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Liqueur GlassnounMWEa small glass for serving a small amount of liqueur (typically after dinner)verified
Liquid CrystalnounMWEa liquid exhibiting properties of a crystal that are not shown by ordinary liquidsverified
Liquid Crystal DisplaynounMWEa digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric fieldverified
Liquid DietnounMWEa diet of foods that can be served in liquid or strained form (plus custards or puddings)verified
Liquid MeasurenounMWEa unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers)verified
Liquid OxygennounMWEa bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling pointverified
Liquid StatenounMWEthe state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibilityverified
Liquid UnitnounMWEa unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers)verified
Liquidity CrisisnounMWEa state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are highverified
Lisle ThreadnounMWEa strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton)verified
List Based Access ControlnounMWEList Based Access Control associates a list of users and their privileges with each object.verified
List ProcessingnounMWEAny operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated meansverified
List-Processing LanguagenounMWEAny operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated meansverified
Listed SecuritynounMWEa security that has been accepted for trading by one of the organized and registered securities exchanges in the USverified
Listening WatchnounMWEa watch established for the reception of traffic of interest to the unit maintaining the watchverified
Lister PloughnounMWEmoldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrowverified
Lister PlownounMWEmoldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrowverified
Listeria MeningitisnounMWEan infectious disease of animals and humans (especially newborn or immunosuppressed persons) caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenesverified
Litchi NutnounMWEChinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seedverified
Litchi TreenounMWEChinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruitverified
Literal ErrornounMWEa mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kindverified
Literary ArgumentnounMWEa summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movieverified
Literary PiratenounMWEsomeone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his ownverified
Lithium CarbonatenounMWEa white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drugverified
Lithophytic PlantnounMWEplant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphereverified
Litmus TestnounMWEa coloring material, which is obtained from lichens, that turns red in acidic solutions and blue in alkaline solutionsverified
Litter BasketnounMWEbin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbishverified
Little BarleynounMWEannual barley native to western North America and widespread in southern United States and tropical Americaverified
Little Ebony SpleenwortnounMWEfern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazilverified
Little Golden ZinnianounMWEsubshrub having short leafy stems and numerous small flower heads with nearly round yellow-orange raysverified
Little LeaguenounMWEa commercially sponsored baseball league for players between 8 and 12 years of ageverified
Little LeaguernounMWEa player between 8 and 12 years of age who is a member of a little-league teamverified
Little TheaternounMWEa small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groupsverified
Little TheatrenounMWEa small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groupsverified
Little-Head SnakeweednounMWEsimilar to Gutierrezia sarothrae but with flower heads having fewer rays and disk flowersverified
live CDnounMWEA live CD or live disk is a self-contained bootable and fully operational operating system (OS) on a disk, typically a CD or DVD or even a USB drive, depending on the size of the OS. This version of an OS can boot and run on a PC without ever needing to be installed on the computer's hard drive or changing the PC settings, allowing a user to recover files on a computer with a corrupted OS or to simply experiment on different things without fear of corrupting any files on the disk or the OS installation. Some versions of Linux are small and portable enough to function in a live CD.verified