Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition (1997 Additions), Vol. 4: L—Q

L laboratory lac lack ladder ladyfy laide lamantin lamentably lampron land land-lock langrage lanose lapidable larcinry larid lash lastness lateralwards latipennate laudification laureate laver lawfully lay lay lazar-cote lead leaf leakage leaping leather Leber ledge leeser leg legioned leisureful length lenticulation lepto- leste lethargize leuco- level lew lib liberty licheno- lie lieutenant lifelikins ligamental light lighting like lilaceous limbo limitative line line linerboard link lion lipper lirate listening lithagogue litigator little-ease livelong living loader lob localizability lockable lodame lof-word logical loiter long long long-sided look loop loose-leaf lord lorum lot lounging love low lower luau lucken golland lug luminair lunate Lur lust Lutomer lyhe lyre M Macartney machine macro- madam madrigalesque Magi magnet magnifier Mahratti mail mainmast Maitreya make make make-work malato malgracious mallet malversate man manage mandarin mangani- manière criblée manlily manometer mantle manus mapold marcal marezzo marimbaphone mark market maroon marrowship marsupiate martyrer masculinely masloch massa-bowl master masterwort matakura material Matilda matronly mature mausole may mazare meakle mean measure mechanical media medicine medley meeting meiotherm melet melodramatist membraniferous menage Menominee mentulate merchantry merely Merlin mesarteritis mesocyclone messenger metachrosis metallurgically metasome meterage methyl metropolitan mezzo-soprano mickleness microbion micronucleus mid middle earth midshipmite migrating miligant milk-cow millenniarism mill-wheel mince Mindererus mingle minion minor minute mirinesse misapplication mischieved misdoer misgiving misliterate misruled mission mistate misunderstanding mitre mixhill moaner mock model modernicide module moil mole molluscum monacetin moneke mongoose monkey monochronic monolithal monopsony monsieur month Moog moon-stricken mop moralizable more morn morphologization mortar mosaic mossy mother motion motorized moulding mountain mourning mouth movement M.P mucker muddledly muga muli multi- multiplex multivious mundanity murder Murray muse musicianer Mussulmin muster-roll mutish my myositis mystery N nag nait name nap narcotical nary natiform nativity naturality naughty navin near nebulizer neckenger need ne'er-do-well negotial neither neo-classic nephridial nervosism net neuft neuropilema never Newcastle news nexter nicey nicotinic nigh night night-walk nimbus nip nitrene no nocence nodulle noll-kholl nomori non- non-consentient non-metal non-subscriber nopal norme Northway noseness notary nother notorily nourne now nucellus nudgel number Numidian nurse-child nutlet nymphic O oast obelize object language oblivionize observal obstinate ocam occupational octachord od odorator of off offering officy oftene oil oke olde oleo Oliverian omlah on oncome one onion ontogenic oozing open open-mouth operculum opinionately opposite optical or orans orchestra order ordinate organic orgiastic originality orocentral ortho orthotes oslin ostentation otary otosis ourlawer out- out-clearance outflush outliggand outpour outrunner outstationed out-worth over over-allwhere over-cheaply over-dry overgod overlap over-moist overreaching overshoot over-sum overturn ovicular own Oxfordian oxymel P pace pack pad padge pageful paint Pakkawood palæoslope pale palladium palmeous paltripolitan pan pandemy pangenetic pan-Presbyterian pantod paper papillectomy para- paradeful paragrammatism paralytic paraphraser paratroops pardon parfocal parity parliament parole parsley partee particular partner parvule pass passage passingalia pass-port pastor patchable path pâtissier patron patternism pavement pax pea peach-blow peaon peasanty peckerwood pedal pediocratic peep peg Pele's hair pelt penanceless pendulum penitential penny penstock pentice Peperomia per perception perdone perfecta performent periclitator periodical peristaphyline permanent peronium perrafrase person personified pert pervert petal petitioning petticoat pewtery phalucco pharyngectomy phenocryst philanthropos philosophiant phobism phonocamptic phosphorescence photo- photoinduction photuria phycobilin physicalize phytobiology pi-bond pick pickle pictarnie pie pied pifflicated pigging pike pilferer pill-crow pilou pin pinch-off pinga pink pin-pointed pipe pipkrake pirouettist pistle pitch pitching pitto place plack plain Planckian planing plantage plasmagene plastication plate platinotype play play pleadable plebs pleny- plicately plot plough-swain pluggy plumed plunger pluto-democracy pneumoderm pocket poeir poigniard point point group poitrel polarity Pol. Econ. policy politico-economic polluted poly- polydromic polymery polyporous polyzome pompeon pongyi Pooh-sticks poor man popet popular pore porphyry portal portion porvaye positon post post- post-echo postly post-systolic pot pote poticary pot-valiant pound pout power powwow practive prairie pratfall pre- preaching precedent precipitative precure predicative pre-establish preflight prejudice premial pre-observational preposital presagement presence presentic presolar presserage prest pretend pretty preventional price prickly priggish prime primitist prince principle printing prisoners' bars privatism prize probable procambium processual procurator producibleness profession profit prognostic progressive prokaryote prolonger promoting pronounce propagandize property proportion proprietor prosecute prospectless protectable protest proto- protopope prove province provost prune psalter pseudo- pseudovector psycho- psychopetal ptilosis publicness pudding-prick puffiness pulische pullet pulsatile pump punch pund punted Purāna purfled purl purposing pursue push- put put putrefactive pyanit pyramidal pyro-acetic pythogenic Q quadrate quæsitum qualifier quantity quarry quarter quasi Quechuan quelme question quick quidditative quilting quintessence quite quotable qussyon