _n._ Caterpillar, grub.

~Lascivious~, _a._ Lustful, lecherous, libidinous, lickerish, salacious, concupiscent, lewd, prurient, wanton, loose, unchaste, incontinent.

~Lash~, _n._ ~1.~ Thong (_of a whip_), scourge, whip.

~2.~ Stroke, stripe.

~Lash~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Scourge, whip.

~2.~ Beat, beat against.

~3.~ Bind, tie, tie together.

~4.~ Censure, satirize, lampoon, abuse.

~Lash the waves~, Make vain efforts, try in vain, beat the air, fish in the air, milk the ram.

~Lass~, _n._ Girl, damsel, maiden, lassie, miss.

~Lassie~, _n._ [_Scotch._] Girl, lass.

~Lassitude~, _n._ Weariness, exhaustion, fatigue, prostration, languor, languidness, ENNUI.

~Lasso~, _n._ Lariat.

~Last~, _a._ ~1.~ Latest.

~2.~ Hindmost.

~3.~ Final, ultimate.

~4.~ Highest, greatest, utmost, extreme.

~Last~, _ad._ ~1.~ The last time.

~2.~ After all the rest.

~3.~ Finally, in conclusion.

~Last~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Endure, remain, continue.

~2.~ Hold out, be unexhausted, be unconsumed.

~Lasting~, _a._ Enduring, permanent, durable, of long continuance.

~Lastingness~, _n._ Permanence, durability, continuance, fixedness.

~Lastly~, _ad._ Finally, in fine, at last, at length, in the end, in conclusion.

~Late~, _a._ ~1.~ Slow, tardy, long delayed.

~2.~ Far advanced.

~3.~ Recently deceased.

~4.~ Recent.

~Late~, _ad._ ~1.~ Not early, not promptly, after the proper time, at the eleventh hour, a day after the fair.

~2.~ Recently, lately, not long ago.

~Lately~, _ad._ Recently, latterly, late, of late, not long ago.

~Latent~, _a._ Concealed, hidden, secret, occult, veiled, unseen.

~Lather~, _n._ Foam (_of soap and water_), froth.

~Latifoliate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Broad-leaved.

~Latifolious~, _a._ (_Bot._) Broad-leaved.

~Latin~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the Latins, of ancient Rome, Roman.

~2.~ Classic, classical, in the manner of the Latins.

~Latin~, _n._ Language of ancient Rome, Latin language.

~Latinism~, _n._ Latin idiom.

~Latinity~, _n._ Latin style.

~Latitude~, _n._ ~1.~ Extent, range, scope, amplitude, compass.

~2.~ Freedom, liberty, indulgence, free play.

~3.~ Laxity, loose interpretation, indefinite meaning.

~4.~ (_Geog._) Angular distance from the equator.

~5.~ (_Astron._) Angular distance from the ecliptic.

~Latitudinarian~, _a._ Liberal (_in opinion_), lax, free, not orthodox, not strict.

~Latitudinarianism~, _n._ Heterodoxy, liberalism.

~Latten~, _n._ Sheet tin, tinned iron-plate.

~Latter~, _a._ ~1.~ Last mentioned (_of two_).

~2.~ Recent, modern.

~Latterly~, _ad._ Lately, recently, of late.

~Lattice~, _n._ Trellis, lattice-work.

~Lattice-work~, _n._ Lattice, trellis.

~Laud~, _v. a._ Praise, extol, celebrate, magnify.

~Laudable~, _a._ Commendable, praiseworthy.

~Laudanum~, _n._ Tincture of opium.

~Laudation~, _n._ Praise, commendation, eulogy, compliment, encomium.

~Laudatory~, _a._ Commendatory, panegyrical, eulogistic, complimentary, encomiastic, lavish of praise.

~Laugh~, _n._ Laughter, CACHINNATION, GUFFAW, ROAR.

~Laugh~, _v. n._ SNICKER, GIGGLE, ROAR, TITTER.

~Laugh at~, Ridicule, deride, mock, scoff, scoff at, sneer at, laugh to scorn, make fun of, POKE FUN AT.

~Laugh to scorn~, Ridicule, deride, despise, sneer at, laugh at, treat with contempt.

~Laughable~, _a._ Comical, droll, funny, ludicrous, farcical, ridiculous.

~Laughing~, _a._ Merry, mirthful, gay.

~Laughing~, _n._ Laughter.

~Laughing-gas~, _n._ Nitrous oxide, protoxide of nitrogen, exhilarating gas.

~Laughter~, _n._ Laughing, laugh.

~Laughing-stock~, _n._ Butt (_of jests_), object of ridicule.

~Launch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Throw, hurl, cast, dart, lance.

~2.~ Slide from the stocks (_as a ship_).

~Launch~, _v. n._ Enlarge, expatiate, descant, dilate, launch out.

~Launch out~, Enlarge, LAUNCH, expatiate.

~Laundress~, _n._ Washerwoman.

~Laureate~, _n._ Poet-laureate, court-poet.

~Lave~, _v. a._ Wash, bathe.

~Lavement~, _n._ (_Med._) Clyster, enema, injection.

~Lavish~, _a._ Profuse, prodigal, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful, extravagant, too free, over-liberal.

~Lavish~, _v. a._ Waste, squander, dissipate, spend lavishly.

~Law~, _n._ ~1.~ Rule, (_prescribed by authority_), regulation, canon, statute, enactment, decree, ordinance, edict, order, expressed command.

~2.~ Formula, principle, form.

~3.~ Code, body of rules.

~4.~ Jurisprudence, science of laws, legal science.

~5.~ Mosaic code.

~6.~ Suit, process, litigation.

~7.~ Observed order of facts, invariable sequence of phenomena.

~8.~ Uniform and constant operation of any natural force (_under the same conditions_), method of the Divine Agency, God in Nature.

~Lawful~, _a._ ~1.~ Legal, legalized, legitimate, constitutional.

~2.~ Allowable, permissible.

~3.~ Rightful, just, proper.

~Lawfulness~, _n._ Legality, conformity to law.

~Lawgiver~, _n._ Legislator, law-maker.

~Lawsuit~, _n._ Action, suit in law.

~Lawyer~, _n._ Counsellor, counsel, advocate, attorney, SOLICITOR, barrister, limb of the law, attorney-at-law.

~Lax~, _a._ ~1.~ Loose, slack, relaxed, not tight, not tense.

~2.~ Soft, flabby, not firm, not solid.

~3.~ Remiss, latitudinarian, not strict.

~4.~ Licentious, dissolute.

~Laxative~, _a._ Loosening, aperient, deobstruent.

~Laxative~, _n._ Laxative medicine.

~Laxity~, _n._ ~1.~ Looseness, slackness, laxness, latitude.

~2.~ Remissness.

~3.~ Dissoluteness, licentiousness.

~Laxness~, _n._ Looseness, laxity.

~Lay~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Put, place, lay down.

~2.~ Impose, assess.

~3.~ Impute, charge, ascribe.

~4.~ Spread (_on a surface_).

~5.~ Prepare, set in order, get ready.

~6.~ Contrive, scheme, devise.

~7.~ Allay, quiet, calm, still, appease.

~8.~ Bet, stake, wager, risk, hazard.

~9.~ Produce, bring forth and deposit (_as eggs_).

~10.~ (_Naut._) Depress, sink, sail away from so as to lose sight of.

~11.~ (_Law._) Allege, state, name.

~Lay~, _n._ [_Rare._] ~1.~ Row, stratum, layer.

~2.~ Bet, wager, stake, pledge.

~3.~ [_U. S._] Share of profit.

~4.~ Song.

~Lay~, _a._ Laic, laical.

~Lay aside~, Reject, discard, put away, lay on the shelf.

~Lay by~, Reserve, keep, retain, husband.

~Lay down~, ~1.~ Resign, give up, offer up.

~2.~ Leave, quit, relinquish.

~3.~ Advance, propound, assert, allege.

~Layer~, _n._ ~1.~ Stratum, bed, _LAY_.

~2.~ Course (_as of bricks_).

~3.~ Shoot or twig (_laid in the ground for propagation_).

~Lay hold of~, Seize, catch.

~Lay in~, Store, provide, lay up.

~Lay one's self out~, Strive, labor, try, struggle, exert one's self.

~Lay open~, Expose, reveal, exhibit, disclose, unveil, divulge, publish, show, make known.

~Lay out~, ~1.~ Spend, expend, disburse.

~2.~ Plan, dispose, arrange.

~Lay over~, Spread over, cover the surface of.

~Lay siege to~, Besiege, beset.

~Lay to heart~, Feel keenly, be greatly grieved at, be much troubled about, be much affected by, take to heart, take on about.

~Lay up~, ~1.~ Store, provide, treasure up, lay in.

~2.~ Confine to the bed or the house.

~Lay waste~, Desolate, destroy, ruin.

~Lazaretto~, _n._ Hospital, infirmary, pest-house, lazar-house.

~Lazar-house~, _n._ Hospital, lazaretto.

~Lazy~, _a._ Slothful, sluggish, indolent, idle, inert, inactive, supine, torpid, slack, dronish, lumpish.

~Lea~, _n._ Meadow, MEAD, grass land, sward land.

~Lead~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Guide (_by the hand, or something connected with the hand_).

~2.~ Conduct, direct, escort, go before as guide.

~3.~ Head, be at the head of.

~4.~ Allure, entice, induce, persuade, draw, prevail on.

~5.~ Pass, spend.

~Lead~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Show the way (_by going before_).

~2.~ Be the commander (_as of troops_).

~3.~ Conduce, contribute, tend, serve.

~Lead~, _n._ ~1.~ Guidance, direction, leadership.

~2.~ Precedence.

~Lead captive~, Carry into captivity.

~Leader~, _n._ ~1.~ Guide, director, conductor, corypheus, cock of the walk, cock of the roost, first fiddle.

~2.~ Chief, chieftain, commander.

~Leadership~, _n._ Guidance, direction, lead, conduct.

~Leading~, _a._ ~1.~ Governing, ruling.

~2.~ Chief, principal, capital, most important.

~Lead the way~, Go before (_as guide_).

~Lead off~, Begin, take the lead.

~Leaf~, _n._ Blade.

~Leaflet~, _n._ Small leaf.

~Leaf-stalk~, _n._ (_Bot._) Petiole.

~League~, _n._ ~1.~ Alliance, confederation, confederacy, combination, coalition, union.

~2.~ Three geographical miles.

~League~, _v. n._ Unite, combine, confederate, form a league, form an alliance.

~Leagued~, _a._ United, combined, allied, confederated, confederate, banded.

~Leak~, _n._ Fissure (_letting a liquid in or out_), chink, crevice, hole.

~Lean~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Incline (_from a perpendicular_).

~2.~ Recline, bear, rest.

~3.~ Tend, have a tendency.

~Lean~, _v. a._ Rest, incline for support.

~Lean~, _a._ ~1.~ Thin, poor, gaunt, emaciated, meagre, lank, skinny, fallen away.

~2.~ Barren, jejune, TAME, prosy, dull.

~3.~ Scanty, slender, pitiful, inadequate, not full or abundant, not plentiful, not ample, not enough.

~Leaning~, _n._ Bent, inclination, bias, propensity, proneness, TENDENCY.

~Lean-to~, _n._ Penthouse.

~Leap~, _v. n._ Jump, bound, spring, vault, hop, CAPER.

~Leap~, _v. a._ Jump over, bound across.

~Leap~, _n._ Jump, spring, bound, vault, hop, CAPER.

~Leap-year~, _n._ Bissextile.

~Learn~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Get a knowledge of, acquire skill in, make one's self acquainted with, make one's self master of.

~2.~ Be informed of.

~Learn by heart~, Memorize, commit to memory, get by heart.

~Learned~, _a._ ~1.~ Erudite, lettered, deep-read.

~2.~ Knowing, skilled, experienced, well-informed.

~Learning~, _n._ ~1.~ Acquisition of knowledge.

~2.~ Erudition, scholarship, acquirements, attainments, lore, acquired knowledge.

~Lease~, _v. a._ Let (_for a term of years_).

~Leash~, _n._ ~1.~ Thong or string (_for holding a dog or a hawk_).

~2.~ Three (_greyhounds, &c._).

~Leash~, _v. a._ Tie, tie together.

~Least~, _a._ Smallest, minutest.

~Least~, _ad._ In the smallest degree.

~Leathery~, _a._ Tough, coriaceous.

~Leave~, _n._ ~1.~ Permission, liberty, allowance, license.

~2.~ Withdrawal, retirement, departure.

~Leave~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Quit, vacate, withdraw from, depart from, go away from, retire from, get away from.

~2.~ Abandon, forsake, desert, relinquish, renounce, put aside, lay aside, give up, give over.

~3.~ Let alone, let be, suffer to remain undisturbed, forbear to meddle with.

~4.~ Commit, consign, refer.

~5.~ Stop, forbear, cease from, desist from, refrain from, leave off, break off, make an end of.

~6.~ Permit, allow, let, give leave, give permission.

~7.~ Bequeath, demise, devise, will, give by will.

~Leave~, _v. n._ Desist, stop, cease, forbear, leave off.

~Leave off~, (_Active._) Forbear, desist from, break off.

~Leave off~, (_Neuter._) Desist, stop, leave.

~Leave out~, Omit.

~Leaven~, _n._ ~1.~ Yeast, ferment, barm, emptyings, fermenting substance.

~2.~ Pervading influence.

~Leaven~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Produce or excite fermentation in.

~2.~ Imbue, infect, vitiate, taint.

~Leavings~, _n. pl._ Remains, remnants, relics, fragments, scraps, pieces, refuse, odds and ends.

~Leaves~, _n. pl._ Foliage.

~Lecherous~, _a._ Lewd, lascivious, libidinous, lustful, carnal, salacious, lickerish, concupiscent, prurient, wanton, unchaste, incontinent.

~Lechery~, _n._ Lewdness, lasciviousness, concupiscence, lust, carnal desire, animal appetite.

~Lection~, _n._ Reading, version, interpretation.

~Lecture~, _n._ ~1.~ Discourse, prelection.

~2.~ Formal censure, lesson.

~Lecture~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Deliver a lecture to.

~2.~ Reprove formally.

~Ledge~, _n._ ~1.~ Shelf.

~2.~ Ridge of rocks.

~Lee~, _a._ To leeward (_opposed to weather_).

~Lee~, _n._ Leeward, lee side, side sheltered from the wind.