lappet moth
- n medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
lameness
- n disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
- n an imperfection or defectiveness
a stylist noted for the lameness of his plots
lament
- n a cry of sorrow and grief
their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward - n a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
- n a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
- v express grief verbally
we lamented the death of the child - v regret strongly
we lamented the loss of benefits
lamentation
- n a cry of sorrow and grief
- n the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
lamentations
- n an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah
- n a cry of sorrow and grief
- n the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
lamenter
- n a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
lamia
- n (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
lamiaceae
- n a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary
lamina arcus vertebrae
- n lamina of the vertebral arch; the flattened posterior part of the vertebral arch from which the spinous process extends
laminar flow
- n nonturbulent streamline flow in parallel layers (laminae)
laminar flow clean room
- n a clean room free of all extraneous particles; used in fabricating microprocessors
laminaria
- n type genus of the family Laminariaceae: perennial brown kelps
laminariaceae
- n large family of marine brown algae including many economically important large kelps chiefly of northern waters
laminariales
- n in some classifications coextensive with family Laminariaceae: marine brown algae of cold or polar seas
lampblack
- n a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
laminate
- n a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or layers
- v create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material
- v press or beat (metals) into thin sheets
- v cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material
laminate the table - v split (wood) into thin sheets
laminated glass
- n glass made with plates of plastic or resin or other material between two sheets of glass to prevent shattering
laminator
- n a person who makes laminates (especially plastic laminates)