Portuguese to English Dictionary (Dicionário Português-Inglês)

Bast

The fibrous material obtained from the phloem (inner bark) of certain plants, especially trees like lime, hemp, and jute, used for making rope, mats, and paper.

Latifundium

A large agricultural estate or landed property, historically worked by slaves or low-wage tenant farmers.

Legation

A diplomatic mission in a foreign country headed by a minister rather than an ambassador.

Lexicography

The professional practice, methodology, and art of compiling, writing, and editing dictionaries.

Limerence

The state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person, typically experienced with compulsive thoughts, intense emotional dependence, and a deep desire for reciprocation that causes profound distress when unrequited.

Loculate

Divided into small cavities, spaces, or locules.

Locution

A word or a group of words used to form a particular expression, idiom, or phrasing.

Loquacity

The quality of talking a great deal; excessive talkativeness.

Lysergic

Relating to or derived from lysergic acid.