• L
n. 1. M19 US sl. – a $50 banknote
n. 2. L19 US prison sl.- a life sentence
n. 3. 1942 Amer. sl. – hell
n. 4. 1969 Brit. sl. – the drug LSD
n. 5. 1991 US sl. – elevation
n. 6. 1993 US rap & hip-hop sl. – marijuana
• L-7
adj. 1950s African-American & teen sl. – unfashionable, unsophisticated
n. 1956 US sl. – a staid person who is uninterested in or unsympathetic to the fashionable interests of teenagers
• L-12
n. 1993 US sl. – an extremely social outcast (L = loser)
• L.A.
n. 1. 1901 Amer. sl. – Los Angeles, California
n. 2. 1990s drug culture sl. – long-acting amphetamine
• LA
adj. 1960s US homosexual sl. – effeminate
int. 16C – an exclamation
n. 1. c1945 Aust. sl. – a lavatory, a public convenience
n. 2. 1986 US sl. – any amphetamine or other central nervous system stimulant
n. 3. 1994 US sl., esp. African-American usage – marijuana
• LAA-DEE-LAA
adj. 1. L19 sl. – stuck-up, arrogant, snobbish
adj. 2. L19 sl. – effeminate, affected
• LAAD-MI-DON
n. 1. 1940s W. Indies – a tuberculosis sanatorium
n. 2. 1940s W. Indies – the poorhouse; the almshouse
• LAAG
n. 1899 Sc. – a pull, a shove
vb. 1. 1897 Sc. – to pull, to drag
vb. 2. 1898 Sc. – to pour water on; to bale out water
• LAAGER
adj. 1866 Sc. – eager, keen
• LAAK
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to cover
• LAALY
n. 1892 Sc. – a toy
• LAANIE
adj. 1. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – intellectually sophisticated
adj. 2. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – moneyed, rich, wealthy
adj. 3. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – showy, arrogant
n. 1. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – a boss, an employer
n. 2. 1970s S. Afr. sl. – a White person; a rich person
• LAAR
n. 1866 Sc. – a gentle breeze
• LAAV
vb. 1898 Sc. – of a bird: to hover in the air
• LAB
adj. 1824 Sc. – drunk
n. 1. c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a blab, a telltale, a chatterbox, a tattler
n. 2. 1808 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a blow, a stroke
n. 3. 1808 Sc. – a lump or large piece of anything; a portion, a fragment, a bit; a shred or piece, as of skin or cloth torn away and hanging loose
n. 4. 1814 Sc. obs. – a pendulous ornament; a projecting drooping part of an object
n. 5. 1828 Sc. & Ireland – a portion, a piece
n. 6. 1866 Amer. college sl. – a chemistry student
n. 7. 1895 UK – a laboratory
n. 8. Bk1902 Sc. – the act of throwing
n. 9. 1950s sl., orig. Can & US – a Labrador dog
vb. 1. 1377 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to blab, to let out secrets
vb. 2. 1788 Sc. – to walk with a long swinging step
vb. 3. 1818 Sc. – to toss, to pitch, to throw from the hand, with a swing of the arm, in the manner a quoit is thrown
vb. 4. 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to strike severely, to beat; to deliver a slashing blow
vb. 5. 1858 Sc. – to dash down hurriedly in writing
vb. 6. 1883 Sc. – to fall flatly
vb. 7. 1958 Sc. – to rip or tear skin or cloth so as to leave a shred or strip hanging loose
• LABA
n. 1950s W. Indies – a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person
• LABA-LABA
adj. 1980s Black British sl. – talkative, verbose, effusive
n. 1950s W. Indies – a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person
vb. 1960s W. Indies – to chatter, to gossip; to betray secrets
• LABANT
adj. 1727 obs. – sliding, falling down, wavering
• LABASCATE
vb. 1727 obs. – to begin to fall or slide
• LABASCENCY
n. a1657 obs. rare – tottering state or condition
• LABB
n. 1824 Sc. – the sound of the lapping of waves
• LABBA
n. 1950s W. Indies – a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person
• LABBA-LABBA
adj. 1980s Black British sl. – talkative, verbose, effusive
n. 1950s W. Indies – a chatterbox; a gossip; a talkative person
vb. 1960s W. Indies – to chatter, to gossip; to betray secrets
• LABBE
n. 1998 US sl.- the vagina
• LABBER
n. 1. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a person whose clothing is wet and draggled; a ‘draggle-tail’
n. 2. Bk1902 Sc. – the act of swallowing a liquid so hastily that a portion is allowed to fall, and a noise made with the lips; the noise thus caused Sc.
vb. 1. 1873 Eng. dial. – to loll out the tongue; to lick up anything
vb. 2. 1889 Eng. dial. – to dabble or splash in water
vb. 3. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to besmear, esp. with mud; to daub; to lubricate
vb. 4. Bk1902 Sc. – to make a noise with the lips in swallowing a liquid; to let fall a portion of one’s food while swallowing
vb. 5. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to trail in the dirt; to draggle
vb. 6. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to wet; to become wet
• LABBERED
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – of a fish: mature enough to ripple the stream
• LABBERED-UP
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – very much besmeared with mud
• LABBER-GOB
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – treacle
• LABBERIN
n. 1874 Sc. – a beating, a thrashing
• LABBERING
n. L19 Brit. nautical usage – the struggling of a hooked fish
• LABBERLY
adj. 1842 Eng. dial. – wet; rainy
• LABBERMENT
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a splashing; a washing of linen on a small scale
• LABBER-MOUTH
n. 20C W. Indies – a chatterer, a talker
• LABBERY
adj. 1. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – wet; rainy
adj. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – of roads: miry, muddy
• LABBET
n. 1. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a boy that waits on a mason, butcher, etc.; a menial of the lowest grade
n. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a fool
• LABBIE
n. 1. 1808 Sc. – the flap or skirt of a man’s coat or shirt
n. 2. 1984 – a Labrador dog
• LABBY
n. 1984 – a Labrador dog
• LAB-DAB
n. B1900 Eng. dial. – a profuse perspiration
• LABDICK
n. 20C Sc. sl. – a policeman
• LABE
vb. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to heap on; to place upon in great quantities; to lay on a burden
• LABEFACT
adj. 1874 rare – shaken, tottering
vb. c1540 obs. – to shake, to weaken
• LABEFACTATE
vb. 1645 obs. rare – to cause to totter or fall; to make unsteady or unstable; to weaken
• LABEFACTATION
n. 1775 rare – a shaking, weakening; overthrow, downfall
• LABEFACTION
n. 1620 – a shaking, weakening; overthrown, downfall
• LABEFY
vb. 1620 obs. rare – to weaken, to impair; to cause to fall
• LABEL
n. 1. c1440 obs. – a slip or strip of anything
n. 2. 1577-87 obs. – a narrow piece of land
n. 3. 1928 US sl. – the name by which a person is known
• LABEL-LOLLING
adj. 1615 obs. – projecting like a label (tag meaning)
• LABENT
adj. 1727 obs. – falling, sliding, running, or passing away
• LABEON
n. 1650 obs. rare – one who has large lips
• LABERLETHIN
n. 1864 Sc. – a long, rambling discourse
• LABES
n. 1983 Amer. sl. – the genital labia
• LABEY
n. 1808 Sc. – the flap or skirt of a man’s coat or shirt
• LAB HOUND
n. 1. 1958 US police usage – a forensic scientist
n. 2. 1970 Amer. sl. – a person who enjoys being the subject of psychology experiments
• LABIAL
adj. 1650 – pert. to the lips
• LABIAL CONTACT
n. 1947 US sl. – a kiss; a kissing
• LABICAN
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a gossip, a tattler, a busybody
• LABIE
n. 1. 1808 Sc. – the flap or skirt of a man’s coat or shirt
n. 2. 1815 Eng. dial. – a large irregular piece
• LABIES
n. 1. 1541 obs. – lips
n. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a store; plenty, abundance
• LABILE
adj. 1. 1447 obs. – liable or prone to lapse; prone to fall into error or sin
adj. 2. 1623 obs. – apt to slip away; slippery, unstable
• LABIOMANCY
n. 1686 – lip-reading
• LABION
n. 1650 obs. rare – one who has large lips
• LAB-OATS
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – sloppy food
• LAB ONE’S MOUTH
vb. 1966 Amer. dial. – to chatter, to blab
• LABONZA
n. 1. 1934 US sl. – the pit of the stomach
n. 2. 1954 US sl. – the buttocks
• LABORANT
n. 1665 obs. – a laboratory workman; a chemist’s assistant; a working chemist
• LABORATE
vb. 1662 obs. rare – to produce or develop by labour
• LABORATION
n. c1460 obs. rare – working, work, labour
• LABORATORIAL
adj. 1862 – pert. to the laboratory
• LABORATORIAN
adj. 1860 rare – pert. to the laboratory
n. 1860 rare – a chemist who works in a laboratory
• LABORATORY
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a toilet
• LABOR FAKER
n. 1. 1907 US sl. – a worker who loafs on the job; a malingerer; hence, a corrupt union leader
n. 2. 1938 US sl. – a political agitator among workers
• LABORIFEROUS
adj. 1656 obs. rare – that takes pains; that endures labour, painful, difficult
• LABORIOSE
adj. 1727 obs.- laborious, painstaking
• LABORIOSITY
n. 1656 rare – painfulness, laboriousness
• LABOROSITY
n. 1656 obs. rare – laboriousness
• LABOROUS
adj. c1386 obs. – laborious
• LABOROUSNESS
n. 1530 obs. – laboriousness
• LABOR SKATE
n. 1930 US sl. – a trade union official; a corrupt or ineffective labour union official
• LAB-O’-THE-TONGUE
n. 1746 Eng. dial. – a chatterbox, tattler; one who cannot keep a secret
• LABOUR
n. 1. 1486 obs. – an alleged term for a ‘company’ of moles
n. 2. 1896 Sc. & Amer. dial. – tillage
vb. 1. 1798 Sc. & Ireland – to till, to cultivate land; to plough
vb. 2. 1824 Sc. – to beat, to thrash, to batter, to belabour
• THE LABOUR
n. 1920s sl. – the labour exchange; the employment exchange; the job centre
• LABOURABLE
adj. 1481 obs. – capable of being laboured or worked
• LABOURAGE
n. 1. 1475 obs. – ploughing; ploughed or cultivated land
n. 2. 1484 obs. – labouring, labour, work
n. 3. 1826 – payment for labour
• LABOUR DAY JUNKIE
n. 1996 Ireland sl. – someone who uses heroin only occasionally
• LABOURER OF NATURE
n. 17C sl. – the penis
• LABOURESS
n. 1570 obs. – a female labourer
• LABOUR-FELLOW
n. 1549 obs. – a fellow labourer
• LABOURHOOD
n. 1858 rare – laborious condition; laboriousness
• LABOUR-HOUSE
n. 1712 obs. – a laboratory
• LABOURING
n. 1798 Sc. – a farm
• LABOURING OAR
n. 1776 US – the most burdensome duty
• LABOUR-LEA
vb. 19C Sc. – to copulate
• LABOUR LEATHER
vb. 16C sl. – to copulate with a woman
• A LABOUR OF HERCULES
n. 1432-50 – a task requiring enormous strength
• LABOUR ONE’S NEEDS
vb. c1400 obs. – to work for one’s livelihood
• LABOUROUS
adj. 1. 1826 Sc. – labouring
adj. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – laborious
• LABOURSOME
adj. 1. 1551 obs. – given to labour; hard-working
adj. 2. 1577-87 rare or Eng. dial. – requiring labour; accompanied by labour
adj. 3. 1604 obs. – of land: difficult of cultivation
adj. 4. 1691 – of a ship: subject to pitch and roll violently in a heavy sea
adj. 5. 1889 Eng. dial. – laborious; fatiguing
• LABRET
n. 1. 1857 – an ornament consisting of a piece of stone, bone, shell, etc., inserted in the lip
n. 2. 1990s sl. – in body piercing: a stud through the bottom lip
• LABRICK
n. 1889 Amer. sl. – a fool; a dolt; an idiot; a dull, stupid person; a greenhorn; a stranger; a naive or foolish person; often used as a mild term of abuse
• LABRISH
adj. 1940s W. Indies – talkative, gossipy
n. 1940s W. Indies – gossip, chatter
vb. 1940s W. Indies – to tell tales, to gossip
• LABRISHER
n. 1940s W. Indies – a chatterer, a telltale
• LABROSE
adj. 1. 1727 – having large lips
adj. 2. 1727 – having a brim, bank, or border
• LABROUS
adj. 1. 1656 obs. rare – having large lips
adj. 2. 1656 obs. rare – having a brim. bank, or border
• LAB-SIDED
adj. 1883 Sc. – leaning to one side, lopsided
• LA BUENA
n. 2003 UK drug culture sl. – heroin
• LAB WRETCH
n. 1988 US sl. – a performer of unpleasant laboratory tasks
• LABYRINTH
n. 1548 – a tortuous, entangled, or inextricable condition of things, events, ideas, etc.; an entanglement, a maze
• LABYRINTHAL
adj. 1669 rare – labyrinthine
• LABYRINTHED
adj. 1650 obs. rare – full of complications
• LABYRINTHIAL
adj. a1550 obs.- labyrinthine
• LABYRINTHIAN
adj. 1588 – labyrinthine
• LABYRINTHIC
adj. 1641- labyrinthine
• LABYRINTHICAL
adj. 1641 rare – labyrinthine
• LABYRINTHINE
adj. 1. 1747 – having many intricate turnings or windings
adj. 2. 1840 – intricate, complicated, involved, inextricable
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