• LUA
n. 1938 Hawaii – a toilet
• LUAU FOOT
n. 1967 Hawaii – a big foot
• LUB
n. M14 sl. – a fool
• LUBBARD
n. 1586 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial. – a fool; a soft-head; a big, clumsy, stupid fellow, esp. one who lives in idleness; a lout
• LUBBER
n. 1. 1362 – a fool; a soft-head; a big, clumsy, stupid fellow, esp. one who lives in idleness; a lout
n. 2. 1538 obs. – an inferior servant, a drudge, a scullion
n. 3. 1579 sailors’ usage – a clumsy seaman; an unseamanlike fellow
vb. 1. 1530 – to loaf about
vb. 2. M19 sl. – to hit
• LUBBER-COCK
n. 1. 1867 Eng. dial. – a turkey-cock
n. 2. B1900 Eng. dial. – a term of contempt or derision
• LUBBER-HEAD
n. 1847 – a hulking oaf; a stupid person, a blockhead
• LUBBER-HEADED
adj. 1849 Eng. dial. – stupid
• LUBBERLAND
n. 1598 – an imaginary land of plenty without labour; a land of laziness; the Paradise of indolence
• LUBBERLY
adj. 1580 – coarse of figure and dull of intellect, loutish; stupid; clumsy; lazy
adv. 1594 – unskilfully, clumsily
• LUBBY
n. 14C Brit. – a hulking oaf
• LUBE
n. 1. 1940s Aust. sl. – a drink
n. 2. 1970s US sl. – a lubricated condom
n. 3. 1970s sl. – any form of lubricant, as KY Jelly, used to facilitate (anal) sex
n. 4. 1970s US homosexual sl. – natural lubrication in sex, spec. from pre-semen
n. 5. M20 Aust. sl. – alcohol, esp. beer
vb. 1. 1930s sl. – to keep happy, to entertain
vb. 2. 1950s sl. – to bribe; to tip
vb. 3. 1970s sl. – to apply a lubricant, as KY Jelly, to facilitate (anal) sex
• LUBE JOB
n. 1940s US sl. – oral or sexual intercourse
• LUBENCY
n. 1623 obs. rare – willingness or pleasure in regard to action or activity
• LUBE ON
adj. 1960s US college sl. – of a woman: sexually excited
• LUBIE
n. 1971 US sl. – a lubricated condom
• LUBRA
n. 1. 1847 Aust. – an Aboriginal woman
n. 2. 1966 Aust. sl. – any woman
• LUBRIC
adj. 1. 1490 arch. – having a smooth surface, slippery
adj. 2. 1490 obs. – lascivious, wanton, lewd
adj. 3. 1631 obs. – slippery, shifty, deceitful; wavering, unsteady, uncertain; prone to danger or error
• LUBRICAL
adj. 1. 1601 obs. – lascivious, lustful
adj. 2. 1657 obs. – smooth and slippery
adj. 3. 1867 obs. – talkative, loquacious
• LUBRICATE
adj. 1848 rare – slippery; smooth and oily
vb. 1. 18C Brit. sl. – to copulate, from the male point of view
vb. 2. 1900 Brit. & US sl. – to ply with drink; to drink liquor to excess
vb. 3. 1928 sl. – to grease the palm of; to bribe
vb. 4. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to intoxicate; to make dead drunk
• LUBRICATED
adj. 1927 sl. – drunk
• LUBRICATOR
n. 1872 US sl. – a native Mexican or native Spanish American; orig. applied in contempt by Americans in the south-western US to the Mexicans
• LUBRICIOUS
adj. 1584 – deceitful, unreliable
adj. 1656 – smooth, slippery, oily
adj. 1656 – lascivious, lustful, wanton
• LUBRICITATE
vb. 1706 obs. rare – to make slippery
• LUBRICITY
n. 1. a1492 – lasciviousness, lewdness, wantonness
n. 2. 1601 – slipperiness, smoothness; oiliness
n. 3. 1603 obs. – volubility, glibness
n. 4. 1613 – shiftiness; unsteadiness, instability; elusiveness
n. 5. 1809 rare – mobility, suppleness
• LUBRICOUS
adj. 1. 1535 rare – lascivious, wanton
adj. 2. 1646 – shifty; unstable; elusive
adj. 3. 1659 – slippery, smooth; slimy; oily
adj. 4. 1715 obs. rare – voluble, glib
adj. 5. 1793 obs. rare – insinuating
• LUBRIFACTION
n. 1542 obs. – a making slippery or smooth; lubrication
• LUBRIFICATION
n. 1692 obs. – a making slippery or smooth; lubrication
• LUBRIFY
vb. 1611 rare – to make slippery or smooth; to lubricate
• LUBRITORIUM
n. 1930 chiefly US – a greasing bay in a service station; a service station
• LUCE
n. 1564 obs. – a lynx
• LUCENCE
n. c1485 rare – luminosity, brilliance (literal and figurative)
• LUCENCY
n. 1656 – luminosity, brilliance (literal and figurative)
• LUCENT
adj. 1. c1500 – shining, bright, luminous
adj. 2. 1820 – translucent; lucid, clear
• LUCERET
n. 1637 obs. – the lynx
• LUCERN
n. 1532 obs. – the lynx
• LUCERNE
n. c1450 obs. – a lamp, lantern
• LUCIAN
n. 1752 – a witty scoffer
• LUCIANICAL
adj. 1562 obs. – pertaining to or characteristic of Lucian and his style; marked by a scoffing wit
• LUCIAN IT
vb. 1655 obs. – to play the scoffer
• LUCIBLE
adj. 1623 rare – bright, glowing with or giving off light, lucent
• LUCID
adj. 1591 now poetic usage – bright, shining, luminous, resplendent
• LUCIDARY
n. 1687 obs. – a newly invented light or lighting apparatus
• LUCIDENT
adj. a1400 obs. rare – bright, glowing with or giving off light, lucent
• LUCIFEE; LUCIVEE
n. 1825 Can. – the Canadian lynx
• LUCIFER
n. 1. c1050, now poetic usage – the morning star; the planet Venus when she appears in the sky before sunrise
n. 2. 1791 Amer. dial. – a lynx
• LUCIFERIAN
adj. 1570 obs. – pert. to Lucifer; Satanic, devilish; haughty, proud
• LUCIFERINE
adj. 1543 obs. – pert. to Lucifer; Satanic, devilish; haughty, proud
• LUCIFEROUS
adj. 1. c1554 obs. – pert. to Lucifer; Satanic, devilish; haughty, proud
adj. 2. 1648 – affording illumination or insight; luminous, illuminating
adj. 3. 1656 rare – that brings or emits light
• LUCIFIC
adj. 1701 – light-producing
• LUCIGENOUS
adj. 1727 obs. rare – born or begotten in the daytime
• LUCINA
n. 1. c1405 – a midwife
n. 2. 1504 poetic usage – the moon
• LUCIVEE
n. 1791 Amer. dial. – a lynx
• LUCK
n. 1. a1475 obs. rare – gain, profit; financial advantage
n. 2. 1538 obs. – a sign of good or bad fortune; an omen
vb. 1. c1438 obs. – to chance, to happen, to occur
vb. 2. 1530 obs. rare – to bring good luck, happiness, or success to
vb. 3. 1597 Sc. rare – to be lucky; to prosper, to succeed
• LUCKEN-BROWED
adj. 1685 – having eyebrows which join or nearly meet in the middle
• LUCKENFOOTED
adj. 1710 obs. rare – having webbed feet
• LUCK IN A BAG
n. 1649 obs. – good luck; an unlikely or unexpected piece of good luck
• LUCKLY
adj. c1450 obs. – lucky, fortunate, successful
adv. 1538 obs. – luckily
• LUCK MONEY
n. 1820 Brit. & Ireland – a small sum of money which, traditionally, is returned by the seller to the buyer after the sale of grain or livestock
• LUCK PENNY
n. 1703 Brit. & Ireland – a small sum of money which, traditionally, is returned by the seller to the buyer after the sale of grain or livestock
• LUCK SIGN
n. 1587 obs. rare – an omen, an augury
• LUCK STROKEN
adj. 1597 obs. – having received a small amount of money
• LUCK UP
vb. 1. 1946 Amer. dial. – to come upon by chance
vb. 2. 1952 Amer. dial. – to have good luck, to luck out
• LUCKY
adj. 1. 1568 obs. – of a woman: good, blessed; attractive
adj. 2. 1648 obs. – occurring by chance; depending on chance
adj. 3. 1649 Sc. & Eng. dial. rare – of an amount, size, etc.: not less, and usually greater than what is stated or expected; full, ample, generous
adj. 4. 1703 obs. – of a person: useful, handy
n. 1. 1629 Sc. rare – an elderly woman; a grandmother; also, a woman of any age, esp. a wife or mistress
n. 2. 1717 Sc. rare – a woman who brews or sells beer; a landlady of a public house or tavern
n. 3. 1827 Sc. obs. – a witch, a sorceress
• LUCKY-BAG
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the female genitals; the vagina
• LUCKY BONE
n. 1971 Amer. dial. – a wishbone
•ֽ LUCKY CHARM
n. 1955 – a person believed to bring good luck
• LUCKY COUNTRY
n. 20C Aust. sl. – a jocular name for Australia
• LUCKY-DAD
n. 1610 Sc. obs. – a grandfather
• LUCKY-DADDY
n. 1706 Sc. – a grandfather
• LUCKY DIP
n. 20C colloq. – an undertaking of uncertain outcome
• LUCKY HAND
n. 1938 Amer. dial. – an amulet or good luck charm
• LUCKY-MINNIE
n. 1. 1755 Sc. rare – a grandmother
n. 2. 1794 Sc. rare – a term of reproach to a woman; a term of abuse for an old woman
• LUCKY-STARRED
adj. 1839 rare – having good luck, benefiting from good fortune
• LUCRATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare – to gain, to get, to win
• LUCRATION
n. 1658 obs. – a gaining
• LUCRATIVE
adj. 1549 obs. – bent upon or directed towards making of gain; avaricious, covetous
• LUCRATORY
adj. 1646 obs. – relating to the getting of gain
• LUCRE
n. c1380 – gain, profit, pecuniary advantage
vb. 1570 obs. – to make gain
• LUCRIFACTION
n. 1606 obs. rare – a making or getting gain
• LUCRIFEROUS
adj. 1648 obs. – bringing gain; lucrative, profitable
• LUCRIFIC
adj. 1727 obs. – producing gain
• LUCRIFICABLE
adj. 1623 obs. – producing gain
• LUCRIFICATE
vb. 1656 obs. rare – to gain or get
• LUCRIFY
vb. 1570 obs. – to gain, to win
• LUCRIPETOUS
adj. 1675 obs. – eager for gain
• LUCROUS
adj. 1. c1500 obs. – full of gain or profit
adj. 2. 1551 obs. – avaricious, covetous
• LUCTATION
n. 1. 1651 obs. – struggling, wrestling
n. 2. 1678 obs. – agitation due to chemical reaction; also, a struggling for breath
• LUCTIFEROUS
adj. 1656 obs. rare – bringing sorrow, mournful, gloomy
• LUCTIFIC
adj. 1727 obs. – causing sorrow or mourning
• LUCTIFICABLE
adj. 1721 obs. – that is sorrowful
• LUCTISONANT
adj. 1656 obs. rare – making a mournful sound
• LUCTISONOUS
adj. 1721 obs. rare – making a mournful sound
• LUCTUAL
adj. 1613-18 obs. – mournful, sorrowful
• LUCTUATE
vb. 1772 obs. rare – to render mournful or gloomy, as with bad news or black drapes
• LUCTUOUS
adj. 1721 obs. rare – mournful
• LUCUBRATE
vb. 1623 – literally, to work by artificial light; to produce ‘lucubrations’; to discourse learnedly in writing
• LUCUBRATION
n. 1596 – nocturnal study or meditation; study in general
• LUCUBRATIST
n. 1759 obs. – a nocturnal student; one who produces lucubrations
• LUCUBRATOR
n. 1775 – a nocturnal student; one who produces lucubrations
• LUCUBRATORY
adj. 1656 obs. – pert. to lucubration; meditative; pert. to studying, composing, or working by candlelight
n. 1775 obs., jocular usage – a ‘thinking-shop’, a place of midnight study
• LUCULENCE
n. 1. 1727 obs. rare – trimness, fineness, beauty
n. 2. 1775 obs. rare – clearness, certainty
• LUCULENCY
n. 1656 obs. – brightness, beauty
• LUCULENT
adj. 1. c1420 rare – full of light, bright, clear, shining
adj. 2. 1548 obs. – of oratory compositions: brilliant, admirable: hence of a writer or orator
adj. 3. 1597 – of evidence, arguments: clear, convincing, evident
adj. 4. 1597 – of explanations: lucid, luminous
adj. 5. 1599 obs. – of persons: brilliant, illustrious
• LUCY
n. 20C Amer. dial. – the penis
• LUCY BOWLES
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – diarrhoea, loose bowels
• LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
n. M20 US drug culture sl. – a code name for LSD
• LUD!
int. a1726 arch. – an exclamation of surprise, emphasis, dismay, etc. ; Lord!
• LUDDEN
n. 1607 obs. – a refrain; the burden of a song or complaint
• LUDDISM
n. 1967 – intense dislike of or opposition to technological innovation
• LUDDITE
n. 1970 – one who opposes the introduction of new technology, esp. into a place of work
• LUDDLE
n. 1978 Amer. dial. – the penis of a horse
• LUDDOCK
n. a1475 obs. – the loin, or the buttock
• LUDDY MUSSY!
int. 1851 Amer. dial. – used to express surprise, dismay, etc.
• LUDE
n. 1. a1275 obs. – noise, clamour
n. 2. 1694 obs. – a game
n. 3. M20 US drug culture sl. – methaqualone, usually Quaalude™, a tranquillizer
• LUDENT
n. 1573 obs. – a player
• LUDIBLE
adj. 1656 obs. rare – playful
• LUDIBRIOUS
adj. 1. 1563 obs. – apt to be a subject of jest or mockery; ridiculous, laughable
adj. 2. 1641 rare – full of scorn, inclined to scoff; scornful, mocking
• LUDIBRY
n. 1637 obs. – derision, contempt; an object of derision
• LUDIBUND
adj. 1668 obs. rare – full of play, playful, sportive
• LUDIC
adj. 1940 – pert. to undirected and spontaneously playful behaviour
• LUDICRAL
adj. 1656 obs. rare – ludicrous
• LUDICRISM
n. 1830 obs. – burlesque
• LUDICROSITY
n. a1856 rare – ludicrousness
• LUDICROUS
adj. 1. 1619 obs. – pert. to play or sport; sportive; intended in jest, jocular, derisive
adj. 2. 1687 obs. – given to jesting; trifling, frivolous; also, in a favourable sense, witty, humorous
• LUDICROUSLY
adv. a1678 obs. – sportively, jestingly, humorously
• LUDIFICABLE
adj. 1623 obs. rare – deceiving, mocking
• LUDIFICATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare – to deceive, to beguile, to mock; also, to frustrate
• LUDIFICATION
n. 1623 rare – a deception or mocking
• LUDIFICATORY
adj. a1677 obs. rare – deceptive
• LUDIFY
vb. 1447 obs. rare – to deceive, to delude
• LUDING
n. c1275 obs. – noise
• LUDITORY
adj. B1900 – merry, sportive, playful
• LUDOLOGY
n. 1961 – the study of games and game playing; now esp. used of video games
• LUDS
n. a1568 Sc. obs. – the buttocks
• LUER
n. 1973 US drug culture sl. – a glass syringe with a slip-on needle and a solid plunger
• LUFF
n. 1836 colloq.- lieutenant
• LUFFEE
n. 1744 US – a sweetheart
• LUFTMENSCH
n. 1902 chiefly Jewish usage – a person who indulges in impractical or unrealistic plans; an impractical dreamer
• LUG
n. 1. a1250 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a long stick or pole; the branch or limb of a tree
n. 2. 1507 UK – an ear
n. 3. 1545 obs. – something heavy and clumsy
n. 4. 1624 – the handle of a pitcher
n. 5. 1927 US sl. – a large, clumsy, dim man
n. 6. 1929 US sl. – a demand
n. 7. 1931 sl., chiefly Amer. – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male; a lout, a sponger
n. 8. 1977 US sl. – luggage
n. 9. 1993 US sl. – a woman who takes lesbian lovers in college and then reverts to heterosexuality after graduation from college (Lesbian Until Graduation)
n. 10. 1996 UK sl. – an inhalation of marijuana smoke, esp. from a water pipe
vb. 1. 1390 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to pull, to pull by the ear, hair, etc.; to tease, to worry, to bait a bear, bull, etc.
vb. 2. 1884 UK sl. – to bring; to accompany
• LUGAN
n. 1947 US sl. – a Lithuanian or a person of Lithuanian descent; used derisively
• LUG AROUND A PERSON
vb. 20C sl. – to have an unpleasant person in one’s company because of orders received for a sale to be made
• LUG-CHOVEY
n. c1830 cant – a pawnbroker’s shop
• LUGENT
adj. 1656 rare – mourning or lamenting; weeping
• LUGER
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a grasshopper
• LUGER LOUT
n. 1992 UK rhyming sl. for ‘Kraut’ – a German
• LUGGAGE
n. 1. 1614 obs. – an encumbrance
n. 2. 19C Brit. colloq. – the male genitals
• LUGGARD
n. 1528 obs. – one who moves heavily; a sluggard
• LUGGER
n. 1. 1931 US sl. – in a big store confidence swindle: someone who assigned to provide background ambience, an extra
n. 2. 1979 US sl. – a person who physically transports players to an illegal poker game
n. 3. 20C Brit. sl. – a sponger; a defaulter; one who drinks with others but never buys a round
vb. 1. 1654 obs. – to drag or carry about
vb. 2. 1782 obs. – to tease
• LUGGISH
adj. 1. 1684 obs. – ? miserly
adj. 2. 1933 Amer. dial. – slow, heavy, sluggish
• LUG-HAUL
vb. 1829 – to pull by the ears
• LUGHOLE
n. 1895 sl. – an ear
• LUGIE
n. 1969 US sl. – a Lithuanian or a person of Lithuanian descent; used derisively
• LUG IN
vb. 1964 US sl. – of a racehorse: to tend to run toward the rail
• LUGINAR
n. 1503 Sc. obs. – one who lets lodgings
• LUG-LOAF
n. E17 Brit. sl. – an oaf; a blockhead
• LUG ONE’S EAR
vb. 20C Aust. sl. – to ask for money; to borrow money from
• LUG-POT
n. 19C Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘sot’- a drunkard
• LUGS
n. 1. 1889 Amer. dial. – elegant or showy clothing; hence, affectation, airs
n. 2. Bk1905 Amer. dial. – proud manners
n. 3. 1966 Amer. dial. – a woman’s breasts
• LUG THE HAIR
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to pull the hair
• LUG THE WRONG SOW BY THE EAR
vb. 1776 US – to capture the wrong person
• LUGUBRE
adj. 1727 obs. – expressing or causing mourning; mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable
• LUGUBRIOSITY
n. 1840 rare – mournfulness
• LUGUBRIOUS
adj. 1601 – expressing or causing mourning; mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable
• LUGUBROUS
adj. 1632 obs. – expressing or causing mourning; doleful, mournful, sorrowful, sad, dismal, pitiable
• LUITION
n. 1656 obs. rare – payment of a ransom
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