<B>logical positivism,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a philosophical school influenced by positivism and symbolic logic, that accepts as meaningful only the analytic propositions of logic and mathematics and propositions that can be verified by empirical procedures. </DL>
<A NAME="logician">
<B>logician, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in logic. </DL>
<A NAME="logion">
<B>logion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> singular of <B>logia.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="logistic">
<B>logistic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with logistics. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=logarithmic.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=sexagesimal.</B> adv. <B>logistically.</B> </DL>
<B>logistician, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an expert in logistics. </DL>
<A NAME="logistics">
<B>logistics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the art of planning and carrying out military movement, evacuation, and supply. <DD><B> b. </B>the planning and carrying out of any complex or large-scale operation or activity. <BR> <I>Ex. The logistics were staggering, and in fact, the trip was postponed several times before we finally got all the artists organized and together (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the art of arithmetical calculation. </DL>
<A NAME="logjam">
<B>logjam, </B>noun, verb, <B>-jammed,</B> <B>-jamming.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act or fact of blocking the downstream movement of logs, causing a jumbled overcrowding of the timber in the river. <DD><B> 2. </B>a deadlock; delay; standstill. <BR> <I>Ex. The Yugoslavs might break the logjam that has stalled formal talks (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the act or fact of jamming; mass; congestion. <BR> <I>Ex. Yesterday's appointments and prospective appointments represented in part a break in a logjam of unfilled positions (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to crowd or block by crowding. <BR> <I>Ex. On the day of the sale customers logjammed the aisles of the store.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to delay, obstruct, or block by confusion or overloading. </DL>
<A NAME="logline">
<B>log line,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the line attached to the float for measuring the speed of a ship. </DL>
<A NAME="lognormal">
<B>lognormal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a normal or symmetrical logarithmic distribution. <BR> <I>Ex. Distributions that are not normal come in for genuine attention (although not enough time is spent on the lognormal case) (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="logo">
<B>logo, </B>noun, pl. <B>logos.</B> <B>=logotype.</B></DL>
<A NAME="logodaedaly">
<B>logodaedaly, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> verbal legerdemain; a playing with words, as by passing from one meaning of them to another. </DL>
<A NAME="logogram">
<B>logogram, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a single character or a combination of characters regarded as a unit, representing a whole word, as in shorthand. </DL>
<A NAME="logogrammatic">
<B>logogrammatic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with logograms. </DL>
<A NAME="logograph">
<B>logograph, </B>noun. <B>=logogram.</B></DL>
<A NAME="logographic">
<B>logographic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or having to do with logography. <DD><B> 2. </B>consisting of characters or signs each representing a single word. adv. <B>logographically.</B> </DL>
<B>logography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Printing.) the use of logotypes. <DD><B> 2. </B>a former method of longhand reporting, in which several reporters each took down a few words in succession. <DD><B> 3. </B>asystem of writing that uses logographs (logograms). </DL>
<A NAME="logogriph">
<B>logogriph, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an anagram, or a puzzle involving anagrams. <DD><B> 2. </B>a puzzle in which a hidden word must be guessed from other words formed from its letters, these words often being themselves discovered by indirect clues, verse, or the like, as in a charade. </DL>
<A NAME="logomachic">
<B>logomachic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or given to logomachy. </DL>
<A NAME="logomachist">
<B>logomachist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who contends about words; person who disputes about verbal subtleties. </DL>
<A NAME="logomachy">
<B>logomachy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-chies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> contention about words or in words only. <DD><B> 1. </B>a game, similar to anagrams, in which words are formed from single letters. </DL>
<A NAME="logopedics">
<B>logopedics, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the study, analysis, and treatment of defective speech. </DL>
<A NAME="logorrhea">
<B>logorrhea, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the habit of talking too much. <DD><B> 2. </B>a great flow of words. <DD><B> 3. </B>excessive volubility accompanying some forms of insanity. </DL>
<A NAME="logorrheic">
<B>logorrheic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by logorrhea; excessively talkative. </DL>
<A NAME="logos">
<B>Logos, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Theology.) Jesus, the Word of God; the second person of the Trinity; the revelation of God to men (in the Bible, John 1:118). <DD><B> 2. </B>Also, <B>logos.</B> (Philosophy.) mind or reason as a universal principle. </DL>
<A NAME="logothete">
<B>logothete, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the administrative officials of the Byzantine Empire. </DL>
<A NAME="logotype">
<B>logotype, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Printing.) a single type on which two or more letters are cast (but not connected), to facilitate the printing of combinations frequently used, as <I>Co.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a trademark or other figure frequently associated with an enterprise. <BR> <I>Ex. KLM changed the sloping diagonal lines of its trademark, or logotype, to horizontal ones because they gave a greater feeling of security (Listener).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="logotypy">
<B>logotypy, </B>noun. <B>=logography.</B></DL>
<A NAME="logperch">
<B>log perch</B> or <B>logperch, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the largest of the darters, about six to eight inches long, found in the streams and lakes to the south and east of Lake Superior. </DL>
<A NAME="logpond">
<B>log pond,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a pond of water next to a sawmill, in which logs are stored before entering the mill. </DL>
<A NAME="logreel">
<B>log reel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the reel by which a float for measuring the speed of a ship is unwound. </DL>
<A NAME="logroll">
<B>logroll,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> to get (a bill) passed by logrolling. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to take part in logrolling. noun <B>logroller.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="logrolling">
<B>logrolling, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of giving political aid in return for a like favor, especially in order to pass legislation. <BR> <I>Ex. Our logrolling, our stumps and their politics ... are yet unsung (Emerson).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>the act of rolling floating logs, especially by treading on them. It is a sport often engaged in by lumberjacks, in which two men standing on a floating log try to upset each other by spinning the log with their feet. <DD><B> b. </B>a gathering at which lumberjacks roll logs, either to move them to a required place or for sport. </DL>
<A NAME="logrule">
<B>log rule,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a table showing the amount of lumber that can be cut from logs of various sizes. <DD><B> 2. </B>a graduated stick for measuring the diameters of logs. </DL>
<A NAME="logship">
<B>log ship,</B> <B>=log chip.</B></DL>
<A NAME="logway">
<B>logway, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a gangway for logs. </DL>
<A NAME="logwood">
<B>logwood, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the heavy, hard, brownish-red wood of a tropical American tree, used in dyeing. <DD><B> 2. </B>the tree itself. It belongs to the pea family. </DL>
<B>-logy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) <DD><B> 1. </B>doctrine, study, or science of. <BR> <I>Ex. Biology</I> <DD> <B>=the science of life.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>speech or discussion, as in <I>tautology, eulogy.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>special meanings, as in <I>analogy, tetralogy, anthology.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lohengrin">
<B>Lohengrin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (German Legend.) a knight of the Holy Grail and son of Parsifal. </DL>
<A NAME="loi">
<B>loi</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> lunar orbit insertion. </DL>
<A NAME="loicadre">
<B>loi-cadre, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a law providing a framework for the gradual establishment of home rule in a territory, protectorate, or other district that is striving for self-government, especially in the French Community. </DL>
<A NAME="loid">
<B>loid, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><I>noun </I> a strip of celluloid used by a burglar to push back the bolt of a spring lock. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to unlock (a door) with a loid. </DL>
<A NAME="loin">
<B>loin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a piece of meat from the front and upper part of a hindquarter, without the flank. <BR> <I>Ex. a loin of pork.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>gird</B> (<B>up</B>) <B>one's loins,</B> </I>to get ready for action. <BR> <I>Ex. With the electricity dispute (more or less) out of the way the Government is girding its loins as other public sector workers come knocking loudly on the door (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>loins,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>the part of the body between the ribs and the hipbones. The loins are on both sides of the backbone and nearer to it than the flanks. <DD><B> b. </B>this part of the body, especially the pelvic or pubic area, regarded as the seat of physical strength and generative power. </I> <I>Ex. Kings shall come out of thy loins (Genesis 35:11).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="loincloth">
<B>loincloth, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a piece of cloth worn around the hips and between the thighs by natives, especially men, of warm countries, often as the only garment. </DL>
<A NAME="loinguard">
<B>loin guard,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the part of a suit of armor which protects the loins. </DL>
<A NAME="loiter">
<B>loiter, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to linger idly; stop along the way. <BR> <I>Ex. She loitered along the street, looking into all the shop windows.</I> (SYN) delay, tarry, lag, dawdle. <DD><B> 2. </B>to waste time in idleness; idle; loaf. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to spend (time) idly. <BR> <I>Ex. to loiter the hours away.</I> noun <B>loiterer.</B> adv. <B>loiteringly.</B> </DL>
