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   Laurentian Highlands
         n 1: a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land
               area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward
               to the Arctic Ocean [syn: {Laurentian Plateau}, {Laurentian
               Highlands}, {Canadian Shield}]

English Dictionary: Loranthaceae by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Laurentian Plateau
n
  1. a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean
    Synonym(s): Laurentian Plateau, Laurentian Highlands, Canadian Shield
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Laurentius
n
  1. Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)
    Synonym(s): Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
learned
adj
  1. having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"
    Synonym(s): erudite, learned
  2. highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; "knowing instructors"; "a knowledgeable critic"; "a knowledgeable audience"
    Synonym(s): knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, well-educated, well-read
  3. established by conditioning or learning; "a conditioned response"
    Synonym(s): conditioned, learned
    Antonym(s): innate, unconditioned, unlearned
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
learned person
n
  1. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
    Synonym(s): initiate, learned person, pundit, savant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
learned profession
n
  1. one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
learned reaction
n
  1. a reaction that has been acquired by learning [syn: learned reaction, learned response]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
learned response
n
  1. a reaction that has been acquired by learning [syn: learned reaction, learned response]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
learnedly
adv
  1. with erudition; in an erudite manner; "he talked eruditely about Indian mythology"
    Synonym(s): eruditely, learnedly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
learnedness
n
  1. profound scholarly knowledge [syn: eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lie around
v
  1. hang around idly; "She did all the work while he lay around"
    Synonym(s): lie about, lie around
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Loranthaceae
n
  1. in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria
    Synonym(s): Loranthaceae, family Loranthaceae, mistletoe family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Loranthus
n
  1. type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species [syn: Loranthus, genus Loranthus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Loranthus europaeus
n
  1. shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks
    Synonym(s): mistletoe, Loranthus europaeus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lorentz
n
  1. Dutch physicist noted for work on electromagnetic theory (1853-1928)
    Synonym(s): Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lorentz force
n
  1. the force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field; the force is at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field; "the Lorentz force can be used to suspend a current-carrying object between two magnets"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lower-middle-class
adj
  1. occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Liquidambar \Liq"uid*am`bar\ (l[icr]k"w[icr]d*[acr]m`b[etil]r),
      n. [Liquid + amber.]
      1. (Bot.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees
            having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit.
            {Liquidambar styraciflua} is the North American sweet qum,
            and {L. Orientalis} is found in Asia Minor.
  
      2. The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by
            incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid
            storax.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Laurentian \Lau*ren"tian\, a.
      Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the
      Laurentian hills.
  
      {Laurentian period} (Geol.), the lower of the two divisions
            of the Arch[91]an age; -- called also {the Laurentian}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Laurentian \Lau*ren"tian\, a.
      Pertaining to, or near, the St. Lawrence River; as, the
      Laurentian hills.
  
      {Laurentian period} (Geol.), the lower of the two divisions
            of the Arch[91]an age; -- called also {the Laurentian}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Learn \Learn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Learned}, or {Learnt} ([?]);
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Learning}.] [OE. lernen, leornen, AS.
      leornian; akin to OS. lin[d3]n, for lirn[d3]n, OHG.
      lirn[c7]n, lern[c7]n, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l[?]ran
      to teach, OS. l[c7]rian, OHG. l[c7]ran, G. lehren, Goth.
      laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted (in comp.);
      all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to
      learn; cf. AS. leoran to go . Cf. {Last} a mold of the foot,
      {lore}.]
      1. To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by
            inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction
            concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding
            of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to
            learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to
            learn the truth about something. [bd]Learn to do well.[b8]
            --Is. i. 17.
  
                     Now learn a parable of the fig tree.   --Matt. xxiv.
                                                                              32.
  
      2. To communicate knowledge to; to teach. [Obs.]
  
                     Hast thou not learned me how To make perfumes ?
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      Note: Learn formerly had also the sense of teach, in
               accordance with the analogy of the French and other
               languages, and hence we find it with this sense in
               Shakespeare, Spenser, and other old writers. This usage
               has now passed away. To learn is to receive
               instruction, and to teach is to give instruction. He
               who is taught learns, not he who teaches.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Learned \Learn"ed\, a.
      Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized
      by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite;
      well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a
      learned book; a learned theory.
  
               The learnedlover lost no time.               --Spenser.
  
               Men of much reading are greatly learned, but may be
               little knowing.                                       --Locke.
  
               Words of learned length and thundering sound.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
      {The learned}, learned men; men of erudition; scholars. --
            {Learn"ed*ly}, adv. {Learn"ed*ness}, n.
  
                     Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Learned \Learn"ed\, a.
      Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized
      by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite;
      well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a
      learned book; a learned theory.
  
               The learnedlover lost no time.               --Spenser.
  
               Men of much reading are greatly learned, but may be
               little knowing.                                       --Locke.
  
               Words of learned length and thundering sound.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
      {The learned}, learned men; men of erudition; scholars. --
            {Learn"ed*ly}, adv. {Learn"ed*ness}, n.
  
                     Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Learned \Learn"ed\, a.
      Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized
      by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite;
      well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a
      learned book; a learned theory.
  
               The learnedlover lost no time.               --Spenser.
  
               Men of much reading are greatly learned, but may be
               little knowing.                                       --Locke.
  
               Words of learned length and thundering sound.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
      {The learned}, learned men; men of erudition; scholars. --
            {Learn"ed*ly}, adv. {Learn"ed*ness}, n.
  
                     Every coxcomb swears as learnedly as they. --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Learn \Learn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Learned}, or {Learnt} ([?]);
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Learning}.] [OE. lernen, leornen, AS.
      leornian; akin to OS. lin[d3]n, for lirn[d3]n, OHG.
      lirn[c7]n, lern[c7]n, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l[?]ran
      to teach, OS. l[c7]rian, OHG. l[c7]ran, G. lehren, Goth.
      laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted (in comp.);
      all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to
      learn; cf. AS. leoran to go . Cf. {Last} a mold of the foot,
      {lore}.]
      1. To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by
            inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction
            concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding
            of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to
            learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to
            learn the truth about something. [bd]Learn to do well.[b8]
            --Is. i. 17.
  
                     Now learn a parable of the fig tree.   --Matt. xxiv.
                                                                              32.
  
      2. To communicate knowledge to; to teach. [Obs.]
  
                     Hast thou not learned me how To make perfumes ?
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      Note: Learn formerly had also the sense of teach, in
               accordance with the analogy of the French and other
               languages, and hence we find it with this sense in
               Shakespeare, Spenser, and other old writers. This usage
               has now passed away. To learn is to receive
               instruction, and to teach is to give instruction. He
               who is taught learns, not he who teaches.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Larned, KS (city, FIPS 38700)
      Location: 38.18316 N, 99.10133 W
      Population (1990): 4490 (2231 housing units)
      Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Learned, MS (town, FIPS 39880)
      Location: 32.19766 N, 90.54872 W
      Population (1990): 111 (41 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 39154
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