laager
A defensive encampment encircled by wagons, especially by South African Boers.
A temporary formation of armoured vehicles for resupply.

laagers
plural of laager

labane
Alternative form of labneh.

labaneh
Alternative form of labneh.

labna
Alternative form of labneh.

labnah
Alternative form of labneh.

labneh
Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yoghurt and cheese.

labnehs
plural of labneh

labour
An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
That which requires hard work for its accomplishment; that which demands effort.
Workers in general; the working class, the workforce; sometimes specifically the labour movement, organised labour.
A political party or force aiming or claiming to represent the interests of labour.
The act or process of a mother giving birth.
The time period during which a mother gives birth.
The pitching or tossing of a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and rigging.
A traditional unit of area in Mexico and Texas, equivalent to 177.1 acres or 71.67 ha.
A group of moles.

labourage
The loading or unloading of a ship's cargo.
The wage for labour.
Workplace; the place where one labors.

labours
plural of labour

lac
A resinous substance or lacquer produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Kerria lacca, a scale insect.

lacings
plural of lacing

lacs
plural of lac

lactol
any cyclic hemiacetal formed by the intramolecular addition of a hydroxy group to a carbonyl group

lactols
plural of lactol

lactotransferrin
lactoferrin

lactotransferrins
plural of lactotransferrin

ladle
A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.
A container used in a foundry or steel mill to transport and pour out molten metal.
The float or paddle on a mill wheel.
An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.

ladles
plural of ladle

ladyships
plural of ladyship

laevocardiogram
A cardiogram of the left side of the heart

laevocardiograms
plural of laevocardiogram

lagan
Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.

lager
A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.

lagoena
A Roman flagon: a narrow-necked vessel with a handle and a flat base, often used for wine; a decanter, jug (made by the Romans of various materials, including glass). In Ancient Rome, wine was shipped in large vessels like the amphorae, while lesser vessels such as these lagoenae were kept at home and filled from them.

lagoenae
plural of lagoena

lagona
Alternative form of lagoena.

lagonae
plural of lagona

lairdships
plural of lairdship

lakatoi
A double-hulled sailing watercraft of Papua New Guinea.
any of the series of postage stamps issued in British New Guinea and Papua featuring a design of a lakatoi.

lakatois
plural of lakatoi

lakemanship
Skill in, and knowledge of, the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel on a lake.

lambskinnet
Obsolete form of lansquenet, a card game.

lancang
A kind of sailing ship from Maritime Southeast Asia.

lancangs
plural of lancang

lancaran
A kind of sailing ship used in Maritime Southeast Asia, propelled by oars and sails with two quarter rudders, one on either side of the stern.
In gamelan music, a cycle of 16 beats in the sequence TWTN TPTN TPTN TPTG, where T indicates the strike of the ketuk, P the kempul, N the kenong, G the simultaneous gong and kenong, and W the wela, the pause where the kempul is omitted.

lancarans
plural of lancaran

lancha
Alternative form of lancang.

lanchang
Alternative form of lancang.

lanchangs
plural of lanchang

lanchara
Alternative form of lancaran (“ship”).

lancharas
plural of lanchara

lanchas
plural of lancha

landau
A type of lightweight, four-wheeled carriage in which the front and back passenger seats face each other.
A style of automobile based around the design of landau carriages.

landaulet
A small landau.

landaulets
plural of landaulet

landaulette
A small landau.
A motor car with an open driver’s seat and an enclosed rear section with one cross-seat and a collapsible roof; sometimes used for weddings.

landaulettes
plural of landaulette

landaus
plural of landau

landbook
A book containing details of lands and their ownership.

landbooks
plural of landbook

landbridge
Alternative form of land bridge.

landbridges
plural of landbridge

landeau
Alternative form of landau.

landeaus
plural of landeau

landfall
An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
A landslip.

landfalls
plural of landfall

landgraf
Alternative form of landgrave.

landgrafs
plural of landgraf

landgrave
One holding a specific nobiliary title ranking as count in certain feudal countships in the Holy Roman Empire, in present Germany.
County nobleman in the British, privately held North American colony Carolina, ranking just below the proprietary (chartered equivalent of a royal vassal).

landgraves
plural of landgrave

landgraveships
plural of landgraveship

landgraviate
The office or jurisdiction of a landgrave
The countship of a landgrave, a rare type of principality in the Holy Roman Empire.

landgraviates
plural of landgraviate

landlubber
Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.

landlubbers
plural of landlubber

landocracies
plural of landocracy

landocracy
A political system based on ownership of land.

landownerships
plural of landownership

landplane
An aircraft that is designed to take off from, and land on, land (rather than water or snow).

landplanes
plural of landplane

landsale
The direct sale of coal from the colliery to the customer, transported by road.

landsales
plural of landsale.

landscrip
A certificate entitling the holder to land ownership in Texas.

landscrips
plural of landscrip

landship
An armored combat vehicle, a tank
A superheavy tank, supertank

landships
plural of landship

landwhale
An obese person.
An excessively large motor vehicle.

landwhales
plural of landwhale

landyacht
Alternative spelling of land yacht.

landyachts
plural of landyacht

lanekeeping
A camera-based system that allows a vehicle to detect when it is drifting out of a lane of the road, and compensate accordingly.

langgars
plural of langgar

lantaca
Alternative form of lantaka.

lantacas
plural of lantaca

lantaka
A kind of portable bronze cannon or swivel gun, sometimes mounted on merchant vessels and warships in Maritime Southeast Asia.

lantakas
plural of lantaka

lanterns
plural of lantern

laodah
Chinese boat captain.

laodahs
plural of laodah

lapstrake
A style of boatbuilding using overlapping planks.
A boat built in this style.

lapstrakes
plural of lapstrake

lapstreak
Alternative form of lapstrake.

lapstreaks
plural of lapstreak

larboard
The left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side.

larboards
plural of larboard

larries
plural of larry

larry
Dated form of lorry.

lastage
A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
A tax on wares sold by the last.
The lading of a ship; ballast.
Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.

lastages
plural of lastage

lat
A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.

lata
Alternative form of latah.

lateener
A ship with a lateen rig.

lateeners
plural of lateener

latlon
Alternative spelling of lat/lon.

latlons
plural of latlon

latreia
Alternative spelling of latria.

latreias
plural of latreia

latria
The highest form of worship, named adoration, properly given to the triune God alone.

latrias
plural of latria

lats
plural of lat: staves; pillars.

laudits
praise
thanks, particularly when publicly given

launchful
Enough to fill a launch (type of boat).