los

plural loses · alternative losse

1. obsoleteA medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx.

   The los had been brought from a northern part of the United States.

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   A beaſt like unto a wolfe having many ſpottes, and being exceeding quicke of ſight: a wolfe like an hart, a Los or Lynx.

   1592, Thomas Thomasius, Thomae Thomasii Dictionarium tertio ... emendatum ... et longe auctius ... redditum.

   Synonyms: lynx

plural loses

1. obsoleteObsolete form of loss.

   If we come under France, we have not onely Spaine our enimie by Sea and Land (as we have ſhewne) but the los of our Spaniſh Trade, and the hazarding of our whole Levant Traffick: And if we rightly calculate, that amounts to no ſmall part of our Commerce.

   1673, [Joseph Hill], The Interest Of theſe United Provinces. Being a Defence of the Zeelanders Choice […], Middelburg: Printed by Thomas Berry, page [75]

1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of loos (“praise; fame; reputation”).

1. pluralplural of Lo

plural LOSs · alternative L.O.S. · alternative L. O. S.

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountabletransportInitialism of level of service.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of line of sight.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecommunicationsInitialism of loss of signal.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Law of the Sea.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of line of supply.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of large offspring syndrome.
7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebiochemistryInitialism of lipooligosaccharide.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of loan origination system, a software application or ASP solution for originating loans.
2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Land of Smiles (a nickname for Thailand).

1. pluralplural of LO