long¹ /long/

1. Not short
2. Of a specified (or to be specified) length
3. Extended in space in the direction of greatest extension
4. Far-extending
5. Extended in time
6. Of extended continuance
7. Taking a considerable time to utter or do
8. Distant in time (rare)
9. Of distant date
10. Requiring much time in utterance or performance
11. (of a speech sound) of extended duration (phonetics)
12. (of a syllable) loosely, accented
13. (of a vowel) loosely, in a long syllable
14. (of a dress, etc) coming down to the ankles, full-length
15. (of the memory) retentive
16. (of a word) abstruse or grandiose
17. Numerically extensive
18. (of eg a suit of cards) of more than average number
19. Exceeding the standard value, as in long dozen, long hundred
20. Having a large holding in a commodity or security, in expectation of a rise in prices (finance)
21. (of a chance) remote
22. Tedious

1. A long time
2. A long syllable (prosody)
3. A long signal in Morse code
4. The long summer university vacation (informal)
5. An obsolete note equal to two (in ‘perfect’ time three) breves (also longa; music)
6. (in pl) long trousers
7. (in pl) long-dated securities

1. For, during, or by, a great extent of time
2. Throughout the whole time
3. Far in space (rare)

Denoting eg of a specified length (as year-long, mile-long)

To yearn (with for)

longˈa noun (music)

A long

longˈing noun

An eager desire, craving

Yearning

longˈingly adverb

longish /longˈish or -gish/ adjective

longˈly adverb (Shakespeare)

Long

longˈness noun (rare)

longˈsome adjective (archaic and dialect)

Long and tedious

longˈways or (N American) longˈwise adverb

Lengthways

longˈ-agoˈ adjective

Of the far past

noun

The far past

longˈ-and-shortˈ work see longs and shorts below.

long arm noun

Far-reaching power

longˈboard noun

A surfboard, skateboard, etc of greater than normal length

longˈboat noun

1. The largest and strongest boat of a ship
2. A longship

longˈbow noun

A bow drawn by hand as distinct from the crossbow

longˈ-breathed (or /-brethtˈ/) adjective

Able to continue violent exercise of the lungs for a long time

longcase clock noun

A grandfather clock

longˈ-chain adjective (chem)

Having a long chain of atoms in the molecule

longˈcloth noun

A cotton made in long pieces

longˈ-clothes or (obsolete) longˈ-coats plural noun

Long garments for a baby

long corner noun

(in hockey) a free stroke taken from the corner of the goal line

longˈ-daˈted adjective

Of securities, due for redemption in more than fifteen years

long-day plant noun

A plant that will only flower after being exposed to conditions of long days and short nights

longˈ-descendˈed adjective

Of ancient lineage

longˈ-distˈance adjective

1. Going or extending to or over a long distance or time
2. (of a chance) remote

adverb

Over a long distance

long division noun (mathematics)

Division in which the working is shown in full

long dozen noun

Thirteen

longˈ-drawn-outˈ adjective

1. Prolonged
2. Unduly protracted

long drink noun

A large thirst-quenching drink (sometimes alcoholic) in a tall glass

longˈ-eared adjective

With long ears or ear-like feather-tufts

long face noun

A dismal expression

longˈ-faced adjective

Dismal-looking

long field noun (cricket)

A fielder or position near the boundary on the bowler's side, long off or long on

longˈ-firm noun

A company of swindlers who obtain goods on pretence of being established in business, and then decamp without payment

longˈ-hair noun

1. A long-haired animal or person
2. A highbrow (also adjective)

longˈ-haired adjective

1. Having long hair or fur
2. Unconventional, hippy
3. Highbrow

longˈhand noun

Ordinary writing as distinct from shorthand

long haul noun

1. A journey over a great distance
2. Any activity requiring lengthy effort (figurative)

longˈ-haul adjective

longˈ-head noun

A dolichocephal

longˈ-headed adjective

1. Dolichocephalous
2. Shrewd
3. Sagacious

longˈ-headˈedness noun

long home noun

The grave

long hop noun (cricket)

A short-pitched, high-bouncing, ball that is easy to hit

longˈhorn noun

1. An animal belonging to a breed of cattle with long horns
2. A longhorn beetle with long antennae (house longhorn beetle, a beetle whose larvae are very destructive to house timbers)
3. A long-eared owl

longˈhouse noun

1. A long communal house, eg in SE Asia or among certain Native American peoples, esp the Iroquois
2. A large oblong hall or dwelling built by the Vikings (archaeology)

long hundred see under hundred

long iron noun (golf)

An iron club used to play long-range shots

long johns plural noun

Long underpants

long jump noun

An athletic contest in which competitors jump as far as possible along the ground from a running start

long jumper noun

long jumping noun

longˈleaf pine noun

A N American pine tree (Pinus palustris)

long leg noun (cricket)

A fielder, or a fielding position, on the boundary behind the batsman on the legside

longˈ-legged adjective

Having long legs

longˈ-legs noun

A cranefly

long lens noun

A telephoto lens

longˈ-life adjective

(of foodstuffs) treated so as to prolong freshness

longˈ-line noun

A long fishing-line with many hooks attached

adjective

(of clothing) long or lengthened in shape, as of a brassière or top extending over the ribcage

longˈ-liner noun

A fishing vessel that uses long-lines

longˈ-lining noun

The practice of fishing with long-lines

longˈlist noun

A preliminary list from which a shortlist is subsequently selected

transitive verb

To include in a longlist

longˈ-lived /-livdˈ or -līvdˈ/ adjective

Having a long life

long mark noun

A macron

long measure noun

1. Lineal measure
2. (also long metre) quatrains of eight-syllable lines

long moss noun

A tropical American rootless epiphyte (Tillandsia usneoides) of the pineapple family, resembling bunches of hair

longˈ-nineˈ noun (obsolete US)

A cheap cigar

long odds plural noun

In betting, a remote chance, unfavourable odds in terms of risk, favourable in terms of potential gain

long off noun (cricket)

A fielder, or a fielding position, on the boundary behind the bowler on the offside

long-oil see oil length under oil

long on noun (cricket)

A fielder, or a fielding position, on the boundary behind the bowler on the onside

long paddock noun (Aust)

The grass verge of a road, sometimes used for grazing animals on

long-persistence screen noun

A cathode-ray tube coated with long afterglow (up to several seconds) phosphor

long pig noun (old)

Human flesh as food for cannibals

longˈ-playing adjective

Of a gramophone record, giving length in reproduction because of the extremely fine groove and slow rotation

longˈprimˈer noun (printing)

A size of type (about 10-point) intermediate between small pica and bourgeois

longˈ-purˈples noun

1. The early purple orchis
2. Purple loosestrife

long QT syndrome noun (medicine)

A hereditary disorder affecting the electrical rhythm of the heart (abbrev LQTS)

longˈ-range adjective

1. (of weapons) long in range, designed to reach remote targets
2. (of aircraft, etc) covering long distances without having to refuel
3. (of a forecast) extending well into the future

long robe see under robe¹

longˈ-runˈning adjective

Continuing over a long period

longs and shorts plural noun

1. Greek or Latin verses
2. (also long-and-short work) masonry of alternate vertical and horizontal blocks, as in quoins and jambs

long sheep noun

A long-woolled sheep

longˈship noun (historical)

A distinctive type of long vessel built by the Vikings

long shot noun

1. (a bet, entry, venture, etc with) a remote chance of success
2. A shot taken at a distance from the object filmed

longˈ-sightˈed adjective

1. Able to see far but not close at hand
2. Hypermetropic
3. Presbyopic
4. Having foresight
5. Sagacious

longˈ-sightˈedly adverb

longˈ-sightˈedness noun

longˈ-sixˈes plural noun (archaic)

Candles weighing six to a pound

longˈ-spun adjective

Long-drawn-out, tedious

longˈspur noun

Any bunting of the genera Calcarius and Rhyncophanes with a long claw on the hind toe

longˈ-standˈing adjective

Of long existence or continuance

longˈ-staˈple adjective

Having a long fibre

longˈ-stay adjective

1. Of eg patients in a hospital, staying permanently or semi-permanently
2. (of a car park) allowing patrons to leave their cars for days or weeks rather than hours

long stop noun

1. A fielder, or a fielding position (now largely disused), directly behind the wicket to stop balls missed by the wicketkeeper (cricket)
2. A person or thing that acts as a final safeguard or check (figurative)

longˈ-stop intransitive verb

To field as long stop

longˈ-suffˈering adjective

Enduring long and patiently

noun

Long endurance or patience

longˈ-suffˈeringly adverb

long suit noun

1. The suit with most cards in a player's hand
2. A particular talent, good quality, or advantage that one has

long tail noun (commerce)

The phenomenon by which a large number of less popular products can generate more revenue than a small number of highly successful ones

longˈ-tail noun

1. An animal, esp a dog, with an uncut tail (also adjective)
2. A greyhound

longˈ-term adjective

1. Extending over a long time
2. (of a policy) concerned with time ahead as distinct from the immediate present

longˈ-time adjective

Enduring for a long time

long-togs, long Tom, long ton see under tog¹, tom¹ and ton¹ respectively.

longˈ-tongued adjective

1. Having a long tongue
2. Talkative, babbling

• tattings
• tattle
• tattled
• tattler
• tattlers
• tattles
• tattletale
• tattletaled
• tattletales
• tattletaling
• tattling
• tattlingly
• tattlings
• tattoo
• tattooed
• tattooer
• tattooers
• tattooing
• tattooist
• tattooists
• tattoos
• tattow
• tattowed
• tattowing
• tattows