Vocabulary : Lantern to Lanuginous

Lantern : Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc. ; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light. ;; An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. ;; A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. ;; A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral. ;; A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below). ;; A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass. ;; A perforated barrel to form a core upon. ;; See Aristotle's
Lanterned : of Lantern
Lanterning : of Lantern
Lantern-jawed : Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.
Lanthanite : Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular while crystals.
Lanthanum : A rare element of the group of the earth metals, allied to aluminium. It occurs in certain rare minerals, as cerite, gadolinite, orthite, etc., and was so named from the difficulty of separating it from cerium, didymium, and other rare elements with which it is usually associated. Atomic weight 138.5. Symbol La.
Lanthopine : An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
Lanthorn : See Lantern.
Lanuginose : Alt. of Lanuginous
Lanuginous : Covered with down, or fine soft hair; downy.
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