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Lorettine
- - One of an order of nuns founded in 1812 at Loretto, in Kentucky. The members of the order (called also Sisters of Loretto, or Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross) devote themselves to the cause of education and the care of destitute orphans, their labors being chiefly confined to the western United States. (b) A Loreto nun.
Lorgnette
- noun - eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle
- Opera glasses
Lorikeets
- noun - any of various small lories
Lorisidae
- noun - slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia; usually tailless
Lossmaker
- unknown - entity which does not make a profit
Lota Lota
- noun - elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
Lotharios
- unknown - men who obsessively seduce and deceive women
- rakes
Lotophagi
- - A people visited by Ulysses in his wanderings. They subsisted on the lotus. See Lotus (b), and Lotus-eater.
- lotus eaters in Greek mythology
Lotteries
- noun - players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
- something that is regarded as a chance event; "the election was just a lottery to them"
Lotusland
- noun - an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence