laborious cogitation
<noun.cognition>

lucubration

a solemn literary work that is the product of laborious cogitation
<noun.communication>

lucubration

(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

crystal clear

limpid

lucid

luculent

pellucid

perspicuous

sample sentences

"writes in a limpid style"
"lucid directions"
"a luculent oration"- Robert Burton
"pellucid prose"
"a crystal clear explanation"
"a perspicuous argument"

characterized by extravagance and profusion
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

lavish

lucullan

plush

plushy

sample sentences

"a lavish buffet"
"a lucullan feast"

relating to play or playfulness
<adj.all>

ludic

broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

farcical

ludicrous

ridiculous

sample sentences

"the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"
"ludicrous green hair"

so unreasonable as to invite derision
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

absurd

cockeyed

derisory

idiotic

laughable

ludicrous

nonsensical

preposterous

ridiculous

sample sentences

"the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"
"that's a cockeyed idea"
"ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"
"a contribution so small as to be laughable"
"it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"
"a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"
"her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"

so as to arouse or deserve laughter
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

laughably

ludicrously

preposterously

ridiculously

sample sentences

"her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well"

a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice
<noun.act>

ludo

a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
<noun.state>

lues

lues venerea

pox

syph

syphilis

a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
<noun.state>

lues

lues venerea

pox

syph

syphilis

the act of sailing close to the wind
<noun.act>

luff

(nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast
<noun.artifact>

luff

flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides
<verb.motion>

luff

sample sentences

"the sails luffed"

sail close to the wind
<verb.motion>

luff

point

any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge
<noun.plant>

dishcloth gourd

luffa

rag gourd

sponge gourd

strainer vine

the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
<noun.plant>

loofa

loofah

loufah sponge

luffa

marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait
<noun.animal>

lobworm

lug

lugworm

a projecting piece that is used to lift or support or turn something
<noun.artifact>

lug

a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast
<noun.artifact>

lug

lugsail

carry with difficulty
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

lug

tote

tug

sample sentences

"You'll have to lug this suitcase"

obstruct
<verb.contact>

block

choke up

lug

stuff

sample sentences

"My nose is all stuffed"
"Her arteries are blocked"

a wrench with jaws that have projecting lugs to engage the object that is to be rotated
<noun.artifact>

lug wrench

a racing sled for one or two people
<noun.artifact>

luge

move along on a luge or toboggan
<verb.motion>

luge

toboggan

someone who races the luge
<noun.person>

luger

slider

cases used to carry belongings when traveling
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

baggage

luggage

a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
<noun.artifact>

carousel

carrousel

luggage carousel

luggage carrousel

carrier (as behind a bicycle seat) for luggage
<noun.artifact>

luggage carrier

a conveyer belt that carries luggage to be claimed by air travelers
<noun.artifact>

carousel

carrousel

luggage carousel

luggage carrousel

compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

automobile trunk

boot

luggage compartment

trunk

sample sentences

"he put his golf bag in the trunk"

carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car
<noun.artifact>

luggage rack

roof rack

a railway car where passengers' bags are carried
<noun.artifact>

baggage car

luggage van

small fishing boat rigged with one or more lugsails
<noun.artifact>

lugger

riding a light one-man toboggan
<noun.act>

luging

a sail with four corners that is hoisted from a yard that is oblique to the mast
<noun.artifact>

lug

lugsail

excessively mournful
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

lugubrious

in a sorrowful lugubrious manner
<adv.all>

lugubriously

sample sentences

"his long face lugubriously reflecting a hidden and unexpressed compassion"