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Last
  1. occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites"
  2. lowest in rank or importance; "last prize"; "in last place"
  3. not to be altered or undone; "the judge's decision is final"; "the arbiter will have the last say"
  4. occurring at or forming an end or termination; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave"
  5. coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel"
  6. highest in extent or degree; "to the last measure of human endurance"; "whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually"
  7. most unlikely or unsuitable; "the last person we would have suspected"; "the last man they would have chosen for the job"
  8. conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer"; "a last resort"; "the net result"
  9. immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"
  10. Final attempt
  11. most_recently; "I saw him last in London"
  12. the item at the end; "last, I'll discuss family values"
  13. a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last"
  14. holding device shaped like a human foot that is used to fashion or repair shoes
  15. the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie"
  16. a unit of capacity for grain equal to 80 bushels
  17. a unit of weight equal to 4,000 pounds
  18. the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last"
  19. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"
  20. the temporal end; the concluding time;
  21. continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
  22. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
Living
  1. (informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"
  2. (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";
  3. still in active use; "a living language"
  4. still in existence; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania"
  5. true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"
  6. pertaining to living persons; "within living memory"
  7. the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
  8. people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"
  9. the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
  10. the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"
  11. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"
  12. have life, be alive;
  13. lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"
  14. pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"
  15. support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
  16. continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
  17. inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
Lush
  1. produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming"
  2. full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef"; "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves"
  3. characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"
  4. Fertile
  5. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
Luxuriant
  1. produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming"
  2. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"
  3. marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"
Long
  1. having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply"
  2. primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"
  3. primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"
  4. (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; "the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
  5. holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
  6. planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
  7. good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory"
  8. involving substantial risk; "long odds"
  9. of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
  10. Crawford Williamson Long (November 1, 1815 – June 16, 1878) was an American surgeon and pharmacist best known for his first use of inhaled sulfuric ether as an anesthetic. Long was the first obstetric anesthetist. In 1845, he had his wife inhale while
  11. for an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime"
  12. for an extended distance
  13. desire strongly or persistently
Latent
  1. (pathology) not presently active; "latent infection"; "latent diabetes"
  2. potentially existing but not presently evident or realized; "a latent fingerprint"; "latent talent"
Live
  1. capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive"
  2. possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"
  3. exerting force or containing energy; "live coals"; "tossed a live cigarette out the window"; "got a shock from a live wire"; "live ore is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball is one in play"
  4. charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire"
  5. of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option"
  6. in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"
  7. abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a really live bunch"
  8. elastic; rebounds readily;
  9. actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing; "a live television program"; "brought to you live from Lincoln Center"; "live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience"
  10. charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"
  11. highly reverberant; "a live concert hall"
  12. not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live"
  13. have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"
  14. have life, be alive;
  15. lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"
  16. pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"
  17. support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
  18. continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
  19. inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
Lacking
  1. inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"
  2. nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"
  3. be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"
Light-Fingered
  1. having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets; "a light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vault"- Harry Hansen; "the light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era"- Time
Left-Handed
  1. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
  2. ironically ambiguous; "a left-handed compliment"
  3. rotating to the left
  4. (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior
  5. (of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"
  6. using or intended for the left hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors"