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Laurin
  1. A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
Laurinol
  1. Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name (Laurace) of the camphor trees. See Camphor.
Lauriol
  1. Spurge laurel.
Laurite
  1. A rare sulphide of osmium and ruthenium found with platinum in Borneo and Oregon.
Laurone
  1. The ketone of lauric acid.
Laus
  1. Loose.
Lautverschiebung
  1. The regular changes which the primitive Indo-European stops, or mute consonants, underwent in the Teutonic languages, probably as early as the 3d century b. c. , often called the first Lautverschiebung, sound shifting, or consonant shifting. (b) A somewhat similar set of changes taking place in the High German dialects (less fully in modern literary German) from the 6th to the 8th century, known as the second Lautverschiebung, the results of which form the striking differences between High German and The Low German Languages. The statement of these changes is commonly regarded as forming part of Grimm's law, because included in it as originally framed.
Lavaliere Microphone
  1. A small microphone worn around the neck on a supporting string or chain.
Lavaret
  1. A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.
Lavatic
  1. Like lava, or composed of lava; lavic.