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Loquatnounevergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stoneverified
Loquat TreenounMWEevergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stoneverified
Lorazepamnountranquilizer (trade name Ativan) used to treat anxiety and tension and insomniaverified
Lorynounsmall brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruitsverified
Loss LeadernounMWEa featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customersverified
Loss RationounMWEthe ratio of the annual claims paid by an insurance company to the premiums receivedverified
Lost-And-Foundnounrepository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim themverified
Lotionnounliquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skinverified
Lotsnounyour overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)verified
Lottonouna game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cardsverified
Loud PedalnounMWEa pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibratingverified
Loudspeakernounelectro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distanceverified
Loudspeaker SystemnounMWEelectro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distanceverified
Lounge LizardnounMWEa man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support himverified
Loungernounan armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in itverified
Loupenounsmall magnifying glass, usually set in an eyepiece, used by jewelers and horologistsverified
Lousenounany of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plantsverified
Love BitenounMWEa temporary red mark on a person's skin resulting from kissing or sucking by their loververified
Love VinenounMWEleafless parasitic vine with dense clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine around clover or flaxverified
Love-In-A-MistnounEuropean garden plant having finely cut leaves and white or pale blue flowersverified
Love-In-Idlenessnouna common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derivedverified
Lovebirdnounsmall Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colorsverified