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L — Labor to Latitude (Part 4 of 11)

    2. Defective, imperfect.
    3. Insufficient, unsatisfactory, weak, feeble, poor.

Lame, v. a. Cripple, make lame.

Lamella, n. [L.] Scale, lamina, layer, coat, flake, coating, thin plate.

Lamellar, a. Lamellate, lamellated, laminar, laminated, foliated, foliaceous, scaly, flaky, schistose.

Lamellate, Lamellated, a. See Lamellar.

Lament, v. n. Mourn, grieve, weep, sorrow, wail, moan, complain.

Lament, v. a.

    1. Bewail, deplore, bemoan, mourn, sorrow over or for.
    2. Regret, deplore.

Lament, n.

    1. Wailing, moaning, moan, lamentation, plaint, complaint.
    2. Dirge, elegy, epicedium, mournful song, funeral song.

Lamentable, a.

    1. Deplorable, grievous, to be lamented.
    2. Mournful, wailing.
    3. Pitiful, contemptible, miserable, poor, low.

Lamentation, n. Wailing, moaning, moan, plaint, complaint, lament, ululation, hubbubboo.

Lamina, n. Scale, layer, coat, coating, lamella, thin plate.

Laminar, a. Laminated.

Laminated, a. Laminar. See Lamellar.

Lampoon, n. Pasquinade, satire, squib.

Lampoon, v. a. Satirize, ridicule, lash.

Lanate, Lanated, a. Woolly, downy, lanuginous, lanuginose.

Lance, n. Spear, javelin.