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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: lazulite - leachy</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="lazulite"> lazulite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral, hydrous phosphate of aluminum, magnesium, and iron, often found in blue crystals. </DL> <A NAME="lazurite"> lazurite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a mineral that is the chief component of lapis lazuli. </DL> <A NAME="lazy"> lazy, adjective, -zier, -ziest, verb, -zied, -zying.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1a. not willing to work or be active. Ex. Most bees are workers but the drones are lazy. (SYN) indolent, slothful. <DD> b. characterized by, suggestive of, or conducive to idleness. Ex. a lazy mood, a lazy yawn, a lazy summer day. <DD> 2. moving slowly; not very active. Ex. A lazy stream winds through the meadow. (SYN) sluggish. <DD> 3. not functioning up to normal capacity. Ex. lazy eye, lazy heart. <DD> 4. of or having to do with a brand used on livestock that lies on its side instead of upright. <DD>v.t., v.i. =laze. </DL> <A NAME="lazybones"> lazybones, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a very lazy person. </DL> <A NAME="lazydog"> lazy dog,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a fragmentation bomb. Ex. U.S. planes are dropping lazy dogs, which explode in the air and spray the ground with small, razor-sharp projectiles (Time). </DL> <A NAME="lazyeye"> lazy eye or eyes, =amblyopia.</DL> <A NAME="lazyeyeblindness"> lazy-eye blindness, =amblyopia.</DL> <A NAME="lazyish"> lazyish, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> somewhat lazy. </DL> <A NAME="lazysusan"> lazy Susan,<DL COMPACT><DD> a large revolving tray containing different foods arranged in individual compartments to make them easily accessible for serving. </DL> <A NAME="lazytongs"> lazy tongs,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a device for picking things up, consisting of a series of pairs of crossing pieces, each pair pivoted like scissors and connected with the next pair at the ends. <DD> 2. a similar arrangement of crossing pieces used for other purposes. </DL> <A NAME="lazzarone"> lazzarone, noun, pl. -ni.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of a class of very poor persons in Naples, who frequent the streets and live by doing odd jobs or by begging. </DL> <A NAME="lazzo"> lazzo, noun, pl. -zi.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Italian.) a piece of burlesque or comic business in the commedia dell' arte. Ex. These mime plays, or lazzi, as they are properly called, date back to the Italian comedy of the 16th century (Clive Barnes). </DL> <A NAME="lb"> lb., pl. lb. or lbs.<DL COMPACT><DD> pound or pounds. </DL> <A NAME="lb"> L.B.,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) Bachelor of Letters (Latin, Litterarum Baccalaureus). </DL> <A NAME="lband"> L-band, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a UHF band between 390 and 1550 megahertz, used in satellite communications. </DL> <A NAME="lbar"> L-bar, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a metal bar or beam shaped like an L. </DL> <A NAME="lbav"> lb. av.,<DL COMPACT><DD> pound (avoirdupois). </DL> <A NAME="lbeam"> L-beam, noun. =L-bar.</DL> <A NAME="lbf"> lbf (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> pound force. Ex. The hip joint can support steady loads of 300 to 400 lbf (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="lbj"> LBJ (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Lyndon Baines Johnson. </DL> <A NAME="lbo"> LBO (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> leveraged buyout. Ex. In LBOs, often 90% or more of the purchase price is borrowed money (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="lbr"> lbr.,<DL COMPACT><DD> labor. </DL> <A NAME="lbs"> lbs.,<DL COMPACT><DD> pounds. </DL> <A NAME="lc"> l.c., lc., or lc (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> lower case; in small letters, not capital letters. </DL> <A NAME="lc"> l.c.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. in the place cited (Latin, loco citato). <DD> 2. left center. </DL> <A NAME="lc"> LC (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> landing craft. </DL> <A NAME="lc"> L.C.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (U.S.) Library of Congress. <DD> 2. Lower Canada. </DL> <A NAME="lcc"> L.C.C. or LCC (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> London County Council. Ex. The LCC is belatedly discouraging any more office development (Manchester Guardian). </DL> <A NAME="lcd"> LCD (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> liquid crystal display (an electronic display using digits formed from a liquid crystal that reflects the light around it). </DL> <A NAME="lcd"> l.c.d. or L.C.D.,<DL COMPACT><DD> least common denominator; lowest common denominator. </DL> <A NAME="lci"> LCI (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> landing craft, infantry. </DL> <A NAME="lcl"> lcl.,<DL COMPACT><DD> local. </DL> <A NAME="lcl"> L.C.L. or l.c.l.,<DL COMPACT><DD> less than carload lot. </DL> <A NAME="lclearance"> L clearance,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) clearance of atomic information classified as confidential. </DL> <A NAME="lcm"> l.c.m. or L.C.M.,<DL COMPACT><DD> least common multiple; lowest common multiple. </DL> <A NAME="lcpr"> LCPR (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, fast boat used by an underwater demolition team to approach a beach and locate obstacles to an assault. </DL> <A NAME="lct"> l.c.t.,<DL COMPACT><DD> local civil time. </DL> <A NAME="lct"> L.C.T.,<DL COMPACT><DD> local civil time. </DL> <A NAME="ld"> ld.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. land. <DD> 2. limited. </DL> <A NAME="ld"> Ld.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. limited. <DD> 2. lord. </DL> <A NAME="ld"> LD (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. lethal dose. <DD> 2. Low Dutch. <DD> 3. learning disability. </DL> <A NAME="ld"> L.D. or LD.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Low Dutch. </DL> <A NAME="ldc"> L.D.C. or LDC (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> less developed country. Ex. The IMF represents virtually all the countries of the free world including the supposedly "financially immature" LDCs (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="ldiv"> L. Div.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Licentiate in Divinity. </DL> <A NAME="ldl"> LDL (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> low density lipoprotein. Ex. LDLs carry cholesterol in their core and in man represent the major mode of transporting cholesterol from the liver to cells of various tissues (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="ldopa"> L-dopa, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a form of the amino acid dopa, used as a drug to relieve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease; levodopa. </DL> <A NAME="ldp"> Ldp.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Ladyship. <DD> 2. Lordship. </DL> <A NAME="ldr"> ldr.,<DL COMPACT><DD> leader. </DL> <A NAME="ldriver"> L-driver, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a person learning to drive an automobile. Ex. The motorways ... were built specially to carry fast traffic, and from which pedestrians, cyclists, moped riders, and L-drivers are specifically excluded (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="lds"> L.D.S.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Latter-day Saints. </DL> <A NAME="le"> -le,<DL COMPACT><DD> (suffix.) <DD> 1. small (diminutive), as in icicle, kettle. <DD> 2. again and again (frequentative), as in crackle, sparkle. </DL> <A NAME="le"> le.,<DL COMPACT><DD> lease. </DL> <A NAME="le"> l.e.,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Football.) left end. </DL> <A NAME="le"> LE (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. labor exchange. <DD> 2. leading edge. <DD> 3. (Football.) left end. </DL> <A NAME="lea"> lea (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a grassy field; meadow; pasture. Ex. The linnet sings wildly across the green lea (K. T. Hinkson). </DL> <A NAME="lea"> lea (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a measure of yarn of varying quantity, usually equal to 80 yards for wool, 120 yards for cotton and silk, and 300 yards for linen. </DL> <A NAME="lea"> lea (3), adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) <DD>adj. (of land) fallow or untilled. <DD>noun fallow or untilled land, usually under grass. </DL> <A NAME="lea"> LEA (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> Local Education Authority. </DL> <A NAME="lea"> lea.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. league. <DD> 2. leather. </DL> <A NAME="leach"> leach (1), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to run (water or some other liquid) through slowly; filter. Ex. to leach water through wood ashes. <DD> 2. to dissolve out soluble parts from (ashes, ores, or other matter) by running water or other liquid through slowly. Ex. Wood ashes are leached for potash. <DD> 3. to dissolve out by running water or other liquid through slowly. Ex. to leach sugar from beets. Potash is leached from wood ashes to make soap. <DD>v.i. 1. to lose soluble parts as water or other liquid passes through. <DD> 2. (of soil, ashes, or other matter) to be subjected to the action of percolating water. <DD>noun 1. a perforated container for use in leaching. <DD> 2. the act, process, or result of leaching. noun leacher. </DL> <A NAME="leach"> leach (2), noun. =leech (2).</DL> <A NAME="leachable"> leachable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be leached. </DL> <A NAME="leachate"> leachate, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any substance that has undergone leaching. Ex. Leachate from open refuse dumps and poorly engineered landfills has contaminated surface and ground waters (Richard D. Vaughan). </DL> <A NAME="leachspetrel"> Leach's petrel,<DL COMPACT><DD> a stormy petrel of the northern Atlantic with a forked tail. </DL> <A NAME="leachy"> leachy, adjective, leachier, leachiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> that allows water to percolate through. </DL> <A HREF="lead.dic">NEXT</A>