Definition of lacking

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Lacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lac.

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Complete :: Complete (a.) Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.
Enervous :: Enervous (a.) Lacking nerve or force; enervated.
Muraena :: Muraena (n.) A genus of large eels of the family Miraenidae. They differ from the common eel in lacking pectoral fins and in having the dorsal and anal fins continuous. The murry (Muraena Helenae) of Southern Europe was the muraena of the Romans. It is highly valued as a food fish.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail..
Lustless :: Lustless (a.) Lacking vigor; weak; spiritless.
Bastard :: Bastard (n.) Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so..
Agalactous :: Agalactous (a.) Lacking milk to suckle with.
Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army..
Good :: Good (superl.) Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
Disable :: Disable (a.) Lacking ability; unable.
Rude :: Rude (superl.) Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.
Chill :: Chill (a.) Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state..
Bryozoum :: Bryozoum (n.) An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zooecia usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other zooids (Avicularia, Ooecia, etc.)..
Clacking :: Clacking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clac.
Blackball :: Blackball (v. t.) To blacken (leather, shoes, etc.) with blacking..
Hawk :: Hawk (n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.
Gaseous :: Gaseous (a.) Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous.
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