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Lab BenchnounMWEa workbench in a laboratoryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lab CoatnounMWEa light coat worn to protect clothing from substances used while working in a laboratoryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Label ShiftnounMWEUnder label shift, the label distribution p(y) might change but the class-conditional distributions p(x|y) do not. ... We work with the label shift assumption, i.e., ps(x|y) = pt(x|y)verifiedAug 28, 2026
Labeled Security ProtectionsnounMWEAccess control protection features of a system that use security labels to make access control decisions.verifiedAug 30, 2026
Labia MajoranounMWEthe two outer folds of the vulvaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labia MinoranounMWEthe two inner folds of the vulvaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labial ArterynounMWEan artery that is a branch of the facial artery that supplies the lips of the mouthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labial ConsonantnounMWEa consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lipsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labial PipenounMWEorgan pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lipverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labial StopnounMWEa stop consonant that is produced with the lipsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labiodental ConsonantnounMWEa consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teethverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor AgreementnounMWEcontract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor CampnounMWEa penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced laborverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor CoachnounMWEan assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor ContractnounMWEcontract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor ForcenounMWEthe source of trained people from which workers can be hiredverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor LeadernounMWEa leader of a labor movementverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor MarketnounMWEthe market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor MovementnounMWEan organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movementverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor of LovenounMWEproductive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor OrganizernounMWEsomeone who enlists workers to join a unionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor PainnounMWEpain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during laborverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor PartynounMWEa left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working peopleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor PoolnounMWEthe source of trained people from which workers can be hiredverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor ResourcesnounMWEresources of available manpowerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labor UnionnounMWEan organization of employees formed to bargain with the employerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Laboratory AttacknounMWEUse of sophisticated signal recovery equipment in a laboratory environment to recover information from data storage media.verifiedMay 9, 2026
Laboratory BenchnounMWEa workbench in a laboratoryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Laboratory CoatnounMWEa light coat worn to protect clothing from substances used while working in a laboratoryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labour CampnounMWEa penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced laborverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labour of LovenounMWEproductive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labour PainsnounMWEa regularly recurrent spasm of pain that is characteristic of childbirthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labour PartynounMWEa left-of-center political party formed to represent the interest of ordinary working peopleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labyrinthine ArterynounMWEan artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinthverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labyrinthine SensenounMWEa sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the headverifiedMay 18, 2026
Labyrinthine VeinnounMWEveins that drain the inner earverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lac DyenounMWEscarlet dye like cochinealverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lac WaxnounMWEa hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcoholverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lace BugnounMWEsmall bug having body and wings covered with a lacy network of raised linesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lace FernnounMWEsmall tufted fern of northwestern AmericaverifiedMay 18, 2026
lace intoverbMWEhit violently, as in an attackverifiedJun 3, 2026
Lace MakingnounMWEthe act or art of making handmade laceverifiedMay 18, 2026
lace upverbMWEdraw through eyes or holesverifiedJun 3, 2026
Lace-Flower VinenounMWElow-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lacertid LizardnounMWEOld World terrestrial lizardverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lacewing FlynounMWEany of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Lachrymal DuctnounMWEany of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glandsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lachrymal GlandnounMWEany of the glands in the eyes that secrete tearsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lachrymal SecretionnounMWEsaline fluid secreted by lacrimal glandsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lacquer TreenounMWEsmall Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtainedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lacrimal ApparatusnounMWEthe structures that secrete and drain tears from the eyeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lacrimal ArterynounMWEan artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the upper eyelid and the foreheadverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lacrimal BonenounMWEsmall fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ductsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lacrimal DuctnounMWEany of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glandsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lacrimal GlandnounMWEany of the glands in the eyes that secrete tearsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lacrimal SacnounMWEeither of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glandsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lacrimal SecretionnounMWEsaline fluid secreted by lacrimal glandsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lacrimal VeinnounMWEdrains the lacrimal glandverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lacrosse BallnounMWEball used in playing lacrosseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lacrosse PlayernounMWEan athlete who plays lacrosseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lactase DeficiencynounMWEcongenital disorder consisting of an inability to digest milk and milk productsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lactic AcidnounMWEa clear odorless hygroscopic syrupy carboxylic acid found in sour milk and in many fruitsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lactiferous DuctnounMWEducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nippleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lactogenic HormonenounMWEgonadotropic hormone secreted by the anterior pituitaryverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lactose IntolerancenounMWEcongenital disorder consisting of an inability to digest milk and milk productsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lad's LovenounMWEaromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absintheverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ladder TrucknounMWEa fire engine carrying laddersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ladies' MannounMWEa man who takes advantage of womenverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ladies' RoomnounMWEa woman's restroom in a public (or semipublic) buildingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ladies' SlippernounMWEany of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lipverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ladies' TobacconounMWENorth American perennial propagated by means of runnersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ladies' TressesnounMWEan orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady ChapelnounMWEa small chapel in a churchverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady CrabnounMWEbrightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United StatesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady FernnounMWEmost widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliageverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady FriendnounMWEa girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involvedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady KillernounMWEa man who takes advantage of womenverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady of PleasurenounMWEa woman who engages in sexual intercourse for moneyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady of the HousenounMWEa wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family incomeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady PalmnounMWEany of several small palms of the genus RhapisverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady TulipnounMWEEurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the baseverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady's EarringsnounMWENorth American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady's LacesnounMWEperennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady's LeeknounMWEwidely distributed North American wild onion with white to rose flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady's MaidnounMWEa maid who is a lady's personal attendantverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady's SlippernounMWEany of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lipverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady's SmocknounMWEa bitter cress of Europe and AmericaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady's ThistlenounMWEtall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower headsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady's TobacconounMWENorth American perennial propagated by means of runnersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lady's TressesnounMWEan orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Ladybird BeetlenounMWEsmall round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pestsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lag BoltnounMWEa heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrenchverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lag ScrewnounMWEa heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrenchverifiedMay 18, 2026
Lager BeernounMWEa general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Laid LowadjectiveMWEput out of action, usually by illnesscandidateMay 18, 2026
Laid PapernounMWEwriting paper having a watermark of fine lines running across the grainverifiedMay 18, 2026
Laid UpadjectiveMWEill and usually confinedcandidateMay 18, 2026
Laissez FairenounMWEthe doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Laissez PassernounMWEa document indicating permission to do something without restrictionsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Laissez-Faire EconomynounMWEan economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine pricesverifiedMay 18, 2026