Luthymae
Luthymae is the College of monks and priests that manages the Thousand Temples ’ own vast network of spies. They are charged with investigating matters such as murder. Many of the Few who never become sorcerers are recruited by the College of Luthymae to war against the Schools . They have great powers over the dispensation of Chorae .

lu
-see loo.

lubbard
-a lubber.
-lubberly.

lubber
-a heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.

lubberly
-like a lubber; clumsy.
-clumsily; awkwardly.

lubric
-alt. of lubrical

lubrical
-having a smooth surface; slippery.
-lascivious; wanton; lewd.

lubricant
-lubricating.
-that which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.

lubricate
-to make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied.
-to apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow.

lubrication
-the act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.

lubricator
-one who, or that which, lubricates.
-a contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery.

lubricitate
-see lubricate.

lubricity
-smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property, which diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of oil.
-slipperiness; instability; as, the lubricity of fortune.
-lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency.

lubricous
-lubric.

lubrifaction
-the act of lubricating, or making smooth.

lubrification
-alt. of lubrifaction

lucarne
-a dormer window.

lucchese
-a native or inhabitant of lucca, in tuscany; in the plural, the people of lucca.

luce
-a pike when full grown.

lucency
-the quality of being lucent.

lucent
-shining; bright; resplendent.

lucern
-a sort of hunting dog;
-- perhaps from lucerne, in switzerland.
-an animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some supposed to be the lynx).
-a leguminous plant (medicago sativa), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder;
-- called also alfalfa.
-a lamp.

lucernal
-of or pertaining to a lamp.

lucernaria
-a genus of acalephs, having a bell
-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. it attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.

lucernarian
-of or pertaining to the lucernarida.
-one of the lucernarida.

lucerne
-see lucern, the plant.

lucid
-shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven.
-clear; transparent.
-presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear.
-bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval.

lucidity
-the quality or state of being lucid.

lucidly
-in a lucid manner.

lucidness
-the quality of being lucid; lucidity.

lucifer
-the planet venus, when appearing as the morning star;
-- applied in isaiah by a metaphor to a king of babylon.
-hence, satan.
-a match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction;
-- called also lucifer match, and locofoco. see locofoco.
-a genus of free
-swimming macruran crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.

luciferian
-of or pertaining to lucifer; having the pride of lucifer; satanic; devilish.
-of or pertaining to the luciferians or their leader.
-one of the followers of lucifer, bishop of cagliari, in the fourth century, who separated from the orthodox churches because they would not go as far as he did in opposing the arians.

luciferous
-giving light; affording light or means of discovery.

luciferously
-in a luciferous manner.

lucific
-producing light.

luciform
-having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light.

lucifrian
-luciferian; satanic.

lucimeter
-an instrument for measuring the intensity of light; a photometer.

luck
-that which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. luck is often used for good luck; as, luck is better than skill.

luckily
-in a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately;
-- used in a good sense; as, they luckily escaped injury.

luckiness
-the state or quality of being lucky; as, the luckiness of a man or of an event.
-good fortune; favorable issue or event.

luckless
-being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid.

lucky
-favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune;
-- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.
-producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour.

lucky proach
-see fatherlasher.

lucrative
-yielding lucre; gainful; profitable; making increase of money or goods; as, a lucrative business or office.
-greedy of gain.

lucratively
-in a lucrative manner.

lucre
-gain in money or goods; profit; riches;
-- often in an ill sense.

lucriferous
-gainful; profitable.

lucrific
-producing profit; gainful.

luctation
-effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor.

luctual
-producing grief; saddening.

lucubrate
-to study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night.
-to elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor.

lucubrated
-of lucubrate
-of lucubrate

lucubration
-the act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation.
-that which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.

lucubrator
-one who studies by night; also, one who produces lucubrations.

lucubratory
-composed by candlelight, or by night; of or pertaining to night studies; laborious or painstaking.

lucule
-a spot or fleck on the sun brighter than the surrounding surface.

luculent
-lucid; clear; transparent.
-clear; evident; luminous.
-bright; shining in beauty.

luculently
-in a luculent manner; clearly.

lucullite
-a variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes.

lucuma
-an american genus of sapotaceous trees bearing sweet and edible fruits.

luddite
-one of a number of riotous persons in england, who for six years (1811
-17) tried to prevent the use of labor
-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.;
-- so called from ned lud, a half
-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames.

ludibrious
-sportive; ridiculous; wanton.

ludibund
-sportive.

ludicrous
-adapted to excite laughter, without scorn or contempt; sportive.

ludification
-the act of deriding.

ludificatory
-making sport; tending to excite derision.

ludlamite
-a mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monoclinic crystals. it is a hydrous phosphate of iron.

ludlow group
-a subdivision of the british upper silurian lying below the old red sandstone;
-- so named from the ludlow, in western england. see the chart of geology.

ludwigite
-a borate of iron and magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of a blackish green color.

lues
-disease, especially of a contagious kind.

luff
-the side of a ship toward the wind.
-the act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
-the roundest part of a ship's bow.
-the forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore
-and
-aft sails.
-to turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.

luffed
-of luff

luffer
-see louver.

luffing
-of luff

lug
-the ear, or its lobe.
-that which projects like an ear, esp. that by which anything is supported, carried, or grasped, or to which a support is fastened; an ear; as, the lugs of a kettle; the lugs of a founder's flask; the lug (handle) of a jug.
-a projecting piece to which anything, as a rod, is attached, or against which anything, as a wedge or key, bears, or through which a bolt passes, etc.
-the leather loop or ear by which a shaft is held up.
-the lugworm.
-to pull with force; to haul; to drag along; to carry with difficulty, as something heavy or cumbersome.
-to move slowly and heavily.
-the act of lugging; as, a hard lug; that which is lugged; as, the pack is a heavy lug.
-anything which moves slowly.
-a rod or pole.
-a measure of length, being 16/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch.

luggage
-that which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents.

lugged
-of lug

lugger
-a small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. see illustration in appendix.
-an indian falcon (falco jugger), similar to the european lanner and the american prairie falcon.

lugging
-of lug

lugmark
-a mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark.

lugsail
-a square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.

lugubrious
-mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look.

lugworm
-a large marine annelid (arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back. it is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in america and europe, and is used for bait by european fishermen. called also lobworm, and baitworm.

luke
-moderately warm; not hot; tepid.

lukewarm
-moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent.

lull
-to cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.
-to become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.
-the power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby.
-a temporary cessation of storm or confusion.

lulled
-of lull

luller
-one who, or that which, lulls.

lulling
-of lull

lullingly
-in a lulling manner; soothingly.

lum
-a chimney.
-a ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.
-a woody valley; also, a deep pool.

lumachel
-alt. of lumachella

lumachella
-a grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. it is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections.

lumbaginous
-of or pertaining to lumbago.

lumbago
-a rheumatic pain in the loins and the small of the back.

lumbal
-of, pertaining to, or near, the loins; as, the lumbar arteries.

lumbar
-alt. of lumbal

lumber
-a pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
-old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.
-timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber.
-to heap together in disorder.
-to fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.
-to move heavily, as if burdened.
-to make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.
-to cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.

lumbered
-of lumber

lumberer
-one employed in lumbering, cutting, and getting logs from the forest for lumber; a lumberman.

lumbering
-of lumber
-the business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber.

lumberman
-one who is engaged in lumbering as a business or employment.

lumbermen
-of lumberman

lumbosacral
-of or pertaining to the loins and sacrum; as, the lumbosacral nerve, a branch of one of the lumber nerves which passes over the sacrum.

lumbric
-an earthworm, or a worm resembling an earthworm.

lumbrical
-resembling a worm; as, the lumbrical muscles of the hands of the hands and feet.
-a lumbrical muscle.

lumbriciform
-resembling an earthworm; vermiform.

lumbricoid
-like an earthworm; belonging to the genus lumbricus, or family lumbricidae.

lumbricus
-a genus of annelids, belonging to the oligochaeta, and including the common earthworms. see earthworm.

luminant
-luminous.

luminaries
-of luminary

luminary
-any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies.
-one who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, newton was a distinguished luminary.

luminate
-to illuminate.

lumination
-illumination.

lumine
-to illumine.

luminiferous
-producing light; yielding light; transmitting light; as, the luminiferous ether.

luminosity
-the quality or state of being luminous; luminousness.

luminous
-shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.
-illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous.
-enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind.

lummox
-a fat, ungainly, stupid person; an awkward bungler.

lump
-a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.
-a mass or aggregation of things.
-a projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
-to throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.
-to take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
-to get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he does n't like it, he can lump it.

lumped
-of lump

lumper
-the european eelpout;
-- called also lumpen.
-one who lumps.
-a laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.

lumpfish
-a large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (cyclopterus lumpus) of europe and america. the color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. it has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. the ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. called also lumpsucker, cock
-paddle, sea owl.

lumping
-of lump
-bulky; heavy.

lumpish
-like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless.

lumpsucker
-the lumprish.

lumpy
-full of lumps, or small compact masses.

luna
-the moon.
-silver.

lunacies
-of lunacy

lunacy
-insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason,
-- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation.
-a morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism.

lunar
-of or pertaining to the moon; as, lunar observations.
-resembling the moon; orbed.
-measured by the revolutions of the moon; as, a lunar month.
-influenced by the moon, as in growth, character, or properties; as, lunar herbs.
-a lunar distance.
-the middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus;
-- called also semilunar, and intermedium.

lunarian
-an inhabitant of the moon.

lunary
-lunar.
-the herb moonwort or "honesty".
-a low fleshy fern (botrychium lunaria) with lunate segments of the leaf or frond.

lunate
-alt. of lunated

lunated
-crescent
-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross.

lunatic
-affected by lunacy; insane; mad.
-of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum.
-a person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind.

lunation
-the period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29/ to 29/ days, the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s.

lunch
-a luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner.
-to take luncheon.

lunched
-of lunch

luncheon
-a lump of food.
-a portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner.
-to take luncheon.

lunching
-of lunch

lune
-anything in the shape of a half moon.
-a figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles.
-a fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.

lunet
-a little moon or satellite.

lunette
-a fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. see bastion.
-a half horseshoe, which wants the sponge.
-a kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.
-a piece of felt to cover the eye of a vicious horse.
-any surface of semicircular or segmental form; especially, the piece of wall between the curves of a vault and its springing line.
-an iron shoe at the end of the stock of a gun carriage.

lung
-an organ for aerial respiration;
-- commonly in the plural.

lung
-grown
-having lungs that adhere to the pleura.

lunge
-a sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.
-to make a lunge.
-to cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter.
-same as namaycush.

lunged
-of lunge
-having lungs, or breathing organs similar to lungs.

lungfish
-any fish belonging to the dipnoi;
-- so called because they have both lungs and gills.

lungie
-a guillemot.

lunging
-of lunge

lungis
-a lingerer; a dull, drowsy fellow.

lungless
-being without lungs.

lungoor
-a long
-tailed monkey (semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of india.

lungworm
-any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other animals, often proving fatal. the lungworm of cattle (strongylus micrurus) and that of sheep (s. filaria) are the best known.

lungwort
-an herb of the genus pulmonaria (p. officinalis), of europe;
-- so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung.
-any plant of the genus mertensia (esp. m. virginica and m. sibirica) plants nearly related to pulmonaria. the american lungwort is mertensia virginica, virginia cowslip.

lunicurrent
-having relation to changes in currents that depend on the moon's phases.

luniform
-resembling the moon in shape.

lunisolar
-resulting from the united action, or pertaining to the mutual relations, of the sun and moon.

lunistice
-the farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in its monthly revolution.

lunitidal
-pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon.

lunt
-the match cord formerly used in firing cannon.
-a puff of smoke.

lunula
-same as lunule.

lunulae
-of lunula

lunular
-having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.

lunulate
-alt. of lunulated

lunulated
-resembling a small crescent.

lunule
-anything crescent
-shaped; a crescent
-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune.
-a lune. see lune.
-a small or narrow crescent.
-a special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. it sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart
-shaped. see illust. of bivalve.

lunulet
-a small spot, shaped like a half
-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects.

lunulite
-any bryozoan of the genus lunulites, having a more or less circular form.

luny
-crazy; mentally unsound.

lupercal
-of or pertaining to the lupercalia.
-a grotto on the palatine hill sacred to lupercus, the lycean pan.

lupercalia
-a feast of the romans in honor of lupercus, or pan.

lupine
-a leguminous plant of the genus lupinus, especially l. albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. the common species of the eastern united states is l. perennis. there are many species in california.
-wolfish; ravenous.

lupinin
-a glucoside found in the seeds of several species of lupine, and extracted as a yellowish white crystalline substance.

lupinine
-an alkaloid found in several species of lupine (lupinus luteus, l. albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance.

lupulin
-a bitter principle extracted from hops.
-the fine yellow resinous powder found upon the strobiles or fruit of hops, and containing this bitter principle.

lupuline
-an alkaloid extracted from hops as a colorless volatile liquid.

lupulinic
-pertaining to, or obtained from, hops; specifically, designating an acid obtained by the decomposition of lupulin.

lupus
-a cutaneous disease occurring under two distinct forms.
-the wolf, a constellation situated south of scorpio.

lurcation
-gluttony; gormandizing.

lurch
-to swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
-an old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
-a double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
-to leave in the lurch; to cheat.
-to steal; to rob.
-a sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. fig.: a sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.
-to roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.
-to withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
-to dodge; to shift; to play tricks.

lurched
-of lurch

lurcher
-one that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher.
-one of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. it hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers.
-a glutton; a gormandizer.

lurching
-of lurch

lurchline
-the line by which a fowling net was pulled over so as to inclose the birds.

lurdan
-stupid; blockish.
-a blockhead.

lure
-a contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat;
-- used by falconers in recalling hawks.
-any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.
-a velvet smoothing brush.
-to draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.
-to recall a hawk or other animal.

lured
-of lure

lurg
-a large marine annelid (nephthys caeca), inhabiting the sandy shores of europe and america. it is whitish, with a pearly luster, and grows to the length of eight or ten inches.

lurid
-pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal.
-having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
-of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.

luring
-of lure

lurk
-to lie hid; to lie in wait.
-to keep out of sight.

lurked
-of lurk

lurker
-one who lurks.
-a small fishing boat.

lurking
-of lurk

lurry
-a confused heap; a throng, as of persons; a jumble, as of sounds.

luscious
-sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich.
-cloying; fulsome.
-gratifying a depraved sense; obscene.

lusern
-a lynx. see 1st lucern and loup
-cervier.

lush
-full of juice or succulence.

lushburg
-see lussheburgh.

lusitanian
-pertaining to lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with portugal.
-one of the people of lusitania.

lusk
-lazy; slothful.
-a lazy fellow; a lubber.
-to be idle or unemployed.

luskish
-inclined to be lazy.

lusorious
-alt. of lusory

lusory
-used in play; sportive; playful.

lussheburgh
-a spurious coin of light weight imported into england from luxemburg, or lussheburgh, as it was formerly called.

lust
-pleasure.
-inclination; desire.
-longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy;
-- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.
-licentious craving; sexual appetite.
-hence: virility; vigor; active power.
-to list; to like.
-to have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness;
-- often with after.

lusted
-of lust

luster
-one who lusts.
-alt. of lustre
-alt. of lustre

luster lustre
-a period of five years; a lustrum.

lustering
-of lustre
-the act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery.
-the brightening of a metal in the crucible when it becomes pure, as in certain refining processes.

lusterless
-alt. of lustreless

lustful
-full of lust; excited by lust.
-exciting lust; characterized by lust or sensuality.
-strong; lusty.

lustic
-lusty; vigorous.

lustihead
-see lustihood.

lustihood
-state of being lusty; vigor of body.

lustily
-in a lusty or vigorous manner.

lustiness
-state of being lusty; vigor; strength.

lusting
-of lust

lustless
-lacking vigor; weak; spiritless.
-free from sexual lust.

lustra
-of lustrum

lustral
-of or pertaining to, or used for, purification; as, lustral days; lustral water.
-of or pertaining to a lustrum.

lustrate
-to make clear or pure by means of a propitiatory offering; to purify.

lustrated
-of lustrate

lustrating
-of lustrate

lustration
-the act of lustrating or purifying.
-a sacrifice, or ceremony, by which cities, fields, armies, or people, defiled by crimes, pestilence, or other cause of uncleanness, were purified.

lustre
-brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter.
-renown; splendor; distinction; glory.
-a candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an ornamental character.
-the appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.
-a substance which imparts luster to a surface, as plumbago and some of the glazes.
-a fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface,
-- used for women's dresses.
-to make lustrous.
-same as luster.

lustred
-of lustre

lustreless
-destitute of luster; dim; dull.

lustrical
-pertaining to, or used for, purification.

lustring
-of lustre
-a kind of glossy silk fabric. see lutestring.

lustrous
-bright; shining; luminous.

lustrum
-a lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. hence: a period of five years.

lustrums
-of lustrum

lustwort
-see sundew.

lusty
-exhibiting lust or vigor; stout; strong; vigorous; robust; healthful; able of body.
-beautiful; handsome; pleasant.
-of large size; big. [obs.] " three lusty vessels." evelyn. hence, sometimes, pregnant.
-lustful; lascivious.

lusus naturae
-sport or freak of nature; a deformed or unnatural production.

lutanist
-a person that plays on the lute.

lutarious
-of, pertaining to, or like, mud; living in mud.

lutation
-the act or method of luting vessels.

lute
-a cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat;
-- called also luting.
-a packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc.
-a straight
-edged piece of wood for striking off superfluous clay from mold.
-to close or seal with lute; as, to lute on the cover of a crucible; to lute a joint.
-a stringed instrument formerly much in use. it consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. the strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed.
-to sound, as a lute. piers plowman. keats.
-to play on a lute, or as on a lute.

lute
-backed
-having a curved spine.

luted
-of lute

luteic
-pertaining to, or derived from, weld (reseda luteola).
-pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of euphorbia cyparissias.

lutein
-a substance of a strongly marked yellow color, extracted from the yelk of eggs, and from the tissue of the corpus luteum.

lutenist
-same as lutanist.

luteo
-
-a combining form signifying orange yellow or brownish yellow.

luteocobaltic
-pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of cobalt having a yellow color. cf. cobaltic.

luteolin
-a yellow dyestuff obtained from the foliage of the dyer's broom (reseda luteola).

luteous
-yellowish; more or less like buff.

luter
-one who plays on a lute.
-one who applies lute.

lutescent
-of a yellowish color.

lutestring
-a plain, stout, lustrous silk, used for ladies' dresses and for ribbon.

luth
-the leatherback.

lutheran
-of or pertaining to luther; adhering to the doctrines of luther or the lutheran church.
-one who accepts or adheres to the doctrines of luther or the lutheran church.

lutheranism
-alt. of lutherism

lutherism
-the doctrines taught by luther or held by the lutheran church.

luthern
-a dormer window. see dormer.

lutidine
-any one of several metameric alkaloids, c5h3n.(ch3)2, of the pyridine series, obtained from bone oil as liquids, and having peculiar pungent odors. these alkaloids are also called respectively dimethyl pyridine, ethyl pyridine, etc.

luting
-of lute
-see lute, a cement.

lutist
-one who plays on a lute.

lutose
-covered with clay; miry.

lutulence
-the state or quality of being lutulent.

lutulent
-muddy; turbid; thick.

luwack
-see paradoxure.

lux
-to put out of joint; to luxate.

luxate
-luxated.
-to displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate.

luxated
-of luxate

luxating
-of luxate

luxation
-the act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.

luxe
-luxury.

luxive
-given to luxury; voluptuous.

luxullianite
-a kind of granite from luxullian, cornwall, characterized by the presence of radiating groups of minute tourmaline crystals.

luxuriance
-the state or quality of being luxuriant; rank, vigorous growth; excessive abundance produced by rank growth.

luxuriancy
-the state or quality of being luxuriant; luxuriance.

luxuriant
-exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage.

luxuriantly
-in a luxuriant manner.

luxuriate
-to grow exuberantly; to grow to superfluous abundance.
-to feed or live luxuriously; as, the herds luxuriate in the pastures.
-to indulge with unrestrained delight and freedom; as, to luxuriate in description.

luxuriated
-of luxuriate

luxuriating
-of luxuriate

luxuriation
-the act or process luxuriating.

luxuries
-of luxury

luxuriety
-luxuriance.

luxurious
-of or pertaining to luxury; ministering to luxury; supplied with the conditions of luxury; as, a luxurious life; a luxurious table; luxurious ease.

luxurist
-one given to luxury.

luxury
-a free indulgence in costly food, dress, furniture, or anything expensive which gratifies the appetites or tastes.
-anything which pleases the senses, and is also costly, or difficult to obtain; an expensive rarity; as, silks, jewels, and rare fruits are luxuries; in some countries ice is a great luxury.
-lechery; lust.
-luxuriance; exuberance.

luz
-a bone of the human body which was supposed by certain rabbinical writers to be indestructible. its location was a matter of dispute.

lucernarida
-a division of acalephs, including lucernaria and allied genera;
-- called also calycozoa.
-a more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true lucernarida and the discophora.

lullaby
-a song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep; that which quiets.
-hence: good night; good
-by.