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laciniate (11 points)
Fringed, as petals.
Jagged, as a leaf
Fringed
L·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
lamellate (11 points)
Covered with scales
L·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
langouste (10 points)
Reeling out, angles for seafood
It may be eaten roasted
Spiny lobster
L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+O·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lapstrake (15 points)
Tape larks when camouflaged
L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
lassitude (10 points)
The weariness of girlhood (wordplay)
Not the energy of girlhood, perhaps
The langour of girlhood, perhaps
L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 10 pts
laudative (13 points)
Praise be that there's a case at the end of it!
L·1+A·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
lazarette (18 points)
Pl. lazarettos also lazarets or lazarettes A hospital treating contagious diseases.
L·1+A·1+Z·10+A·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
leastwise (12 points)
If nothing else, most foolish (wordplay)
Most foolish, however (wordplay)
It's the most foolish, anyway
L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lectotype (16 points)
The specimen or element selected as the type of a species when a holotype has not been defined.
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 16 pts
legislate (10 points)
Lay down the law (wordplay)
Put on an act (wordplay)
Work in a chamber, say
L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lenticule (11 points)
English word
L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
leptosome (13 points)
""A person with a slender, thin, or frail body.""
L·1+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 13 pts
leptotene (11 points)
""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) the first stage of the prophase of meiosis during which the nuclear material becomes resolved into slender single-stranded chromosomes [from lepto- + -tene, from Greek tainia band, filament]""
L·1+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
leukocyte (18 points)
See white blood cell .
L·1+E·1+U·1+K·5+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
libertine (11 points)
Don Juan, for one
Row about French composer, a philanderer
Sensually indulgent person
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
lifestyle (15 points)
Existing fashion (wordplay)
It may be Spartan
You get used to it
L·1+I·1+F·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
lightface (18 points)
""A typeface or font of characters having relatively thin, light lines.""
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 18 pts
lightsome (15 points)
Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts
limestone (11 points)
A mineral prepared from fruit (sound)
Luray Caverns material
Tie lemons up in sedimentary rock
L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
limitable (13 points)
Subject to checks and balances
L·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
linoleate (9 points)
A salt of linoleic acid.
L·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lintwhite (15 points)
See Linnet.Linnet.
L·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+W·4+H·4+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
liquidate (19 points)
Convert (assets) into cash
Convert to cash
Kill dead, accepting one pound
L·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
lithesome (14 points)
Homeliest characters can be graceful
Toned graceful model hostile to me
Article in case stuck in tree, not stiff
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 14 pts
lithopone (14 points)
""A white pigment consisting of a mixture of zinc sulfide, zinc oxide, and barium sulfate.""
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
litigable (12 points)
Like libel, say
Worth suing over
It's possibly a suit likely to dress fool up
L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lixiviate (19 points)
""To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.""
L·1+I·1+X·8+I·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
loadstone (10 points)
A stack of rock is magnetic
Magnetite possessing polarity.
It attracts lots to Tyneside
L·1+O·1+A·1+D·2+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
loathsome (14 points)
Can't like revolting
A hole most dreadfully repulsive
Liberal profanity a few find offensive
L·1+O·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 14 pts
locatable (13 points)
Readily found
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
lodestone (10 points)
Lake poems with quality must be a magnet
Iron-attracting magnetite
It was used to make the first compass
L·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
longitude (11 points)
Word often paired with latitude
A concern of mariners
Navigator's concern.
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
lorgnette (10 points)
Eyeglasses with no letter 'g' (wordplay)
Pair of glasses with a handle
Specs on a stick
L·1+O·1+R·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lubricate (13 points)
Oil (a mechanism)
Apply oil/grease
Smooth Blair cut apart by English
L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
lucrative (14 points)
Revictual (anagram)
Rewarding development of vital cure
Vertical upstart could be moneymaking
L·1+U·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
lunchtime (16 points)
One for when a meal is needed (wordplay)
Inlet much improved by midday (wordplay)
When midday meal is eaten
L·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 16 pts
luteinize (18 points)
LUTEIN a yellow pigment
L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 18 pts
luxuriate (16 points)
Enjoy greatly, to excess perhaps
Enjoy to excess
Revel in indulgence
L·1+U·1+X·8+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts

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