<B>long-range, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>looking ahead; prospective; future. <BR> <I>Ex. long-range plans. The U.S. has found itself assuming, ... partly as a matter of long-range policy, responsibility for aid to peoples all around the globe (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>of or for a long period; long-term. <BR> <I>Ex. long-range effects, long-range returns, a long-range trend toward inflation.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>having a long range; covering a great distance. <BR> <I>Ex. long-range airliners, a long-range ballistic missile.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="longrun">
<B>long-run, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>happening or continuing over a long period of time; occurring after a long period of time. <BR> <I>Ex. long-run developments, a long-run objective.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>maturing over a long period of time. <BR> <I>Ex. long-run securities.</I> </DL>
<B>long ship,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a swift, narrow vessel up to 80 feet long, used by the Vikings between the 700's and the late 1000's. </DL>
<A NAME="longshore">
<B>longshore, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>existing, found, or employed along the shore. <BR> <I>Ex. long-shore fisheries, longshore laborers.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with the waterfront or longshoremen. <BR> <I>Ex. The recent longshore dispute ... resulted in what was regarded by unionists as a favorable contract (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="longshoreman">
<B>longshoreman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a man whose work is loading and unloading ships; stevedore. </DL>
<A NAME="longshoring">
<B>longshoring, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the work of loading and unloading ships. <BR> <I>Ex. Long-shoring ... remains a high hazard industry (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="longshot">
<B>long shot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>an attempt at something difficult. <DD><B> 2. </B>anything, such as a venture, experiment, racehorse or other contestant or candidate, unlikely to succeed but rewarding if it should. <BR> <I>Ex. to bet on a long shot. I made the first test very simple, because the whole idea seemed a long shot (Scientific American).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>not by a long shot,</B> </I>not at all. <BR> <I>Ex. This one is not as good as the other by a long shot. He couldn't count on making it--not by a long shot (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="longsighted">
<B>long-sighted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>seeing distant things more clearly than near ones; far-sighted. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) having foresight; wise. <BR> <I>Ex. Her long-sighted notion of a society not solely based on war and agriculture ... (Manchester Guardian).</I> noun <B>long-sightedness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="longsome">
<B>longsome, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) long; lengthy; tedious. <BR> <I>Ex. the way there was a little longsome (Robert Louis Stevenson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="longspur">
<B>longspur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any of certain finches having long hind claws, found in northern climates, as the Lapland longspur. </DL>
<A NAME="longstanding">
<B>long-standing, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having lasted for a long time. <BR> <I>Ex. a long-standing feud, a long-standing friendship.</I> </DL>
<B>long-staple cotton,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> cotton with fibers averaging more than 1 1/8 inches in length. </DL>
<A NAME="longstop">
<B>long-stop, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Cricket.) a fielder who stands behind the wicketkeeper to stop balls that pass him. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British, Figurative.) a person or thing that serves to hold back or prevent something undesirable. <BR> <I>Ex. Session after session major Bills are sent to the Lords so late that the peers cannot be expected to act as efficient long-stops (London Times).</I> </DL>
<B>long-suffering</B> or <B>longsuffering, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> enduring trouble, pain, or injury long and patiently. <BR> <I>Ex. Various were the excesses committed by the insubordinate troops ... upon the long-suffering inhabitants (John L. Motley).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> long and patient endurance of trouble, pain, or injury. <BR> <I>Ex. Put on therefore, as the elect of God ... humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering (Colossians 3:12).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="longsuit">
<B>long suit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the suit in card games in which one has most cards. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a strong point. <BR> <I>Ex. Patience is his long suit. Frankly, I discount the wisdom of the elder generation unless it comes from their long suit--experience (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<B>long-tailed jaeger,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a jaeger of arctic regions with a long forked tail. </DL>
<A NAME="longtailedtit">
<B>long-tailed tit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a common titmouse with plumage of black, white, and pink, found in parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia. </DL>
<A NAME="longtailedweasel">
<B>long-tailed weasel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large brown weasel with a white body and long black-tipped tail, common from Central America to the Arctic. </DL>
<A NAME="longterm">
<B>long-term, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or for a long period of time. <BR> <I>Ex. long-term goals.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>falling due after a long time. <BR> <I>Ex. a long-term loan.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="longtermbond">
<B>long-term bond</B> or <B>note,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a bond or note that will not be redeemed for two years or more. </DL>
<A NAME="longtermer">
<B>long-termer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who is serving a long prison term. </DL>
<A NAME="longtime">
<B>long-time, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>for a long time. <BR> <I>Ex. a long-time companion, a long-time Democrat.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>lasting a long time. <BR> <I>Ex. a long-time feud.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="longtom">
<B>long-tom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Australian.) a needlefish (def. 1). </DL>
<A NAME="longtom">
<B>long tom,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cradle for washing gold. </DL>
<A NAME="longtom">
<B>Long Tom,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any large cannon having a long range. <DD><B> 2. </B>a large, long-range gun carried on the deck of small warships. </DL>
<A NAME="longton">
<B>long ton,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the British ton, 2,240 pounds or 1,016.05 kilograms. </DL>
<A NAME="longtongued">
<B>long-tongued, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having a long tongue. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) talking much or too much. <BR> <I>Ex. a long-tongued babbling gossip (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="longtonguedbat">
<B>long-tongued bat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a leaf-nosed bat with a long pointed snout and a long tongue, that feeds on pollen and nectar and is found in southeastern Asia and the Pacific islands. </DL>
<A NAME="longuette">
<B>longuette, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a dress, skirt, or other garment for women that reaches to the calf; midi. </DL>
<A NAME="longueur">
<B>longueur, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a long or tedious passage in a book, play, piece of music, or film. Also, <B>longeur.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="longvacation">
<B>long vacation,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) the long summer vacation observed in law courts and universities. </DL>
<A NAME="longview">
<B>long view,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a point of view or perspective that covers a long period of time; long-term view. <BR> <I>Ex. He takes the long view. And, according to that view, eventually governments in many parts of the world may grow tired of American guidance (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="longwaisted">
<B>long-waisted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> comparatively long from neck to waistline. <BR> <I>Ex. a long-waisted dress, a long-waisted girl.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="longwall">
<B>longwall, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or designating a system of mining in which the whole seam of coal or ore is removed and nothing is left to support the roof except the shaft pillars. </DL>
<A NAME="longwave">
<B>long wave,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a radio wave having a length above 545 or 600 meters. adj. <B>long-wave.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="longways">
<B>longways, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in the direction of the length; lengthwise. </DL>
<A NAME="longwinded">
<B>long-winded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>talking or writing at great lengths; tiresome. <BR> <I>Ex. a long-winded speaker, a long-winded sermon.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>capable of long effort without getting out of breath. <BR> <I>Ex. A long-distance runner must be long-winded. These horses are ... remarkably stout and long-winded (Washington Irving).</I> adv. <B>long-windedly.</B> noun <B>long-windedness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="longwise">
<B>longwise, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in the direction of the length; lengthwise; longways. </DL>
<A NAME="longwool">
<B>long wool,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> wool from four to eight inches long, produced by Lincoln, Leicester, Cotswold, and some other sheep. </DL>
<A NAME="longyi">
<B>longyi, </B>noun. <B>=lungi.</B></DL>
<A NAME="loo">
<B>loo</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>loos,</B> verb, <B>looed,</B> <B>looing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a card game in which players who fail to take a trick pay forfeits into a pool. <DD><B> 2. </B>the forfeit paid. <DD><B> 3. </B>an instance of being looed. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to cause to pay into a pool after failing to take a trick at loo. </DL>
<B>loofah, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of a group of tropical plants of the gourd family. <DD><B> 2. </B>the fruit of such a plant, containing a mass of coarse, strong fibers. <DD><B> 3. </B>these dried fibers, used as a sponge. Also, <B>luffa.</B> </DL>
