Defn: Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person.
LANTHANITE
Lan"tha*nite, n. (Min.)
Defn: Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular while crystals.
LANTHANUM
Lan"tha*num, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: 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. [Formerly written also lanthanium.]
LANTHOPINE
Lan"tho*pine, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
LANTHORN
Lan"thorn, n.
Defn: See Lantern. [Obs.]
LANUGINOSE; LANUGINOUS La*nu"gi*nose`, La*nu"gi*nous, a. Etym: [L. lanuginosus, fr. lanugo, -ginis, woolly substance, down, fr. lana wool: cf. F. lanugineux.]