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Leaf-Nosed SnakenounMWEany of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North Americaverified
Leafy VegetablenounMWEany of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetablesverified
Leak FungusnounMWEfungus causing soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables and rings of dry rot around roots of sweet potatoesverified
Leanernoun(horseshoes) the throw of a horseshoe so as to lean against (but not encircle) the stakeverified
Leap SecondnounMWEa second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotationverified
Leap YearnounMWEin the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years divisible by 400verified
Learned ProfessionnounMWEone of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principlesverified
Learnernounsomeone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefsverified
Learner's DictionarynounMWEa dictionary specially written for those learning a foreign languageverified
Learningnounthe acquisition of novel information, behaviors, or abilities after practice, observation, or other experiences, as evidenced by change in behavior, knowledge, or brain function. Learning involves consciously or nonconsciously attending to relevant aspects of incoming information, mentally organizing the information into a coherent cognitive representation, and integrating it with relevant existing knowledge activated from long-term memory.Process
Learning CurvenounMWEa graph showing the rate of learning (especially a graph showing the amount recalled as a function of the number of attempts to recall)verified
Learning DisabilitynounMWEa disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skillsverified
Learning DisordernounMWEa disorder found in children of normal intelligence who have difficulties in learning specific skillsverified
Least Common MultiplenounMWEthe smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbersverified
least functionality principlenounMWEIn information security, computer science, and configuration management the limiting of access to only that information and resources that are necessary for its legitimate purpose.Requirement
least privilegenounMWEThe principle that a security architecture should be designed so that each entity is granted the minimum system resources and authorizations that the entity needs to perform its function.Requirement
Least SquaresnounMWEa method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curveverified
Least TrustnounMWEThe principal that a security architecture should be designed in a way that minimizes 1) the number of components that require trust, and 2) the extent to which each component is trusted.Requirement
Leather FernnounMWEstout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersidesverified
Leather FlowernounMWEscandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepalsverified
Leatherleafnounnorth temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowersverified
Leatherleaf FernnounMWEwidely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid frondsverified
Leatherleaf SaxifragenounMWEplant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowersverified
Leatherwoodnoundeciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowersverified
Leathery PolypodynounMWEstiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midribverified
Lecanopterisnounany of several bizarre ferns of the genus Lecanopteris having swollen hollow rhizomes that provide homes for symbiotic antsverified
Lecternnoundesk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturerverified
Lectinnounany of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulusverified
Lecture DemonstrationnounMWEpresentation of an example of what the lecturer is discoursing aboutverified