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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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3,457 words match “LESS”

LIMBLESS a.
Destitute of limbs.
LIMITLESS a.
Having no limits; unbounded; boundless. Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).
LIPLESS n.
, Having no lips.
LISTLESS a.
Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless. " A listless unconcern." Thomson. Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain. Dryden. I was listless, and desponding. Swift.
LOCKLESS a.
Destitute of a lock.
LOSSLESS a.
Free from loss. [Obs.] Milton.
LOVELESS a. 2 definitions
Not attracting love; unattractive. These are ill-favored to see to; and yet, asloveless as they be, they are not without some medicinable virtues. Holland.
LUCKLESS a.
k; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid. Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. Dryden. -- Luck"less*ly, adv. -- Lock"less*ness, n.
LUNGLESS a.
Being without lungs.
LUSTERLESS; LUSTRELESS a.
Destitute of luster; dim; dull.
LUSTLESS a. 2 definitions
Lacking vigor; weak; spiritless. [Obs.] Spenser.
MAKELESS a. 2 definitions
Matchless. [Obs.] Chaucer.
MANAGELESS a.
Unmanageable.[R.]
MANELESS a.
Having no mane. Maneless lion (Zoöl.), a variety of the lion having a short, inconspicuous mane. It inhabits Arabia and adjacent countries.
MANLESS a. 2 definitions
Destitute of men. Bakon.
MANLESSLY adv.
Inhumanly. [Obs.]
MARROWLESS a.
Destitute of marrow.
MASTERLESS a.
Destitute of a master or owner; ungoverned or ungovernable. -- Mas"ter*less*ness, n.
MASTLESS a. 2 definitions
Bearing no mast; as, a mastless oak or beech. Dryden.
MATCHLESS a. 2 definitions
Having no equal; unequaled. "A matchless queen." Waller.
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