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  • English Word Laureled Definition Crowned with laurel, or with a laurel wreath; laureate.
  • English Word Laurentian Definition Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the Laurentian hills.
  • English Word Laurer Definition Laurel.
  • English Word Laurestine Definition The Viburnum Tinus, an evergreen shrub or tree of the south of Europe, which flowers during the winter mouths.
  • English Word Lauric Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, the European bay or laurel (Laurus nobilis).
  • English Word Lauriferous Definition Producing, or bringing, laurel.
  • English Word Laurin Definition A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
  • English Word Laurinol Definition Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name (Lauraceae) of the camphor trees. See Camphor.
  • English Word Lauriol Definition Spurge laurel.
  • English Word Laurite Definition A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon.
  • English Word Laurone Definition The ketone of lauric acid.
  • English Word Laurus Definition A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus.
  • English Word Laus Definition Loose.
  • English Word Lav/sium Definition A supposed new metallic element. It is said to have been discovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to be of a silver-white color, and malleable.
  • English Word Lava Definition The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its top or fissured sides. It flows out in streams sometimes miles in length. It also issues from fissures in the earth's surface, and forms beds covering many square miles, as in the Northwestern United States.
  • English Word Lavaret Definition A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.
  • English Word Lavatic Definition Like lava, or composed of lava; lavic.
  • English Word Lavation Definition A washing or cleansing.
  • English Word Lavatories Definition of Lavatory
  • English Word Lavatory Definition Washing, or cleansing by washing.
  • English Word Lavatory Definition A place for washing.
  • English Word Lavatory Definition A basin or other vessel for washing in.
  • English Word Lavatory Definition A wash or lotion for a diseased part.
  • English Word Lavatory Definition A place where gold is obtained by washing.
  • English Word Lavature Definition A wash or lotion.
  • English Word Lave Definition To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise.
  • English Word Lave Definition To bathe; to wash one's self.
  • English Word Lave Definition To lade, dip, or pour out.
  • English Word Lave Definition The remainder; others.
  • English Word Lave-eared Definition Having large, pendent ears.