Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z locutor A speaker (one who talks). locutorship The state or business of a locutor. locutory A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries where the monks were allowed to converse. lod A city in Israel. Lodato A surname from Italian. lodde the capelin (fish). Loddon A town and civil parish with a town council in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM3698). lode A way or path; a road. Lodebar A place where David found a member of the family of Saul. lodemanage Pilotage. loden A thick waterproof cloth used for garments. lodenosine A failed experimental drug for the treatment of HIV. Loder A surname. Loders A village and civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in West Dorset district (OS grid ref SY4994). lodes A surname from Middle English. lodeship A kind of boat in use in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, possibly a pilot boat. lodesman A pilot; navigator. lodestar A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris. lodestone The mineral magnetite. lodestuff The material found in a lode, including gangue and ore. lodge A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin. lodgeable Capable of being lodged. lodged Lying down, with head raised; used of beasts of the chase (deer, etc), as couchant is used of beasts of prey (lions, etc). lodgeful Enough to fill a lodge. lodgehouse Synonym of lodge (“type of building”). lodgekeeper The keeper of a lodge (at the entrance to a larger property) lodgelike Resembling or characteristic of a lodge. lodgeman A member of a Masonic lodge. lodgemate Someone who lives in the same lodge (in various senses) as someone else. lodgement British spelling of lodgment. lodgepole A lodgepole pine or its wood. lodger A person who lodges in another's house (compare tenant). lodgerdom The world or sphere of lodgers. lodgerless Without a lodger. lodging A place to live or lodge. lodgingless Without lodging; having no place to stay. lodgings A room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges. lodgment An area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged. Lodha A member of a tribal group of India, inhabiting primarily West Bengal and Odisha. Lodhi A surname from Hindi. Lodhran A city and district in Punjab, Pakistan. Lodi A province of Lombardy, Italy. Lodico A surname from Italian. lodicular Relating to the lodicule. lodicule A small scale at the base of the ovary of a flower of a grass. lodiperone An anxiolytic drug. Lodlod A barangay of Lipa, Batangas, Philippines. LoDo A neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Lodoga A census-designated place in Colusa County, California, United States. Lodowick A male given name. lodoxamide An antiallergic. lodranite A type of meteorite containing orthopyroxene, olivine, diopside and plagioclase Lodsworth A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9223). Lodur A god assigned a role in animating the first humans. Lodyga A surname from Polish. Lodz A voivodeship of Poland, Łódź Voivodeship. loe A surname. Loeb A surname from German or from Yiddish [in turn from the Germanic languages]; variant form Löb. Loeber A surname from German. Loeff A surname. Loeffelholz A surname from German. Loeffler A surname from German. Loefler A surname from German. Loegria England Loegrian Of or pertaining to Loegria; English Loehfelm A surname. Loehr A surname. Loei A province of Thailand. Loel A male given name. Loendorf A surname. Loera A surname. Loesch A surname. Loescher A surname. Loeser A surname. loess Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin. loessal Of or relating to loess. loessial Of or relating to loess. loessic Relating to or composed of loess. loessification The process by which non-loess ground becomes loess ground; the process of loess deposit formation; the transformation of a silty deposit into loess. loessland Terrain rich in loess. Loew A surname from German of German derivation (from Loewe or Löwe). Loewe A surname. Loewen A surname. Loewenstein A surname from German. loewite An evaporite, consisting of a mixed sodium and magnesium sulphate Loeza A surname. lof Community, tribe: basic social organization of the Mapuche, Huilliche, and Picunche peoples, a (familial) clan which recognizes the authority of a lonco. Lofa A county of Liberia. Capital: Voinjama. Lofaro A surname. Lofaso A surname from Italian. lofe An offer; choice; an opportunity; chance. lofemizole A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. lofendazam A benzodiazepine derivative with sedative and anxiolytic effects. lofentanil A particular narcotic painkiller. lofepramine A tricyclic antidepressant. lofexidine An alpha2-adrenergic receptor agonist, historically used as a short-acting antihypertensive, but more commonly used to alleviate physical symptoms of heroin and opiate withdrawal. Loffler A surname from German, variant of Loeffler. Loffredo A surname. Lofgren A surname from Swedish. Lofland A surname. Lofler A surname. Loflin A surname. loflucarban An antiinfective drug. Lofoten An archipelago of Nordland, Norway. Lofquist A surname from Swedish. loft Air, the air; the sky, the heavens. lofted Having (a specified amount of) loft. lofter An obsolete golf club, the predecessor of the niblick. lofthead An overhead cavity in a cave or mineshaft caused by a fall of roof. Lofthouse A village in Fountains Earth parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE1073). loftily To a great height. Loftin A surname from Swedish. loftiness The state of being lofty. lofting Lagging or longitudinal timber resting on caps to support the roof of a working. loftish Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of air, the atmosphere, or great heights; lofty. loftless Without a loft. loftlike Resembling a loft loftmate Someone with whom one shares a loft. Lofton A surname. loftsman A draftsman who uses the lofting technique. Loftus A town and civil parish with a town council in Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, England. Loftville A suburb of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. lofty High, tall, having great height or stature. log The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches. logamediate Describing a proposed form of cosmological inflation whose rate is intermediate between logarithmic and exponential. logan A rocking or balanced stone. loganamnosis An obsession with recalling a specific word that has been forgotten. loganate Any salt or ester of loganic acid. loganberry A hybrid berry, produced by crossing a raspberry with a blackberry, considered a species Rubus loganobaccus, a variety Rubus ursinus var. loganobaccus, or a nothospecies Rubus × loganobaccus. logania Any of the genus Logania of plants native to Australia and New Zealand. loganiaceous Of or relating to the Loganiaceae. loganin An iridoid glycoside first isolated from the plant family Loganiaceae, and formed from loganic acid by the enzyme loganic acid O-methyltransferase (LAMT). Logansport A city, the county seat of Cass County, Indiana, United States. logaoedic Of any metre rhythmically intermediate between ordinary speech (or prose) and song (or poetry), typically combining dactyls and trochees. logaoedics logaoedic poetry logaphasia Synonym of motor aphasia. Logar A province of Afghanistan. logarithm For a number x, the exponent by which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain the power x. Written log _bx. For example, log ₁₀1000=3 because 10³=1000 and log ₂16=4 because 2⁴=16. logarithmal logarithmic logarithmancy Divination using logarithms. logarithmand The number for which one is obtaining a logarithm. Thus, if a = bᶜ, then c is the logarithm (base b) of a, and a is the logarithmand. logarithmetic logarithmic logarithmetical logarithmic logarithmic Of or relating to logarithms. logarithmically In a logarithmic manner. logarithmics The use of logarithms. logarithmised Converted into a logarithm logarithmization The action, or the result of logarithmizing logarithmize To derive the logarithm of a number. logatome A short pseudoword, typically of a single syllable.