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- English Word Lumbrical Definition A lumbrical muscle.
- English Word Lumbriciform Definition Resembling an earthworm; vermiform.
- English Word Lumbricoid Definition Like an earthworm; belonging to the genus Lumbricus, or family Lumbricidae.
- English Word Lumbricus Definition A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligochaeta, and including the common earthworms. See Earthworm.
- English Word Luminant Definition Luminous.
- English Word Luminaries Definition of Luminary
- English Word Luminary Definition Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies.
- English Word Luminary Definition One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Newton was a distinguished luminary.
- English Word Luminate Definition To illuminate.
- English Word Lumination Definition Illumination.
- English Word Lumine Definition To illumine.
- English Word Luminiferous Definition Producing light; yielding light; transmitting light; as, the luminiferous ether.
- English Word Luminosity Definition The quality or state of being luminous; luminousness.
- English Word Luminous Definition Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.
- English Word Luminous Definition Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous.
- English Word Luminous Definition Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind.
- English Word Lummox Definition A fat, ungainly, stupid person; an awkward bungler.
- English Word Lump Definition A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.
- English Word Lump Definition A mass or aggregation of things.
- English Word Lump Definition A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
- English Word Lump Definition To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.
- English Word Lump Definition To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
- English Word Lump Definition To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he does n't like it, he can lump it.
- English Word Lumped Definition of Lump
- English Word Lumper Definition The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.
- English Word Lumper Definition One who lumps.
- English Word Lumper Definition A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.
- English Word Lumpfish Definition A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl.
- English Word Lumping Definition of Lump
- English Word Lumping Definition Bulky; heavy.