Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [781]
Labor Day noun : the 1st Monday in September observed as a legal holiday in recognition of the working people
la·bored adjective : not freely or easily done <~ breathing>
la·bor·er noun : one that labors; specif : a person who does unskilled physical work for wages
la·bo·ri·ous adjective 1 : devoted to labor : INDUSTRIOUS
2 : requiring great effort
Synonyms
[1] active, assiduous, busy, diligent, engaged, industrious, occupied, sedulous, working—more at BUSY
[2] arduous, challenging, demanding, difficult, exacting, formidable, grueling, hard, onerous, rough, stiff, strenuous, tall, taxing, toilsome, tough—more at HARD
la·bo·ri·ous·ly adverb : in a laborious manner
Synonyms
determinedly, diligently, hard, hardly, mightily, slavishly, strenuously, tirelessly—more at HARD
la·bor·sav·ing adjective : designed to replace or decrease labor
Synonyms
automatic, robotic, self-acting; also mechanical, motorized; computerized; aiding, helping; easing, relieving
labor union noun : an organization of workers formed to advance its members' interest in respect to wages and working conditions
la·bour chiefly British variant of LABOR
lab·ra·dor·ite noun : an iridescent feldspar used in jewelry
Lab·ra·dor retriever noun : any of a breed of strongly built retrievers having a short dense black, yellow, or chocolate coat
la·bur·num noun : any of a genus of leguminous shrubs or trees with hanging clusters of yellow flowers
lab·y·rinth noun : a place constructed of or filled with confusing intricate passageways : MAZE
lab·y·rin·thine adjective : INTRICATE, INVOLVED
lac noun : a resinous substance secreted by a scale insect and used chiefly in the form of shellac
1lace verb laced; lac·ing 1 : TIE
2 : to adorn with or as if with lace 3 : to unite by twining one with another : INTERTWINE 4 : to hit repeatedly : BEAT 5 : to add something to impart zest or savor to Synonyms [2, 3] interlace, intersperse, intertwine, interweave, thread, weave, wreathe—more at THREAD 2lace noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF lace, laz, fr. L laqueus snare] 1 : a cord or string used for drawing together two edges 2 : an ornamental braid 3 : a fine openwork usu. figured fabric made of thread — lacy adjective Synonyms [1] cable, cord, line, rope, string, wire—more at CORD [2] braid, plait—more at BRAID lac·er·ate verb -at·ed; -at·ing : to tear roughly lac·er·a·tion noun : a torn and ragged wound Synonyms gash, rent, rip, slash, slit, tear—more at GASH lace·wing noun : any of various insects with delicate wing veins, long antennae, and often brilliant eyes lach·ry·mal or lac·ri·mal adjective 1 usually lacrimal : of, relating to, or being glands that produce tears 2 : of, relating to, or marked by tears lach·ry·mose adjective 1 : TEARFUL 2 : MOURNFUL 1lack verb 1 : to be wanting or missing 2 : to be deficient in 2lack noun : the fact or state of being wanting or deficient Synonyms dearth, deficiency, deficit, failure, famine, inadequacy, insufficiency, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, want—more at DEFICIENCY absence, need, want—more at NEED lack·a·dai·si·cal adjective : lacking life, spirit, or zest — lack·a·dai·si·cal·ly adverb Synonyms enervated, languid, languorous, limp, listless, spiritless—more at LISTLESS lack·ey noun, plural lackeys 1 : someone who does tasks or errands for another : FOOTMAN, SERVANT 2 : TOADY Synonyms domestic, flunky, menial, retainer, servant, steward—more at SERVANT lack·lus·ter adjective : DULL la·con·ic adjective [ORIGIN: L laconicus Spartan, fr. Gk lakōnikos; fr. the Spartan reputation for terseness of speech] : sparing of words : TERSE Synonyms brief, compact, compendious, concise, crisp, epigrammatic, pithy, succinct, summary, terse—more at CONCISE la·con·i·cal·ly adverb : in a laconic manner Synonyms compactly, concisely, crisply, shortly, succinctly, summarily,