Part 47

~Jewish~, _a._ Hebrew, Judaic, Judaical.

~Jewry~, _n._ Judea.

~Jews-pitch~, _n._ Asphaltum.

~Jezebel~, _n._ Beldam, hag, fury, ugly old woman, she-monster.

~Jiffy~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Instant, moment, second, twinkling, trice, flash, twinkling of an eye.

~Jigger~, _n._ ~1.~ Throw, potter's wheel.

~2.~ (_Ent._) Chigre (_Pulex penetrans_).

~Jiggumbob~, _n._ [_Low._] Trinket, toy, gimcrack, knickknack, bawble, gewgaw.

~Jilt~, _n._ Coquette, flirt.

~Jilt~, _v. a._ Trick or deceive (_by playing the jilt_).

~Jilt~, _v. n._ Play the jilt.

~Jingle~, _v. n._ [Written also _Gingle_.] Tinkle.

~Jingle~, _n._ Tinkling, jingling, TINTINABULATION, jingling sound.

~Jingling~, _n._ JINGLE.

~Job~, _n._ Piece of work.

~Job~, _v. n._ Do job-work, work at jobs.

~Jobbernowl~, _n._ [_Low._] Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Job-work~, _n._ Piece-work.

~Jockey~, _n._ ~1.~ Horse-jockey, dealer in horses.

~2.~ Cheat, swindler, sharper, rogue, trickster, knave, impostor, blackleg, shark, slyboots.

~Jockey~, _v. a._ Cheat, trick, deceive, gull, dupe, overreach, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, hoodwink, diddle, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gammon, humbug, impose upon.

~Jocose~, _a._ Jocular, facetious, humorous, witty, waggish, droll, funny, comical, sportive, merry.

~Jocoseness~, _n._ Jocularity.

~Jocular~, _a._ JOCOSE.

~Jocularity~, _n._ Jocoseness, facetiousness, waggishness, waggery, drollery, sportiveness, merriment, pleasantry, mirth, fun.

~Jocund~, _a._ Joyous, joyful, merry, frolicsome, blithe, blithesome, sportive, jolly, playful, airy, lively, gay, debonair, buxom.

~Jocundity~, _n._ Joyousness, joyfulness, cheerfulness, hilarity, sprightliness, exhilaration, liveliness, vivacity, sportfulness, frolicsomeness, blithsomeness, jocularity, gayety, merriment, mirth, good humor, high spirits, high glee.

~Jog~, _v. a._ Push (_gently_), notify by a push.

~Jog~, _n._ ~1.~ Push, slight shake.

~2.~ Notch, denticulation, jag.

~Joggle~, _v. a._ Shake (_by hitting_), jostle.

~Jog on~, Trudge, lumber, travel slowly.

~Jog-trot~, _n._ Slow pace, slow trot.

~John Bull~, [_Colloquial._] ~1.~ English nation, England.

~2.~ Englishman.

~John-dory~, _n._ Common dory (_Zeus faber_).

~Join~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Add, annex, attach, append.

~2.~ Connect, couple, combine, conjoin, link, cement, unite, unite together, join together.

~3.~ Adjoin, be connected with.

~4.~ Unite with, associate one's self with.

~Join~, _v. n._ Associate, confederate, unite, be united, league.

~Joint~, _n._ ~1.~ Juncture, union.

~2.~ Seam, commissure.

~3.~ (_Anat._) Articulation.

~4.~ (_Bot._) Knot.

~5.~ (_Bot._) Internode, space between two joints.

~Joint~, _a._ United, combined, concerted.

~Joint~, _v. a._ ~1.~ (_Carpentry._) Join, unite, fit together.

~2.~ Disjoint, divide (_at the joints_), cut up (_as meat_).

~Jointed~, _a._ Articulated, with joints.

~Jointer~, _n._ (_Carpentry._) Jointing plane.

~Joint heir~, Coheir.

~Jointing-plane~, _n._ Jointer.

~Jointly~, _ad._ Unitedly, together, conjointly, in conjunction.

~Joist~, _n._ Small floor-timber.

~Joke~, _n._ Jest, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, sally, JEU D'ESPRIT.

~Joke~, _v. n._ Jest, crack a joke, perpetrate a joke.

~Joker~, _n._ Jester, wag, humorist.

~Jollification~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Conviviality, revelry, festivity, carouse, carousal, SPREE, revel, compotation, potation, wassail, orgies, bacchanals, saturnalia, debauch, merry frolic, jolly time, drinking bout.

~Jollity~, _n._ Merriment, gayety, mirth, fun, frolic, joviality, hilarity.

~Jolly~, _a._ ~1.~ Merry, joyous, joyful, gay, jovial, airy, mirthful, jocund, playful, frolicsome, sportive, gamesome, funny, facetious, jocular, waggish, sprightly, lively, jocund, wanton.

~2.~ Plump, stout, lusty, bouncing, portly, chubby, in good case.

~Jolt~, _v. n._ Be shaken (_as a carriage by passing over rough ground_).

~Jolt~, _v. a._ Shake (_as a carriage does when passing over rough ground_).

~Jolt~, _n._ Shaking, jolting.

~Jolthead~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Jolting~, _n._ Jolt, shaking.

~Jonathan~, _n._ People of the United States, the United States as a nation.

~Jorden~, _n._ Urinal, chamber-pot.

~Jostle~, _v. a._ [Written also _Justle_.] ~1.~ Collide, strike against, hit against.

~2.~ Shake (_by hitting_), joggle.

~Jot~, _n._ Iota, tittle, whit, bit, grain, particle, atom, scrap, mite, ace, corpuscle, scintilla.

~Jot down~, Record, state, note, chronicle, register, set down, take down, make a note of, make a memorandum of.

~Jotting~, _n._ Memorandum.

~Journal~, _n._ ~1.~ Diary, daily register.

~2.~ Newspaper, magazine, periodical.

~Journalize~, _v. a._ Record, register, note, chronicle, set down, jot down.

~Journey~, _n._ Travel (_by land_), tour, excursion, trip, expedition.

~Journey~, _v. n._ Travel, ramble, roam, rove, take a tour, make a tour, take a trip, make an excursion.

~Journeyman~, _n._ ~1.~ Day-laborer.

~2.~ Hired mechanic.

~Joust~, _n._ Tilt.

~Joust~, _v. n._ Tilt.

~Jove~, _n._ (_Myth._) Jupiter.

~Jovial~, _a._ Merry, joyous, JOYFUL, gay, airy, mirthful.

~Joviality~, _n._ Merriment, gayety, mirth, fun, frolic, jollity, hilarity.

~Joy~, _n._ ~1.~ Gladness, delight, glee, exultation, ecstasy, rapture, ravishment, transport, beatitude, beatification.

~2.~ Happiness, felicity, bliss.

~3.~ Cause of gladness.

~Joy~, _v. n._ Exult, rejoice, be glad, be delighted, be joyful.

~Joyful~, _a._ Glad, joyous, merry, buoyant, happy, jocund, blithe, blithesome, jolly, jovial, delighted.

~Joyous~, _a._ Glad, JOYFUL.

~Jubilant~, _a._ Rejoicing, exulting, triumphing, shouting with joy.

~Jubilee~, _n._ Season of rejoicing.

~Judaic~, _a._ Jewish, Hebrew.

~Judaical~, _a._ Jewish, Hebrew.

~Judaism~, _n._ Religion of the Jews, Jewish religion.

~Judcock~, _n._ Jack-snipe (_Scolopax gallinula_), juddock.

~Juddock~, _n._ JUDCOCK.

~Judge~, _n._ ~1.~ Justice.

~2.~ Arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, referee.

~3.~ Critic, connoisseur.

~Judge~, _v. n._ Decide, determine, conclude, form an opinion, pass an opinion, pass judgment, get at the truth, arrive at the truth, sit in judgment.

~Judge~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Try, doom, pass sentence upon.

~2.~ Consider, regard, think, esteem, reckon, account, deem, believe, hold, suppose, imagine.

~3.~ Appreciate, estimate, form an opinion about.

~Judgment~, _n._ ~1.~ Discernment, understanding, intelligence, discrimination, taste, sagacity, penetration, wisdom, brains, prudence, ballast, depth, sense, mother-wit, quick parts, common sense, good sense, long head.

~2.~ Determination, decision, conclusion, opinion, notion, estimate.

~3.~ (_Law._) Sentence, award, decree.

~Judgment-day~, _n._ Day of judgment, the last day.

~Judgment-seat~, _n._ Tribunal, court, bar, bench.

~Judicature~, _n._ ~1.~ Administration of justice.

~2.~ Jurisdiction.

~Judicial~, _a._ Juridical, forensic.

~Judiciary~, _n._ Body of judges.

~Judicious~, _a._ Sensible, wise, prudent, discreet, considerate, rational, reasonable, enlightened, sagacious, provident, sober, sound, staid, solid, cool, politic.

~Jug~, _n._ ~1.~ [_England._] Pitcher, ewer.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Prison, jail, TOLLBOOTH, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, house of correction.

~Juggle~, _v. n._ Conjure, play tricks, practise jugglery, practise magic or sorcery.

~Juggle~, _n._ Trick, imposture, imposition, deception, cheat, fraud.

~Juggler~, _n._ Sorcerer, magician, seer, conjurer, enchanter, charmer, wizard, necromancer, exorcist, diviner.

~Jugglery~, _n._ Legerdemain, trickery, imposture, deceit sleight of hand.

~Juice~, _n._ Sap, fluid part.

~Juiceless~, _a._ Sapless, dry.

~Juicy~, _a._ Succulent, moist, watery, sappy, lush, full of juice.

~Jumble~, _v. a._ Mix confusedly, throw together in disorder.

~Jumble~, _n._ Disorder, confusion, hodge-podge, hotch-potch, gallimaufry, olio, OLLA PODRIDA, confused mass, disorderly mixture.

~Jump~, _v. a._ Jump over, leap over, skip over, pass by a leap.

~Jump~, _v. n._ Leap, spring, bound, skip, hop, vault, CAPER.

~Jump~, _n._ Leap, spring, bound, hop, vault, CAPER.

~Junction~, _n._ ~1.~ Joining, union, combination, connection, linking, coupling.

~2.~ Juncture, joint, place of meeting.

~Juncture~, _n._ ~1.~ Joint, junction.

~2.~ Conjuncture, crisis, exigency.

~June-berry~, _n._ ~1.~ Shad-bush, shad-berry (_Amelanchier Canadensis_).

~2.~ Service-berry (_the fruit of the shad-bush_).

~Jungle~, _n._ Thicket (_of brushwood, shrubs, and woods_), brake.

~Junior~, _a._ Younger.

~Junket~, _n._ Sweetmeat, delicacy.

~Junto~, _n._ CABAL, faction, combination (_against a government_), party, COTERIE, CLIQUE, set, gang, league, confederacy, secret council.

~Juridical~, _a._ Judicial, forensic.

~Jurisconsult~, _n._ Jurist, civilian, counsellor, lawyer.

~Jurisdiction~, _n._ Judicature, extent of authority, legal power.

~Jurisprudence~, _n._ Science of law.

~Jurist~, _n._ Civilian, jurisconsult, lawyer, counsellor.

~Juror~, _n._ Juryman.

~Juryman~, _n._ Juror.

~Just~, _a._ ~1.~ Equitable, right, rightful, lawful, reasonable.

~2.~ Honest, fair, upright, righteous, blameless, pure, conscientious, uncorrupt, virtuous, honorable, impartial, even-handed, straightforward.

~3.~ Exact, true, proper, accurate, correct, normal, regular.

~4.~ Deserved, merited, condign, suitable, due.

~Just~, _ad._ Exactly, precisely.

~Just now~, Very recently, a moment ago.

~Justice~, _n._ ~1.~ Equity, equitableness, right, justness, fairness, impartiality, rectitude, fair play.

~2.~ Judge, justiciary.

~Justiciary~, _n._ Judge, justice.

~Justifiable~, _a._ Defensible, warrantable, vindicable, right, fit, proper.

~Justification~, _n._ ~1.~ Vindication, defence, exculpation, exoneration.

~2.~ (_Theol._) Absolution, sanctification, remission of sin.

~Justify~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Vindicate, warrant, defend, maintain, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, set right.

~2.~ (_Theol._) Absolve, acquit, free from sin, clear from guilt.

~3.~ (_Printing._) Adjust.

~Justle~, _v. a._ [Written also _Jostle_.] ~1.~ Collide, strike against, hit against.

~2.~ Shake (_by hitting_), joggle.

~Justness~, _n._ ~1.~ Justice, equity, equitableness, fairness, right.

~2.~ Exactness, accuracy, propriety.

~Jut~, _v. n._ Project, protrude, stand out, jut out.

~Jut out~, _v. n._ Project, JUT.

~Juvenile~, _a._ Young, youthful, childish.

~Juxtaposition~, _n._ Proximity, contiguity, contact.

K

~Kale~, _n._ Colewort.

~Kamachi~, _n._ Horned-screamer (_Palamedea cornuta_).

~Kamsin~, _n._ Simoon, simoom, samiel.

~Keen~, _a._ ~1.~ Eager, zealous, ardent, earnest, fervid, vehement.

~2.~ Sharp, acute, with a fine edge.

~3.~ Piercing, penetrating, cutting.

~4.~ Severe, bitter, poignant, acrimonious, caustic.

~5.~ Shrewd, discerning, quick, sagacious, astute, keen-sighted, keen- eyed, clear-sighted, long-headed.

~Keen-eyed~, _a._ Keen, keen-sighted, sharp-sighted.

~Keenness~, _n._ ~1.~ Ardor, vehemence, eagerness, earnestness, fervor.

~2.~ Sharpness, acuteness.

~3.~ Severity, rigor, sternness.

~4.~ Poignancy, causticity, acrimony, asperity, bitterness.

~5.~ Shrewdness, sagacity, astuteness.

~Keen-sighted~, _a._ Keen, sharp-sighted, keen-eyed.

~Keep~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Retain, detain, hold, hold fast.

~2.~ Preserve, maintain, continue.

~3.~ Restrain, withhold.

~4.~ Guard, protect, take care of.

~5.~ Fulfil, observe, adhere to, be faithful to, be true to, stand by.

~6.~ Celebrate, honor, solemnize, commemorate, do honor to.

~7.~ Sustain, support, maintain.

~Keep~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Continue, remain.

~2.~ Stay, abide, lodge, dwell.

~3.~ Endure, last.

~Keep~, _n._ Stronghold, donjon.

~Keep an eye on~, Watch, mark, observe, have an eye on.

~Keep dark~, Keep one's own counsel, seal the lips, not breathe a syllable about it, keep the matter to one's self.

~Keep under~, Control, restrain, keep in subjection.

~Keeping~, _n._ ~1.~ Care, custody, charge, guardianship.

~2.~ Support, maintenance, feed.

~3.~ Harmony, conformity, congruity, consistency, agreement.

~Kelp~, _n._ ~1.~ Barilla, carbonate of soda (_impure_).

~2.~ Sea-weed (_from which barilla is made_).

~Ken~, _n._ View, cognizance, sight.

~Kennel~, _n._ ~1.~ Dog-house.

~2.~ Pack of hounds.

~3.~ Hole (_of a wild animal_), haunt.

~4.~ Gutter.

~Kennel~, _v. n._ Dwell (_as a dog_), lodge, harbor, take shelter.

~Kestrel~, _n._ Windhover, castrel, stannel (_Falco tinnunculus_).

~Key~, _n._ ~1.~ Clew, guide, explanation, solution, elucidation, CLAVIS.

~2.~ Tonic, key-note, fundamental note, first note of the scale.

~Key-note~, _n._ Tonic, KEY.

~Khan~, _n._ ~1.~ Cham, sovereign prince (_of Tartary_).

~2.~ CARAVANSARY.

~Kick the beam~, Be outweighed, be overbalanced, be overpoised, be the lighter.

~Kick up a dust~, [_Colloquial._] Make a commotion.

~Kid~, _n._ ~1.~ Young goat.

~2.~ Kit, small tub.

~Kidnap~, _v. a._ Abduct (_any human being_), carry off, steal away, run off with.

~Kidnapping~, _n._ Man-stealing, abduction.

~Kill~, _v. a._ Slay, slaughter, murder, despatch, ASSASSINATE, carry off, put to death, deprive of life, make away with, give one one's quietus, give a death-blow to.

~Kilt~, _n._ Fillibeg.

~Kin~, _n._ ~1.~ Relationship (_by blood or by marriage_), consanguinity, affinity.

~2.~ Relation, relative, kindred, kinsfolk, connection.

~Kin~, _a._ Related, allied, kindred, akin, congenial, cognate, of the same nature, of the same kind, of the same family.

~Kind~, _a._ Benevolent, beneficent, benignant, humane, gracious, friendly, kindly, complacent, complaisant, generous, obliging, bounteous, accommodating, philanthropic, compassionate, mild, benign, clement, good, amiable, charitable, gentle, lenient, indulgent, forbearing, tender, sympathetic, bland, affectionate, loving, good- natured, tender-hearted, kind-hearted.

~Kind~, _n._ ~1.~ Race, genus, family, breed, species, set, class.

~2.~ Sort, nature, character, manner, description, style.

~Kind-hearted~, _a._ KIND, tender-hearted.

~Kind-heartedness~, _n._ Kindness, kindliness.

~Kindle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Light, ignite, enkindle, inflame, set fire to, set on fire.

~2.~ Excite, rouse, awaken, provoke, incite, stimulate, animate, whet, fire, exasperate, foment, enrage, set on, stir up, work up.

~Kindle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Take fire.

~2.~ Get excited, grow warm, fly into a passion.

~Kindliness~, _n._ ~1.~ Benignity, kindness, benevolence, humanity, charity, sympathy, compassion, amiability, kind-heartedness, good- nature, good feeling, fellow-feeling.

~2.~ Mildness, softness, gentleness.

~Kindly~, _a._ ~1.~ Natural, homogeneal, congenial, kindred, proper, appropriate.

~2.~ Sympathetic, benevolent, gracious, KIND.

~Kindness~, _n._ ~1.~ Benevolence, beneficence, benignity, humanity, generosity, philanthropy, charity, kindliness, sympathy, tenderness, amiability, fellow-feeling, clemency, good feeling.

~2.~ Kind act, good turn, kind office.

~Kindred~, _n._ ~1.~ Relationship, affinity, consanguinity.

~2.~ Relations, relatives, kin, kinsfolk, kinsmen.

~Kindred~, _a._ Related, cognate, allied, kin, congenial, akin, of the same kind, of the same nature, of the same family.

~King~, _n._ Sovereign, monarch.

~Kingbird~, _n._ Tyrant fly-catcher (_Muscicapa tyrannus_ or _Tyrannus intrepidus_).

~King-crab~, _n._ Horse-shoe, horse-foot, horse-shoe crab.

~King cup~, _n._ Buttercup, golden cup.

~Kingdom~, _n._ ~1.~ Sovereignty, empire, dominion, supremacy, dynasty, sovereign power, rule, monarchy, supreme power.

~2.~ Realm, empire, state, nation.

~3.~ Tract, region.

~4.~ Division, department.

~Kingly~, _a._ ~1.~ Royal, regal, monarchical, imperial.

~2.~ Noble, august, imposing, splendid, magnificent, grand.

~King of terrors~, DEATH.

~King's-English~, _n._ Pure English.

~King's-evil~, _n._ Scrofula, struma.

~Kingship~, _n._ Royalty, monarchy.

~King's-yellow~, _n._ Yellow orpiment, yellow sulphuret of arsenic.

~Kink~, _n._ ~1.~ Twist, knot, entanglement.

~2.~ Whim, crotchet.

~Kinsfolk~, _n._ Relations, relatives, kin, kindred, kinsmen.

~Kinsman~, _n._ Relative, relation.

~Kiss~, _v. a._ Salute, greet with a kiss.

~Kiss~, _n._ Salute.

~Kit~, _n._ ~1.~ Kid, small tub (_as for pickled mackerel_).

~2.~ Small pail.

~3.~ Outfit, working implements.

~4.~ Violin (_small_), fiddle.

~Kleptomania~, _n._ Thievishness, klopemania propensity to steal, mania for stealing.

~Klopemanla~, _n._ KLEPTOMANIA.

~Knack~, _n._ ~1.~ Toy, plaything, knick-knack, gimcrack, gewgaw, bawble, trifle, JIGGUMBOB.

~2.~ Dexterity, adroitness, dexterousness, skill, skilfulness, facility, aptness, aptitude, quickness, readiness, address, expertness.

~Knag~, _n._ Knot (_in wood_).

~Knaggy~, _a._ Knotty, gnarled.

~Knarl~, _n._ Knot, knob, snag.

~Knarled~, _a._ Knotty, knotted, knurly, gnarled.

~Knave~, _n._ ~1.~ Villain, rascal, scoundrel, rogue, cheat, caitiff, swindler, sharper, trickster, scamp, scapegrace, SCALAWAG.

~2.~ Jack (_of cards_).

~Knavery~, _n._ Villany, rascality, fraud, knavishness, dishonesty, criminality, trickery, wickedness.

~Knavish~, _a._ Dishonest, unprincipled, fraudulent, trickish, TRICKY, roguish.

~Knavishness~, _n._ KNAVERY, dishonesty, wickedness.

~Kneepan~, _n._ Patella.

~Knick-knack~, _n._ Toy, trifle, plaything, gimcrack, gewgaw, bawble, knack, JIGGUMBOB.

~Knight~, _n._ Cavalier, chevalier, horseman, horse-soldier, equestrian.

~Knight-errantry~, _n._ Chivalry, knighthood.

~Knighthood~, _n._ Chivalry, knight-errantry.

~Knit~, _v. a._ Join, unite, connect.

~Knob~, _n._ Protuberance, boss, bunch, hunch, STUD.

~Knock~, _n._ ~1.~ Rap (_as at a door_), clap.

~2.~ Blow, slap, cuff, buffet, box.

~Knock~, _v. n._ Rap (_as at a door_).

~Knock~, _v. a._ Beat, strike, hit, bump, slap.

~Knock down~, ~1.~ Fell, prostrate.

~2.~ Knock off (_by auction_).

~Knock under~, Submit, yield, knuckle, give up, lower one's flag, kiss the rod, lick the dust, eat humble pie, draw in one's horns.

~Knock up~, [_Colloquial._] Fatigue, beat out, weary, exhaust, tire, fag.

~Knoll~, _n._ Hillock, mound.

~Knot~, _n._ ~1.~ Entanglement, complication.

~2.~ Tie, connection, bond of union.

~3.~ Joint, node, knag.

~4.~ Tuft, bunch.

~5.~ Group, band, clique, gang, crew, squad, cluster, set, pack.

~6.~ Nautical mile.

~Knot~, _v. a._ Entangle, tie, complicate.

~Knot-grass~, _n._ Dog's-grass, couch-grass, twitch-grass, wheat- grass, dog-wheat (_Triticum repens_).

~Knotted~, _a._ KNOTTY, knurly.

~Knotty~, _a._ ~1.~ Knotted, gnarled, full of knots, knaggy, knurly.

~2.~ Intricate, difficult, perplexing, embarrassing, hard, troublesome.

~Know~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perceive, apprehend, comprehend, understand, discern, be aware of, be assured of, see through, make out.

~2.~ Recognize, be acquainted with.

~3.~ Distinguish, discriminate.

~Know~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Have knowledge.

~2.~ Be informed, be made aware.

~3.~ Be sure, feel certain.

~Knowing~, _a._ Intelligent, skilful, competent, qualified, experienced, accomplished, proficient, well-informed.

~Knowledge~, _n._ ~1.~ Apprehension, comprehension, perception, understanding, discernment, judgment.

~2.~ Learning, erudition, scholarship, enlightenment, lore, acquirements, attainments.

~3.~ Cognizance, cognition, notice, information.

~Knuckle~, _v. n._ Yield (_obsequiously_), submit, cringe, stoop, crouch, give up, KNOCK UNDER.

~Knurly~, _a._ Knotty, knotted, knarled.

L

~Labor~, _n._ ~1.~ Toil, work, exertion, effort, pains, drudgery.

~2.~ Travail, parturition, childbirth, delivery.

~Labor~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Toll, strive, drudge, work, exert one's self, take pains.

~2.~ Suffer, be afflicted, be distressed.

~3.~ Travail, be in travail, be in labor.

~Labored~, _a._ Elaborate, studied, carefully wrought.

~Laborer~, _n._ Workman, operative.

~Laborious~, _a._ ~1.~ Industrious, sedulous, assiduous, DILIGENT, toiling, hard-working, painstaking.

~2.~ Difficult, arduous, onerous, toilsome, tiresome, wearisome, fatiguing, irksome, hard, Herculean.

~Laboriousness~, _n._ Toilsomeness, difficulty.

~Labor of love~, Gratuitous service.

~Labyrinth~, _n._ Maze, perplexity, intricacy.

~Labyrinthian~, _n._ Mazy, confused.

~Lacerate~, _v. a._ Tear, sever, mangle, rend, lancinate, laniate, claw, tear asunder, tear to pieces.

~Laceration~, _n._ Tearing, rending.

~Laches~, _n. pl._ (_Law._) Negligence, remissness, neglect of duty.

~Lack~, _v. a._ Want, need, be in want of, be in need of, be destitute of, be without.

~Lack~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be in want.

~2.~ Be wanting.

~Lack~, _n._ Need, deficiency, destitution, want, scantiness, insufficiency, scarcity, dearth, default, defectiveness, shortness, shortcoming, DEFICIT.

~Lack-brain~, _n._ Simpleton, DUNCE.

~Lackadaisical~, _a._ Sorrowful (_affectedly_), sad, melancholy, gloomy.

~Lackaday~, _interj._ Alas.

~Lackey~, _n._ Footman, footboy, errand-boy.

~Lackey~, _v. a._ Attend (_as a servant_), wait on, dance attendance on.

~Laconic~, _a._ Short, brief, concise, succinct, compact, sententious, terse, pithy, CURT.

~Laconical~, _a._ Short, brief, concise, succinct, compact, sententious, terse, pithy, CURT.

~Lacquer~, _n._ Varnish (_of shell-lac_).

~Lacquer~, _v. a._ Varnish (_with lacquer_), japan.

~Lactescence~, _n._ Milkiness.

~Lad~, _n._ Boy, stripling, YOUNGSTER, youth, schoolboy, YONKER, young man.

~Lade~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Load, freight.

~2.~ Dip, bale.

~Lading~, _n._ Freight, cargo, load, burden.

~Lady~, _n._ ~1.~ Mistress, matron.

~2.~ Woman of rank, woman of distinction.

~3.~ Woman of refinement, well-bred woman, genteel woman.

~4.~ Wife, spouse.

~Lady-like~, _a._ Genteel, courtly, refined, well-bred.

~Lady-love~, _n._ Sweetheart, flame.

~Lag~, _v. n._ Loiter, linger, saunter, fall behind, move slowly.

~Laggard~, _n._ Loiterer, lingerer, idler, lagger, saunterer.

~Lagger~, _n._ Loiterer, laggard.

~Lagoon~, _n._ Lake (_shallow and communicating with the sea_).

~Laic~, _a._ Lay.

~Laical~, _a._ Lay.

~Lair~, _n._ Couch (_of a beast_), resting place.

~Laity~, _n._ Laymen, body of the people, the people (_as distinguished from the clergy_).

~Lake~, _n._ Pond, loch, mere, pool, LAGOON.

~Lamantine~, _n._ Manatee, sea-cow.

~Lamb~, _n._ Young sheep.

~Lamb of God~, Christ, JESUS.

~Lambent~, _a._ Playing about (_like the tongue in licking_), touching lightly, gliding over.

~Lambkin~, _n._ Little lamb.

~Lame~, _a._ ~1.~ Crippled, halt, hobbling.

~2.~ Defective, imperfect.

~3.~ Insufficient, unsatisfactory, weak, feeble, poor.

~Lame~, _v. a._ Cripple, make lame.

~Lame duck~, Defaulter (_at the stock exchange_).

~Lamella~, _n._ [L.] Scale, lamina, layer, coat, flake, coating, thin plate.

~Lamellar~, _a._ Lamellate, lamellated, laminar, laminated, foliated, foliaceous, scaly, flaky, schistose.

~Lamellate~, _a._ LAMELLAR.

~Lamellated~, _a._ LAMELLAR.

~Lament~, _v. n._ Mourn, grieve, weep, wail, moan, complain.

~Lament~, _v. a._ Bewail, deplore, bemoan, mourn.

~Lament~, _n._ ~1.~ Wailing, moaning, moan, lamentation, plaint, complaint.

~2.~ Dirge, elegy, epicedium, mournful song, funeral song.

~Lamentable~, _a._ ~1.~ Deplorable, to be lamented.

~2.~ Mournful, wailing.

~Lamentation~, _n._ Wailing, moaning, moan, plaint, complaint, lament, ululation, HUBBUBBOO.

~Lamina~, _n._ Scale, layer, coat, coating, lamella, thin plate.

~Laminar~, _n._ Laminated.

~Laminated~, _a._ Laminar, LAMELLAR, lamellated.

~Lamm~, _v. a._ [_Low._] Beat, drub, thrash, maul, bruise, thwack, pommel, WALLOP.

~Lampoon~, _n._ Pasquinade, satire, squib.

~Lampoon~, _v. a._ Satirize, abuse, defame, slander, calumniate, lash.

~Lanate~, _a._ Woolly.

~Lanated~, _a._ Woolly.

~Lance~, _n._ Spear, javelin.

~Lance~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hurl, throw, launch, dart, send, fling, toss, pitch, jaculate, let fly.

~2.~ Pierce, cut with a lancet.

~Lance-shaped~, _a._ Lanceform.

~Lanciform~, _a._ Lance-shaped.

~Lancinate~, _v. a._ Tear, rend, sever, mangle, lacerate, laniate, claw, tear to pieces.

~Land~, _n._ ~1.~ Ground, soil, earth.

~2.~ Region, country, district, tract.

~3.~ Real estate.