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Belonging :: Belonging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belon.

Belonging :: Belonging (n.) That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects..

Belonging :: Belonging (n.) That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.

Belonging :: Belonging (n.) Family; relations; household.

Longicorn :: Longicorn (a.) Long-horned; pertaining to the Longicornia.

Longicorn :: Longicorn (n.) One of the Longicornia.

Longicornia :: Longicornia (n. pl.) A division of beetles, including a large number of species, in which the antennae are very long. Most of them, while in the larval state, bore into the wood or beneath the bark of trees, and some species are very destructive to fruit and shade trees. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Locust beetle, under Locust..

Longilateral :: Longilateral (a.) Having long sides especially, having the form of a long parallelogram..

Longiloquence :: Longiloquence (n.) Long-windedness.

Longimanous :: Longimanous (a.) Having long hands.

Longimetry :: Longimetry (n.) The art or practice of measuring distances or lengths.

Longing :: Longing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lon.

Longing :: Longing (n.) An eager desire; a craving; a morbid appetite; an earnest wish; an aspiration.

Longingly :: Longingly (adv.) With longing.

Longinquity :: Longinquity (n.) Greatness of distance; remoteness.

Longipalp :: Longipalp (n.) One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi..

Longipennate :: Longipennate (a.) Having long wings, or quills..

Longipennes :: Longipennes (n. pl.) A group of longwinged sea birds, including the gulls, petrels, etc..

Longipennine :: Longipennine (a.) Of or pertaining to the Longipennes; longipennate.

Longiroster :: Longiroster (n.) One of the Longirostres.

Longirosters :: Longirosters (pl. ) of Longiroste.

Longirostral :: Longirostral (a.) Having a long bill; of or pertaining to the Longirostres.

Longirostres :: Longirostres (pl. ) of Longiroste.

Longirostres :: Longirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division..

Longish :: Longish (a.) Somewhat long; moderately long.

Longitude :: Longitude (n.) Length; measure or distance along the longest line; -- distinguished from breadth or thickness; as, the longitude of a room; rare now, except in a humorous sense..

Longitude :: Longitude (n.) The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74� or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich..

Longitude :: Longitude (n.) The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; as, the longitude of Capella is 79�..

Longitudinal :: Longitudinal (a.) Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance..

Longitudinal :: Longitudinal (a.) Extending in length; in the direction of the length; running lengthwise, as distinguished from transverse; as, the longitudinal diameter of a body..