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Lividnessnoununnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)verified
Living GranitenounMWEhighly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of graniteverified
Living RocknounMWEusually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruitverified
Living RoomnounMWEa room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relaxverified
Living StonenounMWEany plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stonesverified
Living WillnounMWEa document written by someone still legally capable that directs their treatment if they subsequently severely disabled or impairedverified
Livingstone DaisynounMWElow-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystalsverified
Lizardnouna man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support himverified
Lizard's-TailnounNorth American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowersverified
Lizard's-Tail FamilynounMWEfamily of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus, Anemopsis, Houttuyniaverified
Llamanounwild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking a humpverified
Lmnouna unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directionsverified
Load FactornounMWE(aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g)verified
Load LinenounMWEwaterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loadedverified
Load-Sheddingnouncutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supplyverified
Loadable Kernel ModulesnounMWELoadable Kernel Modules allow for the adding of additional functionality directly into the kernel while the system is running.System
Loadingnounthe labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.verified
Loadstonenouna permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magneticallyverified
Loan ParticipationnounMWEa loan that is shared by a group of banks that join to make a loan too big for any one of them aloneverified
Loan TranslationnounMWEan expression introduced into one language by translating it from another languageverified
Loanblendnouna word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)verified
Loaningnoundisposing of money or property with the expectation that the same thing (or an equivalent) will be returnedverified
Loasanounany of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowersverified
Lobate FootnounMWEa bird's foot having separate toes each with membranous flaps along the sidesverified
Lobbyistnounsomeone who is employed to persuade legislators to vote for legislation that favors the lobbyist's employerverified
Lobenounthe enhanced response of an antenna in a given direction as indicated by a loop in its radiation patternverified
Lobe of the LungnounMWEany of the three lobes of the right lung or the two lobes of the left lungverified
Loblolly PinenounMWEtall spreading three-needled pine of southeastern United States having reddish-brown fissured bark and a full bushy upper headverified
Lobsternounany of several edible marine crustaceans of the families Homaridae and Nephropsidae and Palinuridaeverified
Lobster ButternounMWEbutter blended with chopped lobster or seasoned with essence from lobster shellsverified
Lobster PlantnounMWEtropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowersverified
Lobster ThermidornounMWEdiced lobster mixed with Mornay sauce placed back in the shell and sprinkled with grated cheese and brownedverified
Local AccessnounMWEAccess to an organizational information system by a user (or process acting on behalf of a user) communicating through a direct connection without the use of a network.Capability
Local AnaesthesianounMWEloss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)verified
Local AnesthesianounMWEloss of sensation in a small area of the body (as when a local anesthetic is injected for a tooth extraction)verified
Local area networknounMWECommunication network that serves several users within a specified geographic area Scope Note: A personal computer LAN functions as a distributed processing system in which each computer in the network does its own processing and manages some of its data. Shared data are stored in a file server that acts as a remote disk drive for all users in the network.Network