English Dictionary: Louisa May Alcott | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Laciniolate \La*cin"i*o*late\, a. [See {Lacinia}.] (Bot.) Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute lacini[91]. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Lacinula \[d8]La*cin"u*la\, n.; pl. {Lacinul[91]}, E. {Lacinulas}. [NL.] (Bot.) A diminutive lacinia. | |
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d8Lacinula \[d8]La*cin"u*la\, n.; pl. {Lacinul[91]}, E. {Lacinulas}. [NL.] (Bot.) A diminutive lacinia. | |
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Lacunal \La*cu"nal\, Lacunar \La*cu"nar\, a. Pertaining to, or having, lacun[91]; as, a lacunar circulation. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Leucaniline \Leu*can"i*line\ (l[usl]*k[acr]n"[icr]*l[icr]n [or] -l[emac]n), n. [Leuc- + aniline.] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, organic base, obtained from rosaniline by reduction, and also from other sources. It forms colorless salts. | |
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Lichenologist \Li`chen*ol"o*gist\ (-[ocr]l"[osl]*j[icr]st), n. One versed in lichenology. | |
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Lichenology \Li`chen*ol"o*gy\ (-j[ycr]), n. [Lichen + -logy.] The science which treats of lichens. | |
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Lign-aloes \Lign`-al"oes\ (l[imac]n`[acr]l"[omac]z [or] l[icr]g*n[acr]l"[omac]z), n. [OE. ligne aloes, fr. L. lignum wood + aloe aloe.] 1. Aloes wood, or agallochum. See {Agallochum}. 2. A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bible. --Num. xxiv. 6. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nightingale \Night"in*gale\, n. [OE. nihtegale,nightingale, AS. nihtegale; niht night + galan to sing, akin to E. yell; cf. D. nachtegaal, OS. nahtigala, OHG. nahtigala, G. nachtigall, Sw. n[84]ktergal, Dan. nattergal. See {Night}, and {Yell}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small, plain, brown and gray European song bird ({Luscinia luscinia}). It sings at night, and is celebrated for the sweetness of its song. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A larger species ({Lucinia philomela}), of Eastern Europe, having similar habits; the thrush nightingale. The name is also applied to other allied species. {Mock nightingale}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Blackcap}, n., 1 (a) . | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Laguna Hills, CA (CDP, FIPS 39220) Location: 33.59977 N, 117.71088 W Population (1990): 46731 (24057 housing units) Area: 27.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 92653 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Hamilton, AR (CDP, FIPS 37930) Location: 34.42602 N, 93.08927 W Population (1990): 1331 (939 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 5.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71913 Lake Hamilton, FL (town, FIPS 37975) Location: 28.04782 N, 81.62587 W Population (1990): 1128 (465 housing units) Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water) | |
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Lake Mills, IA (city, FIPS 42555) Location: 43.41617 N, 93.53210 W Population (1990): 2143 (941 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50450 Lake Mills, WI (city, FIPS 41675) Location: 43.07402 N, 88.90797 W Population (1990): 4143 (1735 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53551 | |
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Lake Milton, OH Zip code(s): 44429 | |
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Logan Elm Village, OH (CDP, FIPS 44636) Location: 39.57169 N, 82.94744 W Population (1990): 1287 (449 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Los Molinos, CA (CDP, FIPS 44140) Location: 40.02764 N, 122.09715 W Population (1990): 1709 (728 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 96055 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
like nailing jelly to a tree adj. Used to describe a task thought to be impossible, esp. one in which the difficulty arises from poor specification or inherent slipperiness in the problem domain. "Trying to display the `prettiest' arrangement of nodes and arcs that diagrams a given graph is like nailing jelly to a tree, because nobody's sure what `prettiest' means algorithmically." Hacker use of this term may recall mainstream slang originated early in the 20th century by President Theodore Roosevelt. There is a legend that, weary of inconclusive talks with Colombia over the right to dig a canal through its then-province Panama, he remarked, "Negotiating with those pirates is like trying to nail currant jelly to the wall." Roosevelt's government subsequently encouraged the anti-Colombian insurgency that created the nation of Panama. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
like nailing jelly to a tree impossible, especially one in which the difficulty arises from poor specification or inherent slipperiness in the problem domain. "Trying to display the "prettiest" arrangement of nodes and arcs that diagrams a given graph is like nailing jelly to a tree, because nobody's sure what "prettiest" means algorithmically." [{Jargon File}] (1997-12-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LSML {Lazy Standard ML} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Lign-aloes (only in pl., Heb. 'ahalim), a perfume derived from some Oriental tree (Num. 24:6), probably the agallochum or aloe-wood. (See {ALOES}). |