| LAPBOARD | • lapboard n. A board held on the lap as a simple lap desk. • LAPBOARD n. a board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors. |
| LAPELLED | • lapelled adj. Having lapels. • LAPELLED adj. having a lapel. |
| LAPIDARY | • lapidary n. A person who cuts, polishes, engraves, or deals in gems. • lapidary n. The field in which such a person works, a subfield of gemology. • lapidary n. The process of such work. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| LAPIDATE | • lapidate v. (Transitive, law) To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death. • lapidate v. (Transitive, figurative) To hurl insults at. • LAPIDATE v. to hurl stones at. |
| LAPIDIFY | • lapidify v. (Intransitive) To become stone or stony. • lapidify v. (Transitive) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify. • lapidify v. (Transitive) To cause to become permanent; to solidify. |
| LAPIDIST | • lapidist n. A lapidary. • LAPIDIST n. an expert in gems, also LAPIDARY. |
| LAPILLUS | • lapillus n. A fragment of lava ejected from a volcano. • lapillus n. (Zoology) One of the otoliths in finfish. • LAPILLUS n. (Latin) a small stone ejected by volcanic eruption. |
| LAPPERED | • lappered v. Simple past tense and past participle of lapper. • LAPPER v. (Scots) to curdle, also LOPPER. |
| LAPPETED | • lappeted v. Simple past tense and past participle of lappet. • lappeted adj. Having one or more lappets. • LAPPETED adj. having a lappet. |
| LAPPINGS | • lappings n. Plural of lapping. • LAPPING n. the act of lapping. |
| LAPSABLE | • lapsable adj. Alternative form of lapsible. • LAPSABLE adj. liable to lapse, also LAPSIBLE. |
| LAPSANGS | • lapsangs n. Plural of lapsang. • LAPSANG n. (Chinese) a variety of souchong tea with a smoky flavour. |
| LAPSIBLE | • lapsible adj. Liable to lapse. • LAPSIBLE adj. liable to lapse, also LAPSABLE. |
| LAPSTONE | • lapstone n. A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather. • LAPSTONE n. a stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather. |
| LAPTRAYS | • LAPTRAY n. a tray with a cushion, made to sit on one's lap and hold a book, meal etc. |
| LAPWINGS | • lapwings n. Plural of lapwing. • LAPWING n. a bird of the plover family with crested head. |
| LAPWORKS | • LAPWORK n. work in which one part laps over another. |