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Lum :: Lum (n.) A chimney.

Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle..

Flagellum :: Flagellum (v. t.) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata..

Lumbricus :: Lumbricus (n.) A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligochaeta, and including the common earthworms. See Earthworm..

Hunk :: Hunk (n.) A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk of bread..

Deplume :: Deplume (v. t.) To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.

Kernel :: Kernel (n.) A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.

Coelum :: Coelum (n.) See Body cavity, under Body..

Asylum :: Asylum (n.) An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum..

Glumelle :: Glumelle (n.) One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses.

Peristyle :: Peristyle (n.) A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade..

Simnel :: Simnel (n.) A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday..

Plumbagineous :: Plumbagineous (a.) Pertaining to natural order (Plumbagineae) of gamopetalous herbs, of which Plumbago is the type. The order includes also the marsh rosemary, the thrift, and a few other genera..

Deplumate :: Deplumate (a.) Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed.

Plumpy :: Plumpy (a.) Plump; fat; sleek.

Plummet :: Plummet (n.) A piece of lead formerly used by school children to rule paper for writing.

Lumber :: Lumber (n.) A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn..

Lumpfish :: Lumpfish (n.) A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Called also lumpsucker, cock-paddle, sea owl..

Modiolus :: Modiolus (n.) The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.

Skellum :: Skellum (n.) A scoundrel.

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