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Lation
- - Transportation; conveyance.
Latish
- adjective - somewhat late
Latium
- noun - an ancient region of west central Italy (southeast of Rome) on the Tyrrhenian Sea
Laving
- verb - cleanse (one's body) with soap and water
- wash one's face and hands; "She freshened up in the bathroom"
- wash or flow against; "the waves laved the shore"
Lavish
- adjective - characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"
- expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns; "He was showered with praise"
- very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain"
Lawing
- - Going to law; litigation.
Laxity
- noun - the condition of being physiologically lax; "baths can help the laxness of the bowels"
- the quality of being lax and neglectful
Laying
- verb - impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone"
- lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay"
- prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"
- put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
- put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
- the production of eggs (especially in birds)
Lazier
- adjective - disinclined to work or exertion;
- Idle
- moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace"
Lazily
- adverb - in a slow and lazy manner; "I watched the blue smoke drift lazily away on the still air"
- in an idle manner; "this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people"