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Lateral VentriclenounMWEeither of two horseshoe-shaped ventricles one in each cerebral hemisphereverified
Lath and PlasternounMWEa building material consisting of thin strips of wood that provide a foundation for a coat of plasterverified
Lattice TechniquesnounMWELattice Techniques use security designations to determine access to information.verified
Laugh TracknounMWEprerecorded laughter added to the soundtrack of a radio or television showverified
Laundry BasketnounMWEa hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be driedverified
Laundry DetergentnounMWEany of various detergents designed for use in a washing machine for clothingverified
Laurel CherrynounMWEfrequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oilverified
Laurel OaknounMWEsmall deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurelverified
Laurel SumacnounMWEsmall aromatic evergreen shrub of California having paniculate leaves and whitish berriesverified
Laurel WreathnounMWE(antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victoryverified
Lauric AcidnounMWEa crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil)verified
Lauryl AlcoholnounMWEa colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticalsverified
Lavender CottonnounMWEbranching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowersverified
Law EnforcementnounMWEThe purpose of this function is to protect people, places, and things from criminal activity due to noncompliance with applicable laws, including patrols, undercover operations, responses to emergency calls, as well as arrests, raids, and seizures of property.candidate
law enforcement authoritynounMWEThe various government agencies responsible for preventing crime, apprehending criminals, and enforcing laws.verified
Law of ArchimedesnounMWE(hydrostatics) the apparent loss in weight of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the displaced fluidverified
Law of AveragesnounMWEa law affirming that in the long run probabilities will determine performanceverified
Law of Chemical EquilibriumnounMWE(chemistry) the principle that (at chemical equilibrium) in a reversible reaction the ratio of the rate of the forward reaction to the rate of the reverse reaction is a constant for that reactionverified
Law of ClosurenounMWEa Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetricverified
Law of Common FatenounMWEa Gestalt principle of organization holding that aspects of perceptual field that move or function in a similar manner will be perceived as a unitverified
Law of Conservation of EnergynounMWEthe fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changesverified
Law of Conservation of MassnounMWEa fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated systemverified
Law of Conservation of MatternounMWEa fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated systemverified
Law of Constant ProportionnounMWE(chemistry) law stating that every pure substance always contains the same elements combined in the same proportions by weightverified
Law of ContinuationnounMWEa Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established directionverified
Law of Definite ProportionsnounMWE(chemistry) law stating that every pure substance always contains the same elements combined in the same proportions by weightverified
Law of Diminishing ReturnsnounMWEa law affirming that to continue after a certain level of performance has been reached will result in a decline in effectivenessverified
Law of EffectnounMWE(psychology) the principle that behaviors are selected by their consequencesverified
Law of Equivalent ProportionsnounMWE(chemistry) law stating that the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine togetherverified
Law of GravitationnounMWE(physics) the law that states any two bodies attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between themverified
Law of Independent AssortmentnounMWEeach member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently of the members of other pairs so the results are randomverified
Law of Large NumbersnounMWE(statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statisticsverified
Law of Mass ActionnounMWE(chemistry) the law that states the following principle: the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the molecular concentrations of the reacting substancesverified
Law of Multiple ProportionsnounMWE(chemistry) law stating that when two elements can combine to form more than one compound the amounts of one of them that combines with a fixed amount of the other will exhibit a simple multiple relationverified
Law of ProximitynounMWEa Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unitverified
Law of Reciprocal ProportionsnounMWE(chemistry) law stating that the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine togetherverified
Law of SegregationnounMWEmembers of a pair of homologous chromosomes separate during the formation of gametes and are distributed to different gametes so that every gamete receives only one member of the pairverified
Law of SimilaritynounMWEa Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unitverified
Law of the LandnounMWEa phrase used in the Magna Carta to refer to the then established law of the kingdom (as distinct from Roman or civil law)verified
Law of ThermodynamicsnounMWE(physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed systemverified
Law of VolumesnounMWE(physics) the density of an ideal gas at constant pressure varies inversely with the temperatureverified
Lawn BowlingnounMWEa bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jackverified
Lawn TennisnounMWEa game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the courtverified
Lawyer-Client RelationnounMWEthe responsibility of a lawyer to act in the best interests of the clientverified