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Lingual VeinnounMWEa vein that receives blood from the tongue and the floor of the mouth and empties into the internal jugular or the facial veinverified
Linguistic CommunicationnounMWEa systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbolsverified
Linguistic CompetencenounMWE(linguistics) a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their language (contrasted with linguistic performance)verified
Linguistic ContextnounMWEdiscourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretationverified
Linguistic GeographynounMWEthe study of the geographical distribution of linguistic featuresverified
Linguistic PerformancenounMWE(linguistics) a speaker's actual use of language in real situationsverified
Linguistic ProcessnounMWEthe cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communicationverified
Linguistic ProfilingnounMWEAny form of automated processing of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural personverified
Linguistic UnitnounMWEone of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzedverified
Linguistic UniversalnounMWEa grammatical rule or other linguistic feature that is found in all languagesverified
Linguistics DepartmentnounMWEthe academic department responsible for teaching and research in linguisticsverified
Linimentnouna medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and painverified
Lininnounan obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspendedverified
Link EncryptionnounMWELink encryption encrypts all of the data along a communications path (e.g., a satellite link, telephone circuit, or T1 line). Since link encryption also encrypts routing data, communications nodes need to decrypt the data to continue routing.Control
Link StatenounMWEWith link state, routes maintain information about all routers and router-to-router links within a geographic area, and creates a table of best routes with that information.Network
Linkagenoun(genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genesverified
Linkage EditornounMWEan editor program that creates one module from several by resolving cross-references among the modulesverified
Linking VerbnounMWEan equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentenceverified
Linoleum CutternounMWEa knife having a short stiff blade with a curved point used for cutting linoleumverified
Linoleum KnifenounMWEa knife having a short stiff blade with a curved point used for cutting linoleumverified
Linseed OilnounMWEa drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paintsverified
Linstocknouna stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match)verified
Lionnounlarge gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the maleverified
Lion MarmosetnounMWEsmall South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tailverified
Lion's FootnounMWEcommon perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shapeverified
Liothyroninenounthyroid hormone similar to thyroxine but with one less iodine atom per molecule and produced in smaller quantityverified
Lipnouneither of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speakingverified
Lip ReadernounMWEsomeone who can understand spoken words by watching the movements of a speaker's lipsverified
Lip SyncnounMWEcombining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced itverified
Lip SynchnounMWEcombining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced itverified
Lip SynchronisationnounMWEcombining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced itverified
Lip SynchronizationnounMWEcombining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced itverified
Liparisnounan orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemesverified
Lipasenounan enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstreamverified
Lipid-Lowering MedicationnounMWEa medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductaseverified
Lipid-Lowering MedicinenounMWEa medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductaseverified
Lipochondrodystrophynounhereditary disease (autosomal recessive) consisting of an error is mucopolysaccharide metabolismverified
Liposomal Delivery VectornounMWEa transducing vector that uses liposomes to carry the gene of interestverified