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   L'Enfant
         n 1: United States architect (born in France) who laid out the
               city plan for Washington (1754-1825) [syn: {L'Enfant},
               {Charles L'Enfant}, {Pierre Charles L'Enfant}]

English Dictionary: lampoon	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lambency n an appearance of reflected light [syn: gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lambent adj softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" Synonym(s): aglow(p), lambent, lucent, luminous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lampoon n a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way Synonym(s): parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on v ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal" Synonym(s): satirize, satirise, lampoon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lampoon artist n a cartoonist who draws parodies or satirical renditions of cultural or social or political situations
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lampooner n mimics literary or musical style for comic effect [syn: parodist, lampooner]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lima bean n bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds Synonym(s): sieva bean, butter bean, butter-bean plant, lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds Synonym(s): lima bean, lima bean plant, Phaseolus limensis broad flat beans simmered gently; never eaten raw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lima bean plant n bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds Synonym(s): lima bean, lima bean plant, Phaseolus limensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Limnobium n American frogbit Synonym(s): Limnobium, genus Limnobium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limping n disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet Synonym(s): lameness, limping, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, claudication
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limpness n a flabby softness [syn: flabbiness, limpness, flaccidity]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of inquiry n an ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument Synonym(s): line of inquiry, line of questioning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of march n the route along which a column advances the arrangement of people in a line for marching
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
line of merchandise n a particular kind of product or merchandise; "a nice line of shoes" Synonym(s): line, product line, line of products, line of merchandise, business line, line of business
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loony bin n pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumpen adj mentally sluggish [syn: lumpish, lumpen, unthinking]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lumpenproletariat n (Marxism) the unorganized lower levels of the proletariat who are not interested in revolutionary advancement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lumpenus n a genus of Stichaeidae Synonym(s): Lumpenus, genus Lumpenus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lumpenus lumpretaeformis n found in Arctic and northern Atlantic waters [syn: snakeblenny, Lumpenus lumpretaeformis]
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lymph node n the source of lymph and lymphocytes [syn: lymph node, lymph gland, node]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphangiectasia n dilatation of a lymph vessel [syn: lymphangiectasia, lymphangiectasis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphangiectasis n dilatation of a lymph vessel [syn: lymphangiectasia, lymphangiectasis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphangiogram n an angiogram of the lymph nodes and lymph vessels made after the injection of a radiopaque substance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphangiography n roentgenographic examination of lymph nodes and lymph vessels after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium; produces a lymphangiogram Synonym(s): lymphangiography, lymphography
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphangioma n benign angioma consisting of a mass of lymphatic vessels
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphangitis n inflammation of a lymph vessel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lymphoma n a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lynn Fontanne n United States actress (born in England) who married Alfred Lunt and performed with him in many plays (1887-1983) Synonym(s): Fontanne, Lynn Fontanne
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impeyan pheasant \Im"pey*an pheas"ant\ [From Lady Impey, who attempted to naturalize the bird in England.] (Zo[94]l.) An Indian crested pheasant of the genus {Lophophorus}. Several species are known. Called also {monaul}, {monal}. Note: They are remarkable for the bright color and brilliant matallic hues of their plumage. The best known species ({L. Impeyanus}) has the neck of a brilliant metallic red, changing to golden yellow in certain lights.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lambent \Lam"bent\, a. [L. lambens, -enlis, p. pr. of lambere to lick; akin to lap. See {Lap} to drink by licking.] 1. Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over. [bd]A lambent flame.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]A lambent style.[b8] --Beaconsfield. 2. Twinkling or gleaming; fickering. [bd]The lambent purity of the stars.[b8] --W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lamb \Lamb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lambed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lambing}.] To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. Figuratively, anything which enlightens intellectually or morally; anything regarded metaphorically a performing the uses of a lamp. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. --Ps. cxix. 105. Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appeared. --Cowper. 3. (Elec.) A device or mechanism for producing light by electricity. See {Incandescent lamp}, under {Incandescent}. {[92]olipile lamp}, a hollow ball of copper containing alcohol which is converted into vapor by a lamp beneath, so as to make a powerful blowpipe flame when the vapor is ignited. --Weale. {Arc lamp} (Elec.), a form of lamp in which the voltaic arc is used as the source of light. {D[89]bereiner's lamp}, an apparatus for the instantaneous production of a flame by the spontaneous ignition of a jet of hydrogen on being led over platinum sponge; -- named after the German chemist D[94]bereiner, who invented it. Called also {philosopher's lamp}. {Flameless lamp}, an aphlogistic lamp. {Lamp burner}, the part of a lamp where the wick is exposed and ignited. --Knight. {Lamp fount}, a reservoir for oil, in a lamp. {Lamp jack}. See 2d {Jack}, n., 4 (l) & (n) . {Lamp shade}, a screen, as of paper, glass, or tin, for softening or obstructing the light of a lamp. {Lamp shell} (Zo[94]l.), any brachiopod shell of the genus Terebratula and allied genera. The name refers to the shape, which is like that of an antique lamp. See {Terebratula}. {Safety lamp}, a miner's lamp in which the flame is surrounded by fine wire gauze, preventing the kindling of dangerous explosive gases; -- called also, from Sir Humphry Davy the inventor, {Davy lamp}. {To smell of the lamp}, to bear marks of great study and labor, as a literary composition.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lamping \Lamp"ing\, a. Shining; brilliant. [Obs.] [bd]Lamping eyes.[b8] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lampoon \Lam*poon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lampooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lampooning}.] To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon. Ribald poets had lampooned him. --Macaulay. Syn: To libel; defame; satirize; lash.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lampoon \Lam*poon"\, n. [F. lampon a drinking song, fr. lampons let us drink, -- the burden of such a song, fr. lamper to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin to E. lap to drink. Prob. so called because drinking songs often contain personal slander or satire.] A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress. Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to find herself decayed so soon. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lampoon \Lam*poon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lampooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lampooning}.] To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon. Ribald poets had lampooned him. --Macaulay. Syn: To libel; defame; satirize; lash.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lampooner \Lam*poon"er\, n. The writer of a lampoon. [bd]Libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers.[b8] --Tatler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lampoon \Lam*poon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lampooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lampooning}.] To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon. Ribald poets had lampooned him. --Macaulay. Syn: To libel; defame; satirize; lash.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lampoonry \Lam*poon"ry\, n. The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lima \Li"ma\ (l[emac]"m[adot] [or] l[imac]"m[adot]), n. The capital city of Peru, in South America. {Lima bean}. (Bot.) (a) A variety of climbing or pole bean ({Phaseolus lunatus}), which has very large flattish seeds. (b) The seed of this plant, much used for food. {Lima wood} (Bot.), the beautiful dark wood of the South American tree {C[91]salpinia echinata}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Limbmeal \Limb"meal`\ (-m[emac]l`), adv. [See {Limb}, and {Piecemeal}.] Piecemeal. [Obs.] [bd]To tear her limbmeal.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Frogbit \Frog"bit`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A European plant ({Hydrocharis Morsus-ran[91]}), floating on still water and propagating itself by runners. It has roundish leaves and small white flowers. (b) An American plant ({Limnobium Spongia}), with similar habits.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Limpin \Lim"pin\ (-p[icr]n), n. A limpet. [Obs.] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Limp \Limp\ (l[icr]mp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Limped} (l[icr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Limping}.] [Cf. AS. lemphealt lame, OHG. limphen to limp, be weak; perh. akin to E. lame, or to limp, a [root]120.] To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Limpingly \Limp"ing*ly\ (l[icr]mp"-), adv. In a limping manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Limpness \Limp"ness\, n. The quality or state of being limp.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incidence \In"ci*dence\, n. [Cf. F. incidence.] 1. A falling on or upon; an incident; an event. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. 2. (Physics) The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface. In equal incidences there is a considerable inequality of refractions. --Sir I. Newton. {Angle of incidence}, the angle which a ray of light, or the line of incidence of a body, falling on any surface, makes with a perpendicular to that surface; also formerly, the complement of this angle. {Line of incidence}, the line in the direction of which a surface is struck by a body, ray of light, and the like.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Line \Line\, n. [OE. line, AS. l[c6]ne cable, hawser, prob. from L. linea a linen thread, string, line, fr. linum flax, thread, linen, cable; but the English word was influenced by F. ligne line, from the same L. word linea. See {Linen}.] 1. A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline. Who so layeth lines for to latch fowls. --Piers Plowman. 2. A more or less threadlike mark of pen, pencil, or graver; any long mark; as, a chalk line. 3. The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel. 4. Direction; as, the line of sight or vision. 5. A row of letters, words, etc., written or printed; esp., a row of words extending across a page or column. 6. A short letter; a note; as, a line from a friend. 7. (Poet.) A verse, or the words which form a certain number of feet, according to the measure. In the preceding line Ulysses speaks of Nausicaa. --Broome. 8. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. He is uncommonly powerful in his own line, but it is not the line of a first-rate man. --Coleridge. 9. (Math.) That which has length, but not breadth or thickness. 10. The exterior limit of a figure, plat, or territory; boundary; contour; outline. Eden stretched her line From Auran eastward to the royal towers Of great Seleucia. --Milton. 11. A threadlike crease marking the face or the hand; hence, characteristic mark. Though on his brow were graven lines austere. --Byron. He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her fortune-telling lines. --Cleveland. 12. Lineament; feature; figure. [bd]The lines of my boy's face.[b8] --Shak. 13. A straight row; a continued series or rank; as, a line of houses, or of soldiers; a line of barriers. Unite thy forces and attack their lines. --Dryden. 14. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings. Of his lineage am I, and his offspring By very line, as of the stock real. --Chaucer. 15. A connected series of public conveyances, and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; as, a line of stages; an express line. 16. (Geog.) (a) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map. (b) The equator; -- usually called {the line}, or {equinoctial line}; as, to cross the line. 17. A long tape, or a narrow ribbon of steel, etc., marked with subdivisions, as feet and inches, for measuring; a tapeline. 18. (Script.) (a) A measuring line or cord. He marketh it out with a line. --Is. xliv. 13. (b) That which was measured by a line, as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. --Ps. xvi. 6. (c) Instruction; doctrine. Their line is gone out through all the earth. --Ps. xix. 4. 19. (Mach.) The proper relative position or adjustment of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working; as, the engine is in line or out of line. 20. The track and roadbed of a railway; railroad. 21. (Mil.) (a) A row of men who are abreast of one another, whether side by side or some distance apart; -- opposed to {column}. (b) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc. 22. (Fort.) (a) A trench or rampart. (b) pl. Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy. 23. pl. (Shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections. 24. (Mus.) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed. 25. (Stock Exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber. 26. (Trade) A series of various qualities and values of the same general class of articles; as, a full line of hosiery; a line of merinos, etc. --McElrath. 27. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, or the whole of a system of telegraph wires under one management and name. 28. pl. The reins with which a horse is guided by his driver. [U. S.] 29. A measure of length; one twelfth of an inch. {Hard lines}, hard lot. --C. Kingsley. [See Def. 18.] {Line breeding} (Stockbreeding), breeding by a certain family line of descent, especially in the selection of the dam or mother. {Line conch} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral marine shell ({Fasciolaria distans}), of Florida and the West Indies. It is marked by narrow, dark, revolving lines. {Line engraving}. (a) Engraving in which the effects are produced by lines of different width and closeness, cut with the burin upon copper or similar material; also, a plate so engraved. (b) A picture produced by printing from such an engraving. {Line of battle}. (a) (Mil. Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver. (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement. {Line of battle ship}. See {Ship of the line}, below. {Line of beauty} (Fine Arts),an abstract line supposed to be beautiful in itself and absolutely; -- differently represented by different authors, often as a kind of elongated S (like the one drawn by Hogarth). {Line of centers}. (Mach.) (a) A line joining two centers, or fulcra, as of wheels or levers. (b) A line which determines a dead center. See {Dead center}, under {Dead}. {Line of dip} (Geol.), a line in the plane of a stratum, or part of a stratum, perpendicular to its intersection with a horizontal plane; the line of greatest inclination of a stratum to the horizon. {Line of fire} (Mil.), the direction of fire. {Line of force} (Physics), any line in a space in which forces are acting, so drawn that at every point of the line its tangent is the direction of the resultant of all the forces. It cuts at right angles every equipotential surface which it meets. Specifically (Magnetism), a line in proximity to a magnet so drawn that any point in it is tangential with the direction of a short compass needle held at that point. --Faraday. {Line of life} (Palmistry), a line on the inside of the hand, curving about the base of the thumb, supposed to indicate, by its form or position, the length of a person's life. {Line of lines}. See {Gunter's line}. {Line of march}. (Mil.) (a) Arrangement of troops for marching. (b) Course or direction taken by an army or body of troops in marching. {Line of operations}, that portion of a theater of war which an army passes over in attaining its object. --H. W. Halleck. {Line of sight} (Firearms), the line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object. {Line tub} (Naut.), a tub in which the line carried by a whaleboat is coiled. {Mason and Dixon's line}
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Node \Node\, n. [L. nodus; perh. akin to E. knot. Cf. {Noose}, {Nowed}.] 1. A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling. 2. Specifically: (a) (Astron.) One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary. (b) (Bot.) The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted. (c) (Dialing) A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc. (d) (Geom.) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See {Crunode}, and {Acnode}. (e) (Mech.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also {knot}. --W. R. Johnson. (f) (poet.) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece. (g) (Med.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint. --Dunglison. (h) (Mus) One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point. (i) (Zo[94]l.) A swelling. {Ascending node} (Astron.), the node at which the body is passing northerly, marked with the symbol [astascending], called the Dragon's head. Called also {northern node}. {Descending node}, the node at which the body is moving southwardly, marked thus [astdescending], called Dragon's tail. {Line of nodes}, a straight line joining the two nodes of an orbit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gunter's line \Gun"ter's line`\ A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; -- called also {line of lines}, and {line of numbers}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lumper \Lump"er\, n. [Cf. {Lamper eel}.] (Zo[94]l.) The European eelpout; -- called also {lumpen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lump \Lump\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lumping}.] 1. To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars. The expenses ought to be lumped together. --Ayliffe. 2. To take in the gross; to speak of collectively. Not forgetting all others, . . . whom for brevity, but out of no resentment you, I lump all together. --Sterne. 3. To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he does n't like it, he can lump it. [Law]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lumping \Lump"ing\, a. Bulky; heavy. --Arbuthnot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lymph node \Lymph node\ (Anat.) A lymphatic gland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lymphangial \Lymphan"gial\, a. [See {Lymphangeitis}.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the lymphatics, or lymphoid tissue; lymphatic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Lymphangeitis \[d8]Lymphan`gei"tis\, n. [NL., from L. lympha lymph + Gr. [?] vessel + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the lymphatic vessels. [Written also {lymphangitis}.]
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
lump uncurrying Chin's generalisation of {uncurrying}. A curried function taking several {tuple}s as arguments can be transformed to take a single tuple containing all the components of the original tuples.