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<A NAME="lovebug">
<B>love bug,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, black fly of the southeastern United States that appears in the spring in very large numbers, often covering the windshields and clogging the radiators of automobiles. <BR> <I>Ex. The love bug population ...is on the increase and is spreading down the Florida peninsula at the rate of 20 miles every year (Sunday Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lovechild">
<B>love child,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an illegitimate child. </DL>
<A NAME="lovefeast">
<B>love feast,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a meal eaten together by the early Christians as a symbol of brotherly love, apparently originally in connection with the Eucharistic celebration. <DD><B> 2. </B>a religious ceremony imitating this. <DD><B> 3. </B>any banquet or other gathering to promote good feeling. <BR> <I>Ex. There will be a great Democratic love feast in which a thousand Democratic editors will take part (Charleston News and Courier).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lovegame">
<B>love game,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a game won in tennis or certain other sports without any score having been made by the opponent. </DL>
<A NAME="lovegrass">
<B>love grass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of grasses with delicate flower spikes, often grown for pasturage and hay. </DL>
<A NAME="lovein">
<B>love-in, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a gathering of hippies, flower children, or the like. </DL>
<A NAME="loveinamist">
<B>love-in-a-mist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a garden plant of the crowfoot family, native to southern Europe, having feathery leaves and pale-blue flowers; fennelflower; devil-in-the-bush. </DL>
<B>love knot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an ornamental knot or bow of ribbons as a symbol or token of love. </DL>
<A NAME="loveless">
<B>loveless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>without love; feeling no love; not loving. <BR> <I>Ex. a loveless heart.</I> (SYN) unloving. <DD><B> 2. </B>receiving no love; not loved. <BR> <I>Ex. a loveless child.</I> (SYN) unloved. adv. <B>lovelessly.</B> noun <B>lovelessness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="loveletter">
<B>love letter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a letter expressing love for another. </DL>
<A NAME="loveliesbleeding">
<B>love-lies-bleeding, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an amaranth with long spikes of crimson flowers that often droop. </DL>
<A NAME="lovelight">
<B>lovelight, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a gleam or sparkle in the eye, expressing love. </DL>
<A NAME="lovelily">
<B>lovelily, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a lovely manner. </DL>
<A NAME="loveliness">
<B>loveliness, </B>noun. <B>=beauty.</B></DL>
<A NAME="lovelock">
<B>lovelock, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any conspicuous lock of hair, especially a curl worn on the forehead. <DD><B> 2. </B>a long, flowing lock dressed separately from the rest of the hair, worn by courtiers in the time of Elizabeth I and James I. </DL>
<A NAME="lovelorn">
<B>lovelorn, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> suffering because of love; forsaken by the person whom one loves. noun <B>lovelornness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="lovely">
<B>lovely, </B>adjective, <B>-lier,</B> <B>-liest,</B> noun, pl. <B>-lies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>beautiful in mind, appearance, or character; beautiful; lovable. <BR> <I>Ex. She is one of the loveliest girls we know.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) very pleasing; delightful. <BR> <I>Ex. We had a lovely holiday.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) loving; affectionate. <DD><I>noun </I> (Informal.) a pretty girl. <BR> <I>Ex. Two local lovelies whom he and his friend had met in the afternoon, arrived at the pier (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lovemaking">
<B>love-making, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>attentions or caresses between lovers; wooing; courtship. <DD><B> 2. </B>sexual intercourse. </DL>
<A NAME="lovematch">
<B>love match,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a marriage for love, not for money or social position. </DL>
<A NAME="lovenest">
<B>love-nest, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a place where lovers dwell or keep a tryst. </DL>
<A NAME="lovepotion">
<B>love potion,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a potion intended to induce love; philter. </DL>
<A NAME="lover">
<B>lover, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who loves. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who is in love with another, especially a man who is in love with a woman. <BR> <I>Ex. The young princess chose her husband from among many lovers.</I> (SYN) suitor, admirer, beau. <DD><B> 3. </B>a person who loves illicitly; paramour. <DD><B> 4. </B>a person having a strong liking. <BR> <I>Ex. a lover of music, a lover of books.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>lovers,</B> </I>two people who are in love with each other, especially a man and a woman. <BR> <I>Ex. Hero and Leander were lovers.</I> adj. <B>loverlike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="loverly">
<B>loverly, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> like a lover. <BR> <I>Ex. loverly attentions.</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> in the manner of a lover. </DL>
<A NAME="loveseat">
<B>love seat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a seat or small sofa for two persons. </DL>
<A NAME="loveset">
<B>love set,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a set won in tennis and certain other games without the opponent's winning a game. </DL>
<A NAME="lovesick">
<B>lovesick, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>languishing because of love. <DD><B> 2. </B>expressing a languishing caused by love. <BR> <I>Ex. a lovesick song.</I> noun <B>lovesickness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="lovesome">
<B>lovesome, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><B> 1. </B>lovable. <DD><B> 2. </B>lovely; beautiful. <BR> <I>Ex. One praised her ankles ... One her dark hair and lovesome mien (Tennyson).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>loving; friendly. <DD><B> 4. </B>amorous. </DL>
<A NAME="lovespoon">
<B>love spoon,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a wooden spoon with twin bowls, formerly part of Welsh courtship custom, given by a man to his sweetheart. </DL>
<A NAME="lovestory">
<B>love story,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a story whose main theme is the affection existing between lovers. </DL>
<A NAME="lovestruck">
<B>lovestruck, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> affected strongly with love. <BR> <I>Ex. a lovestruck couple.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="lovetern">
<B>love tern,</B> <B>=fairy tern.</B></DL>
<A NAME="lovevine">
<B>love vine,</B> <B>=dodder.</B></DL>
<A NAME="lovewave">
<B>Love wave,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a seismic wave that travels across the earth's surface in a horizontal motion. </DL>
<B>loving cup,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large cup with two or more handles, passed around for all to drink from, as at the close of a banquet. <DD><B> 2. </B>such a cup awarded as a trophy. </DL>
<A NAME="lovingkindness">
<B>loving-kindness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> kindness coming from love; affectionate tenderness and consideration. <BR> <I>Ex. the loving-kindness of God's mercies.</I> (SYN) kindliness, benevolence. </DL>