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- English Word Lammaking Definition The enacting of laws; legislation.
- English Word Lammas Definition The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide.
- English Word Lammed Definition of Lam
- English Word Lammergeier Definition A very large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle.
- English Word Lammergeir Definition Alt. of Lammergeier
- English Word Lamming Definition of Lam
- English Word Lamnunguia Definition Same as Hyracoidea.
- English Word Lamp Definition A thin plate or lamina.
- English Word Lamp Definition A light-producing vessel, instrument or apparatus; especially, a vessel with a wick used for the combustion of oil or other inflammable liquid, for the purpose of producing artificial light.
- English Word Lamp Definition Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp.
- English Word Lamp Definition A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See Incandescent lamp, under Incandescent.
- English Word Lamp-post Definition A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.
- English Word Lampad Definition A lamp or candlestick.
- English Word Lampadist Definition One who gained the prize in the lampadrome.
- English Word Lampadrome Definition A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.
- English Word Lampas Definition An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also lampers.
- English Word Lampate Definition A supposed salt of lampic acid.
- English Word Lampblack Definition The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a smoking lamp. It consists of finely divided carbon, with sometimes a very small proportion of various impurities. It is used as an ingredient of printers' ink, and various black pigments and cements.
- English Word Lamper eel Definition See Lamprey.
- English Word Lampern Definition The river lamprey (Ammocoetes, / Lampetra, fluviatilis).
- English Word Lampers Definition See Lampas.
- English Word Lampic Definition Pertaining to, or produced by, a lamp; -- formerly said of a supposed acid.
- English Word Lamping Definition Shining; brilliant.
- English Word Lampless Definition Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull.
- English Word Lamplight Definition Light from a lamp.
- English Word Lamplighter Definition One who, or that which, lights a lamp; esp., a person who lights street lamps.
- English Word Lamplighter Definition The calico bass.
- English Word Lampoon Definition A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.
- English Word Lampoon Definition To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.
- English Word Lampooned Definition of Lampoon