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Jawboning
- verb - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
Kittening
- verb - have kittens; "our cat kittened again this year"
Laburnine
- - A poisonous alkaloid found in the unripe seeds of the laburnum.
Laudanine
- - A white organic base, resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of opium.
Leavening
- verb - a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
- an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"
- cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"
Lessening
- verb - a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
- decrease in size, extent, or range;
- make smaller; "
- wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"
Lightning
- noun - abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
- the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more
Listening
- verb - hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello"
- listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"
- pay close attention to; give heed to; "Heed the advice of the old men"
- the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing"
Loosening
- verb - an occurrence of control or strength weakening; "the relaxation of requirements"; "the loosening of his grip"; "the slackening of the wind"
- become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
- become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
- cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
- disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"
- make less dense; "loosen the soil"
- make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
- make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
- the act of making something less tight
Loudening
- verb - become louder; "The room loudened considerably"
- cause to become loud