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Word List 7 (lunarscape - machination)

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- lunarscape n. 1. A picture or other representation of the moon's surface. 2. A

  landscape reminiscent of the moon's surface: The sandstone formations

  transformed the land into a barren lunarscape.

 

- lunate or lunated adj. Shaped like a crescent.

 

- luncheon meat n. Processed, prepackaged meat, often molded into a loaf and

  served sliced for use in sandwiches or salads. AC lunch-meat.

 

- lunker n. Informal Something, especially a game fish, that is large for its

  kind.

 

- lunula n. A small crescent-shaped structure or marking, especially the white

  area at the base of a fingernail that resembles a half-moon.

 

- lupine1 also lupin n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Lupinus in the pea

  family, having palmately compounded leaves and variously colored flowers

  grouped in spikes or racemes.

 

- lupine2 adj. 1. Characteristic of or resembling a wolf. 2. Rapacious;

  ravenous.

 

- lurch2 n. The losing position of a cribbage player who scores 30 points or

  less to the winner's 61. --idiom: in the lurch In a difficult or embarrassing

  position.

 

- lute1 n. A stringed instrument having a body shaped like a pear sliced

  lengthwise and a neck with a fretted fingerboard that is usually bent just

  below the tuning pegs.

 

- lute2 n. A substance, such as dried clay or cement, used to pack and seal pipe

  joints and other connections or coat a porous surface in order to make it tight.

  Also called luting.

 

- lutefisk n. A traditional Scandinavian dish prepared by soaking air-dried cod

  in a lye solution for several weeks before skinning, boning, and boiling it, a

  process that gives the dish its characteristic gelatinous consistency.

 

- Luther, Martin 1483-1546.

 

- luxe n. 1. The condition of being elegantly sumptuous. 2. something luxurious;

  a luxury.

 

- lycanthrope n. 1. A werewolf. 2. A person affected with lycanthropy.

 

- lycanthropy n. 1. In folklore, the magical ability to assume the form and

  characterstics of a wolf. 2. A delusion that one has become or assumed the

  characteristics of another animal.

 

- Lycra A trademark used for a brand of spandex.

 

- lynch tr.v. To execute without due process of law, especially to hang, as by a

  mob. [Short for Lynch Law]

 

  > What started as an honorable vigilante justice led by William Lynch

  > (1742-1820) for the lack of law enforcement is remembered today by its

  > disgraceful extreme.

 

- lyonnaise adj. Cooked with onions: lyonnaise potatoes; potatoes lyonnaise.

 

- lysis n. 1. Biochemistry The dissolution or destruction of cells, such as

  blood cells or bacteria, as by the action of a specific lysin that disrupts

  the cell membrane. 2. Medicine The gradual subsiding of the symptoms of an

  acute disease.

 

- macabre adj. 1. Suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome: macabre

  tales of war and plague in the Middle Ages. 2. Constituting or including a

  representation of death.

 

- macadam n. Pavement made of layers of compacted broken stone, now usually

  bound with tar or asphalt. [After John McAdam (1756-1836), Scottish civil

  engineer.]

 

- Maccabees1 A family of Juewish patriots of the second and first centuries B.C.,

  active in the liberation of Judea from Syrian rule.

 

- machinate v. --tr. To devise (a plot). --intr. To engage in plotting.

 

- machination n. 1. The act of plotting. 2. A crafty scheme or cunning design

  for the accomplishment of a sinister end.

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7grizzly 回复 悄悄话 lutefisk might enjoy a status in Scandinavia similar to that of kimchi in Korea. I heard of it often from Garrison Keillor.
7grizzly 回复 悄悄话 回复 '暖冬cool夏' 的评论 : Thank you, 暖冬, for reading and your comments. Happy Year of the Rabbit!

I often wanted to nip some words off when re-visiting a list. lute2, e.g., seems unlikely to be useful, but Google showed images of terracotta warriors for the word. The artisans must have used some special kind of lute to hold the pieces together. So it still tells an interesting story.

Among those starting with M, I especially like macadam. I used to ran trails paved with the stuff.
暖冬cool夏 回复 悄悄话 All the M-words are new to me:))
Never saw the word luxe, and it is good to know that in addition to the noun form of the word "luxury", there is this "luxe".
Happy Chinese Rabbit Year, my friend!
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