English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; English literature; Readers; Recitations
KNI'GHTHOOD, _s._ the character or dignity of a knight
KNO'WLEDGE, _s._ information
KNU'CKLE, _s._ joints of the fingers, protuberant when the fingers close
LABU'RNUM, _s._ a kind of tree
LA'MENTABLE, _a._ deplorable
LAMENTA'TION, _s._ expression of sorrow; audible grief
LA'NCEOLATE, _a._ in a lance-like form
LA'NDSCAPE, _s._ the prospect of a country; a picture of the prospect of
a country
LA'NGUAGE, _s._ human speech; style; manner of expression
LA'NGUOR, _s._ faintness; softness; inattention
LA'RVA, _s._ an insect in the caterpillar state
LA'TENT, _a._ concealed; invisible
LA'TERALLY, _ad._ by the side
LA'TITUDE, _s._ latent diffusion; a certain degree reckoned from the
Equator
LA'TTER, _a._ lately done or past; mentioned last of two
LA'VA, _s._ molten substance projected from volcanoes
LE'AFLET, _s._ a small leaf
LE'GION, _s._ a body of Roman soldiers, consisting of about five
thousand; military force; a great number
LE'NITY, _s._ mildness; gentleness
LENS, _s._ a glass spherically convex on both sides
LEVA'NT, _s._ east, particularly those coasts of the Mediterranean east
of Italy
LEVI'ATHAN, _s._ a water-animal mentioned in the Book of Job
LI'ABLE, _a._ subject; not exempt
LI'BERAL, _a._ not mean; generous; bountiful
LI'BERATE, _v.a._ free from confinement
LI'BERTY, _s._ freedom, as opposed to slavery; privilege; permission
LICE'NTIOUSNESS, _s._ boundless liberty; contempt of just restraint
LI'CHEN, _s._ moss
LIEUTE'NANT, _s._ a deputy; in war, one who holds the next rank to a
superior of any denomination
LI'GHTHOUSE, _s._ a house built either upon a rock or some other place
of danger, with a light, in order to warn ships of danger
LI'NEAR, _a._ composed of lines; having the form of lines
LI'QUID, _a._ not solid; fluid; soft; clear
LI'QUOR, _s._ anything liquid; strong drink, in familiar language
LI'STEN, _v.a._ hear; attend
LI'TERALLY, _ad._ with close adherence to words
LI'TERARY, _a._ respecting letters; regarding learning
LI'TERATURE, _s._ learning; skill in letters
LI'TURGY, _s._ form of prayer
LOCA'LITY, _s._ existence in place
LOCOMO'TIVE, _a._ changing place; having the power of removing or
changing place
LO'CUST, _s._ a devouring insect
LU'DICROUS, _a._ fantastic; laughable; whimsical
LU'MINARY, _a._ any body which gives light
LU'MINOUS, _a._ shining; enlightened
LU'NAR, _a._ that which relates to the moon
LU'PINE, _s._ a kind of pulse
LUXU'RIANT, _a._ superfluously plentiful
MACHINE, _s._ an engine; any complicated work in which one part
contributes to the motion of another
MACHI'NERY, _s._ enginery; complicated workmanship
MAGAZI'NE, _s._ a storehouse
MA'GICAL, _a._ acted or performed by secret and invisible powers
MAGNANI'MITY, _s._ greatness of mind
MAGNA'NIMOUS, _a._ of great mind; of open heart
MAGNI'FICENT, _a._ grand in appearance; splendid; otherwise, pompous
MAJE'STIC, _a._ august; having dignity; grand
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