| Labadist | n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Jean de Labadie, a religious teacher of the 17th century, who left the Roman Catholic Church and taught a kind of mysticism, and the obligation of community of property among Christians. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Labarraque's solution | pos>n. [ From Labarraque, a Parisian apothecary. ] (Med.) An aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite, extensively used as a disinfectant. [ 1913 Webster ] Sodium hypochlorite is the same compound used in the commercial trademarked bleach Clorox(TM). It has both disinfectant and bleaching activity. [ PJC ] |
| Labarum | ‖n.; pl. Labara [ L. ] The standard adopted by the Emperor Constantine after his conversion to Christianity. It is described as a pike bearing a silk banner hanging from a crosspiece, and surmounted by a golden crown. It bore a monogram of the first two letters (ΧΡ) (which appear like the English letters X and P), of the name of Christ in its Greek form. Later, the name was given to various modifications of this standard. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 仮名(P);仮字;假名(oK) | [かな, kana] (n) (uk) (See 真名・1) kana; Japanese syllabary (e.g. hiragana, katakana); (P) #3,367 [Add to Longdo] |
| 五十音 | [ごじゅうおん, gojuuon] (n) the Japanese syllabary; (P) #11,493 [Add to Longdo] |
| 旋風(P);辻風;つむじ風;つじ風 | [せんぷう(旋風)(P);つむじかぜ(旋風;つむじ風);つじかぜ(旋風;辻風;つじ風), senpuu ( senpuu )(P); tsumujikaze ( senpuu ; tsumuji kaze ); tsujikaze ( senpuu ; t] (n) (1) whirlwind; (2) (せんぷう only) commotion; sensation; hullabaloo; (P) #14,498 [Add to Longdo] |
| 片仮名 | [かたかな(P);カタカナ(P), katakana (P); katakana (P)] (n) (uk) (See 平仮名) katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords; (P) #15,795 [Add to Longdo] |
| 平仮名 | [ひらがな, hiragana] (n) (uk) (See 片仮名) hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.); (P) #17,499 [Add to Longdo] |
| あいうえお順 | [あいうえおじゅん, aiueojun] (n) aiueo-order; (table) index based on the kana syllabary order [Add to Longdo] |
| いろは歌留多(ateji);伊呂波ガルタ;伊呂波歌留多(ateji);以呂波歌留多(ateji) | [いろはガルタ, iroha garuta] (n) playing cards bearing proverbs in the traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary [Add to Longdo] |
| アラバスター | [arabasuta-] (n) alabaster [Add to Longdo] |
| カ行 | [カぎょう, ka gyou] (n) classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "ku"; "ka" column or row of the kana syllabary [Add to Longdo] |
| ガ行 | [ガぎょう, ga gyou] (n) classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "gu"; "ga" column or row of the kana syllabary [Add to Longdo] |
