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Long WavenounMWEa radio wave with a wavelength longer than a kilometer (a frequency below 300 kilohertz)verified
Long-Clawed PrawnnounMWElarge (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian riversverified
Long-Distance RunnernounMWEsomeone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons)verified
Long-Horned GrasshoppernounMWEgrasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the maleverified
Long-Neck ClamnounMWEan edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europeverified
Long-Spurred VioletnounMWEviolet of eastern North America having lilac-purple flowers with a long slender spurverified
Long-Tailed PorcupinenounMWEporcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tailverified
Long-Tailed WeaselnounMWEthe common American weasel distinguished by large size and black-tipped tailverified
Longannountree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nutsverified
Longanberrynountree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nutsverified
Longar PalmnounMWEtall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugarverified
Longitudenounthe angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwichverified
Longleaf PinenounMWElarge three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbsverified
Longlegsnounlong-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoonsverified
Longsightednessnounabnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objectsverified
Longtail WeaselnounMWEthe common American weasel distinguished by large size and black-tipped tailverified
Longueurnouna period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art)verified
Longways DancenounMWEcountry dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each otherverified
Longyinouna long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burmaverified
Lontarnountall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugarverified
Looking Glass TreenounMWElarge evergreen tree of India and Burma whose leaves are silvery beneathverified
Looking-Glass PlantnounMWEsmall tree of coastal regions of Old World tropics whose leaves are silvery beneathverified
Loonnounlarge somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far backverified
Loop GainnounMWE(telecommunication) the gain of a feedback amplifier or system as a function of how much output is fed back to the inputverified
Loop TopologynounMWEthe topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first componentverified
Loop-Linenouna railway branch line that branches from the trunk line and then rejoins it later onverified
Loopback AddressnounMWEThe loopback address (127.0.0.1) is a pseudo IP address that always refer back to the local host and are never sent out onto a network.Network
Loopholenounan ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligationverified
Loopingnoun(computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtainedverified
Loose CannonnounMWEa person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerousverified
Loose SentencenounMWEa complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause followsverified
Loose SmutnounMWEa smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of sporesverified
Loosenessnounthe quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraintsverified