Index of English words, starting with "lu"

(1) - Lupus (n.) The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio.
(2) - Lupus (n.) A cutaneous disease occurring under two distinct forms.

(1) - Lurch (v. i.) To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
(2) - Lurch (v. i.) To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
(3) - Lurch (v. i.) To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.
(4) - Lurch (n.) A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.
(5) - Lurch (v. t.) To steal; to rob.
(6) - Lurch (v. t.) To leave in the lurch; to cheat.
(7) - Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
(8) - Lurch (n.) An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
(9) - Lurch (v. i.) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

(1) - Lurcher (n.) A glutton; a gormandizer.
(2) - Lurcher (n.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers.
(3) - Lurcher (n.) One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; a poacher.

(1) - Lure (v. i.) To recall a hawk or other animal.
(2) - Lure (n.) To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract.
(3) - Lure (n.) A velvet smoothing brush.
(4) - Lure (n.) Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy.
(5) - Lure (n.) A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks.

(1) - Lurid (a.) Of a color tinged with purple, yellow, and gray.
(2) - Lurid (a.) Having a brown color tonged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
(3) - Lurid (a.) Pale yellow; ghastly pale; wan; gloomy; dismal.