Definition of l

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L () L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid. Its form and value are from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being from the Phoenician, and the ultimate origin prob. Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to r and u; as in pilgrim, peregrine, couch (fr. collocare), aubura (fr. LL. alburnus)..

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Ambiloquy :: Ambiloquy (n.) Doubtful or ambiguous language.
Counterscarf :: Counterscarf (n.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp..
Ingirt :: Ingirt (a.) Surrounded; encircled.
Cotillon :: Cotillon (n.) Alt. of Cotillio.
Flush :: Flush (v. i.) To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
Scavenge :: Scavenge (v. t.) To cleanse, as streets, from filth..
Glochidiate :: Glochidiate (a.) Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles..
Stellated :: Stellated (a.) Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star..
Cholericly :: Cholericly (adv.) In a choleric manner; angrily.
Caracara :: Caracara (n.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards..
Merocele :: Merocele (n.) Hernia in the thigh; femoral hernia .
Sensualistic :: Sensualistic (a.) Adopting or teaching the doctrines of sensualism.
Graticule :: Graticule (n.) A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions..
Zirconoid :: Zirconoid (n.) A double eight-sided pyramid, a form common with tetragonal crystals; -- so called because this form often occurs in crystals of zircon..
Inductility :: Inductility (n.) The quality or state of being inductile.
Sally :: Sally (v.) An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
Comely :: Comely (superl.) Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.
Plebiscite :: Plebiscite (n.) A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791..
Reclination :: Reclination (n.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one..
Auto- :: Auto- () A combining form, with the meaning of self, one's self, one's own, itself, its own..
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