<B>lore</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the facts and stories about a certain subject. <BR> <I>Ex. fairy lore, bird lore, Greek lore.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>learning; knowledge. <BR> <I>Ex. cobwebs of scholastic lore (John Greenleaf Whittier); ... many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore (Edgar Allan Poe).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) teaching or something taught. <BR> <I>Ex. The subtle fiend his lore Soon learn'd (Milton).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) advice; counsel. </DL>
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<B>lore</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a space between the eye and the side of the superior mandible of a bird. <DD><B> 2. </B>an area between the eye and the nostril of a snake or other reptile. <DD><B> 3. </B>a corresponding space or area in fishes. Also, <B>lorum.</B> </DL>
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<B>loreal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) of or having to do with a lore. Also, <B>loral.</B> </DL>
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<B>Lorelei, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (German Legend.) a siren of the Rhine whose beauty and singing distracted sailors and caused them to wreck their ships. <BR> <I>Ex. The voices from the East echoed hauntingly, like the lure of the legendary Lorelei (Newsweek).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, <B>Lurlei.</B> </DL>
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<B>Lorentz force,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) a force acting on an electrically charged particle moving through a magnetic field. <BR> <I>Ex. Lorentz force ... tends to make a charged particle entering a magnetic field travel at right angles to both the direction of its original motion and the lines of force (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
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<B>Lorentz transformation,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Physics.) any one of a series of equations that show the relationship between uniformly moving bodies and how such bodies are deformed by motion. </DL>
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<B>lorette, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in France) a courtesan of the more elegant or pretentious kind. </DL>
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<B>lorgnette, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> eyeglasses or opera glasses mounted on a handle to hold in the hand. </DL>
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<B>lorgnon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an eyeglass or a pair of eyeglasses, especially a pince-nez. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=opera glass.</B> </DL>
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<B>lorica, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Zoology.) <DD><B> a. </B>a hard, thickened body wall, as of a rotifer. <DD><B> b. </B>a protective case or sheath, as of a protozoan. <DD><B> 2. </B>a leather cuirass or corselet worn by the ancient Romans. </DL>
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<B>loricate, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Zoology.) <DD><I>adj. </I> having a lorica. <DD><I>noun </I> a loricate animal. </DL>
<B>lorikeet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various small parrots, a kind of lory having a brushlike tongue. <BR> <I>Ex. Lories, which include the lorikeets, are among the most beautiful parrots (R. Meyer de Schauensee).</I> </DL>
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<B>loris, </B>noun, pl. <B>-rises</B> or (collectively) <B>-ris.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>either of two small, slow-moving nocturnal lemurs of southern Asia, the slender loris and slow loris. They have very large eyes and no tail, and live mostly in trees. <DD><B> 2. </B>a larger lemur of India and Malaya. </DL>
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<B>lorn, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><B> 1. </B>forsaken; forlorn. <BR> <I>Ex. Lorn stream, whose sullen tide no sedge-crown'd sisters now attend (William Collins). I am a lone lorn creetur' (Dickens).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>lost; ruined. <BR> <I>Ex. If thou readest, thou art lorn! Better hadst thou ne'er been born (Scott).</I> </DL>
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<B>Lorraine cross,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a cross having two horizontal arms, the upper shorter than the lower. </DL>
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<B>lorry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries,</B> verb, <B>-ried,</B> <B>-rying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>(British.) a motor truck. <BR> <I>Ex. At least once ... a week they must take down their large machines, pack them on lorries, drive to the next fairground and put them up again (Economist).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a long, flat, horse-drawn wagon with or without sides, set on four low wheels. <DD><B> 3. </B>a car or other vehicle running on rails, as in a mine. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to transport in a lorry. <BR> <I>Ex. In Northern Rhodesia there is no such protection and the smaller game is being lorried out to safety (Sunday Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>lorryload, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) as much or as many as a lorry can hold. </DL>
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<B>lorum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ra.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a long, narrow scarf worn by the emperor or empress in Byzantine times instead of a paludament. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Zoology.) <B>=lore</B> (2). </DL>
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<B>lory, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various small, bright-colored parrots with a bristled tongue adapted to their diet of nectar, found in Australia and nearby islands. </DL>
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<B>LOS</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>line of scrimmage. <DD><B> 2. </B>loss of signal. </DL>
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<B>losable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be lost. </DL>
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<B>Los Angeleno,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of Los Angeles; Angeleno. </DL>
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<B>lose, </B>verb, <B>lost,</B> <B>losing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to not have any longer; have taken away from one by accident, carelessness, parting, or death. <BR> <I>Ex. to lose a finger, to lose a dollar, to lose a friend, to lose one's life.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to be unable to find. <BR> <I>Ex. to lose a book, to lose an address.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to fail to keep, preserve, or maintain; cease to have. <BR> <I>Ex. to lose patience, to lose your temper, to lose one's mind.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) to fail to follow with eye, hearing, or mind. <BR> <I>Ex. to lose words here and there in a speech, to lose a face in a crowd.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to miss; fail to have, get, or catch. <BR> <I>Ex. to lose a sale, to lose a train.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to fail to win. <BR> <I>Ex. to lose the prize, to lose a bet or game.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>to bring to destruction or ruin. <BR> <I>Ex. The ship and its crew were lost.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>to spend or let go by without any result; waste. <BR> <I>Ex. to lose a chance, to lose time waiting. The hint was not lost on me.</I> <DD><B> 9. </B>to cause the loss of. <BR> <I>Ex. Delay lost the battle.</I> <DD><B> 10. </B>to cause to lose. <BR> <I>Ex. That one act of misconduct lost him his job.</I> <DD><B> 11. </B>to leave far behind in a race, pursuit, or other contest. <BR> <I>Ex. The sly fox lost the dogs.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to be defeated. <BR> <I>Ex. Our team lost. The battle's loss may profit those who lose (Shelley).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>to suffer loss. <BR> <I>Ex. to lose on a contract. Thus, by gaining abroad, he lost at home (John Dryden).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to be or become worse off in money, numbers, property, or possessions. <BR> <I>Ex. The army lost heavily in the battle. The gambler lost heavily at poker.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>lose ground.</B> </I>See under <B>ground</B> (1). <BR><I>expr. <B>lose oneself,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to let oneself go astray; become bewildered. </I> <I>Ex. He finally lost himself in the maze of income tax figures.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to become absorbed or engrossed. <BR> <I>Ex. He seemed to lose himself in thought (Joseph Conrad). As I pace the darkened chamber and lose myself in melancholy musings (Washington Irving).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>lose one's heart</B> (<B>to</B>). </I>See under <B>heart.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>lose out,</B> </I>(U.S.) to be unsuccessful; fail. <BR> <I>Ex. He lost out in the election.</I> </DL>
<B>loser, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who loses something. <BR> <I>Ex. The loser of the purse was told to come to the office and claim her property.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person or animal that is beaten in a race, game, or battle. <BR> <I>Ex. The losers had to pick up the game and put it away.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S. Informal.) a person who habitually loses or fails. </DL>
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<B>losing, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> that cannot win or be won. <BR> <I>Ex. You are playing a losing game if you are not careful crossing streets.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>losings,</B> losses, especially in gambling. adv. <B>losingly.</B> </DL>
