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  • English Word Labyrinthibranch Definition One of the Labyrinthici.
  • English Word Labyrinthic Definition Alt. of Labyrinthical
  • English Word Labyrinthical Definition Like or pertaining to a labyrinth.
  • English Word Labyrinthici Definition An order of teleostean fishes, including the Anabas, or climbing perch, and other allied fishes.
  • English Word Labyrinthiform Definition Having the form of a labyrinth; intricate.
  • English Word Labyrinthine Definition Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal.
  • English Word Labyrinthodon Definition A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus.
  • English Word Labyrinthodont Definition Of or pertaining to the Labyrinthodonta.
  • English Word Labyrinthodont Definition One of the Labyrinthodonta.
  • English Word Labyrinthodonta Definition An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus Labyrinthodon, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent writers they are divided into two or more orders. See Stegocephala.
  • English Word Lac Definition Alt. of Lakh
  • English Word Lac Definition A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree, but to some extent on other trees, by the Coccus lacca, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance.
  • English Word Lacashire boiler Definition A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.
  • English Word Lacasterian Definition Of or pertaining to the monitorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them.
  • English Word Laccic Definition Pertaining to lac, or produced from it; as, laccic acid.
  • English Word Laccin Definition A yellow amorphous substance obtained from lac.
  • English Word Laccolite Definition Alt. of Laccolith
  • English Word Laccolith Definition A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.
  • English Word Lace Definition To be fastened with a lace, or laces; as, these boots lace.
  • English Word Lace Definition That which binds or holds, especially by being interwoven; a string, cord, or band, usually one passing through eyelet or other holes, and used in drawing and holding together parts of a garment, of a shoe, of a machine belt, etc.
  • English Word Lace Definition A snare or gin, especially one made of interwoven cords; a net.
  • English Word Lace Definition A fabric of fine threads of linen, silk, cotton, etc., often ornamented with figures; a delicate tissue of thread, much worn as an ornament of dress.
  • English Word Lace Definition Spirits added to coffee or some other beverage.
  • English Word Lace Definition To fasten with a lace; to draw together with a lace passed through eyelet holes; to unite with a lace or laces, or, figuratively. with anything resembling laces.
  • English Word Lace Definition To adorn with narrow strips or braids of some decorative material; as, cloth laced with silver.
  • English Word Lace Definition To beat; to lash; to make stripes on.
  • English Word Lace Definition To add spirits to (a beverage).
  • English Word Lace-bark Definition A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.
  • English Word Lace-winged Definition Having thin, transparent, reticulated wings; as, the lace-winged flies.
  • English Word Laced Definition of Lace