<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>
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<B>loss, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>the action of losing or having lost something. <BR> <I>Ex. The loss of health is serious, but the loss of a pencil is not.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the fact or condition of being lost. <BR> <I>Ex. Thou hast ... quitted all to save A world from utter loss (Milton).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person or thing lost. <BR> <I>Ex. His house was a complete loss to the fire. The death of the statesman was a great loss to his country.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the amount lost. <DD><B> 4. </B>the value of the thing lost; harm or disadvantage caused by losing something. <BR> <I>Ex. Our losses by the fire amounted to $10,000.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a defeat. <BR> <I>Ex. Our team had two losses and one tie out of ten games played.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Military.) the losing of soldiers by death, capture, or wounding. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Insurance.) the occurrence of death, property damage, or other contingency against which a person is insured, under circumstances that make the insurer liable under the contract. <DD><B> 8. </B>(Electricity.) the reduction in power, measured by the difference between the power input and power output, in an electric circuit, device, or system, corresponding to the transformation of electric energy into heat. <BR><I>expr. <B>at a loss,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>not sure; puzzled; in difficulty. </I> <I>Ex. He was embarrassed and at a loss as to how to act.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>embarrassed for want of something. <BR> <I>Ex. at a loss for words or for information.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>at a loss to,</B> </I>unable to. <BR> <I>Ex. at a loss to understand, imagine, or explain.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>losses,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>the number of soldiers dead, wounded, or captured. </I> <I>Ex. The losses in that war were great.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Accounting.) the excess of money spent or invested over money gained in any business transaction, manufacturing operation, or other venture. <BR> <I>Ex. The losses put them in the red.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>(Accounting.) the ratio of monetary loss to the amount of capital invested, especially for a fiscal year or other stated period of time. <BR> <I>Ex. The firm reported losses in excess of a million.</I> </DL>
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<B>loss leader,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Commerce.) an article of trade sold below cost to attract customers. <BR> <I>Ex. Retailers are meeting the new competition with such old weapons as special loss leaders (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>lossmaker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a business or industry that shows consistent losses or deficits. <BR> <I>Ex. What happens, when two companies, both lossmakers, merge into one? The answer, as often as not, is one big lossmaker (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
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<B>lossmaking, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) showing consistent losses or deficits. </DL>
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<B>loss ratio,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Insurance.) the ratio of the amounts paid out to insured parties to the value of the premiums received during a given period. </DL>
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<B>lossy, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Electronics.) tending to lose or dissipate energy. <BR> <I>Ex. At optical frequencies a metal transmission line structure would be very lossy and only transparent dielectric materials such as glass can be considered (Science Journal).</I> </DL>
