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loom,
loomed,
looming,
looms.intransitive
verb
to seem imminent;
impend;
to come prominently into view;
a highly noticeable massive, distorted, or indistinct image; to appear;
to appear to the mind in a magnified and threatening form;
loom.noun
an apparatus for making thread or yarn into cloth
by weaving strands together at right angles; a distorted, threatening appearance
of something
Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len.Hawaiian
therapist
who helped heal an entire ward of criminally insane people, all of whom
have been released, and the ward closed. Joe Vitale coauthored the book.Zero
Limits.with Dr. Len. Click on the picture
for an overview of the book. Click on the book cover for more.
lavish.adjective
characterized by or produced with extravaganceand
profusion-(a
lavish buffet); profuse; immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting
(the critics were lavish with their praise)
lavish,
lavished,
lavishing,
lavishes.intransitive
verbs-
to give or bestow in abundance; shower: lavished
attention on his customers
lavishness, lavisher.noun
lavishly.adverb
luxury.noun,
plural.luxuries
something inessential
but conducive to pleasure and
comfort.; something expensive or hard to obtain; sumptuous
living or surrounding (lives in luxury)
attributive.often
used to modify another noun (a luxury condominium; luxury accommodations)
luxuriant.adjective
characterized
by rich or profuse growth; producing
or yielding in abundance; excessively florid
or elaborate; marked
by or displaying luxury; luxurious
luxuriance.noun
luxuriantly.adverb
lucrative.adjective
producing wealth; profitable
lyses.noun,
plural.lysis
lysem,
lysed,
lysing,
lyses.transitive.and.intransitive
verbs.
to undergo or cause to undergo lysis
lysis.noun;
plural.lyses
Biochemistry.–.the
dissolution
or destruction of cells, such as blood cells or bacteria,
as by the action of a specific
lysin
lysin.noun
an antibody
that is capable of causing the destruction or dissolution
of red blood cells, bacteria,
or other cellular-elements
lytic.adjective
a term describing the bacteriophage
cell making so many copies of itself within the host cell that it hijacked
(it's parasitic),
that it bursts
lobe.noun
a rounded projection, especially a rounded, projecting
anatomical
part (the lobe of an ear); a subdivision of a bodily organ or part bounded
by fissures, connective tissue, or other structural boundaries
lipoprotein.noun
any of a group of conjugated proteins in which
at least one of the components is a lipid.
Lipoproteins, classified according to their densities and chemical qualities,
are the principal means by which lipids are transported in the blood.
legerdemain.noun
sleight of hand as of a magician; a show of skill
or deceitful cleverness
leisure.noun
attributive:-often
used to modify another noun (leisure time; leisure travel) idiom-at
(one's) leisure; freedom from time consuming duties, responsibilities,
or activities; when one has free time; at one's convenience
legalism.noun
strict, literal adherence
to the law or to a particular code, as of religion or morality
legalist.noun
legalistic.adjective
legalistically.adverb
lo.interjection
used to attract attention or to show surprise
lissome.also.lissom.adjective
easily bent; supple;
having the ability to move with ease; limber
lissomely.adverb
lissomeness.noun
likewise.adverb
in the same way; in like manner; similarly;
also
longing.noun
a strong persistent.yearning
or desire
longingly.adverb
luster.noun
soft reflected light; sheen;
brilliance
or radiance of light; any of various substances, such as wax or glaze,
used to give an object a gloss or polish
luster, lustered,
lustering,
lusters.verbs
transitive
verb use.to give a gloss, glaze, or
sheen
to; to give or add glory, radiance, distinction, or splendor
to
intransitive verb use.to
be or become lustrous
lustrous.adjective
having a sheen or glow; gleaming
with or as if with brilliant light; radiant; bright
lustrously.adverb
lustrousness.noun
lapse, lapsed,
lapsing,
lapses.verbs.
intransitive verb use.to
fall from a previous level or standard, as of accomplishment, quality,
or conduct (a team that lapsed into mediocrity
halfway through the season); slip (a lapse in attention caused him to stumble);
to come to an end, especially gradually or temporarily (she realized that
his attention had lapsed and he hadn't heard the assignment); to be no
longer valid or active; expire (she
allowed her membership to lapse after the first year); to go by; elapse
(years had lapsed since we last met
transitive verb use.to
allow to lapse
lapse.noun
the act or an instance of lapsing (a lapse of
memory; a lapse in judgment); a break in continuity;
a pause (a lapse in the conversation); a period of time; an interval (a
lapse of several years)
lapser.noun
lithe,
lither,
lithest.adjectives
readily
bent; supple.(lithe
birch branches); marked by effortless grace.(a
lithe ballet dancer)
lithely.adverb
litheness.noun
Locke, John 1632-1704.
English philosopher
in.An Essay Concerning
Human Understanding-(1690) he set out
the principles of empiricism,
and his.Two Treatises on Government-(1690)
influenced the.Declaration
of Independence
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