the quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness
<noun.attribute>

gloominess

lugubriousness

sadness

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

lobworm

lug

lugworm

feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

half-hearted

halfhearted

lukewarm

tepid

sample sentences

"a halfhearted effort"
"gave only lukewarm support to the candidate"

moderately warm
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

lukewarm

tepid

sample sentences

"he hates lukewarm coffee"
"tepid bath water"

in an unenthusiastically lukewarm manner
<adv.all>

lukewarmly

tepidly

sample sentences

"he was lukewarmly received by his relatives"

lack of passion, force or animation
<noun.attribute>

lukewarmness

tepidness

a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin
<noun.attribute>

lukewarmness

tepidity

tepidness

a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished
<noun.time>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

letup

lull

sample sentences

"there was never a letup in the noise"

a period of calm weather
<noun.state>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

lull

quiet

sample sentences

"there was a lull in the storm"

calm by deception
<verb.emotion>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

lull

sample sentences

"Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"

become quiet or less intensive
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

calm down

lull

sample sentences

"the fighting lulled for a moment"

make calm or still
<verb.emotion>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

calm

calm down

lull

quiet

quieten

still

tranquilize

tranquillise

tranquillize

sample sentences

"quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

berceuse

cradlesong

lullaby

the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep
<noun.act>

cradlesong

lullaby

a very attractive or seductive looking woman
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

beauty

dish

knockout

looker

lulu

mantrap

peach

ravisher

smasher

stunner

sweetheart

backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc
<noun.state>

lumbago

lumbar pain

of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones
<adj.pert>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

lumbar

sample sentences

"lumbar vertebrae"

one of four or five pairs of arteries that originate in the abdominal aorta and supply the lumbar vertebrae and the back muscles and abdominal wall
<noun.body>

arteria lumbalis

lumbar artery

any of five pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the lumbar section of the spinal cord
<noun.body>

lumbar nerve

backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back; can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc
<noun.state>

lumbago

lumbar pain

a plexus of nerves formed by the ventral branches of the first four lumbar nerves
<noun.body>

lumbar plexus

plexus lumbalis

a lymphatic plexus located along the lower portion of the aorta and iliac vessels
<noun.body>

lumbar plexus

plexus lumbalis

removal by centesis of fluid from the subarachnoid space of the lumbar region of the spinal cord for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes
<noun.act>

lumbar puncture

spinal puncture

spinal tap

veins that drain the posterior body wall and the lumbar vertebral venous plexuses
<noun.body>

lumbar vein

vena lumbalis

one of 5 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; lumbar vertebrae extend from the twelfth thoracic vertebra down to the sacral vertebrae
<noun.body>

lumbar vertebra

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
<noun.substance>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3

lumber

timber

an implement used in baseball by the batter
<noun.artifact>

baseball bat

lumber

move heavily or clumsily
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

lumber

pound

sample sentences

"The heavy man lumbered across the room"

cut lumber, as in woods and forests
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

log

lumber

a short warm outer jacket
<noun.artifact>

lumber jacket

lumberjack

a storeroom in a house where odds and ends can be stored (especially furniture)
<noun.artifact>

lumber room

slow and laborious because of weight
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

heavy

lumbering

ponderous

sample sentences

"the heavy tread of tired troops"
"moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"
"ponderous prehistoric beasts"
"a ponderous yawn"

the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
<noun.act>

lumbering

a short warm outer jacket
<noun.artifact>

lumber jacket

lumberjack

a person who fells trees
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

faller

feller

logger

lumberjack

lumberman

a person who fells trees
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

faller

feller

logger

lumberjack

lumberman

a saw with handles at both ends; intended for use by two people
<noun.artifact>

lumberman's saw

two-handed saw

two-man saw

whipsaw

a mill for dressing logs and lumber
<noun.artifact>

lumbermill

sawmill

a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale
<noun.artifact>

lumberyard

of or relating to or near the small of the back and the back part of the pelvis between the hips
<adj.pert>

lumbosacral